Thankfully, they ordered the guns on Oct. 8 and took delivery on Dec. 10 1897. Capt. Albert William Money returned my gun to Parker Bros.for credit on 31 Dec. 1898. So this means Capt. A. W. "Bluerock" Money had no less than 3 Parkers- my gun and the 2 that were stolen. His son, Noel Ernest Money also had a Whitworth barreled AAH he had ordered a few years earlier. I do not believe there is any record of his youngest son, Harold Bloomfield Money (aka De Shootinest Gent'man) ever having owned a Parker. He was a great devotee of the Model 1897 Winchester however, as is well known.
The loss of the Parkers was not Capt. Money's only recent misfortune. It paled in comparision to the accident at his E.C. Powder plant in Oakland, NJ the prior September when a boiler blew up during lunch break and caused two other explosions resulting in 7 deaths and numerous injuries.
Last edited by Don Kaas; 09-10-2009 at 10:09 AM..
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