Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-01-10

Onlll tnen 1dleus
Your friend and servant,
GEORGE CATLlN.
ErtensiOe Embezzlement E1posed.-It
will be remembered that the 9Th of Oct.
last, lad in the employ of M'Gregor,
Darling & Go. was entrusted by them with
the sum Of eight thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollars for the purpose ofdeposit-
ing the amount in the Branch Bank of the
United States. After an absence Of short
time he returned, with an account that on
his route from the. counting room to the
bank, he had lost the bank book and mo-
ncy, which consisted Of seven one thou
sand dollar notes Of the Merchants Bank,
and the balance in bills of other denomina-
ton. A large reward was offered at :he
time for the recovery Of the money, and
various opinions were entertained as to the
fact whether the lad had been robbed by
some person on his route or had intention
ally embezzled the money and fabricated
the tale which he told on his return.
Nothing satisfactory was developed on
the subject until Wednesday last, when,
from circumstances Of suspicious cllarar-
ter communicated to the house, Mr.. M
Gregor proceeded TO the Police Office and
made an affidavit, upon which warrant
was issued, and the lad, Thomas Darling,
! jr. together with his brother. Edwin A.
Darling, arrested and conducted to the Of
| fee for examination. In the course of
the day they were separately Intercepted,
and crossed each other so frequently in the
answers which they gave, that they were
ultimately constrained to admit all the facts,
which are nearly ifnot entirely as follows !:
Edwin, who is young man abou. Fl
years Of age, and has been voyage to sea,
contracted habits in which young men
left to themselves are too apt to indulge,
until at length he was induced to persuade
his brother, who was clerk of McGregor,
Darling g. Co. at salary Of two hundred
dollars year, to allow him TO take the
bank book and money ont of his pocket on
his road TO the Bank, with which he pros
ceeded to one Of the priyy's in the rear Of
the Exchange. There he took the money
from the book which he threw into the
sink, and in the evening met his brother
Thomas, with whom he proceeded up
town to the corner of West and lie Roy
streets, where in a lot under q shed, HI
= dug hole and buried the money whicl
he had taken The precaution 10 secure ia
t tin box. After the noise Of the loss l,a
partially blown over, they dug up the bo,
and inclosing four Of the 1000 dollar bill
in an anonymous note to Nc Grcgor, Darl
ing & CO., deserving TO themselves the bal
lance, which they took to- Philadelphia
There Edwin opened lottery Office, a
4 No. 46 Sonth-third street, his brothe
Thomas acting as his clerk. until becom
ing dissatisfied with tho place, Thomas re.
turned to this city, bringing with him one
| of the large notes, which he deposited or
his arrival in the rafters of his boarding
house, No. SO Maiden lane. Edwin, who
had reserved two ofthem to himself, trans.
mitted one Of them by mail 10 another
brother in this city, whose conduct is be-
yond suspicion, with representation tina
he had won it at horse race, and desire
that he would get it exchanged for him.
The note, thus enclosed. it is stated, LEI
to the charge being made against the tive
who are now in custody. The remaining
note Edwin deposited in one of the crew.
ces Of the cellar wall, where he kept his Of
fee, and shortly afterwards came to thi
city, and put up at the house in Nader
lane, where his brother Thomas boarded
where they were both taken by Homal
and Merritt, Police officers. .ss
i The note was found in the Tafiers Of th
house in Maiden Lane as described b,
Thomas, aud the other by Mr.. Merritt VIII
returned last evening from Philadelphia
whittier he went on Thursday for the pur.
pose Of obtaining it, accompanied by Ed.
win. Thus the sum Of seven Thousand
dollars has been obtained in the identical
money embexzled. leaving a deficiency Of
only seventeen hundred and fifty dollars. Q
third OF which may probably yet be realiz-
/ ed. The balance has been fooled away
by Edwin, in various extravaganc'es, which
| the inexperienced and youthful mind 10 apt
10 miscall pleasures. Years Of exemplary
conduct and strict watch upon his passions,
will be necessary to remove stain which
| a desire to givc loose 10 enjoyment has en-
tailed upon his character; and still long
err period to obliierate, II he possesses sem
sibility. the emotions Of sorrow and regret;
Al the great injustice he has done 10 his pa
rents and relations by this one set. ifnot Of
henr,less villany, ut least Of reckless indis-
erection and folIy.-N Y. Colwitr.
LISA remarkable fact, and worthy Of
/, being noted by4ist American people, that
a.. s..a ~eaaa aaafn MANAGE ephtah haVA rae