Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-08-18
A Heavy Bank DefalcatiOn-..Eyi InMu.
Cuces or WAll.Sfrprt,

Cnces or Wall-Strect,
Henry b. JENKINS, paying teller OF
the Phoenix Bank, Wall-ss., New York,
has been arrested for defrauding that
Institution of S25o,0e0. A number OF
others are implicated, and one clerk
named Earl cut his throat with q pen
knife, on being arrested and committed
to Jail. The New York Tribune, in its
report, says;
Yesterday, some new and startling,
developments were made, in connection
with the Phoenix Bank dcfalcation, lay
Il ing open to the public one ofthe boldest
and most infamous caselof black mail
ing and crime ever known in this city.
Not only has it become known that Mr..
Jenkins, the paying teller, did not pos
sess the moral charactertwith which he
was accredited, but that he gratified
his lusts by visiting the lowest dens OF
infamy in the city, knownas concert
saloons, n and at last became the plant
dupe of one of the pretty waiter-girls'
supporting both herself and paramour
in richly furnished apartments in
Bleecker-st." .'ttR ~rI 1888 f-gG
The Tribune, after giving an account
of the suicide of Earl, continues:
"From information received from
Jenkins, Officers Devoe and McCarty
also proceeded to arrest Geneieve Dy-
mes, alias " We've Brewer" (Jenkins's
mistress) and her paramount, Charles
Brewer, alias Sam Davis, q butcher. 1t
is said that Jenkins formed the ac-
quaintance of the girl: who is young,
and pretty, and possessed of winning"
ways, long time ago, in concert sa-
loon, where he became desperately smit-
ten with her charms. He called OIL
her frequently, and at last she learned
enough ofhis populations, which have
extended over space OF four years, to
gain complete mastery of him, and
compelled him to comply with every
demand she made of him. With the
money thus obtained, which was fire.
quently in sums as high rs 81, 900 at a
time, "Vieve" furnished apartments
in B1eeker-st., near Thompson, in an
extravagant style, where she lived with
her man Davis. at the expense OF
Jenkins. 1t is not known what is the
paid to this pretty leech, but
it must be very large. At the time of
her arrest she was quite 10th to accom-
pany the officers, saying she would call
"her man, Davis was also arrested.
The prisoners were taken to Jefferson
Market, where an examination will
probably be had to-day. Tne woman
Is petite, with regular features, mild
blue eyes, and a handsome set of teeth.
"The circumstances of this defalca-
ton and tragedy are very sad. NO
doubt the parties implicated were at
first merely tempted to use the money
of the Bank by the hope of making
for themselves, and return
ing it without discovery. As usual,
their hopes were fallacious They lost
where they expected to gain, and by
to repair their losses they
were plunged deeper and deeper in
Haunted by instant dread of exposure
and disgrace, they still hoped to realize
enough to cover their entertainments,
and were at last made utterly desper-
ate, and with given resolution and ter
rible tranquility, awaited the lightning
flash of that which would blast them
forever. ,yGuyaaE .1'."t
Jenkins, it appears, became ac-
quainted with an abandoned but rath-
er comedy female, who appears to have
fascinated him completely, and to have
made use of her knowledge of his Sc
cret to extort money from him, and to
have supported by her ill-gotten gains
a low brute, of whose class we have
many in the city, who lived by the wa
ges OF her prostitution.
"This vile female, aud ten times vii
err man, are the most guilty of all those
involved, and most deseryepunishment;
though full justice cannot ue meted out
to them by the law, which will not in
flict upon them aught like the penalty
they merit for their utterly base and
entirely infamous conduct. ~. .M
"Maby stories are in circulation re-
speeding the defalcation, and there is
little doubt that the persons implicated
were induced to commit their embez-
Elements by their unwhoitsome haste
to grow rich. ,... -. l. .-...1 4
at is stated that Mr.. Jenkins's con-
LESSONS will involve a number Of per-
sons, and reniors are rife that when the
books of the bank are examined the de-
falcation will prove to be nearly 81 ,OOO,-
900.
"The case will come up for eSamina-
ton this morning, at the Jefferson Mar
ket Court, when developments, doubt
less including the old story Of stock OPP
eraticns, rapid living, horses, mistresses,
and other expensive luNurics, will be
made, that must for the ten theusandth
time, turn our attention to the democrat
ization that the accursed thirst for sud
den fortune engcnders."