The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16

hospitals. Il sounos Ike 4 rage
from the Arabian Nightz~ but il hap
penea right here IN little ne~ san
Franeiseo. and The tale thas hangs
thereby Is dramatic one
"A sew weeks ago = sick nan regis-
tered At one OF shs city hospitals, Eis
name vas Daniel EEsnA ard - vas
vel known in san Francisco As
buyer Of curios. paintings. hNaks and
furs After his arrival ~ sh- sosDi-
tsl Eisae- became terribly uneasy He
wanted something. sonetai-E ~hieh
would not LEI him rest night - dzy
for thinking OF IL Unable = move
himself he ooahded. il his lucid NO
nents. il TIE nurse He told her o.
TWO snail pictures. one of the great
Lord Nelson and the other OF Presi-
dent James Monroe. hidden in raj
hole back q his store on Van Ness
avenue. which we're worth thousands of
eousrz Ee talked necessarily OF the
miniatures. pleading with her 70 60 and
Get then for hin under cover ot dark
ness and 20 iet 10 one know
The nurse thought EsEne- insane
Tie extraordinary value placed o. two
Ezau pictures seemed 20 her the hal
3ucizzefoa ef q sick nan Eisaer rsTed
ever the miniatures IN his eeliriun.
xhApsotlzed ever then IN his sane no
meats. I'll GnaIiy the nurse was in
pressed eT the ring of truth In his
words she consented 20 go for them.
Ga6 oze Eight stole cut Of the hospital
. little before Midnight and went 70 the
stsns-
Imagine tia se4rchi Alone. II the
h3a1k1ess ef Al uziit store. the nurse
cro1che6 feeling With trembling IN
ger1 foT the rat 1sst where lay hidden
two treasures OF .nesttusbIe value.
whsz her had clcset CT them she dtd
not stoD - look bat hurried quickly
back 70 the hospital where the dying
EEa lay Il Al agony % fear awaiting
The eozlzg 81 h1s treasures
When the nurse placed then n his
hands E1Ezers Wild rawlings we're
Bdlled- A few days later he died No
relatives we're cisooverzhIe and 50 his
e1eots were taken charge q by Public
tures were found concealed n his bed
A clerk n the public administrators
o1oe thought the pictures were gau6y
bits q sunk and offered them for sale
a. s251 His patriotism. however.
prompted him % ask 50 cents more for
Monroe than for Nelson
No one dreamed o1 the t-ue value of
TIE miniatures 4 buyer vas lacking.
even Al the marked down price A
Market street halter who chauced 20
Sc then thought the pictures would be
= Eood advertisement Y exhibited il
the window of his store. 50 he offered
$3.50 for the pair
A Letter In the Case
50 the miniatures. which are noz a.
legged 70 be worth ss0.ooe. lay neglected
and uuhesded IN the once OF the public
administrator until one day interest
vas aroused by the finding Of = state
-eut IL the case with the picture Q.
Nelson This vas the statement:
san Francisco. March 4. 1858.
This IS ny Own statement
The miniature sold 70 Dzrses E.s-
ner on March 4 1855. IS portrait o.
Ad-zErzl Lard Nelson Il was II the
possession ot ny mother. ErA Annie
Forster. nee Austin. born n 1865 ~
Henstezd. Devonzhi-e. England Ny
<zthers name was Ernest Forster. He
was = chiseleur aid 70deleur II gold
and silver He worked IN the eA-ly
sixties for the following Arms
Hancock & Co. Gerald Co. On
Hsynzrkst street, London, England
and also FOR the firm of Hunt & RoskeL
Re chased for ths latter 1-n a shield
which Is now II the Kensington
zuseuu-
At that tine ny mother lad q 1-e
fooEtng house. No. - Green street
coldsu square. near Regent street NJ
rroche- sold our that place after ny
Erz-dnother died. and bought another
lodging house AZ No. Bedford street
EecLCrC g 4aEer ~ - Lrl = 9 = NGE 9
living sn Bedford street NY father died
The ca-e. as near a. 7 can remember
-as IN the 'so's After his death ny
-no-her sold the house and moved to
several places I cannot reuasnber the
rzres CT the streets where We lived
During this tine = beautiful and
cultured woman came 70 live in my
mothers house There was something
rnrstertous about her she was il
strsstsaed circumstances. and on lezv-
ing our home gave 20 my mother as
security for al unpaid bill q picture Q.
Admiral Nelson. % whom, as ny
mother zfrerwzrd learned. she was re
lated The strange woman died with
our redeening the picture Her rela-
tfres advertised Tor its return. o1er-
su- LIBERAL reward. but ny nother
did not feel obliged 70 part with IL
AZ mothers last residence was No
Il TufneI Park road. Nord- was II