The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-15
WINAN'N ran BONp.
1t was FURNISHED by Mr.. Chns. u. Rouss-
Tho Story of a Christmas Dinner.

The man who furnished the $4,000 bail
bond which Friday released Erastus Wi
man from the Tombs IS Charles Broadway
Rouss, Nirgluian, well known In Rich
moni and other parts of the state. MT.
koUSs. who is "a noted dry goods dealer
in Now ork. at one time had a branch
establishment here.
SO incident connected with this re-
mdTkahle case Is more lntcIcSlihe, say .
"a. New York Times than the furnish
iug of this bail bond. There Is probably
n0t "a person at all familiar with Ne"
York and ITS residents who does not Know
of Charles Broadway R0uSs. The present
millionaire had not dollar In the world
thirty years aEo. and. worse than That.
DE- was ln prison for debt. Mr.. Wimdn
helped him ont, and yesterday Mr.. kouss
was enabled 10 return the favor with
interest 10y pledging ms city residence dl
SIS Fifth avenue as security for the ap-
pcarance OF the former king of staten
Island
his connection with Mr.. Rouss some time
ago in "a chapter Of his book chances ot
Success" Ii reads:
Just after the close Of the war This
merchant A1r Rouss) had expanded his
business very rapidly into the southern
States. and had at one time no less than
nineteen branch stores. As IS well known,
branch establishments are very difficult
90 handle, and hc quickly became emDdr-
Calling upon the writer at the Mercan-
] I'll" Agency 10 make a. Sldt'iitIit % i-io
/ affairs in the nope that IeEtld1Un "a "a
/ the trade of his true condition "ou14
! benefit his credit. an interest was eNohtu
/ IN him Wnlth mas new Dv.,,0" .ho+ hfs
! day. IL was ln Ndlh' Hy"tN yea nc ar
| position Vas clearly s,l IoIl.i;, roI u,iould
/ Two ,I'4''D. b., words of the
| not DE- 'oAu o4It' uF f"e -. d, coIiansa
majority. ana ih. Ie9uIl " a. ana nj
! a Sltd4A &C. ,.' -i,, ,Earnes Of mis-
..s>, ti.,, ,,Sre made arrest followed.
~ .S ',',-rfDr,,,rate merchant was i'm
','t i1 ,i6iI,,,str,.t iau for making
/ false representations
among others the writer. who felt from
! The first that there had been 80 real 'nis-
,al,rerentofion II was about Christmas
| .ir,a and me moor fellow ir Jail was
l-rins, "a very hard time: and the chances
/ for his escape from confinement were
growing daily less. and his future was
seriously married 4 lttlc act or kl'"Hc-@
ly the writer If these lines 20 the lflr-
,rar in Nh. shape If Christmas dinner.
.n.,,.1 howovor to- stimulate fiW. AMI
! ,-t 40, tra walls If bis cell these
..,.,f- fe Christmas Uay-a friend has
cam, ,,. .,c.,-ub =, luv 81 Christmas dir-
. ...,v - him and write IL here. that
~. pm to-day forty years OLD. before J
Am Gtv | win Dee rated I'm the reference
| look which DC helps % compile as ht Hs
! worth $4,000, and before l am Sixty ]
shan bo rated at over N,"7o".
This boast. written on prison wall hS
| n ,,4o oyarys helrncQ by misfortune, S"tln-
81 the idl.ef dream il was possible %
! conceive Of Yet 10 has become HleT1l-y
! . Nvir{n three months he was 1e-
i.es.1 thr,urh the efforts Of men who
| i,,.vy how hardly he had been used ln
another three months his affairs had De
como qisentans ed. and he started airesh.