The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-30
MONEY IN QUEER PLACES.
Ahe trouble Made by Those Who Are
Afraid of Banks.
From the Philadelphia Press.


farmer or a poorer or more careless
person. as far as personal appearance is
concerned, you should not set him down
Tor a poor man without further consid-
Grafton. He might, for all you may know
10 the contrary, have a belt around his
waist beneath his clothing, containing
fortune in bonds, diamonds or other
pleasing things to have. This is one Uav
men have of concealing their money for
rear OF being robbed of it by the banks
and the willy confidence man.
Once burned twice shy" is an old saw
ing which is characteristic of many peo-
pie and as true as gospel To many men
OF means half the world is composed of
people, both male and female who stand
ready TO get from him his money by foul
means while the other half are on the
"atch 10 get away with it by what they
can dealings, but it may not always be
characterized as such. Your rich man
never dresses in the height of fashion nor
does he make any loud display of his
wealth. You will look in vain for a man
OF wealth who makes any exhibition of
II upon his person, for history fails to re-
cord any such, and if you will think them
oVer-those whom you have met and
Jhose who have been pointed to you-you
VIII agree that it is generally the fell
low with an empty purse who wears the
pest raiment, displays the gaudest col
ors, and sports the loudest and most
costly jewelry.
And why is this so? In most cases of
wealthy men it is because of a refined
taste IN the wearer, but have concluded
lhat together with this praiseworthy re-
hnement invariably goes a fear Of being
taken advantage of or being brought into
notoriety. l state what l know for fact
when l say that the millionaire dry goods
merchant, Alexander T. Stewart of New
York, for years before his death, was in
constant fear of being kidnapped and held
for ransom think he was not far away
from the facts. The stealing of his body
from the grave seemed to prove his fear
well founded, and there is no doubt that
ne had been warned in time and took the
precauton of avoiding secluded places
and never went out into the street with
out an attending detective at his heels. He
seldom rode in his carriage in town-his
dress was of the simplest character and
he never wore jewelry of any kind. With
out exception, it is the fear of being robbed
or taken advantage of, in one way or an
other, that causes people with money to
hide 1t in out-of-the-way places, where
they can have an eye upon the hiding
| places, and, if suspicious interference with
It, turn it over and ascertain without de-
lay if it is all there.
Your grandparents used to hide away
their money in an old teapot
! which was placed out of way, on top of
| the china closet, you remember. You have
read in the newspapers tines without num-
Der of bank notes being found within the
| covers of old family Bibles, in the toes of
old shoes, sewed up in the Innings of old
! clothes, buried in the cellar, hidden in
the hollows of trees, placed between the
| mattresses of beds, laid away under car
| pets, in secret compartments of old desks
| and bureaus and in a thousand othr un-
| expected places where people are not sup
| posed to suspect its hiding place. Any
/ where will do so long as it is an unfrequent-
| ed spot or an article not in use. The bro
| ken teapot has always been favorite
| savings bank for the farmer and his wife,
| as we'll as for many others, because 1t has
! lost it's usefulness, excepting as remind
| er of the past and for it's fading beauty.
! Eccentric people, he styled them, de-
! tective who had been called upon thou
| sand times to aid in the search for hidden
! trasurs supposed to have been left by men
| and women who had departed this life with
! out giving any sign of this secret hiding
! placs of their possessions.
| why eccentric?" l asked, not little sur
! prised at this denomination of a peculiar
| people.
"Eccentric,' he replied, because they
! did not seek the aid of such a saw
! ings bank, or not seek the aid of such an
| asylum as a safety deposit vault OF a good
| solid savings bank, or the lasting deeds to
! real estate, for the security OF their wealth.
! l have no patience with such people, al
though they have made a fortune for me
| nv their eccentricities. Some forty or nifty
wears ago there was more OF TINS secret
ing money in strange hooks and corners
! than there is now, but it is still going on,
and it will always go on as long as the
world lasts among ignorant and timorous
people who want to have their WeaIth
where they can just get look at 1t oc-
| casionaIly only to know that it is all
there and safe and sound. You would be
| surprised if yoI knew as much as you
might about the hiding of money. 1t Is
right after the banks break that the ola
stockings and teapots are brought INTO
requsitiOn' ..o,,i,,,, FOR
hidden v1eaIth?"I asked of the detective
won cannot have any set method, he
ro,Iiad "but there have been many cases
! that came under my observation similar
IN tbeir circumstances. Set methods are
| onIv liable to defeat the END IN view
NV manner of work must uepeiu "HoHS
! ,,,,o, the circumstances and the character,
IpUi ond surroundings of the hider of
49, u,aalth sought for, which nave hrsl
80 10 considered 1t is well, also, to pos
sees a GOOD knowledge of human nature,
snd yben get hold of a thread l hnd II
r,noeesarv to turn it over and over so tlat
nan, trace up other and more important
facts for these are guide posts OF the
+.ootaet value to the detective Even
HJbat NAV appear to be the most Iiisls
mt@s ciews are generally the most val
liable to point the way to success III my
search. 49,, oro tho cbarac-
"Complicated methods are me ',nt ro+
.ouistics of the miser, but you must not
$50, at the conclusion that all people
yuI,Ip hide money are misers,' continued
WI WV datective. ITO illustrate that the SIN
LIS clues point in the right olrectloh Iol
iso searcher, I will tell you OF one eNpe-
ei,o in a. search after rich ehects OF a
-, y,bo died where he had llVed' IN tna'
ra',nb-abused state of New Jersey. ! Wd Wa
naIIed in to search for the leaVlhss oL Ems Il
ca an who had died suddenly and lett nc
,,isible trace of his money or Dohos; a.
VS. ieft a family who were aware OF ms
Lau and that he always had money al
We cornmand, but where he kept II was
IIia then, as it always had been our,
i ,l. Nc life. They had made earelui
.asrcb among his effects before my aIIlVa
sea sea- fniled to find any bank notes or othei
/ anu AtN'iN oil could be IOun0i