New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-30
GREAT BANK DEFALCATIOM
$4,000 ABSTRACrED BY THE TELLER.

From IRE s, Lou, Democrat. AprRT n.
Thi, community greatly surprised ON Yesterday,
IN hear that the cash account Of Geo. -. Anterior,
Teller of he southern Bank Of his city, was short I"
the amount Of several thousand dollars. Mr. Mherton
was for many years clerk in the old state Bank, mas
been Teller in the Southern ever since ia orgahIa-
iion and has been generally known To tins community
n a man of strict integrity. Since hl' arrest ne nc.
Knowledge that he has been appropritlng Ia hinseu
NORTON of the deposits of the bank for some time
past until the amount OF his distractions has reached
The sum of s53,UuO. -
In fu confession Of the whole matter, he has told
what he has done with the money. lie says he
had foaned It, or the greater gari OF IT. sL,oO0, To
Raynor Co.. Of ibis city, of which firm hi' brother
iu-law j. a member.
The manner Of this defacation and the mode of con-
ccalmcnt adopted are and ingenious. Mr. Ather-
ton when he desired to abstract money, put both the
deposit ticket and money in his private drawer 80 tha',
tbr deposit ticket not being file the bookkeeper,
of course could not enter on the ledger that amount
These discrepancies between the depositors bank
book and the individual ledger could not be found out
until tlt, bank book sent to he balanced whom
Mr. Anterior always on the lookout for those pass
hooks would make out deposit ticket for the amount
he had retained that account and put IL on the hie
10 be credited. -,
But in doing this. he would put in his drawer the
depos ticket of other depOsitOr OF that day In
This way he took moneys and used them winch he
never allowed be credited TO the parties until there
was a necessity for it TO save exposure
This affair had not affected, not viii 1t Affect, the
standing Of the bank which is deseryedly popular
institution and is managed by men OF the first business
qualification " -, ,,,-.
Cashier and several Of the Directors of the Bank,
called at the police office and desired aid in securing
me uersnn Of one of their telers, whose name they
declined To give but whom they accused OF having en-
bezzled the banks fund To a large euent-to what
amount they also declined stating. They were apPre-
hensive that the guilty man was about leaving the city
if indeed he mad no4 already escaped Capt Fealyr
of the Night Guard at once dispatched sergeant
Moore Officer % lrary, and the private Waterman Oh
the southern Bank To the residence designated ~ tnst
Of the teller on Bddle, between Fifteenth and six-
teenth streets. The private watchman was sent tn
identify the person To be arrested, while poiceman
was placed on patrol at the bank, which is on Pine,
near Main street. $50
The residence, an elegant three-story edihce, was
fund yrapped in silence and darkness and WITH tho
doors fastened An application for edmisson occa.
stoned evident alarm ~ the windows above opened
and closed aud no other Immediate response was
given noise heard az OF some person attempt.
INC To leave the premises and Sergeant Moore entered
the ward where he found person whom he knew not
IN hc the arcmsed but who IL his brothern-law. The
door was at ZENITH opened and George o. Atherton WAS
pointed out the victim Of bis folly anu crime no
sai wrny at table. The officers Thought they per-
ceiyed ydences Of preparation on his part 10 leave
Their nnwelcome entrance had also Ia be endured by
Mrs Atherton who sank poweress into her elirr, De
meath the crushing infection. lie was conducted Ia
the Police Office, where he gave hs name, ana Inie
an apparently uBrcseryed acknowledgment Of MIS-
guilt. .,.,,..,o,,
before the committing gstrate and was placed nJa
Ia come forth and plead guilty at the bar OF the Crim-
nal Court. -,
Tie event ais the mysterious FIRE at the Missouri
~ n,e Bank on Main street, above u year ago Atm
erou was then engaged there and left writing at
la;s hour the office. The origin Oi the hre was never
SATISFACTORILY explained; do we know TINT scriour
suspicion was attached TO Atherton on that occasion.