Show BARTERS LEGACY san francisco army officer takes unique method to raise money to elope san francisco may 8 the question as to how lieutenant lewis the army officer who mysteriously disappeared from his poet of duty at the presidio on the ot last month secured enough money to leave the city haa been solved after days 0 search or tile movements of the COT prior to his departure from the presidio it was discovered yesterday that the day before he deserted he sold the 1200 legacy which ho recently received from a wealthy uncle in toronto canada the bammy of lewis haa faunl out hat ho disposed of his right IQ the money he received by the will of his uncle lewis was formerly in charge ot the post exchange at the presidio andelt was thought at the time that possibly alg accounts were not all straight and he hod left tor that reason the books 0 tho exchange have been carefully audited but no shortage of any kind waa discovered in eplee of lays of search in the vicinity of this city and numerous ms sent to various cities in the united states and canada the friend and family odthe officer have not received tho slightest clew aa to his whereabouts at the same time that hewl dropped from sight miss lath Berry faan a nurse at st ftc db hospital on whom the officer h regularly alfou d alaa 0 o her arienda dm not know that lewis waa fi married and ehe considered herself engaged to him it la the supposition 0 lewis fellow that he sold his legacy to secure enough cash to lope ath miss berryman Der ryman while the actual amount receive by lewis for his claim will not be given out by hla family it Is generally understood that he received a much smaller amount than the actual value of ahe legacy |