The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-13

be right for US to receive one mans
money at the counter, and then turn
around and pay it out to another man,
as no one persons money is kept sepa :
| rate for any private account, but goes
into the general receipts for the day,
the same as in any banking institu-
ton.
After this conclusion had been reach
ed, we called upon Mrs. Alsip with our
attorney and discussed the matter care
fully, weighing everything. As we both
were employed by Mr. Alsip for num-
Der of years, and during the time had
made great many friends and obtain
ed business from them which we felt
positive we could control if in business
+, for ourselves. and knowing that if the
doors We're closed the business would
/ scatter, we began to figure out some
plan by which we could purchase the
+ business
After having been advised by some
/ of our business men to do so, and
having the advice of our attorney that
! it could be done in a just and upright
manner, We concluded to purchase the
business, and handle the same IN our
( own names.
CAS- to Mr. Alsip being heavily in
/ volved, l wish to state that l know
nothing about his financial affairs, as
/ had no occasion to look the matter up.
! I always received my salary, and other
! accounts were always paid on presenta-
/ ton.
! "As to Mr. Alsip being depressed, he
F., was a man that was up one day, full
of life and hope, and the next day would
! feel blue The last time l saw him
he was in the best of spirits.
/ Il have been taken by the hand and
/ given words of encouragement by a
! great many of our best citizens, and feel
( that We have pursued the best course
, for the business, for ourselves and the
public"
SUED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
/ The Post" Of last evening has the
! following:
! A strange coincidence in connection
/ with the disappearance of Alsip is the
/ fact that he was a great friend OF
| Windsor A Keefer, the missing man
] who mysteriously dropped out Of sight
about eight months ago and has never
/ been heard from since.
/ No reason has ever been found for
+ Keefers disappearance, although his
relatives suppose he was murdered.
/ To-day in Judge Hebbard's court Al
sip and Keefer are the defendants in
/ two separate suits brought against
them by the Excelsior Script and Type
writing Company, Of which they were
I both stockholders. Keefer, it seems,
J became interested in a patent appliance
! invented by a waiter and organized q
company. Alsip, being a man of bust
ness standing. was induced to lend his
name as a Director, the understanding
| being that he would not have TO pay
/ for the stock assigned to him. Shortly
after Keefer disappeared, however, the
other stockholders brought suit against
4 both the mining man and Alsip to re-
cover the amount of subscriptions and
/ the case was called to-day, but again
4 postponed.
Although Keefer and Alsip were
/ friends from school days, the Sacra-
mento mans acquaintance insist that
he was above Keefer in the matter Of
principles.
/ Attorney w. F. Sawyer of the Mills
building, who usually attended TO Al
/ sips legal matters, is among those VINO
believes that the missing man had no
dishonest motives in disappearing. In
/ fact. he fears that his client IS SICK
somewhere or has met with foul play.
He was in my office on December
31st," said Attorney Sawyer this morn
ing. He complained Of being very sick
and he certainly looked it. During our
/ converse ton, however, he said nothing
about going away and made no men
ton either of any intended transfers. OF
property. I am completely at loss for
an explanation of his strange actions"
| Mr.. Body of Body & Slevin, who re-
/ Gently bought Alsip's business here,
( also fears that the latter's mind may
have become affected.
THE future was very promising for
AIsip,'' said Mr.. Body. Through the
successful carrying out of a railroad
project at Sacramento and his coloni-
cation schemes, Alsip would have real
/ lied a great deal of money during the
next few months. In fact, he would
/ have been better off financially than he
+ has been for the past few years. He
( had a great amount of business on his
mind, and / am afraid that he has
/ broken down."
Alsip was in Body & Slevin's office
on January 9Th and 9Th, and did much
writing. 1t is supposed that he was
then writing the deeds and mortga ges
which have since been filed at Sacra-
mento. Mr.. Body says that Alsip was
very pale and otherwise appeared to be
a sick man.