The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-02-05

mercy IS lmp'ored, ahd L trust that by
thee forgiveness is sought. am
brought 10 due sense of my state i
feel as man, but die as Christian in
the faith of mercy from the all supreme
omnipotence of Divine will, through
repentance OF an ill-spent life.
"Regard my fate. aud kindly remem.
her the entreaties of my parting breath.
As an expiring victim Of crime, en-
join We, the parents Of my dear children,
to bestow ou them thy maternal kind
ness. and as you value their existe nee.
so regulate their morals. Awaken them
with a due knowledge of the solemn
and awful event OF their fathers fate.
that they may avoid the track of the
evil path of man check, in the spring
of their years, the budding growth Of
vice. ere they are Overrun with the
ihorns Of human deprnvity; cultivate
their minds with spiritual grace, that
they may seek Alliance in an everything
power; Cor thy guide take divine pre-
cept-'Train up child in the way
he should GO. and when he is old he
will not depart from it, With fer
vent prayerI hope that under their ten
der mothers care, they may prove n
moral example to p"ster;ty, and by
the rectituhe Of their lives defy the stir-
ma Of a censorious world. May their
fathers offences never be cruelty advert
ed to. to embiiter their days-may the
light Of wisdom direct the way Of their
course till they depart hither to receive
the rewards Of their virtues from the
Heavenly Father Of all"
From the London Observer. of .N'0r. 1.
In the preceding columns we have
Given full account Of the trial Of Mr..
Fauntleroy. which presents n still more
extraordinary case than was even con-
templated.
The prisoner was indicted for forging
and uttrrins power of attorney, in the
name of Miss Frances Young, so far
back as June, 1915. for the transfer Of
G545O. Long Annuities. There were
FIVE other indictments for similar often
ces. committed at different periods up
to November 1923, and on the property
Of different persons, but Mr.. Fauntlerny
being found guilty on the first, the 9th
ers were not proceeded upon. Mr..
Faunileroy was partner in banking
house he had Il private desk in the Of
fee 3: of that desk he constantly kept
the key appended to his watch within
the desk were the keys Of two boxes,
kept in an inner room; and IN one Of
these bikes was paper in his hand
writing. couched in the following terms;
-" De la p Place. 1t,f50t. 3 per cent
C"nsoIs: f. w, Young, 5OOOt. Consols
General Young 6OOOt. CoDsols Fran
crs Young. 5O0Ot. Consols. Fl. Kelly.
6oool. Cansols; Lady Nelson, 1i,595l.
Cons0ls."
And so the list continued TO an a
mount of i20, OOOi. which wns added to-
geihpr AT the foot, and was followed by
this most singular and unprecedented
declaration 80 In order to keep M the
credi, four house, have forged pow.
ers of attorney, for the above sums and
parties, and sold out TO the amount here
stated, aud without The knowledge of
my partners. l kept up the payment Of
the dividends, but made no entries of
such payments on our books" This
was dated - Berners street, May z.
1916" and was followed by a Postscript
equally remarkable :--P. s. The bank
began first to refuse TO discount our ac-
ceptances, and to destro- the credit Of
our house, the bank shall smart for it,"
1t would seem that this paper could
only have been written and preserved
by MIR. Fauntlrrey, out OF sense of
Justice TO his partners, who in the event
Of his sudden death might have other
wise found il difficult to establish their
innocence ;and so far he is entitled to
20 commentator. But when we dispas-
sionately consider his real motive for
the frauds, we stand in establishment
and dread at the lamentable obliquities
Of the human mind. No less than six
teen gentlemen Of the highest repute
spoke to having known him from ten to
twenty seven years.; they described him
as obIigins, benevolent, kind-hearted,
aud humane, AZ having ever maintained
an unspotied character, and being con-
sidered strictly honest, upright, and
honorable. OF The truth Of this evil
dence there cannot he shadow Of doubt:
such was Mr.. Fauntleroy's character
such was the opinion Of the ,corM con-
corning him for long course of years,
during all which time he was prey to
the consciousness Of his dishonesty, and
was in the frequent practice Of forgery
to an appalling extent! 1t was the
maxim, an idol nf the ,sorJd,s onin;o,,