The evening world., 1894-08-08
PRUDENT MRS. MCCARTHY.
Wstrusted Her Husbands Safe
and Even His Bull Dog. a,
So She Carried His Roll in n s,tcbs,
and He Lost II.

owen Mccarthy, a well-known saloon.
keeper at 80 Dey street, is In rather bad
luck. He has lost a small leather BAG
containing gold watch, several diamond
! rings. a bank book and a big fat roll OF
| ban nix notes.
How much money was in the bag Nc
| Carthy declines to say, but that 1t was
| quite respectable amount can be Judged
By the fact that Mccarthy had an ad.
Vertisement In morning paper to-day
| onering reward OF 800 for the return
OF the bag and It's contents.
There are several circumstances con-
nected with the loss of the bag, which
make Its disappearance peculiarly ir-
ritating one. Mrs. Mccarthy. ovens
wife. has been spending months va
cation at Rockaway Beach, and de-
termlned to come home yesterday, so in
the morning Mccarthy went down to
Mccarthy has strong safe in his So :
loon and has . big watchdog running
loose In the saloon at night, Mrs. Nc
Carthy did not consider these safegua rds
sunicient. but thought II wiser not to put
large sum OF money, reserved for CON
tingencies In the safe.
She had secret hiding place in her
nome nom where she usually kept this money.
that Mrs. Mccarthy did not IKE the
nome security either. so she took the
ed ABOUT WITT with 'G her FGSG ny Ws snS r
Mccarthy left Rockaway yesterday she
Pu. this money, her, jewelry and the
bank. In the satchel. gave 4 to her
the money was in 1t. They went to the
Seaside station at the Beach and sat
aown IN the waiting-room until the 6.28
a Mas noon train nj, for Fatbpsh junction
the satchel down on the seat beside him.
ana when the doors were opened and the
usual rush for trains took place. In the
smnl S Ta ,ne t moment grabbed snothe.
taken care Of and hustled his wife into
the cars. leaving the bonanza satchei on
the seat sea- Mccarthy thought, his wife
thought her husband had It. Just as the
train pulled up at Chatham station, four
s tsrtins away away from the Mccarthy's
You've got it, i said Ne e cas-;
y only brought this one in" an
eSG'afe lev t Sf t H:
toilet articles
Mrs. Mccarthy was horror-stricken.
THE money-the money is in the other
Get out quick and telegraph
This was McCarthy's first intimation
| that the reserve fund" had been taken
to Rockaway by his wife. He hurried
her out of the train and telegraphed
to Seaside Station. The welcome reply
came.
-, ." li, a small satchel here found in
Mccarthy heaved a sigh of relief and
went back to Rockaway. His hopes
were blasted In jiffy however, when
the station-agent handed him a Weary
Waggles papier-mache affair. told him II
day and asked him to identify It. The
satehel, but It could not be found, Then
Mccarthy blamed the Seaside .Sfation
| agent for making a mistake, and said
that he would have had the train
searched at Chatham Station had moi
| the reply to his telegram stated his
satchel had. been found. Mrs. Nc.
Carthy simply burst into tears.
II think the satchel IL a goner." said
Mr. Mccarthy to an Evening World
| reporter this morning. There was a
roll In II big enough to start a man In
business. or course, an honest finder
would return It, but I'm very sceptical
now. Had only the iewelry and bank
book been lost, the 800 reward would
fetch 1t. but. with the big money in 1t
never.
II advertised to soothe my wife only.
I'm going down to Rockaway again to-
day, but I'm afraid It's only a wild
goose chase. No.. I won't say how
much money was lost, but You could
take trip to. Europe, and still have a
balance over"