Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-05-17
A U. 9. Army OMicer Los
es a large Amount OF
GOYcRnmeERt Funds -
Desperate Efforts TO get
Square with the III ger.
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'llrst Lieutenant Dd G. Fen
no, Of the Seventeenth Ipfaptry
United States Army, and Act
ing Post Commissary at Grant
River Agency, Dakota Terrific
Try, with his wife and sister, al
rived on Monday in q this city
and engaged rooms at the Sher
man, After partaking Of Iii,
dinner, Fenno requested ;
blank check, and filing it fol
$500, asked the clerk to seni
i to the depository for collec.
tion. !frBe sGlsl;kdid as reques
ted, and the messenger soor
returned with the check, and 6
note requesting the lieutenant
to call at the depositary. Pen
no did so at ionce, and found
that his neglect to present in
person his check aud authority
for drawing twas the reason
payment was refused. Settling
the preliminaries to. the salts.
faction Of the cashier, hereceiv.
ed the $500 and departed. ra
About'8 o'clock on the same
evening be visited a house or
Randolph street. to try hi:
luck. at cards. He was in q
highly intoxicated condition.
IS He sat down at the dealing
table and invested a ten-dollar
greenback; he won. Again
and again did the x go in and
yield a rich harvest. He won
upwards Of $50, and then his
luck changed. He came out
loserin several deals, and his
pile was reduced to $50. ~ra7
On the following morning
Wednesday, his sister depart.
ed for home, and her bill was
charged up to her brothers
account. 1t would apper that
Fenno remembered his previ-
Gus nights debauch, for with
an evident intention to win
back all he had lost at the
Dearbon street establishment,
he revisited that place shortly
after dinner, having several
hundred dollars in his posses
sion.
He was perfectly sober at the
time, and drank but sparingly
during the entire afternoon
His first venture was $40; he
won, and next time lost. In
few moments his losses amour
ted to upward Of 500. HI
then doubled the stake, anC
the same. luck attended him.
He would win occasionally
but not often. In an hour he
had lost all the ready money
he had with him, $3.50. Call
ing for q blank check, he filled
it out for 81, 1000 on the Uni
ted States Depository. This
check was given to an attend
ant, who shortly afterward re-
turned with the money,
Fenno now went in with
"big" money-as high as $500
on a deal. His lssses continued
and by 4 O'Clock every dollar
of the $1,000 was lost.
Becoming desperate, Fennc
finally filed out a check on the
depositary for $4,000, and be
ing too late to draw it then, il
was taken for it's full value by
the dealer, who was satisfied o.
its worth by Fenno's statement
of the position he held. AT Z
o'clock Fenno arose from the
table without a dollar, the los
er of $3, 460.
Maj-Gen, Hartsuff, command
ant of the department in Gen
Sheridan's absence, sent fol
Fenno yesterday morning, anc
ordered him to Immediately
report himself under arrest tc
the commanding General a
St. Paul, MINI, that being the
headquarters of his department
He stated his family to b
wealthy and prominent persons
in Wheeling, Va, and that they
would help him out Of his
present difficulties, All the
money he lost was Government
funds, but as he was obliged tc
give bonds when appointed {
commsssary, the Government
will probably not suffer by hi
dishonesty.
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