, 1866-09-04
HEAVY BANK DEFAIGAI,lvS.
the Nassau Bank Loses $iOn, ,00G.
Arrest nnd Confession Of tn puy;n.
Teller.

Arrcat and Confession Of III puyin.
Teller.
IFrom the New York Times, September IL
Another startling ease OF dcfslcat,on has
,lsf been discovered, which Involves the loss
OF over E100, ,0o0-thc IL 4nquent being Mr..
George H.. Briggs, Paying Teller Of the
NASSAU, BonS. The nc.s In the case arc sim.
ply fnesc Dn "Wednesday night detectives
Inspector Carpenters oll1ce and informed
bin that well-dressed ne Was then coIa.
round to thc different helts" in Broadway
and while terribly excited BY wine, was play-
Ing hro IN most reckless manner, losing
rna srsneFs~tSese, Sa.s,,,, and IL most royal style.
Inspector that they had ascer-
tained that the reckless Eanlcstcr WIS lead
Ing tfaclst In one OF the City banks, but OK.
actly which one they were unable to discover.
A. the Inference Was that the funds o, the
Bank we're In peril, the Inspector reportc..
ihesc facts to Superintendent. Kennedy, ana
he directed that a wa.c: he set upon tie man
Of money. During Thursday nic5t The ha,i
ruined gambler was closely watched BY ex-
pesienced detectives, who succeeded In 9scer-
and TINT nc VII tho paying teller 'of the
Naaeau Bank, on thee o:nsr Of Beckman and
Nassau atreeta- Il Was s1so discovered that
he frequently staked md lost a. mu-h as
9S,Mo IN SINGLE houst before going else
Mhefe % " an better bis nntonaFd ID for
with! man was dogged from house to house,
he going the entfns round Of gambling helts
IN broadway, from B1ceckcr street down to
Spring, and he was seen to lose = heavy
amount OF money on the turning OF the cards.
tho President Of the Nassau Banx, Iii. Ham.
lton Hlydcnbnrgh, was called upon at his
restdeuca the Clarendon Hotel, by Inspector
Carpenter, who untoldcd 70 him the result
OF the several investigations made by the
Headquarters detectives. To say that Ar.
BlJdenburEh. vas startled At the alleged dis
cover. "a would scarcely express his astonish-
ment &nd trepldatton. Nj. Briggs had been
for some yesrs connected With the bank,
md had always borne q. high character for
probity and discretion. The worthy Prcsi-
dent At frst refused to believe that there
ill., opsrst.oha Of the reckle1 seiicr,
but hc yielded ( the pcsststent
representations ut tho Inspector, and deter
mined to alako an inyestig1t ton o. tho books
kept BY the Paying teller. This examlna.
tion resultce IN the terEibl, discovery Of q
$4,000, taken hy him FROM the surplus
funds always left In his hands. The bank
officials were quite staggered at the develop
ment OF the cfiminality on tho part Of their
brother officer, and at flret could scarcely be-
Acfe kAtH sEnacS, so suddenly ana mex
pectcdly had the discovery burst upon the u.
They found, however, that It was too true, .
and requested Inspector CARPENTER to pro.
coed In the matter at once.
Agrceably With this request, Mr.. Carpen-
ter made search for and succeeded in Arrest
Ing Mr: Briggs, and conveyed him to the
Central ofl1ce In Mulberry street, yesterday
afternoon. On bis hMng arrested, Briggs d.
sired to know What charges had bec1 made
against him, and on being informed, At onee
large sums Of money from the funds always
left In his hands Hc stated that he had
been In tho frequent habit OF thus appro-
Rssating moneys, aud had also squandered
fnese embozzled moneys at tho gaming table.
t ne mAde no halfconfassion Of the affair,
ious than Otherwise TO make = clean breast Of
the extent Of bis operations. Briggs