The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-22
THE MAN VIC BURNED None
lie Lit His Cigars With Big Bills Till
His Money and Credit Was Gone.
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lChlcagO Amerfcan.)
C'1sveIsnd. O.lThe man who smoked Up
a million dollars Is dying az his home y
Columbus Colonel ~. T.. Baron, who
gained distinction as a confederate Leader
and later became notorious because OF the
fact that his path through lie was streWils
in almost actuRl want He is suffering
from a fatal disease and his pa slelarls,
say that he viii never leave his ped allke.
widely known in financial circles all over
the country because OF his Drsle.atpt career
Where other men refused 70 risk a penny
Colonel Baron threw in his whole fortune
and won. Time after time he identuled
himself with wild and Visionary sehe mss
and eachs time, as If by some strange
freak Of fortune, The inVestrneIlt brought
golden now TO the Golfers of the reckless
investor. L4t'1
The Baron fortune grew until st became
enornlo rs q hen Colonel BarOn's son went
ont on-the railroad track one day and was
every hope was in the boy, of whom he
was passionately fond. He had said that
he was building upa fortune for him TO
manage. When he saw his boy if1fesS
body he WAS rendered suddenly insane,
He became possessed of a. mania for set
ting rid of his money, IN which enterprise
he was as successful as IA building It Ep.
At the time of his sons Seath he was re-
plted TO be worth 50 Oee. esse. i n five wears
he was penlrfiiess
One of Colonel BarOn's peculiarfties. was
a desire TO burn his money Il was his IN
lFvariable habit to purchase a single cigar
at a tinae for which he always paid s..
He would then step to the cigar lighter
and take a bin OF large denomination Fonl
his poekcg. He would light this at the
Cigar liglaterl and then light has cigar from
the burning bill.s ~
He never. used small bills. In fact he
seldom carried them and was so. opposed
10 silver money that he tossed his coins
upon the street If they came to him in
changes. He rarely accepted change iron
ia bill.
His friends did an in their power to pre-
vent Baron from continuing in his mad
ness, but TO no avail. Frequent applica-
tons We're made TO the probate court 10
have a guardian appointed Tor Colonei
Baron. but he was always able at such
times to prove that he was perfectly
rational Aside from his mania for get
ting rid Of his wealth. he appeared en-
tfreivlSataeg -
Tom G. Baron a son Of ColoEel Baron,
bus. says that. his father ran through
S5coo0o by literally burning IL Up and
throwing It away. At least 81 Geo 60. OF
this mount went to light cigars, he said.
Tom remembered when his father was fol-
lowed ABBOTT the Streetss4lfi RlttSbtITg and
New York by a small army of men and
/ boys who picked up shreds of blils and
coins which Colonel Baron left behind
him. Tom has seen hundreds OF dollars
, so up in smoke ia second Certified
/ checks, notes and securities We're alSc
A few years ago Colonel Barons found
ish5mself without q. dollar bill ard Without
1 credit ste could no longer cOEifnle- or
4 his mad career and he. settled quietly al
! home and since. then. has seldom TnoNec
4 been perfectly sane. and has lived frugtl-
! Iy. When he saw his last bans note 50
I III, ina flash he.seemed- entirely eefftented
/ 10 live nodestly and quietly