Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-16
A Bank Cashier EIopes with His
.a lHf NeighbOr's Wife.

From the Boston Transcript, July 81 ~
A slight ripple was caused on the sur
face of Randolph society when it became
known on Friday morning that on the
day previous well known and highly
respected citizen had mysteriously dis
appeared from town, together with the
young wife of another citizen who moved
in respectable circle. AS the parties
names were hawked from lip to ear
through the usually quiet community,
the ripple increased to a wave, and the
fact that the male eloper held high po-
sition in the only bank in the place, led
the moneyed interest to look sharply into
the affairs of the institution, fearful that
defalcation, the natural outgrowth of
such affairs, might prove a reality in this
case. nfa Isll r l
The facts, so far as we have been able
to hastily gather them from trustworthy
sources, are these On Thursday morn
ing Mr. Henry Stephens, the Cashier OF
THE Randolph National Bank, came to
Boston on the Newport train, in COM
pany with his wife, ostensibly to select
carpets for new house he was about to
furnish. Leaving Mrs. Stephens at the
carpet-dealers, to pursue her inquiries
and make her choice, he made an excuse
of downtown business of more or less
urgency and departed. On the same
day Mrs, Moulton, the young and es-
teemed wife of Mr.. E. Moulton, jr., also
left Randolph in company with her two
very young children, for Boston, on a
later train, however. She remained over
one train at Braintree, the place of her
nativity, and left her children with her
relatives, stating that she intended to do
little shopping in the city, and pro-
ceeded there. 4
This is the last seen or heard of either
party by their friends or acquaintances,
and previous circumstances, including
slight famliarities of manner and speech,
in which both had been seen to indulge
in each others company, led to the
strongest suspicious of their unlawful
joint disappearance. t...s.,.,i
The gentleman is Of fine personal
presence, about forty years of age, and
has been employed in various capacities
in the bank from boyhood, serving in the
capacity Of cashier for the past twelve
years. He has been considered per
fectly trustworthy in every regard, and
the officers of the Randolph and oil as
sociate banks have had the highest faith
in his integrity. He has been married
ten years, and to all outward appearance
has lived in accord with his wife, by
whom he has two interesting children.
Up to this morning, searching in
quiry into the accounts of the bank have
failed to elicit the shadow of an irregu-
larity; but when the property and secu-
rites of the depositors are reached, there
is no predicting the result of the inyesti-
cation.
The unfaithful lady is but twenty-five
years old, aud has been married between
two and three years. Her maiden name
was Libby, and, as before stated, she
came from Braintree. One of her child
rem is mere infant. She is the oppo-
site of her recusant partner in personal
appearance being quite plain, though
her manner is agreeable and her educa-
ton well up to the New England stand
ard. She has gained some reputation as
a soprano singer.
The direction in which the guilty pair
have gone TO enjoy each other society,
away from the reach of the molesting
arm of the law, is of course mere matter
of conjecture; but the quiet hints thrown
out by the wise ones of the busy little
town that they have gone on a European
trip are not st all improbable, as steam
ers leave New York every day to cross
the broad Atlantic. Though neither of
the parties have the reputation of being
overburdened with this worlds goods or
filthy lucre, they undoubtedly have the
wherewithal for an agreeable sojourn
over the water.
Escapades Of this nature are of SO fire.
ouent occurrence in the aggregate that
thev are viewed lightly by the general
public This case cannot but cause a
feeling Of sincere sympathy for the
father. mother and infant children who
have been left behind, to realize in the
future the manner Of their parents de-
parture in light that must strike them
as even worse than death; and the
mournful effect the sad occurrence has
caused in families Of high repute will be
regretted BY every sincere observer Of
the thoughts and feelings Of individuals
who move in worthy circles.
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