Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-05-11
From the Mational IntelAgenoer.

tracted BY reading in the Globe Of Wednes-
day afternoon the following:
"We understand that Mr.. Orme, tel
Ter in the bank of the Metropolis, took fifty
thousand dollars from the bank. The sus-
plcions of the cashier being awakened by ap-
pearances, he counted the money, and, dis
covering the deficit. charged the teller, who
confessed every thing, and pointed to the
person who had it in his possession, Mr..
Goodrich, clerk in one ofthe departments.
Mr.. G. was arrested and the money re-
captured.
The circumstances of this robbery, which
was the genera and almost exclusive sub
ject of conversation in this city during last
Wednesday, was as far as we have been
enabled to collect them from the most au-
thentic sources to which we had access, as
follows:
Mr.. Dennis G. Orme, a teller in the bank
of the Metropolis, very respectfully connec-
ted, and inheriting & handsome patrimony
having not been in attendance at the bank
at the usual hour last Tuesday morning,
and from his conduct on the previous day in
asserting himself for some time from the
COUNTER and appearing during the morning
to be slightly inebriated, suspicion was ex-
cited in the mind of Mr.. George Thomas,
the cashier, that all was not right, and his
teller's account being compared with the
cash on hand, it was quickly discovered that
there was deficit of no less sum than
fifty Thousand dollars. Immediately on this
discovery being made, it was communicated
by the cashier to General Van Ness, the
president of the bank, and the directors.
The former, though indisposed, went to The
house of Mr.. Orme (who was said to be
sick in bed) aud obtained an interview, in
which, after stating to Mr.. Orme the deficit
in cash, the president used every argument
he could think otto induce Mr.. Orme to ac-
count for the deficit, and to say what had
become of the money. But all in vain, Mr..
Orme persisted in denying what had become
of it.
After this interview, Mr.. Orme accom-
panied Gen. Van Ness to the bank, and
was again closely interrogated by the presi-
dent and some of the directors, when he
still persisted in denying all knowledge of
the deficit. and of the way IN which the
m ney had been disposed of; until, the mar
shal of the District of Columbia being intro
duced, and process having been served for
the amount of deficit, the dcfaulting clerk
made confession that he had taken the .ft-
tythousand dOllars and givena to A. W.
Goodrich, clerk in the war department.
This confession was made rather late on
Tuesday evening" was then thought ad-
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soon afterwards discovered by the deputy
marshal at refectory, and conducted to the
directors room, where, in the presence Of
Mr.. Orme, on being told by General Van
Ness that he had the $4,000 given to him
Ly Mr.. Orme, and the latter having con-
frmed this statement, he (Goodrich) admit.
ted that he had the money, and, taking a
pocket, gave them mp, saying "There is
the money!" Having obtained the money,
it was counted by the cashier who found
that il amounted to the sum of $49,s00-
two hundred dollars only being deficient
After some little conversation between the
president of the bank and Mr.. Orme and
Mr.. Goodrich, in order to obtain the $20C
still defcienr, the president agreed, at the
request of Mr.. Goodrich, that the bank
would dismiss all further proceedings for
the recovery of the money, and Orme and
Mr.. Goodrich were allowed to depart.
On Wednesday, however, about noon, an
affidavit having been made before Justice
Thompson, warrants were issued in the
name of the United States against Dennis
&. Orme and A. w. Goodrich, charging
the former with feloniously taking and
carrying away the sum of 6 10000, the pro-
perty of the bank of the Metropolis, and
tile latter with receiving that sum Of money,
knowing it to have been stulen.-Both war
rants were placed in the hands of III. b.
Robertson, who, in short time, arrested
Goodrich; Dennis G. Orme could not be
found.
After long and patient investigation Of
the charge against A. w. Goodrich, in the
presence of the president of the bank and
the cashier, who were witnesses for the
United States, (the district attorney being
also present, and Mr.. J. H. Bradley being
counsels for Mr.. A. w, Goodrich, J the ma.
glstrate required the accused to give bail
in the sum Of $ 1000 for his appearance at
the next criminal court for the county OF
Washington; which bail having been given
about 10 o'clock at night, Mr.. Goodrich
was discharged after having been under ex-
animation about five hours.
1t is only just to add, that Mr.. Goodrich,
! in his defence, denied that he had received
or obtained the money with any criminal in
tention; that, finding Orme IN froic, and
crazy, as he could be proved to be, when un-
der the influence of liquor, he had merely
kept the money until Orme got out of his
frolc; and that he was prevented from re-
turning the money to the bank, (which he
sincerely regretted,) through the fear that
he might do Orme some injury with bis en-
ployers, and in the hope that he would spec
dly get right again. Goodrich also said
he had searched for Orme during the day
in his usual haunts, but could not find him =.
Two or three witnesses were called, who
testified that Dennis G. Orme, when intoxi-
Gated, was almost crazy" and excited in
a most unusual and extraordinary manner.
One of them swore she saw him on Monday
night somewhat intoxicated, with large
roll of bank notes carelessly in his hat, and
acting very strangely at the time.
Since writing the preceding notice,
(which we have detailed more than usual, as
well to crafty intense public curiosity as