The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-30
Honor Among Thieyes-AC Clerk Trav-
els Five Thou sand Miles 10 Restore
stolen Money.


stolen Money.
our readers will reIsember the account we
last summer published Of the heavy swind-
ling operations in " Washington. Pennsy ania,
Of a young man named A. II. Craig, who was
detected stealing from the drawer Of Messrs.
Chambers & Mathews, by whom he was em-
ploycd, and made to disgorge some five thou
sand dollars. which he confessed 10 have taken
from the "tlll" of that firm, and from Mr. V.
Harding. by whom he was also employed.
From the time he W a. relieved of his ill-gotten
money until a short time ago nothing was
known Of his whereabouts; but a few days
since Mr.. Harding received a letter from Craig.
dated at Wheeling. in which that hopeful
stated he was sick, and requested Mr.. Hard
ing to visit him, a he had further develop
ments 10 make. The gentleman addressed at
once came 10 this city, and laundering as rep
resented. who stated that, after leaving Wash
ingtOn he had gone to California, but that his
conscience reproached him so severely for his
dishonesty that he could "neither eat nor
Sleep" and after remaining in California a few
days. took steamer and returned, determined
to make full restitution Of all the money he had
stolen.
He then gave Mr.. Harding thirty-fve hun
dred dollars, which he said he had taken from
him; also one thousand dollars for Chambers
and Matthew'S and one thousand dollars for
Mr.. Isaac BeesOn, of Uniontown, by whom he
had been employed. and from whose drawer
be had pilfered. before. Thus this drawer
/ thief restored nine thousand five hundred dol
I lars which he had taken almost without
being suspected. and at the same time restored
quite a valuable package of goods, consisting
Of dress patterns, shawls, ETC., which he had
slipped off at various times. 1t is probable
that the whole amount taken will fall little
short Of ten thousand dollars.
When Craig went TO California, he sold his
government bonds for gold, which he sold in
New York, upon his return, for currency,
realizing sufficient i'm profit to paw the expen-
ses of his journey, and enabling him to make Il
full return Of every dollar, n he states. that he
had taken,
Taking the case altogether. the systematic
dishonesty which he practiced for years, the
boldness with which he invested the money
taken. his flying 10 a distant region TO elude
pursuit and punishment, and his immediate
return to restore all, IL is a most extraordinary
one, not only in regard TO the holiness with
which the stealing was done. but as illustrat-
ing the power Of conscience over a systematic
thief forcing him 10 travel back from the Pa.
eific Ocean, distance Of many thousand miles
to relieve his pocket and his conscience at tho
same time Wheeling Register.
DELIBERATE AND AWFUL MURDER.-Or
Saturday last, as we are informed by gentle
man who came up on the McCombs, mar
named Anderson shot and instantly killed
another whose name was Slider, at Owens
boro.
Ii seems there had been an old feud exist
ing between the parties for long time, anC
Anderson repeatedly threatened TO take Sli
der's life. Slider returned from Paducah
where he had been for some time past, ON thu
Palestine. On Saturday, while walking on tn
street in company with Mr.. Talbot. Ander
son stepped suddenly out from behind cor
ner, and rudely pushing Talbot to one side
: presented navy revolver at the head Of Slide
and fired. literally blowing his head TO pieces
Then. renarking, with an oath, that he ha,
4 s..s, Il
ing near by, from whence he was taken by tn
, police and imprisoned.-Nec Albany Courier