St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-13
A COLD-LINED BELT .
Surprising Discovery OF
Wealth by a JeWeler in an
Unlikely Place.
An Unredeemed Pledge on
Examination Pans Out
Handsomely.
Money Belt Well Filled Found
in a Satchel That Was
Long Neglected.
The Owner Fails to Show Up
and Claim the Treasure
Laden Baggage.

An astonishing discovery was made
yesterday by Herman Stone, the pawn
broker and Jeweler, who has place on
Jackson street, near the corner OF
Fourth street. He was looking over a
quantity of unredeemed pledges which
were placed in a safe, when he found
something which made his hair fairly
stand Oh end. 1t was the discovery OF a
quantity of gold coin in an Old, battered
valise which has been in the store TOR
almost year, and to which but little
attention has been paid in the mean
tim1.
bout year ago young man called
at the store of Mr.. Stone and said he
desired to borrow some money from the
Office OH soma personal property. He
had the stuff with him. and it did not
make formidable bundle, The prop
erty consisted of yalise, an oyercoat, a
suit of clothing and gold watch. The
amount loaned on the goods was SIS,
and the man who secured the loan said
that he would call in the course of a
few days and redeem the property
The goods were placed in the vault, and
have remained there undisturbed ever
since.
The name given by the young man
WHO secured the loan was Henry John
son. He made 10 explanation Of his
business, or the reasons which he had
for the disposal of the goods. 1t was
not required of him. About month
after the property had been placed in
the care Of Mr.. Stone there was news
item in one Of the papers to the effect
that young man by the name of Henry
johnson, answering the description of
the man who had secured the loan, had
been caught in the act of burglariZing a
house in Kansas City. He was sent up
for term of years.
No connection was made III the mind
of Mr.. Stone between the man who had
pawned the goods and the man who
was sent up for burglary, although the
incident was remembered. When the
musty old satchel was taken out of the
vault yesterday it was found to be in
the same condition as it was at the time
it was placed In the room for safe keep
ing. The clothing had been made into
a separate package. The valise was
broken open, and inside was found a
red leather belt considerably the worse
for wear. The belt was taken out, and,
on being handled, it was noticed that it
was very heavy. The belt had little
pockets arranged along the side, and an
examination showed that something
heavy was contained inside.
Mr.. Stone took the belt out into the
front room of the store and opened the
pockets. Out rolled number of gold
pieces. double eagles, to the number of
thirty-four. They were as bright and
shiny as the day they were taken from
the mint, and they looked as though
they had just been taken from the bank.
One peculiarly about the coins was
that they were all of the same date, 1890.
AS there has been no claimant for the
property which was left in his posses
sion during the time required by law,
the money legally belongs to the finder
unless some person from whom the
money was taken, as it was apparently
stolen, proves his property. The find
ing of $3.50 in gold at one time is rather
unique. and Mr.. Stone is being congrat-
ulated by his friends.