Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1889 — HEWAS NOT A TRAMP. [ARTICLE]

HEWAS NOT A TRAMP.

But Had Plenty of Money to Surprise Hta Bewildered Relative*. Daniel Maurry, brother of the wife of John W. Sayers, a wealthy slate manufacturer of Bangor, Pa., went West over thirty years ago. Becoming homesick, he disposed of his business to advantage and started eastward. Last Saturday afternoon, looking like a tramp, he appeared in Bangor, and was hooted at by boys whom he met. He entered the factory of Jot n Sayers, who recognized him, and, although ashamed of his appearance, took him to his home, where his wife, Murray’s sister, gladly welcomed him. He complained of poverty and old age, and desired a place where he could foe cared for. Mr. and Mrs. Sayers assured him that his home could be with them. Thanking them, with tears in his eyes, he reached into his boot and pulled out a roll of bills. From a waist-belt he took more greenbacks and a sack of gold; from a hidden pocket more money, and from another one more bills, until be had astonished them with thousands of dollars. He then said he thus appeared to test their worth. Shaved, bathed and clothed in a new Bujt which he extracted from his valise, he has paralyzed Bangorians.