The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-18
QUEER HIDING PLA-
cES FOR FORTUNES
Resort to Many STRANGE Devices q
SAFEGUARD.


Misers, as q rule, have no faith in
banks, and thieves, when they have
stolen money or realized on the pro-
cceds Of q good haul, dare not trust
their wealth in bank or trust COM
pany. Thus it has come about that
misers and rogues of all descriptions re-
sort to many strange devices to safe
guard their wealth and seek out places
that they sweetly imagine will never be
found BY prying fingers,
A noted miser in Manchester. En-
gland, who died recently, had half a
dozen places to conceal his wealth. He
kept it in the form Of bank notes or se-
9curities, which could easily be realized
on. This fellow lived in dirty, tum-
bledown house, and when he was seen
on the streets his soiled rags Of cloth
ing excited great compassion. In the
lining Of that ragged coat OF his. how
ever, he always carried several thous-
and dollars in the shape OF British gov
eminent bonds. Under plank In his
one room was found 100 gold guineas,
making all told 5000 in gold. The gold
pieces were all wrapped up in dirty
rags, so as not to jingle.
gar and n1iser kept great sums snugly
hidden away in his old battered high hat.
In Berlin q German specimen of the
miser was sent TO the city p0orhouse
and he was so ragged and filthy that
the authorities at once gave b hot bath
TO him and proceeded TO furnish him
with clean, IL worn, clothing. He took
IL eli, but when they wanted to give
him decent shoes he insisted on wear
ing the battered old slippers he had
worn for many years. Finally they
forced him to wear the shoes but they
found that now he kept the slippers in
his BOSOM and search showed nearly
SIS, 900 in notes secreted in them.
The New York Police records contain
many singular tricks for concealing
stolen money. The most curious was
found in connection with a servant girl
who worked for a well-tO-do shopkeep-
er. She was often left in charge of the
small shop while the proprietor went
out on other business. One day she
disappeared and the savings of her en-
ployer went along with her, so the po-
lice thought 5000 was the amount
Of q, money I'm missing and t. was
nations na 81 After ItS two w W Weeks e Sard
search the detectives found the girl, but |
no trace of the money. Her rooms were
searched thoroughly, and the girl was
carefully gone over by the matroh at the |
police station, where she was taken at |
once. Nothing was found, and, although |
a search was repeatedly made both of
the girl and her room and all the places
she could be traced to, no money was
recovered.
Finally, after the girl had been ar
rested several times, and searched by
the matron, she tainted that lady with
her lack of success. Whereupon the
matron lost her temper, and, to tell the
truth, did something which made her IL
able to lose her job. She slapped the
thief, and the two women got
into q regular hair-pulling match. The
suspected thief had Splendid suit of
hair, and 10, and behold! bank notes fell
out of her hair. Five thousand dollars
worth of bank notes were lying on the
desk when the matron got through ex-
ploring that wonderful suit of hair. The
girl had simply dressed her hair, putting
the bank notes between the heavy rolls
of hair. The matron was forgiven the
hair-pulhng episode In consideration. of
the marvellous results.
Another old woman was being helped
day a common red flower pot, which
stood in her window sill, was knocked
into the street by a stray cat. When it
broke on the pavement astream Of gold
spread out on the pavement, The char
table organization, after that, selected I
else to help along in life. ,
Hollow walking sticks have frequently
been used by beggsrs as q safe deposit !
box. The police in Europe always In
1estigate the stats which continental 4
oeggars carry when they are arrested !
m one case So. 500 were found IN the !
read of the star Of q beggar at Turin, 1
tally. In general these misers choose !
hiding places in articles in constant use, /
md usually in plain sight of everybody. i
)ne reason for this Is that this enables !
hem 70 keep an eye on their concealed
wealth practically all the time, and at
he same time such things are the least
kelly to be suspected BY the police. G
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Ch0atsa Death. =
Kidney trouble often ende fatally.