, 1870-07-13
EXCITEMENT IN RANDOLPH
MASS
A Bank Cashier EfePes with hts
NciSbboHsa " t4os

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i alight ripple wAs caused on the surfsco Of
Randolph society when it became known On
Friday morning thst, on the day previous, q
welI-known and highly respectable elsizon hsd
m5sterionaly disappeared from towr, together
with the young wife Of smother citizen who
names were hawked from lip to esr through
the usually quiet connlunlty, the rippis IN
creased to . ~ave, and the fact that tho n1ale
eloper held high position IN the only bauk
in the place, led the moi 'yed interest to look
sharply into the Affairs Of he institution. fear-
fu1 that defalcatiun-:L natural outgrovtL
Of such aftairs-might pz> e 3 reality IN this
CASE
The facts. SO far - wp hSve been able to
hastily gather them from trustworthy sourcea.
are these On Thursday morning Mr. Henry
Stephens, the Cashier OF the Randolph Nation
al Bank, camo to Boston on tho Newport train
in COMPANY with his wife, ostennibly to select
carpets for new house be WAS about to fur
nish- Leaving Mrs stephens at the carpet
dealers to pursue her inquiries and make heE
choice, he n31de an excuse OF down town busi-
ness OF moro OF less urgency and departed. On
lie same day Mrs, Mou1ton, the young and es-
teemed wife Of Ilr. E. Moultou, Sr., also left
Randolph IN COMPANY with her two very young
children. for Boston. on = later train, however.
She remained over one trsin at Braintree. tho
place Of her nativity. snu left her children With
her relatives, Btating that she intended to do :
Little SHOPPING in the city and proceeded thera.
1hiH is the last seen or heard Of elthar party by
friends or acquaintaDceH, and previous cltcum-
stances, iuciuding slight famiiarities OF ulan-
ner and speech III which both h1d been seen to
indulge IN each othsrs company, lead to the
strongest suspicious OF the.z unlawful joint
disappearance. The gentleman il OF fine per-
sonal presence, about 40 yeArs OF age. and
has been employed III various capacities in tho
bank from boyIood, serving IN the capacity of
cashier for tho past twelve yeaFa- He has
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cry regard, and the officers Of the Randolph
aud al other asaoeiate bAnls have hal ths
highest faith in his integrity He las been
married ten years, and, to all outward appear
arce, has lived in accord with his wife, by
whom he has had ~ interesting children.
the accounts Of tho bank has failed to elicit
the shadow Of an irresuiarity, but when the
property md eeeuEitg Of tho depositors Aze
reached there Is no predicting tho re-
suit Of tho Investigation Tho unfaithful
lady is hut Is years old, and has
Her maiden name Was Libby. and. ~ before
stated, she came from Braintree. Ono Of her
children il mere infant She is the opposite
Of her Kecusant partner IN personal appaar-
ance being quite plain, though her manner ia
Agreeable and her education well up to the
New EnElAnd standard She has gained some
reputation as soprano singer. The direction
in which the guilty patty have gone to enjoy
each others society away from tho reach Of
the no1esting srn Of the law il, ct course,
mere conjecture; but the quiet hints thrown
out by the wise ones Of the busy Little town,
that they have gone on European trip. ars
not at all improbable, All steamers leave New
York every day to cross the broad Atlantic.
Though neither Of the parties hiss the reputa-
ton OF ueing oyerburdened with this world q
goods or filthy iurre, they undoubtedly hsys
the wherewithal for an agreeable soieurn over
the water,