Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-11-13
THE DIME BANK MAN.
SINGULAR ROMANCE or THE NOW
CRAZY INVENTOR

A chlid Originated the Iden-Arade For
tune and Bocane Insano--His Luck In
Lottery Ticket which Brought the Need
ed Capital ~ the Right Time.
IF you want romance. Il you want
stories Of gold, blood, luck everything
that goes TO make up the gamut Of hs-
man passion, come with mo TO the pat
ent Office, and behind those cases filled
with dry a. dust specifications and legal
phraseology will show you skeletons
that once had red blood Ia their veins -
Thus spoke friend u mipe. one Of
tho best known patent attorneys In
Washington, and thon he walked across
tho room and picked up from his desk
one Of those little cylinder banks 20 hold
90 worth Of 10 cent pieces which were
all the rage u fow years ago. Holding
the toy IN his hand, he said;
when you come TO write tho ro-
nance Of the patent Office, you can make
q chapter Of what am going to tell
you. You remember the craze for these
banks few years ago, and how it
turned everybody TO saving dimes until
at last there was an actual scarcity Of
that coin created2 Well, the history Of
this patent is worth while telling.
II never advance q man money ON his
patents or speculate in them. That Is
not my business, which is amply to
represent him in legal capacity before
the Office. But one day man came into
my New York office with AN idea which
he wanted to patent and about which
he wanted to consult me- / told him
that the fees and expenses would amount
to e186.
d" Mr.. Connolly, / said, I haven't
8135 In the world, and / never expect
to have that much at one time.
II looked at the man, and looked at
the model and said to him, I have
never yet taken an interest in patent,
but / will pay all the expenses In con-
nection with this patent il you will give
me o quarter interest in It.
'Wby7' he asked.
Because you have fortune there.
/ lold him.
"However, the man said he would
see Nbout it. A few days later he came
back with his brother-in-law, who had
advanced tho money. procured hill
patent for him.
Now, to 60 back and tell you how
this man conceived the idea for thI
bank. He was in the employ Of thl
Pennsylvania Railroad company at Jer
sey City, receiving q salary Of &14 I
week He was not an uncultiYated man
but had little lnack for mechanics
He was In the habit Of spending BIZ
Sundays with his sister, and one do.
when he called there he found his neph
ew, q child Of about 3 years old, sitting
on the floor shaking q toy bank and try
ing to get the money out. His sister OK
planned that whenever the youngste
dropped q cent into tho bank he, lik
most children, was wild to get all tn
money out to count, and she went on {,
say to her brother, Why can't you in
vent bank which will show how muol
there is in 1t, and the brother said h
thought be could.
''That gave him the idea. After h
got his patent he had a few banks made
and on Saturday nights he used to pu
them in basket, carry them around /
the toyshops In the neighborhood an
dispose Of them. He found only ON
drawback-he could not make ther
fast enough to supply the demand AT
or he dad been doing business In thi
way q few weeks he came to see me
He told me what he was doing an
then went ON to say; Mr. Connolly, d
you think you could find some one VIII
would lend me 81, 5009 There is faI
tory in Newark which can buy for thl
amount, and which is just tho thing
want for making my banks If ca
get hold Of that factory, / am sure / ca
sell all the banks can make.
II told him thought / could g
him the money and 20 come and see II
in the course Of few days. A few day
later he came In and said he didn
think need bother about finding hi
that money, as he expected to have
next week. asked him where no WI
going to get IL from.
you will think / am embellishir
this story, because Il sounds so impro
able. but am simply relating the fac
without the slightest exaggeratlon
ornament. He said he had iottei
ticket, and he expected IL twould draw
prize. But wait; let me tell this stoI
Of the lottery tioket He and some 9th
men working at Jersey City decided
make up pool and buy lottery tioke
each man to put IN 81. When the tin
came. the others backed out and on
himself and one other, a carpenter, p
in their dollars. The ticket drew IS, 90
with his share he bought out h
Newark factory and in short time HI
600 men at work turning out the
banks, and even then ne could not ke'
mp with orders He was soon making
clear profit Of 81, 900 a week, then e.
900, then almost that much a day. Du
ing the time the craze lasted. and y
? know II was not OF short duration,
made a large fortune.
"And what became Of tho mani'
asked
: ''Oh. they put him IN an insa
asylum. He couldn't stand prosporil
= He lost q great deal Of his money abo
Q asrapidly a. he made Il, although Il
; tunately he put a couple Of hundr
Q thousand or 30 In real estate, which
wife now has IA Maurice Low
Y Boston Globe.
= SCANDALS or THE PLuTOcRAcY
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