The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-12

renrohepsbe consisted in habit of careessness In tho
arrangement of his department. the throwing OF his
coat In place, his nat IN aho'her'
and sometimes leaving his table or desk
in q Uttered and untdy condition. This was
laid TO a lack Of system on the part OF the tel.
ler and "a apparently resulted In oss and did
no harm excepting as poor example for younger en-
ployes and as they saw that their agent was usually
yery correct In his demeanor his habits in other respects
and figures they allowed this TO pass comparatively uu
rebuked In fact, jenkins was voted sow" by all his
fellow clerks and telers and acquaintances, and the
President Cashier had amendment 10 offer TO the
notion The latter rathor liked ii that he was "slow,'
as in contradisncon to the term fast, ;" having in
mind tho cases in which bank telers OF the
disposition had been very fast that their en-
ployes had been unable to overake them when they had
once absconded with their money They were well
pleased with the industry Of Mr.. Jenkins and allowed
him all the time he required after business hours TO
square up his daily transactions. He was even
ceedngy slow that he was sometimes detained at the
bank until night, O'Clock in the evening
before he could leave for late dinner. But there
nothing very suspicious in that, it well known
that he had slow assistant but both retained
the supposed -to-be sow-busure" axiom II is
suspected that during these hours all credited to
his ardiness of notion Jenkins engaged in correct
ing his record and rapdy abstracting large from
the vaults of the establishment As long as his balances
appeared correct, however, this was undiscovered
The only of value be found belonging Jen-
kns leading to clue to the manner in which he has
pended the Of money alleged to have been taken
from the bank few shares in petroleum stock in
which he Is known TO have been specializing to limited
extent for the past two years Whether any consdcra
BILE be realized to tho Phenix corporation
from the disposal of this stock has not yet been def
nitely ascertained
EARLE's ANTECEDENTs AND ARREST.
James II. Earle, another Of the alleged Phenx Bank
pecuators and the who rather than meet the Ills Of
this life, few by his rash act to those he not
Of born in Elizabeth N j. and ut the time Of his
death not far from thirty years Of age. He was
widower having lost his wife, who was of excellent
family and greatly respected about year ago One
child left to suffer from the parents folly He
sided at Newark
At the time of his arrest Earle engaged clerk
with Messrs Smith, Martin Co., bankers in Wall street,
having been some months out Of the employment
of the Phenk Bank, where he formerly a
discount clerk he had been noted as good accoun,
ant and fair dealing While engaged in the Phenix
Bank he we'll liked by his associates and some Of
them, that by suicide he has tacy confessed
hardly believe that he could have been guilty He
had been in the establishment for several years II Is
possible that he had business of his attend
to than compatible with the retention Of saaried
situation for other parties At all events he had been
out Of the Bank some six months more when his
nccton with the defaication discovered and, as
herein related he arrested Being unable to bear
the consciousness Of detected guilt he committed suicide
THE ARREST OF EARLE.
The of Earle Effected subsequently to that
of Jenkins by whose information the capture Of the
former warranted. Detectives Devoe and sampson
made all the necessary arrangements to take the accused
into custody, and officers Devoe and McCarty at
proceeded to the office Of the brokers As the
accused identified the detective took him aside and
inquired in blunt and half confidential manner, show
much money he had received from Jenkins" Earle,
who had great self control, and Of acknowl-
edged nerve, looked at the ocer with apparent calm
ness and did not utter word but gradually his cheek
grow paler until his face blanched DEATH He then
replied by assuming ignorance Of the particular charge
made against him, and asked il the Jenkins referred
to the tone at the bank" To this the officer
quietly retorted by the that he the man.
and that all further attempts at deception would be
unavailing Then and only hen Earle confessed that
he had had ''about hundred thousand dollars Of
Jenkins After q time, becoming more communi-
cative, he volunteered the explanation that Jenkins
was in trouble that he Eare had complete knowledge
Of the facts Of the case, and that he desired
10 do what he could TO make money for Jenkins
by specializing in stocks He remarked, however, that
his operations had been unsuccessful and that all the
money had been lost When the officer inquired II Earle
did not know that he using the funds Of the bank
an evasive answer was given. He would not say where
the first fifty thousand dollars from but admitted
the last Hty thousand had been the property Of the
bank The prisoner brought the converfation TO close
by nqurng he would be likely to return on that day
to his Office to which the detective replied that "he
thought not," and relapscd into silence.
THE SUICIDE IN HIS CELL.
The decsascd, would appear lay down on the bench
In his cell with his head rug which had been fur
nshed him pillow by the officer and having deber-
aiey and placed beside him bis hat and collar
deliberately committed the decd ending his life. II is
that he heard moving about late four
O'Clock A. NJ and therefore the suicidal scheme must
have been consummated after that hour He had been
asked early in tho evening by Sergeant Waters II he rc
quired anything To this offer ho replied that he "ct
bad that he did not care for anything just then"
When found by doorman Gillespie In the morning be
lay with his head the rug, in the midst OF pool OF
blood while common double bladed pcnknfe and copy
of Thursdays paper by bis side He had FIRST en-
deavored 10 the juguar but, falling in the at
tempt he had cut through the Adams APPLE mado an
ncision In the wndppe thus putting an end 70 his cx-
ssence is presumed that tho unfortunate man bled
W was hDOut uVoIeet hcues III hoknp
Of dark complexion. and with large flowing beard His
attire was always scrupulousy neat He had lost the
upper part Of the left forennger
ALL SORTS OF RUMORs AND REPORTS.
As is generally the rule when affair like the one
under consideration OCCURS there yesterday thou
sand and and reports circulating regarding
the accompanying circumstances Above are given all
that has been gathered from tho most authentic sources
without desiring to prejudice the in the opinion OF
the public the following items at least possessing the
value OF being founded upon fact given having
4 bearing upon the subject
The detectives at first took Jenkins aside and subjected
him a rigid examination to endeavor. possible
10 obtain clue TO the money he had absracted HI
adhered his statement that there papers what
ever Dcvoc said there must be documents; that Jen
kins could not have played the game he had success
fully without something in the shape Of documents Il
show for II, and he had better tell where they