New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-03-28
CITY INTELLIGENC nee
WEDNESDAY.
CIRCUIT COURT Before Judge KENT.
Highly Important Suits.

Ammi Bows and Frederick w. Gulteau Us.
Henry Cotton The plaintiffs commission merchants OF
ths city and the defendant keeper Of Faro Bank The pre-
sen, an action rover recover S5Oo9 which inc pain
ts alese their Clerk have embezzied from ths ana 10
have lest at the Faro Bank The Clerk had the entire CONT
dence of Plaintiffs. Hewas their bookkeeper and concerned
his frauds BIZ false entries The amount OF money emoezzed
BY him between $1,000 and $40 COO $4,000 oil which he '
at the establishment defendant between $1,000 and S'Oo al
other places kidd and the balance purchasing lottery
tickets The brought 10 recover certain dmouh'
Of bills OF the Merchants Exchange and other Banks which
III, contended Mr. Cotton received belonging 10 BOWS
the Clerk who passed them not having title 10 do So
and not receiving value Gambling, by law OF this state
public offence and title does not rest upon money rece
ed through The Clerk himself Is witness w hen 1T was
discovered that the MONEY lost I'm Feb 1887 pows
uteau entered Investigations aud the Clerk escaped
TO Havana where he remained months and 'turne-
While there he communicated his employers here the mode
IN which he disposed of their money lie Is no" IN JAN d
the suit Of Bows Gutsau for the taking of this money
Mr. Cotton who has already made considerable noise IN
the world and who superior looking man. was IN CouitJ
Robert II. Darts "a young man, rather small
IN person with black eyes aud rather gentee appearance
swom-I am in my 9th year-was clerk TO Dows Gui
teau Have been the establishment "a flour store and pro-
duce commission warehouse Broad street, was
with Nh Bows before he formed his present rm which was
in lSO lost about $4,000 of their money playing Faro AT
Mr. CotoH's was sometimes winner and sometimes loser
commenced that night betting faro do not remember
he;eer won or lost that night Went again naxt evening
or the second evening thereafter think was winner that
night went there frequently afterward, three
times week was not much loser till The latter part
Of 1912 went on rather small scale the first part OF 1t.
remember one night in December 1872 losing between $500
and SoO terminated playing in Feb 1885, about the 9th of
the month ha7e got memoranda Of my losses lObjected
TO by Mr.. O'Connor
The memoranda was made from checks which drew gene
rally OF $780, which lost. The checks the Mer-
chants Exchange Bank signed the chesks with the
of Bows Guteau, having authority to do lost differ
en sums different nights. The most think ever lost
one night was $500 frequently lost $50 of night 1t was
in Butchers and Brewers Bank money which had received
that afternoon for bill of pork sold W B Van Norden and
belonged to Bows * Gui,eau lost nights and
some less aud some nights kept mamoran-
dunn of my losses destroy t.uiFeb. 1873 lost at Mr..
Cotons establishment $4,000, within $780, my
memory serves Between 1000 and $1,000 money Of
the checks Drew the ofdierent banks-seme East
ern but mostly Of this city The whole of the money be-
longed to Bows & Guiteau.
Here long and tedious croseyamination took place l-
ring which the illness into full history OF his
of crime and Of the meds operand Of The gambling houses.
1t is tedious for publication
Mr. John Do,rS testified to being clerk for
Bows Gu,@au The sales and cash brought in amounted
10 between $500 600 and 100000 year They had
fdence in Mr. Davis and frequently consul him to their
9O sllo lStl s22 1912 $685. and in 8i3 to the
TINA of Mr.. D. s going away, S2if6.
examined and he deung clerk who appeared
feel very little regret during his examination at what had
taken place.
The case will be resumed ,his forenoon For plaintiffs Mr..
McCorn. For defendant. Mr. OConnor.