The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-12
ROMANCE m The .yWEsi
Articles of Value That Are Eound-Loz
Money Recovered.


Money Recovered
The sewers of New York have little
/ romance of their own IN the curious ar.
ticles that are found in them Scarcely
q receiving basin Is cleaned out or one
OF the big pipes thoroughly scraped
OF its coating of mud and heavy refuse
but something more valuable than
rubbish comes to light Things have
been thrown in by frightened thieves,
who wished To hide the evidence OF
their crimes, and were willing 70 lose
their booty for the sake of a whole
skin. or else were dropped by accident
into the cutters, to Ire there unnoticed
first flushing or heavy rain
Jewelry, watches, money, small
pieces of silveFware, and even umbrel-
las and canes are the articles most FIRE
guently discovered buried in the thick
EIud of the sewers and basins One OF
the foremen of the department hos AT
his house to-day I handsome silver
topped cane, picked out some months
ago. for which no claimant has ever APP
peared. It does not happen. az a rule,
that the owner of property lost IN this
peculiar way cen be found. and the la
borers themselves generally keep what
they run acroes- Prom a money point
Of view. the pickings arr Of really little
value. Even a gold watch n not much
Of q prize, after all, for as the days 20
On The mud oozee into it's Gaze and dam
ages it's works beyond repair, so that
IL can be sold only for old gold.
Thcre are some strange stories found
up In the sewers- They nearly all deal
with special searches mode for lost
property of considerable value. On one
occasion eight SO gold pieces were
hunted for. having been stolen from
Catholic priest uptown This priest
hsd befriends-d q young boz, had taken
him with him for q short time. aud
finally found him a position 20 run er-
rsnds- The boy prved ungrateful for
these benefits, And one day he slipped
into the bouSc and stole this money in
. purse. II was not until the Oyrnef
<f the pure retained that the loss vs-s
discovered. A detective xas at ono.
eet upon the boys truck. and ther.
was little difficulty in getting him &c
make 9 confession. he acknowledges
that he Ind taken the money. and tina.
very night. knowing that b. was shzd- |
owed, he bad dropped II in the nearest
sewer. The department was informed. !
sEd men were at oooc sent Up 20 empty /
Eut the basin. One BY che the eight 1
god pieces were found In tae mud
An even mnre remarkable find va 4
that Of two rsiirosd bonds. ooe for 80 4
nd the other for 81 800. whick were 4
stolen under almost exactly the sans
circumstances Another boy hsd
robbed his employer. and bad taken
these sscuritisz- together with
pock ee6ook ooutsiriog 81 n bills srl1
silver. be spent tie Inon-y up 20 the
iaz4 cent. bot found the bOods 20 o. OF
10 value II al 20 hir-.- Afrs~d. ho~eSer.
% hare them in his possessio1- be cool
u dropped them down an s6yaeer&
s~vc-. aod t6ougtf Re was secure
ASte- b. had ooufess>d \ sssrch va
r,a6e- in rr-cisesy -he s&<1e manner,
and The boods cane 20 light rather
IL worse for wear. "a = trT.e. covered
web LIQUID raud. but st!Il IegiIb5e. sud
In quite good eroszh shAp> for the
szuer 20 b able 70 prove la property.
Crinse. though. u 10. al inrarsasle
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