New-York daily tribune., 1859-09-26


H. Little, young clerk in the employ of Winslow,
Lsner & Co., bankers at No. 80 Wall street, was ar
rested early Saturday mornng by Detective Officers
Young and Elder. On the 10th Of the present month
Little was irtrus,ed by his employers with check
for s 000 which he took TO the bank and got cashed,
and returned to his employers with the statement
that he had los. the money His story wss doubted,
but he persisted in it, asserting that he had pu the
bills, which were $50 and 500 notes, in his vest
pocket while be went to the Post-0fice and that
the package must have worked ont Of his pocket. A
few days before this 500 900 worth Of drafts n
trusted to him 10 get them certified but he dropped
them in the street They were picked up by stran-
ger, and returned to the firm. When he reported
that he had lost the $1,000 his employers took him
into their private Office and searched him. but did not
frd any trace fthe money. Upon coming out among
his felow-clerks be is reported TO have exclaimed:
" The fools searched everywhere but in my shoes
tie morey might have been there He was very
jovia ard Indifferent about the matter often telling
his associates in the banking house, "Wel boys,
when go to the Island II write to you, sure. His
employers were advised by Messrs. Young and Elder,
whom they consulted to retain the youngster in their
service, as by doing, if lie had as they supposed,
been persuaded to steal this money by some one older
in crime than himself, it would soon be apparent.
Tie advice was followed, and thenceforth although
utterly unconscious Of the fact he never went abroad
but the ehadow Of Justice lowered over his path. 1t
was found that he had been leading life Of dssipa
ton in compsny with returned California gambler
After pursuing their Investigations as far as they
deemed advisable the detectives resolved TO arrest
him, and on Friday night last after tracking him to
Bryarts Mnstrels, in company with the Californian,
and thence to various other places about the city at
IL o'clock they brought up at disrepuabls house in
Houston street. Here the officers took him into GUS
tody, and conveyed him to head quarters where they
fouId concealed in his boots the Of 800 lie still
protested that he had lost the money and knew
nothing further about il but subsequently gave in
formation by which the officers, at O'Clock in the
| morning succeeded in recovering 81 700. He nov
says that the Californian has 500 of the stolen money,
and that it was by his nstigaton that he committed
the theft, and further he states that the drafts were
dropped by advice of the same person-ss they being
valueess to every but the owner, would certainly
be'rsturned-in order that when he committed the
theft his employers might the readily credit the
story of his careessness andno suspect him OF crime.
The Californian has probably left the city or taken
refuge where he hopes TO elude the pursuit OF the
police. Little is about II or Is years old, and has
held bis situation for long time. He has frequently
been intrused with checks drafts, and other vslua-
bles. Messrs Wnsow Lanier Il Co. had the utmost
confidence in the young man, and refused to proceed
against him for the g 000 but the detectives
convinced tina. he had stolen the money, and after
watching him took him into custody without authority
from bis employers He is now locked up to answer
the charge.