Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-14
THE EVENING NEWS.

says that Peter ID. heoIey' NN
years pas, Agent for Wells Fargo y TO-
a, Gold Hill, was arrested on the oacfa-
men,o boa, on Tuesday afternoon a few
moments before her departure, on the
charge of embezzling some $4,000 OF the
c~omoany's funds at that office. lhe TACT
~ b;s defalcation WAS discovered some
,wo months ago, when he was superseded,
s,d mon the discovery Of his criminality
he made an attempt TO blow his Drains
out, bu, was unsuccessful. Since then ne
has remained in Nevada most OF the time,
and no attempts were made 10 arrest him
there, although a close watch was kept on
his movements. A few days since Chas.
E. McLane, one of the managers OF Wells,
Fargo 4 Co.'S affairs, learned that he was
in Marysville, and steps were about being
taken 70 arrest him there, when he went TO
San Francisco. A warrant was taken out
Immediately and placed in the hands OF
Capt. Lees, who in company with Detect
i've Johnson, employed BY Wells, Fargo &
Co., proceeded TO the Sacramento boat
and took him into custody Immediately
after he went on board. Hedley made a
full confession Of his guilt at the time OF
its discovery. stating the amounts he had
taken at different times, and the causes
which led him to appropriate the tunds OF
his employers. When he took charge
of the business at Gold Hill he had
$50. 900 of his own money on deposit
in San Francisco. which he withdrew
and took with him. This he loaned out
At extremely remunerative rates OF inter-
es, in Nevada, and was acquiring wealth
with a rapidity which ought TO have sat-
is6ed any reasonable man. He did not
speculate in mining stocks. but attended
strictly 10 the business of the concern,
loanlng his own money, until the mania
for stock gambling go, possession OF him.
and then with the sudden fall in stocks he
was carried down the dark abyss OF dis.
honesty and ruin. His speculations are
said to have been confined almost exclu-
sively 10 Ophn stock. When it reached
the then low figure Of $1,000 a foot, ne
invested all his means in IL. II went suii
lower, and with the hope OF making a
margin he appropriated $4,000 from the
office. Still the stock went down. AT
tina, time he stated that he was on the
point Of going 10 Mr.. McLane and max
ing a clean confession Of his guilt, ana
e~ndeavoring to make good the amount;
but the mania had possession Of him. and
he concluded TO take $4,000 more. with
which 10 get even. So he went on until
he had appropriated $4,000. and then
the whole circumstance were brought TO
light. and he was a ruined man. Persons
familiar with the rapid decline in Ophir,
and the assurances so current in the stock
circles tha, the stock must soon rally, can
readily understand how he lost the money.
Hedley is So years Of age, and has a wife
and one child. II may seem singular that
Hed!ey should be prosecuted in San
Francisco for embezzlements committed
in Nevada. The circumstances under
which the prosecution is brought. are said
10 be as follows: Some months since.
Hedly drew a draft at Gold Hill on the
Office Of Wells, Fargo s Co. in San Fran
cisco, for $4,000, in favor Of a stock
broker who had been transac,ing business
for him in the San Francisco stock mar
ke,. The money was paid over TO the
broker. who, under instructions from
Hedley. appropriated it TO the payment OF
the latter's losses IN stocks. The money
paid GU, BY the Office in San Francisco
was not made good TO the Gold Hill Of
fce, whence the draft was drawn. The
crime, although conceived in Gold HiIl'
was really contaminated at San Francisco,
and the broker was used as an innocent
instrument by Hedley in completing the
fraud.
REGISTER (, REGISTER And do it at
once; dom. delay it any longer; 1t amt
safe. "Procras,ination is the thief OF
time" and a high old thief at that. Time
is on the wing. He waits for nothing,
neither politics nor matrimony. Judge
Hall tells US he don't confue himself ITO
the law in such cases made and provided,
as to the hours for registering voters. out
i, always ready. from breakfast to bed
time" so that no one need neglect MS
business TO get registered. He says also
tina, all citizens are required by the law
TO paw their poll tax for 1866, or show
their poll tax receipt; and that naturalized
citizens are required. in addition thereto
20 take with them their naturalization pa
ners 70 have them endorsed. So call on
him this week and if you can't do any
better, go up on Sunday-heN do It, you
bet.
MADE Drunk. y so KILLED.-'Four
or Ave weeks ago some t~hough,less men
a, a brewery in Virginia induced John
Edward Flynn. a little boy Of seven years
of age. to drink beer to such an extent as
10 make him very drunk. He became
very sick in consequence, and witt
standing all care and medical attention,
the moor little fellow died yesterday NOR
ming. This should prove a warning 10
many. We have seen parents give their
l;,,le ones "large drinks" Of not only
hser hu, whiskey and brandy, and then
"enioy" the frolics of the children thus
intoxicated.
Us,oy BoYs. RALLY!-Our friends OF
,be Second Ward, Gold Hill, seem dis
posed to do their share of the good WORK
for the Union party at the coming cleo
,;on. B, c. Whitman and Chas. Z. De-
Long. Esos., will address their Club TO-
nioht. Citizens of Gold Hill. who are
patriotic and loyal to their country, ana
those who appreciate good speaking IRE,
spec,ive Of party, are respectfully invited
10 attend. Let there be a grand rally
tina. will encourage the hearts md
strengthen the purposes Of all true friends
Of our common Union.
COLONEL HOWARD DEAD.-Col. Will
liam Henry Howard, Of Virginia. died
sbou, 8 o'clock last evening at the oeci-
dental Hotel, a victim to the prevalent
disease, cholera morbus. he has been Ill
Of thi, disease for several weeks past. but
/, is only during the last ten days that he
has been confined to his bed. No one in
this community, perhaps, has been more
widely known or respected. Arriving in
1889 from California, he was o OF the
%earlies, pioneers and founders Of Viz
oini.. and from 1851 to "a he was Sheriff oil
Storey county.
A GOLD HILL RELIC. Among the
relics on exhibition at the State Fair' al
Sacramento city. Is n from our town. as
ws see i. noticed in the Sacramento Cn'9I
S,ss,syday 4: Miss Honor Dodd, OF Hoio