The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-11
EXCITEMENT IN RANDOLPH, MASS.
Bank Cashier Eiopes With His Neigh<
boris Wife.
From the Boston Transcript, July 81

From the Boston Transcript July 81
A slight ripple was caused Oh the surface OF Ran.
doph society when 1t became known on Friday morn
ing that on the day previous a well known ana
highly respected citizen had my sterousy dlsap.
peared from town. together with the young wife Of
another citizen who moved In respectable circle.
AS the parties names were hawked from i'm 70 ear
through the usually quiet community the ripple i'm.
creased to wave and the TACT that the male eloper
held high position in the only bank in the place
led the moneyed interest TO look sharply into tho
affairs OF the institution, fearful that defalcatlon
the natural outgrowth Of such a1alrs-might prove
The facts, 30 far as we have been able to hastily
gather them from Trustworthy sources, are these-
on nf Se menS NIX henry stephens the
Boston on the Newport train In company with ~
vile. osensby 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. MouIton the young and esteemed wife or
Mr.. E. MoultOn, Jr, also left Randolph In company
with her two very young Children, for Boston, on q
later train, however. She renamed over one
and left her children with her relatives.
shopping in the city aud proceeded there.
This is the last seen or heard OF either party by
Of s1 ann
speech In which both had been seen TO indulge In
each others company, lead TO the strongest suspi
cions OF their unlawful Joint disappearance. The
gentleman is OF fine personal presence, about forty
years Of age, and has been employed In various ca
pacites In the bank from boynood, serving In the
capacity OF cashier for the past twelve years. He
has been considered perfectly trustworthy In every
regard and the officers Of the Randolph and Gil as
sociate banks have had the highest faith In his In.
tegrity. he has been married ten years. ana to all
outward appearance has lived IN accord with
his wife, by whom he has had two interesting chill
dren. Up TO this morning searching inquiry INFO
the accounts OF the bank has failed to elicit the
shadow Of an irregularity; put when the property
and securities OF the depOstt0rs are reached there
Is no predicting the result Of the investigation. The
unfaithful lady Is but twenty-five years DID, and has
been married between two and three years. Her
maiden name was Libby, and, as before stated, she
came from Braintree. One Of her children Is a mere
infant She the opposite OF her recusant partner
in personal appearance, being quite PLAIN, though
her manner Is agreeable and her education well up
TO the New England standard. She has gained some
reputation as soprano singer. The direction N
which the guilty pair have gone to enjoy each others
society away from the reach OF the m0lestng arm oil
the law Is OF course mere conjecture; but the quiet
hints thrown out by the wise or the busy lite
town that they have gone on European trip are not
at all improbable, as steamers leave New l0rk every
day to cross the broad Atlantic. Though neither OF
the parties has the reputation oil pe,ng overdue
dened with this worlds goods or nltny lucre, tney
undoubtedly have the wherewithai Tor an agreeape
sojourn over the water.