The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21


RADWAY & Co.,55 elm st.,New York
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| him until about three years ago. Fhen
sister wrote TO us proved her relationslAp-
/ and took the $500 we had to his account. 1t
seems that BrOzcn had somewhat pecu-
| liar method of doing business. lie would
/ buy his goods in New York, take them
TO extreme Yves en- ponts. open a store
| temporarily, and II not successful IN dis
/ posing Of his goods jump 10 some othe"
/ town. In this way he had been able TO
! accumulate quite fortune, WAlCn. wren
! he died twenty years besore, had been oil
vided among his heirs. Bur there was no
suspicion of his having funds IN the East
| until after the discovery of the money IN
| this bank which set the sister s lawyer to
/ making Investigations in other banks aud
! altogether a total amount of $3.50 WAS
over the account of a certain woman
| named Bridget. a servant there was some
| little trouble. She had given the address OF
| her employer IN making her deposit, ana
| We were not able to find her heirs until
| one day we received a letter from Wo-
| man who wrote in response to our adver-
| tisenlent and claimed elauonship with me
| depOsitor who was dead This woman evil
J IDENTIFY knew all about the family, and we
maue out lhat there had beeh a fanny
/ quarrel, and that she was not long TO let
| the real heirs know about this money I'M
| I'll she was ready, il at all But we re-
| fused to have any dealings with her and
| tod her we were quite able to find the
| heirs ourselves without her assistance.
| we did find them, and, strange TO say,
/
| showed that while she hVed in New York
she visited in a certain Town in Connect
! cut. We thought II might be well TO insert
| an advertisement in The paper of that town
/ which we did one Saturday, and the next
| Monday morning we had all the heirs at
| our heels.
| ecutor of the deposition, and this brought
| out the fact that the woman who had VS.
| tied us had obtained our depQsitor's pass
| book on another bank and had drawn out
| money 10 the amount of $1,000. The eXecu-
| tor brought suit against her There was an
| exciting time with fac similes of her sig
/ nature and the depositor published in the
| town paper. and she gained some unpleas-
ant notorlety.
have done much good if it could have been
paid never reached The woman for whom
ii was intended. IL was deposited secretly
| in her name by her mother. The mother
| was paralyzed, and on her deathbed evil
| IDENTITY ued to tell something, it was said
| later, but was unable 10 form the words.
| The daughter lived a more or less unfort-
| innate life for nmber of years, and then
she too had a stroke of paralysis and In
| gered for seven or eight years IN one OF
| the charity hospitals of the city, not know
ing Of the money belonging To her in the
"Before she died, this daughter made a
will bequeathing few trinkets to different
friends and the residue of her property 10
a friend who paid her funeral expenses
and had provided ner with comforts dul
ing her long Illness. There had been no
property left after the disposal Of the
trinkets and 1T was quite by accident that
we came across this will and persuaded
the executor 10 take possession OF the
money
Love story Brought 10 Light.
"a real love story was brought to light
in connection with one account amounting
90 less than $500 Il mad been opened ~
| could find no trace of the depositoT until
one day we received a letter from lady
| saying that she had seen the name which
brought up many recollections TO her mine
and she could tell us about the heirs.
I'VE asked for personal interview, ant
in response a little old lady dressed in chs
style of forty years ago, with corkscreN
curls, lace shawl, and mitts, looking as 4
she had stepped from an old-fashionec
| picture, made her appearance.
, "She told her story with considerable
emotion and II developed that she haS
! / been betrothed 10 the man who had de
| posted the money in our bank, and hat
mourned his early death since, and has
never married. She agreed 10 notify tn
, heirs in Massachusetts, and eventual!
[ when in New York one of them cam
to the bank to see about the account
They had only q family tree dating, bacl
: almost to che Pilgrims, and some hand
writing possessed by the old lady to iden
! tify themselves with the depositor, bu
the evidences appeared to be conclusv
e and the money was paid
'@Hhe account of John Arps amounted L
? only S26,10, small affair, but the clrcum
s been a resident N New York city and
: | sugar rehner. We had made considerable
\ | search for him or his heirs Tor a lon
G | time without success until one day W
|, | received a letter from gentleman of tn
] | same name who, while not laying an
G calm to relationship, desired a persona
S | interview, which was granted him.
G "It developed that this gentleman wa
| considerable of a traveller. and one OF hi
e | peculiarites was that on arrival in cit
e he was in the habit of searching the direo
L tory for the purpose OF seeing II any on
i of his name was resident; you VIII nc
tiee il is a very peculiar name. We had
e pleasant interview, he departed 0nd TN
5 incident passed out OF mind until som
g months afterward, when we received
q letter from him written at San francisco
: I'm II he told us that on his arrival 1
n that city he looked as usual, 90 see
e any one of his name was resident, an
e finding family took the liberty Of cal
a ing on them; Much 20 his surprise, Il
8 found that they had formerly resided
l. New York city and that the head of N
) family was named John. He showed thel
| the advertisement which resulted In Mr.
% Arps opening communication with us, an
$ we found that she was the widow of OF
It depositor and while the amount paid hC
lie was small IL proved very acceptable"
D
d There is good story current just no
'e at Paris concerning the Russian Gran
W Duke Michael, who was Summing, ii
r other day, in the company of some Frenc
]. detectives, says correspondent. Ente
IN ing one of the worst resorts and takin
le their seat at a table, they were joine
p. by woman, who. first of all, asked f
TO refreshments. and then stroking Il
~ grand dukes beard, exclaimed IF va
Or did not speak French 50 well ] shou
q take you 10 be the Grand Duke Michael.
q, DESTROYS Of protecting his incognito. II
%, grand duke Indignantly disclaimed bein
= a Russian, and added in an emphat
You do. do your" said the girl, promp
ly springing to her feet. I'm teach Va
IN not 90 insult our allies the Russians
~ and with that she dealt him a resoundir
3. | box the ears. OF course ther.s WI