Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-21
A QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP
Contest in Which oueerIy Manipu.
lated $1,000 Bill Figures.

There is a sharp contest on hand over
III Burton as TO ownership Of 1 certain
$l,OW bank note that was found there
month ago b. Miss Grace Wen1over a
stenoPraplIer in the First National Bank
Miss NrndOver, like most young lldy
steno@ra pliers, is a confirmed gum chew
Ell and addicted to the usual piactic. of
dcvotees of this pleasing habit % keeping
her quid during off moments, stuck up
on the un Ter side Of her chair or desk
or table. or whatever may be handiest
One day while seated at one of the
desks in the office Of the bank that she
sometimes used. she felt the need OF re-
viving herself bv a comforting chew at a
quid of the best kind of gum ana an
stractedly reached one rand under tn.
edge Of the desk and felt about with her
fingers to find til" hard, ned lump.
Thee die not seer" to b. any ir tie
usual location, and, thinking that she
may have misplaced it when she used it
before. she explored further and further
along jhe under surface Of the desk and
finally, uT in one carEcr, well out Of the
way, her fingers came in contact with the
familiar surface of a rounded qlid and
she cracked it off and thrust il into her
mouth. Sne closed her pear " teeth down
upon ii ana thA gIm Craclrd beneath
their and a strange sensation developed
itself IN h"r mouth.
Hastily removing the qua from her
moIth she found il to be a pellet OF close
IL rolled paper. covered with gem. The
paper when unfolda1 proved To be
81 udG bill
Miss Wendover set her wits 70 work 10
see il she could make tie hin her own
she hattened out a large uuid Of gum
rolled the hill in ii IN !. after warming II
in her month, stuck il back IN under tn"
desk just where she HAD found n and
then. after studying the situation few
DAYS formed plan Of action.
Tfrrn is a ORA yer in the desk ir which
the hostage stamps are kept. and she ar
ranged to have quite q larga number q
stamps in the drawer, ana Their ia spill
therein a bottle Of murilage AMI lave It
there ovcl night II harden ana thus
paste the StainDs tn the bottom of the
dra ,ver and make them total loss I'M
IpsS a great eos. II tr}uhe should ne
tn ken TO recover Their?
she thnn arranaed to have Ills seem.
ing accident Cnt.:t frs: 10 the notice OF
on cf the Vie presidents Of the HaAk,
q '-erv cross. nervous man, ana NJ inme-
dintely Scnld".l | or rOund"v :or the a"1-
der: AMI saii that Sh'' would nay" Y
pa.- for the STAMPS ST. pretended 10 get
"f1a oh desk STAMPS AMI everything
clsn" He tnoS ~ her offr: AMI sold her
the desk for SO.
When I've tranc was conn'ctrl and me
money paid r''er. SG" ""arnri Gnd'r tie
desk cracker .iT the Uuid nf gum broke
it open anG ,,ltihiter the money The
hank officials claimed = N :he around
that Sbo hnti obtained The aWrer,ihlp u
the desE h. fraud. AMI besides. the TOT
mpr owner Of tho desk. 4 Nr. PerclNil,
who owned the bark itNt'r"s Ten years
ago. cam, forward AMI claimed that me
money had h"an mt there ~ one Of his
clerks with tie intention "f stealing IL,
hut that in Che t-N'it"n"'nG Hf tie search
for the money. the CLERK hld n''n Slrlfh-
IN dnwr VIII: heart disease. and the mon,
ey mover frunl nor tho mystery cl"'re1
m. It's doubtful who will vim. L" Seur
(MN Cor ct It0uiS Hp;IllI-