The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-09
MRS. KINNEY's MONEY.
salt Lake Lady Gets n FOrtune-Dis-
appearance and what Followed.


From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Independence, Kan, Dec. 5.-One OF
those curious romances in real life. which
prove that truth is stranger than fiction.
has just been unfolded in this neighbor-
hood. Mrs. ClassOn S. Kinney Of Salt
Lake City. has. by a strange turn Of for
tune, been raised from position Of mod
est independence to that of a wealthy wo-
man, ana the circumstances that led uD
70 TINS result are most extraordinary. BY
the death Of her father, whom she knew
only by report and whose features she
nad seen only in a photograph. she came
INTO possession Of an estate valued at
~biIlVJy9, most OF Whlch consists or Nalu-
aole lands in this part of Southern Kan
Sds. Ihe story was revealed on his death
ned by Joseph Bond, of Humboldt this
state, who was the father Of Mrs. Kim
hey, who had deserted his family in 1868.
ana had been given up as dead long years
neAole the grim messenger summoned
MN from his new home under the hctftf-
Gus name he had assumed.
IN 1872 Joseph A. Brown married Mary
j. Daniels in New York. He had gradu-
ated in medicine from one OF the leading
medical schools of the metropolis but
nhulng the practice of that profession IN
congenlal 10 his tastes, subsequently took
course In Law in the University Of Penn
syINahla, and was engaged in practice at
me time of his marriage to Miss Daniels
Ihree daughters were born TO the couple
ana IN 1903 the family was living in Ro-
lucrative practice, from the proceeds of
which he was rapidly growing rich
r., one I1e, morning Mr. Brown left his home
Iesslonal business. He parted from his
family with the usual manifestations OF
aHectlon, and left his home never to re-
turn. Dlligent and lOng-eOnanued search
ELECTED nothing concerning his where
abouts. Finally Mrs. Brown began to
realize that She must become bread-win-
ner Tor her then fatheriess daughters
She had some resources of her own. which.
supplemented by her husband estate
AFFORDED sufficient means for a woman Of
correct business perception TO maintain
family, and set about TO make the best Of
a bad situation.
After the close of the war Mrs Brown
moved to Memphis, Tenn, where she
fortune. But instead she there met the
greatest sorrow Of her life, for in the Vel
low fever epidemic of 1873 her two Oldest
daughters fell victims of the plague. The
youngest daughter, Antoinette, now Mrs.
kinney, was Is years OF age. At the time
OF her fathers disappearance she was
babe year and half old.
Burdened with her bereavement, Mrs.
Browns thoughts turned toward the
north. Antoinette had reached the age
when her education became a matter or
concern, and she was sent to the UniVer-
sity of Michigan, from which, in due time
she graduated. 1t was there she met her
husband, then an undergraduate in the
arts department. After their marriage
her mother lived with them until her death
in 1891. During all this time nothing was
heard from the missing husband by ettn-
er the mother or daughter.
Some years after Browns disappear
ance from Rochester a tall, dgnined man
of middle age arrived In Humboldt. then
one OF the largest and most prosperous
towns in Kansas. He had plenty of money
and soon demonstrated to the Inhabitants
that he also had good ideas of business
Joseph Bond was the name borne by the
newcomer and during the prosperous
period that followed his advent in Hum
boldt he was bold in the extreme in busl-
ness ventures and corresp ondingly sue
cessful, and soon became known all over
this section Of the state. Everything he
touched turned to gold. He was quick
to dispose of property that gave no prom
Use of further increase to some one Of the
hands always open to receive II.
The citizens OF Humboldt tell many
stories of his marvellous business in
stinct by which he added farm to farm
until he became possessed of an aggre-
gate of 10000 acres of the finest land In
the west. Hew as called major by che
people on account of his military bear
ing. During the interval between his dis
appearance In Rochester as Lawyer Brown
Joseph Bond he served a term in the
California legislature. There is a period
of about three years which is still a
sealed book, though many circumstances
he WAS engaged In the Chinese trade on
the Pacific coast.
In 1865 Joseph Bond married Miss Sarah
Turney, sister of Peter Turney, who
ran for governor of Tennessee on the
republican ticket in 1898. Upon the death
Of Mrs. Brown in 1891 Miss Turney, Ry
wife of the man who for thirty years
had been living under a false name, but
no children were born to them. On As
9B6g95s Of Of f s ssse ct the S H ys
him. He ascertained after much inquiry
that he had a daughter living IA Salt
Lake City, and in his last days he Inn
dying father. Mrs. Kinney left as soon as
she received the letter, but before her
arrival her father had died. But he had
Saving enough G1oh to Els second wife i' to
insure comfort for the remainder OF her
life, he devised all the residue of his
'1 AS J Jss@I BOND prospered financially in
Kan, his education and wealth
impressed his friends and neighbors, and
he was often called upon to I'LL imports
ant trusts. He held various elective Of
fees, served several terms In the Kansas
and was one Of the recognized
leaders of the democratic party in the
library, the books in which were evidence
Of high literary taste and wide range
Of learning
That Joseph Bond has a past" which
he carefully concealed surprised no one
who knew him well. for his talents and
tastes were not those Of the border but
pointed unmlStakaDly 10 the abOdeS of
culture and refinement. During the
whole period of his absence from his fam
ly, extending over thirty-four years he
only made himself known twice, and both
times to a sister living in New York.
One afternoon in 1885 he called upon her
and, after a short conversation disap-
Deared as mysteriously as he had come.
Again, in a letter 70 the same sister. he
referred to an unfulfilled promise to meet
her at the worlds fair in Chicago That
etter was written with a lead pencil, and
disclosed the fact that he was expecting
ieath. Just before the final summons to
eternity he wrote to his daughter. who
,ame to his deathbed only to find that
life had disappeared as she entered