Evening journal., 1913-02-26
BONDS LOST,
NOT STOLEN
ParSOn Receivers $500 in
Script That He Dropped
in City Street

The mystery surrounding the dis
appearance OF $500 in bonds, the prop
erty of the Rev. w. NJ. Wine, pastor
of the Baptist Church at Woodside,
Del, which he thought we're stolen,
and which came to the attention of
the police Yesterday afternoon, has
been solved
1t transpires that the bonds we're
not stolen, but were lost. They were
found on February 9, at Fourth and
King streets, by a boy named Michael
Kurgowskl, of No. 407 South Van
Buren, street. Constable Lucius c.
Jones, to whom the parents of the
boy unfolded the finding of the bonds,
sent them by registered mail to Mr..
Wise at 1890 o'clock today.
In addition to the bonds Mr. Wise
lost two lots Of stock Of the Highland
Gold Mine Company. Mr.. Wise was
guest at the Hotel DUPONT on Feb
ruary and left there the following
day to go to Philadelphia to dispose
of the bonds and stock. He thought
he had the securities with him but
upon arriving in Philadelphia found
them gone. He suspected that the
bonds had been taken from his room
IN the local hotel but it transpires
that they were not. He notified Dan
iel Grabill. of Lehmasters, Pa, the
guarantor Of the bonds. of his loss.
Some time after the bonds disap-
peared County Constable Lucius G
Jones, who had learned the name Of
the finder and who is connected Will
the Office of Magistrate Thomas S
Lewis, appeared at the Office Of c.
Hudson Company. bond brokers, o
which J. Montieth Jackson is man.
/ ager, and displayed one of the miss
ing bonds He asked Mr.. Jackson II i
was worth anything, and II so. how
much, and he told Jackson he, Mr.
Jones. could get the other nine bonds
Mr.. Jackson then sent the follow
ing letter TO Mr. Grabill, the guaran
tor of the bonds: I'VE hold for Gus
toner ten $50 bonds Of the Highlan'
Gold Mines Company, and if these arr
presented to you March I with draf
attached, will same be paid?"
Mr. Grabill Immediately sent a tele
gram in reply, saying; please hole
Highland bonds and wire my EXPENSE
numbers. Am trying to locate tha
amount of stolen bonds
This telegram was turned over tC
Constable Jones, and on February Il
Constable Jones wrote to Mr.. Grabil
the following letter: 81 am in re
ceipt of a telegram dated February Il
1913, to c. I. Hudson and COmpan.
which has been turned over to me
/ know where ten bonds and two lot
OF stock are that were found on Yves
Second street in this city about Feb
ruary l. The present holder did no
steal them but found them on tn
street Kindly advise me what rewar
you will give, as I think ] am in
position to get them. This letter wa
signed Lucius G. Jones.
On Monday Mr. Wine received
telegram notifying him to appear a
the Office of Magistrate Lewis yester
day afternoon at l o'clock. He wa
told that the person who has tn
bonds would be there at that time
and that they would be turned owe
to him Mr.. Wine hurried to thi
city, and promptly at / o'clock yes
terday afternoon he was at Magis
trate Lewis office in West Seyent
street There was on one there wit
the bonds, however, and no one ap
peared for sometime thereafter, s
Mr. Wine left
Mr.. Wine then complained to tn
police. and he told them that Con
stable Jones would not tell him tn
name OF the person who has in
| bonds or their address.
! The restoration Of the bonds toda
settled the case.