The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-06

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business man of Scranton. who. if he
has lost the gold, is perfectly able to
make it good, Therefore, Mr.. Stevens
is not hunting for any ~absconding So
licitor, and states that it is his opinion
that the story originated there at the
hands of II member of the company
who has made some trouble in the
business. The whole thing is a ca
nard,' said Mr.. stevens. $50 far as I
know there is not a word Of truth in
the statements made"
The Story.
But to get back to the story. Here
ii is:
1t is a long cry from the end of the
rainboW to a ~paWnshop at Tenth and
Locust streets, this city, yet undoubt-
edly the pot Of gold Which for ages
has rested at the point where the
v~ariegated are touches the earth has
been transferred to one of the nunler
Gus places designated by three gilt
balls.
The answer as to why it is the same
pot of gold is simple. Undoubtedly it
must be, because the pop bottle in the
safe Of James Simpkins, Tenth and
Locust streets, is as hare to get hold
Of as the fablcd treasure Of fairy tale.
A. NJ. stevens of Missoula, Mont,
claims that ~gold-$700 worth in dust
as his W property entrusted by him
last summer to an agent, G. S. Quick
Of Scranton, ra. Quick. on August
%, %intrusted the gold to Simpkins for
500. Now Simpkins has the gold dust,
stevens has the pawn ticket n Quick
has disappeared. At least that is what
NJ. A. Iafter, a Scranton detective,
and Detective Lynch Of the city hail
told the pawn rokor.
There are three courses open to Ste
vens to regain his wealth. The first
is to find quick, prosecute him and
show the rightrul ownership. The
second is to produce the ticket and
pay the p9Wnbrokcr the advanced
price. Tho third is to prove that the
goods were stolen and that the pawn
broker had knowledge to that effect.
In the first two instances Simpkins
must receive 500. Tn the third case
he would lose not only the 500. hut
be open to prosecution. However,
from the facts in the case, the third
possibility is remote.
This is ~Simpkins' story: ON August
% a man giving his name as G. $.
quick Of scranton, Pa, left at the
~paWnbrokcr's a pop bottle containing
gold dust which he said was worth
500, lie only wanted 500 advanced
on tho deposit. He showed to Simp-
kins his credentials. and also photo
graphs of a placer mine in Montana.
Th,,,, 1IraC ,,,n,.a .r loco, .,,, +. l.
bottle of gold dust, said Simpkins, but
he would advanced much more
money upon it had it been desired
Inc p~aWnDroker stated that he had
no reason to suspect that the gold had
been stolen as a man paWning stolen
goods generally want to get every
cent he can on them. 1t would have
been easier in the case Of stolen
goods, he said, to have taken it to an
aSsaycr and have it converted into
bullion.
Ten days ago a Scranton detective
and Detective Lynch from City han
visited he paWnShop. The Scranton
detective stated that the g0ld had
becn trusted to Quick by a. NJ.
stevens of Missoula, Mont, who went
10 Scranton last summer to sell stock
IN a gold mine and carried the bottle
Of gold dust as a specimen of the ore.
stevens hired Quick to canvass Tor
nm and then departed for Montana.
tie returned several weeks ago, said
the detective, n could find neither
Inc gold dust nor his canVaSScr. The
detective told Simpllins that he had
found the pawn ticket in the posses.
SION OF a woman, and the paWnbrokcr
understood him to say it was Quick's
wife in Scranton.
Slmpkins admitted having the bot
tie, but refused to turn il over. He is
holding it until the rightfuI owner.
snip is established. In the mean
WhIIe Is searching for Quick.