The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
confessions Of Il Defaultcr.

Ntii. -. w. tDIlCt-'Slt lttN Z
to inform you that I am unable
to close my accounts, and that l
owe the friGhtful amount of
about S45O,OOO, which sum / have
lost during the past few years in
stock speculations, going deeper
and deeper iii the hope of re-
trieving myself. l have no ex-
cuSe or mitigation of my crime
to offer, and prepare to take the
full consequences Of my sin.
l had thought Il week ago of
escaping from New York, but be-
HeVc l have done better in re-
turning here to deliver myself
up, as l felt l was going to do.
| can of course make no prctcnce
of excuse for the systematic de-
ceit l have pructiced on you, and
the advantage | have taken of
the special position | have held,
and feel that you especially have
u cause to be justly incNorable
against me. l have been led on
by the int;ltuation that always
attends the course ! entered on,
hoping always to recover my
loss and conceal my crime. |
believe ii is really Il relief to be
forced to u discovery, for | have
been in a hell on earth for years,
and the alterations Of hope and
fear have gone through, and the
constant caro- to avoid detection
ever becoming TOO strong. l
desire to turn over any property
1 have as a small set Off against
my deficiency, and after giving
amy information that will assist
in settling my accounts, or, if
possible, in recovering a portion
of what l have lost, l expect to
take the full punishment awarded
for my offence. In justice to
two parties in this city, through
whom l have made some specula-
tiOns, / wish to say that they are
perfectly innocent Of any knowl-
edge that I was using public
funds.
There are small balances with
each OF these parties to my credit
whenever the accounts arc closed.
The losses J made were almost
entirely in New York with one
house there. whose accounts l
hold, subject to your orders. l
endcaVorcH to induce them to
make good the amount lost with
them, which they knew was pub
lie money, but they have re
fused.
/ have been trying to make up
my mind to this confession !Ol
some days, and was on the point
OF doing so this morning in your
office, but j.! conll not bring my
self to say it, and wanted time
to write to my innocent wife,
whom this iriglltiiul information
will kill. God forgive me for
what have done to her and my
children.
All ask from you or the au-
thorities is tha; if possible some
small sum may be left hcr. |
incEosc the keys Of my safe and
box containing all my Old ac-
counts. etc. My present. vouchers,
etc, are in the hands Of my
clerks, and receipts in the safe.
The clerks are all OF them per
fcctly innocent OF amy knowledge
Of my deficiency.
l shall remain at the house No.
1913 Il street, till Informed what
action You have taken concern
ing me; there j., no fear ! Will go
away. now.
j. LEDI ARD !ioDi;E.
Brooks, OF the New York En-
press, thus writes Of the JapHiicsc
god Duj-b0ot-: eve went inside
of him, after running all around
him on the outside. His inside
is full OF gilt Buddhist saints,
with crOzicrS round the head,
etc. We threw tcmpoS Gents
up into his head to hear them
rattle. Tho prietS liked il, for we
did not pick them up, though
they wer" frightened least the
heavy copper tcmpoS, falling
/ back, nigh, hit on their slavcr
heads. We Siiirtcd on the out.
side again, th" better to comprn
hend this huge mass Of bronze
fifty feet high and thirty fee
wide at its base, which rests on :
pile Of masonry six feet high. W.
ran again into tue inside to SCI
how the bronze joints We're pm
: together, and these joints Wer
almost impcrceptiblc. We go
up to the old fellows arms. 81
Of us sat on his thumbs. w
looked into his face, and Sa,
there the mounfiul rcposc, the lip