Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-17

then taken to the station-house, keeping
! quiet all the way. On searching Jen-
! kins' house nothing was found having
any connection with the case, but he
volunteered the information that pack
age containing every cine TO the case
was in his private drawer in the bank.
The package referred to was found in
the bank with another package and a
box containing drafts not yet used and
other papers, including some counter
felt bills and some genuine bills, was
found in the place Indicated The vvlue
OF the property thus recovered is stated
at $4,000 or $4,000, though it may
prove to be less The prisoner was able
to explain in much detail the facts in
regard to these papers. Many of the
letters were demands for money, in vari-
GUS forms, but usually the writers want
ed to borrow" and We're peremptory
! in their requests for accommodations.
| The names of two of these individuals
| 1t Is not deemed advisable to publish,
| but the sums one had received amounted
| to about SIS, 900. Both were worthless
| characters, frequenters OF vile places,
and professional rufflans. They had OBJ
tained, together, forty or fifty thousand
! dollars. In some cases, Jenkins said,
| they had followed him to Wall street,
and meeting him on a corner, would
say 81 know you, you are a good old
| fellow. and are in good old situation,
with plenty of money; l know how you
| spend it, and | want eight hundred dol
lars to-day. 1t will be all right then"
| The money was forthcoming. Jenkins
! never once refused.
jenkins now saw that further conceal
ment could avail him nothing, and he
| finished the revelations which his pack
age of documents had begun. Besides
Earl he implicated several other per-
sons, among whom was young woman
| yariously known as Genevieve Brown,
| Annie Lines, Ida Brewer, etc, hand
some bawd with whom Jenkins is said
| to have become acquainted in Nine Bells
pandemonium in Broadway.
This woman was arrested after much
resistance and threatening on her part.
| She was made to confront Jenkins for
the purpose of Identification who ex-
| claimed, as soon as he saw her. ives.
yes, that's the woman She took the
money, and threatened me until | gave
! ~ W iAGAs IuC hOiildu LlGu ChlU BUAL
the didn't threaten" but that Jenkins
had given her the money voluntarily
and in sums Of $50 to 500. jenkins in
terposed saying that she had received
I sums sometimes as high as 81 900, which
the woman tacitly admitted. Charles
Brown, alias Sam Davis, the woman's
man, Win whom She was living at
this time, was also arrested He Is
known to have received $4,000 or $4,000
from Jenkins, and it is said that he de-
posted the money in the Greenwich
! Bank.
JENKINS CAREER OF CRIME.
Jenkins according to his own admis-
sion, began this embeZzlement four wears
ago DE had, though apparently living
economically at home, spent consider
able money in concert saloons and other
disreputable places. There, it appears
| he had been seen by rufffans and black
guards, who had been informed in re-
gard to his situation and circumstances,
and they Immediately beset him, insist
ing that he should lend or give them
money, on condition that they should
preserve silence in regard to what they
knew concerning him. Jenkins gave
them the money they demanded, for they
had hlnted to him of some other man.
who had been found out, and who had
been kicked out of his place" This
was suppositious case, but it answered
the purpose Of the vampires, j." as Jenk-
ms now terms them, who have since
then constantly followed him. 1t is un-
derstood that Jenkins has paid these
men the sum Of S75, 900 to 100000. The
remainder of the money stolen 1920 O0O)
ne has himself squandered or given to
Earl for stock speculations on their Joint
account He takes his incarceration
philosophically, and nothing but the
nervous trembling of his hand betrays
the emotions of his breast. He profess
es to be happy in getting clear of his
enemies. The total sum of his defalca-
tions is now reported at $3lS,0OO.