The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-30
Of about $4,000 in bonds had been pur-

of about $4,000 in bonds had been pur-
chased.
Where did he get all these big bills?
AT the Fourth National the most careful
scrutiny failed to reveal any clew to
where the money came from and the bills
deposited with the Wall street establish
rnent furnished no hint. The little pa
per straps that banks paste round bundles
of bills, with the amount and the initials
of the counter were not to be found. and
II was found that after every visit to the
safe deposit vaults Thompson was careful
10 leave not the slightest scrap of paper
behind. One day, however he made slip.
Among bids deposited at the Fourth Ma
tional was one Of these straps, which had
been caught UP among the bills. and 1t
bore the printed name of a finacial lnsti-
tuition IN Brooklyn
This gave the bank a clew, and It imme.
diately sent over TO Brooklyn and found
that this institution also had a mysterious
customer, who was causing the greatest do
gree OF anxiety by transactions of an equal
ly curious nature.
This man had deposited drafts on New
England institutions and accumulated
large sum to his credit. The president of
TINS institution had wired to one Boston
bank, on which a draft for a large sum
was drawn, as TO whether Al was an right
ana received the reply that the draft was
good The funny thing was that this Gus
toner when he withdrew money would not
take a check, but wanted cash on one oc-
casion he Daralyzed the president by ask
ing to have $4,000 In bills got ready for
him by the following day or the day af-
ter
The president asked an explanation Of
his mysterious customer. VINO was no
other than r. f. Jernegan, inventor and
promoter, and general manager of the
a-kV IA
that the money was TO pay for extensive
machinery for his secret process. II would
not do, he said, to give checks In pay
ment, because the constructors of the ma
chinery would thus gel a clew 70 its Use
and his secret would be discovered
This examination went" and he got
the $4,000 in bills. The astute reader VIII
now guess that the Rev. Jernegan was the
mysterious person who sat in the cab
while Thompson entered the safe deposit
vaults with his bag full Of big bills and
50 he was. 1t was also learned that
Thompson was not Thompson at all, hut
some other fellow. He was traced 60 a
New York hotel, and IL was found that
ne had registered himself as A. c. Spen-
GER Jernegan, in the meanwhile was re-
ceiving drafts upon New York banks
drawn by Boston Institutions against
which he drew cash In one thousand COL
lar bills. The Boston banks were notified.
but the officers. being of couhding dis
position, thought that the Electrolytic Ma
rine Salts Company was sound ana that
Jernegan was all right
Thompson began to show evidences Of
uneaslness, and on Friday last the keen
eyes ever watching him saw him 80 to
the office of the French line steamers
Here he engaged passage to Europe for
Louis Sinclair and wife, Of No. is Market
street, Chicago. ON that same afternoon
the Rev. +. f. Jernegan called at the
Brooklyn institution, where he did BUSH
nese, and drew $4,000 in large bills, clos
ing the account.
Upon the following day--last Saturday
he appeared on the steamship Navarro
with his wife ana boy, accompanied by
Thompson. who had evidently called to
say adleu to hts brother, for il had been
ascertained that Thompson was not
Thompson. nor was he Spencer. but that
he was Marcus W. Jernegan of Proyi-
dence X. l., brother of the minister
The bank had a photographer on hand
to take a snap shot Of this interesting
party, so that their identity could be
clearly established " necessary. Upon ex-
animation Of the passenger list the Rev.
=. i. Jernegan's name could not be
found, and after a rigid Nearch 1t could
not be established that Louis Sinclair was
ever located at No Il Market street, Chi
cago that address being a vacant lot
The Boston banks finally woke up, and
payment was stopped on drafts for large
amounts drawn by r. r. Jernegan. Some
of the Boston stockholders came on to
New York recently in search of their de-
parted general manager As to the means
by which the reverend gentleman sue