The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-03
HE GETS A SURPRISE
O. NJ. GARRISON RECEIVES MONEY
IN 4 STRANGE MANNER.

INA STRANGE MANNER.
Strange Woman Visits Wichita and In
quircs for the Frontier Harness Maker
and is Unable to Find Him, But Finding
His Daughter Gives Her the Money. Say
ing That it is the FulfiIIment of a Vow
Made to Her husband on bis Death Bed
she Refuses to Disclose Her Name or
How the Debt was Made.
But few men in Wichita are better
known than Charley Garrison, the pio-
neer harness maker of this city
Charley has always been known as a
practical, Woodworking, industrious
man, not given In the least 10 romance,
and yet to-day while he is $40 better off
than he expected to be, he is WRAPPED
in mystery as 10 the solution of who
sent him the money. The circun1stan-
ces as related by Mr.. Garrison are as
follows:
Two DAYS ago a strange woman came
to the city and inquired where she
could find c. NJ. Garrison. Everybody
knew Charley well, but he had lately
removed from his former residence and
they could not tell the present location
of his residence.
Still the woman WAS unable to locate
the man, and on yesterday she went 70
the residence of W. p. Hubbard, who
she was informed, was related to Mr..
Garrison, and asked If they could in
form her wf1ere she could find the man
for whom She sought
Her inquiry was answered in the af
fir1native, and she was also told that
a. daughter of Mr. GarriSon's was in
THE house at that time.
'I am so glad" was the exclamation
of the woman. Can see her?"
She was told that she could and in
vited in the house where she was in
produced TO the young lady. The
ladies were all greatly surprised when
the stranger turned ITO the lady OF the
house and asked if she and the rest
of the family would retire from the
room, as she had a. communication to
make to Miss Garrison which she did
not wish others to hear
The lady of the house gave her con-
sent but it took some persuasion on
the part of Mrs. Hubbard to persuade
Miss Garrison TO remain, she fearing
that the woman was insane. The
strange woman perceived this and turn
ing ito Miss aGTTison informed her that
she had nothing to fear.
When the two women were alone she
turned TO Miss Garrison and asked her
many questions concerning her father.
HOW long he had been in business in
Wichita; where his shop was located
at certain dates she mentioned how
many children he had; when his first
wife had died; the name of the children,
and a. score or more of other questions
at the end of which She looked the
young lady in the eyes and said:
co., ae +loa II hoy lrar
hooking fer the past two days. 1 came
all the way from Nebraska TO see him.
My husband died some two months ago
and on his death bed he made me prom
Use that i would hunt until l found c.
NJ Garrison of Wichita and pay him
come money which my husband has
owed him for years. / have keep the
Wow and although have not the mon
ely with me now. I have 500 which can
spare which / WANT you to give to
your father and tell him that this is
only a part payment on debt which
he did not know WAS coming to him,
and that / will send him the rest of
the money with interest
She handed Miss Garrison the money
and ait once started for the front door
leaving the young lady in perfect be
wilderment, burt she managed to stop
the woman long enough to ask who she
should tell her father had given her
the money
THAT is something which I can not
tell. He will get money which is I'M the
nature of conscious money and he will
never be any the wiser. / made my
husband, who was well acquainted with
your father, the promise on his death
bed to pay him, but ] never promised
TO disclose the Name, and that l will
not do under amy circumstances" With
this The strange woman left the house.
The daughter gave Charley the money
upon her arrival at home, and he was
perfectly bewildeTed and unable to
throw any light uponfhe mystery. The
only solution that he could make was
ifsat the husband had been one Of his
collectors during the time he was con-
Quoting a large business and that he
had failed ito report his collections and
when about to meet death that the act
had troubled him and he desired to
right a, wrong before entering eternity.
lie WIS unable to even conjecture as TO
avllo the man might be as he has had
over 500 men In his employ at different
lines since he began business in WicEl-
tia and could not figure out as to who
the man might be