The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-29

| Bis own family by exposing the crime. But the
bank ofhcers are very recent IN regard 70 tnese
matters, fearing that by admitting their KNOWLEDGE
they VIII be held accountable for compromising
| fclouies
AND FINALLY TAKts SAFE FULL OF sEcuRrrrfs
Mr.. Thorn kept his securities in small Herrings
saie at h. house in wch he Usually nan s, ar rSs
key n this safe missing, and The most digent
search aied to disclose It's whereabouts. AKIN,
in.law that there wss no way TO open the rnfe but
TO send u 10 tue makers in New York The OIL
TO Akin 70 bring. TO the city. Here 4 wa.
opened aud found 20 be empty. AT least
TIA, was The report made to The owner ,a "s s mao S
search made. The matter was kept ~ quiet as
possible, Mr.; Thorn merely telling bis bankers in
took the matter In hand and In due time recovered
some Of the missing bonds in Wall street, where
they had tccn hypothecated by Akin. The owner
refused TO prosecute, and declined to state how
much he had lost by the operation.
HE FIGURES IN THE CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
A later transaction into which the adroit son.in-
By few months good behaviour he got 80 far back
into the old mans good grsces "a to propose to
hun speculation in grain Thorn was at first deaf
to oil cntreaties and refused to have any further
financial dealings with the worthless fellow. But
nfter several days effort, and tile most earnest pro-
testatons the part Of Akin that he meant 10 turn
over a new leaf and be an honest man, and more
over that he did not want any money
only the use OF the old mans name
letters Of credit amounting to t41O00 ierelbouts
With this amount he started for Chi ago, aud was
involved In an effort to make n corner IN gram
which resulted, however In his getting into cor
ner himself, and being obliged to leave between two
days. II is not necessary to add that MIR. Thorn
never heard OF bis iOODj again. the iull amount OF
when was obtained by Akin on his lete OF credit
AKiS's cABEgn As WALL STREET BROKER.
This worthy young man next appeated In this city,
where he turned up as broker In the firm OF Davis
& Akin, o concern that existed about thirty days,
and then came t. grof by the sudden exit of the
junior partner, AKIN Who was tho Office m,mbcr Of
the concern, and suddenly absconded with all the
assets OF the firm. amounting, a. reported 1T the
| time, TO upward OF 100000 The capital of the
firm, II was reported, had been furnished mainly by
Mr.. DAVIS, who was thus tnc victim Of tue conf.
dencc he reposcd In his slippery partner. This at
medately 10 Canada, where his partner followed
lin, aud causod his arrest for debt the only char
that could be laid against bin beyond the territory
ENJOYING MS STOLEN MONEY.
Akin was lodged In Jail, but by liberal use OF his
stolen funds contriyed to have his apartments sump
tuously furnished, and lived like prince.
VISIT HoNE--wH,l MONEY WILL 20.
ON the 9TH of August last while still under com.
mittnent In Montreal. Akin appeared In Poughkecp-
SIC lie arrived there by tie owl train rom the
North AZ oe,oek ~ the morning and rcElstered his
name at the Puughkecpslc Hotel from California
He len the hotel at o'clock in tho morning aud
went to 1horn's res dencc. subsequently, returning
to the Montreal jail This little episode illustrates
the power OF money even over Cunad an officials
What his olitct was IN the strange visit 10 puugh-
keepsie has not transpred; nor Is known that he
has been there since; but the facility with which he
went there thy occasion mentioned - evidence
that lie could get there ut any time he should choose
despite his CANADIAN imprisonment.
WAS AKIN AT TUB BOTTOM OF the MURDER?
And now to connect this Montreal prisoner with
the Poughkceust murder, in the HIGHT of these facts
IL dinicnlt matter. notwithstanding the aversion
of the Duchess county officials ~ entertain such an
idea Thorn was visited four successive times
by the burglars, on one Of when occasions
he faced them IN his own room. and drove
/ them oil. lie never lodged any compliant
AGAINST them nor would he give any information
to the police. Finally, Whcn robbed and beaten 50
formation regarding the affair and wlen his mousse
keeper was telling the story In his hearing he or
| dcrcd her to de-ist. Why' A. the time OF the
burglary he had go go or s4OOO of securities IN his
safe IN the ouse. His circumstances were known
! to Akin. The burglars knew they only had a ror-
ton OF the plumber hence their torture OF the ia
mt Of the housa to lClrl the place OF eouCe INT
Was 10 Alns job TO get The sccuiiticsr Were these
! his hired a.-ntsY H. had robbed the saio becre.
why ROT Try It granny AMER the old mans death.
lis relative IN IOughkt Cpse, VITO are rtsN,ctahle
! people. CudclyOred 20 avoid an inqu - and
suppress all invc~iig tion. Why? b'u they
| mcmtcr of the iamy' Finsiy, how did il hat-
zen tiat Akin. away on in C1nada WAS mHdr ac
/ quulnted with The inct tat efforts were made to
avoid an iHuucst, when ruch ,noit- only extended
] D. Wspa7cIs To reach him. aud were not
tfle-riUhCd 20 the Prsssg And why shou he tcie-
/ graph II tic Coroner to 20 on with tie
| inquest These fhct-ndccd, ~ the N IS in the
clse, pont with uncrring certainty to she man WHO
! has systematically robbed aud swiudicd the con.
ndng OIL man. the author OF tbs Growing act OF
! v.lainv The people of Poughke 'psio b,hcve this
to he the ci-e, notwithstanding that teir officials
the case has been more thoroughly investigated than
1t has been so flr.