Arizona republican., 1904-05-13
LOSERS AND FINDERS
The Case of H. B. Richard, Who Re-
 covered a Grip.

H. B. Rickard, the young nan charged with finding a grip belonging to H. II. Gray and refusing to surren- der it without a reward which ne had fixed himself, was brought before Jus tice Burnett yesterday morning. He had given up the grip and part of it's contents but the others, valuable pa pers worth about $2000, had been held out as an inducement to Mir. Gray to come up with the reward. Upon the advice of the court he told where the papers were, Sheriff Cook got them, and Rickard was released, but the mat ter was not finally disposed of; that IS. the costs, amounting 70 about S6, Will have to be paid. If Gray will pay them in lieu of a reward that will be the end of the matter. Otherwise Riclard will have to put up. It was brought out that Gray lost the grip from a wagon. It contained, beside the papers, some baby clothing and d tobacco sack con taining a. ten dollar gold piece and something less than 8 in silver. Rick ard threw the baby clothes into a ditch as he explained because they were soiIed. He noticed among the papei the name of a MT. Leith, of DeminS, N. M. and he wrote to him saying that he had found the grip and would like to restore it to its owner. Mr. I-eith is the father-in-law of MT. Gray Beith wrote to him about it and he finally put himself in communication with Rick ard. Several letters passed between them before they met.
 On Wednesday Gray went to the Sunnyside dairy where Rickard is en- ployed and RickaTd accompanied nlm to town where he said he had lett the papers for safe keeping, but he did not tell Gray just where he had left them. After their arrival in town Rickard brought up the subject of the reward, which had been mentioned in @ general way in the course of their correspond ence. Rickard asked Gray how much he thought the papers would be worth to him. Gray did no1 answer that ouestion. but he replied that he thought that $5 would be an ample reward. Rickard turned away with a contempt uous remark, and said he would take no further interest in the matter.
 Then Gray did the only thing he could do. He swore out a warrant for hls arrest. He was found and detained at the countyjail all night. Yesterday in court he said that the papers had been left by him at the Central hotel and that is where the sheriff found them. Concerning the money in the tobacco sack, Rickard said he knew nothing and it is thought that he might haVe thrown that out along with the baby clothing.
 Regarding the reward, he said that considering the trouble he had taken, he did not think that the sum- he had suggested was an exhorbitant one. He was asked by the court the nature ot the trouble beyond the act of picking LID the grip. He was also told Tor ms future guidance in such cases that there is no recognized duty on the part of the loser of an article which mas been found. The finder is bound to restore it to him with or without a reward. The reward is something en- tireIy on the side which has it's origin not in anything that the finder may have done but in the generosity of the loser. Rickard wanted to consult a lawyer for some purpose which is not clear, and the question of the costs is still open.