The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-14
NAY szcoVEs OLD BONDS.
Mystery Of C :rneIson 81 ,'dinas Nay
1,..aS P.nr Australia

1t begins to look now as II the mys-
te1y connected with t-s dtsappe az
auce OF some State bonds owned oy
MI Adol oh Cornelson will be cleared
up. There are $40 600 worth OF them
with interest due since 1890 and 1t IS
'tou5ht they have be- q stolen. Inat
they are still in existence Is estao.ian-
ID by the fact that the interest cou-
p Ms for 1901 have been presented lor
paym ut, and that they are held oy
oerscns not entltled to them Is De.
lieyec from several Interesting facts
ard circumstances that have come TO
70 ligut within tbs past few weeks.
MI. Ado:ph C jrnelson. who original
iy owned the bonds was "a brother OF
M.. Geo. d. Cornslson, and vas Tor
many years a resident Of this city.
His nealsh falling he wen travelling
10 Europe and finally reached Aus
ITALIA. Before leaving be converted
part OF his property into bonds carry
il & ab2u:ao equ i amount in cash.
ae was BIC lelor and in many ways
was eccentric, living to himself and
keeping bis own counsel. a few years
age he died suddenly without leaving
a aill. he had gone out II a walk
and v as found sitting against a tree
dead. Death vas tine result OF heart
trouble.
He had depcsi.ed in a bank in Aus
traua ten thousand dollars, which his
oe:rs attsr some little delay rec vered
tu1 no &c ioite trace has been discoV.
cred Of the whereabouts Of the bonds,
interest," or which the State had paid
regularly e; G., year 70 to the time Of
Nj. Co-neison's death.
Eve years having elapsed 81 ce any
coupons were presented for pay
nent, 1t was tie slief OF all interest
ed In this State that the binds had
oeen lost, and at the last session OF
rhe Legislature Representative D G..
b ,rbelt, CT Oiangeburg, Introduced
bill locking to the issuance OF stock
certificates to the heirs for the lost
bonds, the heirs to put up an in.
aemnity bond to protect the State in
cDse the bonds we're ever found. This
step vas taken to obtain the interest
accruing on the bonds.
The morning the bill was faVorably
reported by the House committee on
nays and means the State treasurers
Office vas taken # its feet by pre-
saDrment OF the interest coupons for
1901, these being # red for payment
through the Palmetto Bank. The
matter was reported upstairs aud the
bill was. withdrawn.
Immediately the treasurer's office
instituted d an investigation. Mr.. s.
D Carter OF that oface traced the
coupons to the New York bank which
sent them to Columbia, and obtained
he names OF the brokers who secuI-
ed them from Australia. At first
these New York brokers refused to
give auy information whatever, but
changed their minds when they talk
ed to very plainly, and gave the names
OF brokers' they CINE from ID Aus
tralia The coupons had passed
through the Bank Of Australia, near
where Mr.. Cornelson had lived.
After spending quite sum In
cablegrams, Nj. Gao. q. Coinelson
got il. formation that the, bonds could
cot be traced until more information
was Forthcoming, there b ling change
OF consule at Free Mantle. MI. Cor.
nelson has written fully to his repre-.
tative at Free N antle and we hope he
will soon succeed in locating the bonds
and recovering them from the person
9no now has them as they were eVi.
IDENTIFY stolen after the death Of Mr..
Adclph G rnelson -Orangeb1rg Times
and Democrat.