The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-04-22

The Bank Robbery at Richmond--The as
tonishing deialcation in the Bank Of Virgins
and the elopement Of the first teller. VIM. Be.
verify Dabney, continue to be the absorbing TO-
pics OF conversation. The amount Of the de
felt. as ascertsined on Saturday. is about S575,,
000-of which there were found checks repre-
senting about S2S5.00O. OF these checks
S225O00 were drawn by Benjamin w. Green
Of fRiehmond, the residue by mercantile house.
Of that city, the names Of which have rot
transpred. The checks of course. were not
entered on the books. Dedueting the amouni
Of checks from the deficit. it would appear that
Dabney carried off with him. iu notes. abou,
S295, 900.
He left Richmond on Friday evening, the
Sd instant, for Taylorsville, saying that no would
return by IL o'clock the next day. Some sus-
picion was excited even before that hour. on
Saturday. Investigation commenced aud was
continued for several days. the deficit being
daily increased by each successive rumor. un-
Ill last Saturday, when it was semi. officially an
nounced as amounting to the sum already
named. 1t is asceraned that Dabney passed
through Fredericksburg on his way North
having taken the cars at the junction on the
4th inst. Asa packet sailed on the 9th for
England, there is too much reason TO believe
that he reached New York 10 time to take pas
sage in the vessel
warrant was issued aganst B. w. Green,
who was examined on charge Of having aided
and abstted w. b. Dabney, the abscondng
teller, in the embezzlement. 1t appeared on
the stestimony OF Mr. Robinson that some checks
Of Green were found in tho drawer With the bills
as memoranda for cash. The following fact,
were stated by the witness, as reported by the
Richmond Compiler.
After the sudden departure Of Dabney. upon
examination being instituted, there was found a
deficiency in the current cash Of his drawer TO
the amount Of thirty TO forty thousand dollars.
There were found, however, some cheeks OF B.
w. Green's and some Of his own, placed as
cash, and few bills and receipts, &c. and
upon extending the examination into the vault,
bundles Of checks Of the same description, and
other, drawn by other houses iu the city. were
found lying interspersed throughout with bank
notes, unlabslled, loosely and careiessly laid
down. Witness testified that to thu amount OF
about thirty thousand dollars, there we're uei-
ther checks or any thing e'so TO account, srd
that the gross amount which these checks we're
placed to account for, was several hundreds oi
thousands--being so much abstraeted from the
funds OF the bank. Witness further testified
that Green had 10 credit al the Bank, and for
some time past had kept no account there.
He further testified that 10 his official character
ne had forbidden Green's checks to be received
unless funds we're 10 the Bank. These checks
had been thus received for nearly year
Several Bank Directors we're called, Who tes,i-
fed generally to the same facts,
t~. eoptendsd by Green's counsel tha,
The checks had been paid by him. at OF near
'h' Tine Of their date. and that they hsd not
been taken up BY him through csrele,sue"'
and that they had been substituted BY Dsboey
for money distracted by him. Green was sd-
niusd to bail, iD the sum OF $4,000. 10 ,ppssr
for further examination. Green i, described a,
n'n engaged in a variety Of busineu-s
sr.,, projeetor-snd the builder. smopx Other
works, Of the splendid rsilrssd bridge over tn,
Jane, River.
Il is hardly Necessary for Us TO add ,hs,
Green is very ueiive ~hig partisan. o.
course, being sspseulsror, be must advocate the
iuha,sd currency doctrines, without which he
would no, have been able TO carry on bis i'm.
mense schemes nvsling. it 10 s,id, those oi
Rs,hbun at Buffslo,-hs'os ne adequate
unis Of his o-n