Show THE conscience FUND i A lter which n public Inter cut tho of tho government at washington contain many communications but none probably possess moro romantic interest thain iho ol lowing which your correspondent win permitted to road yesterday by n treasury department official it was a letter which accompanied a largo bum of money as a contribution to alio conscience fund tho writer began by stating tint in tho year lagi hu was a on alio llio steamship chauncey Cha now york to danl fancisco ho was a telegraph operator and under engagement to tho california beato telegraph company during the voy ago iio became acquainted with a alio was known to his fallow as charles edmund hastings A fast friendship grew up between him and the writer upon their arrival ill iiii francisco they put up at the same hold and occupied adjoining looms what followed hero given in the writers own words the bot day 1 reported for duty late in tho I 1 among a number of oilier telegrams one aiom alio thief inspector of tho rost ou ico wa directing alic authorities at san francisco to keep 1 sharp lookout for one charles emmons who hal stolen money to aliu amount of abilo an of the new york post office iho description of eminora tallied exactly with that of mv friend in bonio nian ncr I 1 1 acamo convinced that ho and alio defaulter were ono and tho same person upon tho c of abo moment 1 slipped the message into iny pocket when 1 returned to alio hold I 1 handed it to hastings and asked him to n 1 told irra my suspicions without guin loo deeply into particulars ho confessed everything it was tho old story iio had sunk every dollar iio in wall street and in an evil moment had used abo funds of tho ou until detection stared alro in iho fare ho started for yew orleans but hearing thai iho police cr on ha track conceived iho diring plan of returning to new york and embarking from tharo to california whilo search was being made for him iu tho he was randly steaming away to the ric ilic slope at the expiration pi ration of several aweeka they had probably found a new clue which had resulted sn the sending of tho telegram in question hastings biggid me not to libin and promised that under a new nimo and in a now country he would begin life over and in 1 few cars mako good tho governments loss I 1 promised silence and lie disappeared that night 1 learned from a mutual friend bome months later that emmons liml gone to nevada city nov and tharo died of an incurably incura bli disease A few years ago by alic death of a i dative I 1 camo into possession of ithai to a man of modest desires ia an ample fortune I 1 desire to make restitution to the government for the amount of mr emmons peculation in which I 1 have always considered myself an indirect accomplice alio sum is the principal and interest to daic Z oot |