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Show A MYSTERIOUS CONVICT, i i i , Leaving Joliet With 81,400 In Hit Pocket i . En Route to Europe. ' Joliet, 111., May 5 Tho richest convict con-vict ever conlined iu tho Joliet peniteu-tiary peniteu-tiary was discharged from prison today. His name Is John Sollinger. He was sent up for one year from Rock Island county for forgery. Ho is a gentlemanly gentle-manly appearing fellow.'a young man of 25, handsome, cultmv'd and engaging. en-gaging. Ho has a mysterious record, and is no doubt a prodigal son nml the scion of a wealthy and respected family in Switzerland. He is heir to $300.0110 rocently left him in one of the principal prin-cipal cantons of Switzerland. On his departure from tho prison he carried with him the largest roll of bills of any convict ever sent hero, amounting to over $1400. He gave away considerable amounts and hail left when he boarded tho Santa Fo train for Chicago $1090. Ho went to Chicago and from there will go direct to New York and sail for Switzerland. Thero is such a mystery about tho handsome and wealthy young convict that nothing can be elicited irom the officers as to tho record of his crime or social aud financial relations. He is an artistic follow, and was employed in working lino designs in granite monuments. |