The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-04-21
From the New York Sun. ]
THE G. G. z.
Soma Scraps from the History of the
Man. Who Got G DISTRICT Attorney
shin in Exchange for q Dinner.

Some Scraps from the History Of the
Man. Who Got g DISTRICT Attorney
ship in Exchange for Dinner.
President Grant seEt TO the Senate
1 for confirmation, the other day, the
appointment of James Wadsworth to
be United States Marshall for the
Southern District of New York, As
the Office is responsible and lucrative
| one, some rather searching Inquiries
have since been made into Mr.. Wads-
worth's history and character, with a
result which 50 far has by no means
rendered the Senate favorable to the
nomination, The Sun has also. been
prosecuting inquiries on its own ac-
| count, some of the results of which it
published yesterday morning, while
it has more still to bring forward. -
! Among thedocuments in our hands
relating to the subject is Mr.. Wads-
/ Worth's official list of his creditor. fur
nished in the course of proceedings
commenced by him on the 30th of
/ Nav, 1868, to procure his discharge
| from his debts under the United States
Bankrupt Law. The listcontains the
names of one hundred and more cred.
itOrs, and the total amount owing
them comes to $3.50, 574. Nearly tour
| hundred thousand dollars of debt is
/ tolerable heavy burden for man to
carry On his shoulders in addition to the
duties OF public Office, and it is no
wonder that Mr. WadsWOrth should
want to get rid of it. e .g
i The perusal of this list of one hun
dred debts and upward gives rise to
much interesting speculation asto the
manner in which they were contract
ed. How could q lawyer-fOr that
was Mr.. Wadsworth's profession
possibly get hold of and lose or spend
| $3S3, 900 Of other peoples money? The
answer to this question is plain e.
nough to any one who has seen the
| farce of "RaisIng the Wind" Like
Jeremy DiddLer. Mr.. WadsWorth seems
TO have given his whole mind to the
art Of borrowing, and to have depend
ed on it for living.
One illustration Of his many devices
is connected with an item of $500.
which apnears on the Hat as due to
John =. Williams, Esq, the respect
ed President of the Metropolitan Bank
OF this city. Wadsworth had an of
flee in that neighborhood, and was,
in consequence, known to Mr. VIII
liams. One morning he came in
great hurry and said to him, t'Mr.
| Williams, my boy, who keeps the
key of my safe, has not come in yet,
and I want to use right away $500
that I have got locked up there. Will
you be good enough to lend me the
money till lean get it oute'l Thrown
of his guard by this plausible story,
Mr.. Williams handed over the Soc
and that was the last he saw Of 1t. -
With this clue to the nature OF
NadswOrth's operations one begins
to comprehend many curious things.
| About twenty-five different places
seem to have been visited by him, at
different times, from Buffalo to Bos-
ton, and from Putney. Vt.s TO BaltI-
more. The heaviest is one of $6s, IS5
due to E. c. Thomas, Of BaltimoIe,
and the next heaviest one of $65. .436
due to the estate OF e. Walden, OF
Buffalo, deceased. Then there appears
to be owing to the estate OF Generai
James 8. Wordsworth 81, ,SS2, which
shows that the distinguished relative
/ Of the bankrupt was not quite so oaq-
| ly treated as some other people. we
regret to see that our friend Robert
Hoe, the printing press builder, IS
down for 1884. and James Brown for
5000. A woman, Abbie B. Glider