The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-17
WASN'T
CONDUCTORS HAIR-RA1sING EXPE-
RIENCE WITH A PACKAGE.
Sleepy Gentleman Leaves it on the seat of a
Chr and after Calling Ris Friends to
View the Find the Conductor Proceeds
to Open it and Discovers and Uncovers
Six Thousand Dollars, and two or three
Of the Crowd have hard Work TO Keep
From Fainting-Owner Turns Up and
Gets His Money.


Washington, Sept 16-There is a
stout, prosperous looking man In WASH
lngton today that has doubtless peered
into the mirror a dozen times since this
morning to see whether his moustache
and goatee have turned white or not
II he has not pursued this course he has
undoubtedly gifted with considerable
COOL nerve because he passed through
an orsieal this morning sufficient TO give
even a nytToglycerine tub watcher
streak of blue horrors. Shortly after
. O'Clock this individual, whose iden-
rity is swallowed UP in a mist of con-
lecture but who is believed to be a run
ner for a local bank, got aboard car
No II of the Washington and George
town road, running on the Fourteentn
street branch and TO the Baltimore and
Ohio depot He spread himself COM
fortably on the rear seat and laid down
paper-covered bundle beside him as be
drew forth a match and hunted for a
cigar. Whether the enoke that enSued
tllled him into a reminiscent state or
the trouble Of keeping the weed lit
distracted his mind is irrelevant TO the
story. but in any event he left the car
1t Seventh street and Pennsylvania
s.Nenue.
THOUGHT IT A SANDWICH
When car No. II wheeled around into
Jirst street behind its trailer, COnduc-
trJ NJ. Davis perceived that the pa
7 ar covered bundle had been left by
tbe whiloqn passenger. 1t was not
ys-y imuressive-looking package, and
| .e man had continued his trip to the
c not there are plenty of speculative
: ople who would have accepted long
{ los ard bet that the man had sand
= ,ches wra pped up 10 chew on while
9 -periencing the pangs OF d day in the
{ Ultry.
Conductor Davis took a very scornful
sw of the package also, and when his
II Mn reached the terminus at the depot
n called some of the gripmen and con-
4, ctors of the other cars standing there
~ d invited them 10 see what he had
fond.
SURPRISE FOR CONDUCTOR.
When the paper covering was remov-
60 Conductor Davis felt his eyes stick
en- until a beaver hat and overcoat
co Ad have been hung on each one,
". Ne hfs under jaw dropped so that
his scarfpin scratched his chin. There
were similar pnySiognomtcal disiocat-
I'll Is on tine. part of his friends. Sur
pr sc and establishment simply trans
y ri them, TOT IU6Tc DtItic lDtfH, Win
brown pager half removed, lay num-
her of packages OF bank notes, all crisp
ansi green and inspiring. When the
sal SEES OF Mr.. Davis and his companions
Gre II back to their usual hiding places
urried mathematical process was re
sor led to- and 1t was found that there
Nc ,e 81. 600 in the bundle.
NJ Davis carefully inserted the bun
die in his garments, and gave the sig
nal for the gripman TO start on the re-
turn trip.
- Seventh street a stout but no lon
ger prosperous looking man rushed
fra rtically up to the car. Mr.. Davis
at nice recognized him as the passen-
ger who had left the package on the
seat There was a restitution of prop
erty, and the man heaVed sigh of
relif that sounded like a fog horn
Then ne proffered the conductor a 30
bin and went off with his bundle of
mo pey. He held it in both hands