Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-11-15
PURSE CONTAINING
OVER $500 FOUND
The Value of Advertising

For two weeks past the Ledger has
published small advertisement, an
nouncing that b. f. Antrim of Ply
mouth had found a purse containing
money and other valuables, and that
the owner could have the same on
application, and paying the advertis-
ing costs. The first appearance of
the notice attracted attention from
interested parties, and led after some
negotiations, to the surrender of the
purse and its contents to the rightful
owner. The owner of the purse was
4. Bennett, resident of Jackson,
employed at the Kennedy mine. 1t
seems that on a Sunday nearly
month ago, he went over to Amador
City to have good time, carrying in
his pocket a leather purse or pouch,
containing at the start over $50 in
coin aud his pay checks for two
months on the Kennedy company.
He had good time in his way, in
company with female of the half
world he met in that burg. Both he
and his companion imbibed freely.
After a tramp from the town to
resort on the outskirts, Bennett dis
covered that his purse was missing.
His first thought was that he had
been robbed; but this was strenuously
denied by his companion. On his re-
turn to jackson he placed the matter
in the hands of W. d. Dufrene, who
at once made trip to Amador to in
vestigate. His Investigations led him
to believe that Bennett had not been
robbed, but had lost his gold in his
wanderings. A week passed, and
there appeared in the Ledger the
notice of Mr. Antrim, reporting the
finding of purse. 1t seems that he
is engaged in peddling around Ply
mouth, Amador and other towns. In
making his trip on the Tuesday
following the Sunday on which the
purse was missed, he stopped at a
point on the outskirts of Amador to
serve a customer, and in going
around the wagon he noticed the
purse lying in the roadway, and pick
ed it up, and finding that it was we'll
loaded with valuables, advertised fot
the owner. Fortunately for the
owner, it fell into tie hands of a
thoroughly honest man. The con-
tents we're sufficient to tempt from
the straight path the ordinary run of
mortals.
The contents of the purse we're
SAG. 10 in coin, of the following de-
nominations; two $50 gold pieces; one
IS gold piece, one silver dollar and
the rest IN small change. There were
also three checks on the Kennedy
Mining Company, one dated in June,
1907, for S5l5O, aud two dated Octo-
Der, 1907, aggregating sl02; also a
check issued by the Bunker Hill Mn
ing Company for S7.25; the total
money value being s207.20. The
purse and it's contents showed rough
treatment prior to the finding. 1t
had evidently been trampled under
the feet of horses. A hole had been
made in one side of the purse; one
gold piece and the silver dollar were
battered and bent, no doubt py con-
tact with horses feet. Also a piece
was trampled off one uf the checks
presumably in the same way.
The finder readily surrendered the
valuables upon proof of the rightful
owner. Bennett got back his money
the middle of this week, less a fair
commission to the agent. Dufrene,
in recognition of the integrity of
Antrim, divided his commission with
him, liberal policy on 1.-The part of
the agent. That Is the only reward
the finder received for restoring the
lost property.
The constables throughout the state
have organized California Con-
stables Association. They met IN
annual session in Stockton this week.
and appointed a committee to urge
upon the next legislature the matter
of increasing salaries and fees. The
constable's Office as far as Amador
is concerned, is about as fat, all
I THINGS considered as tha avarooo