Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25

f. Andrews upon the charge of de
frauding Mrs. Antoinette Gridley, a
Connecticut widow, by whom he had
been employed as coachman. 1t will
be remembered that Andrews was ar
rested upon the United States war
steamer California, then lying at
Charlestown, Mass, upon which he
had shipped as seaman. He was
brought on to this city on Tuesday
afternoon by Capt. Rylands, Of
the Bridgeport police force, and is now
under arrest at the station-house, await
ing his trial, which is expected
to shortly take place before Judge Bull
lock. Contrary to the report published
in the Hartford papers, he has made no
admission of his guilt since his arrest,
but claims to have acted in good faith
toward his former employers through
out his whole connection with them
In the opinion of many who have
listened to his story, though it is GER
tainl remarkable one, it does not
appear entirely improbable, and is GER
tainly consistent in all it's details, a
statement which cannot be applied to
the numerous accusations which have
been made against him. He was origi-
nally arrested in Charlestown upon the
charge of purlo1ning from his employ
ers gems to the value of
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
an amount which, to say the least,
would seem to be pretty large to have
been invested in precious stones by a
lady whose entire fortune is not
claimed to have exceeded at any one
time the sum of $75, 600.
In the deposition of his accuser,
Mrs. Gridley, taken at Springfield,
Mass, subsequent to his arrest, it will
be observed that no mention is made
of her having been robbed of that
amount, or, indeed, of loss of any
iewelry whatever. The following is
the deposition referred to:
MRS. aRIDLEY's DEPOSITION.
"I, Antoinette Gridley, of Spring
field, in the State of Massachusetts
depose and say that / am the widow Of
Elijah O. Gridley, and mother of An
toinette II. Gridley; that in Septem
Der, 1868, I resided in Hartford, Conn.
with my daughter. On or about the
25th of September, 1868, myself ano
my daughter had about So, 900 in bank
bills in tin trunk in my room, in the
second story of my house. It belonged
to us jointly. It was stolen by some
one during that day. No one had access
to the room except man in our employ
by the name of Samuel F. Andrews
He knew where we kept our money, an6
about the amount we had on hand
There was no other inmates of the house
except said Andrews and myself a1hC
daughter. Said Andrews was a MAI
of no means or property whatever
have seen the letters referred to in m,
daughters deposition, and know tina
they were in the handwriting of sale
Andrews He left us clandestineIy OF
or about the 5th day of September
1870. Dated at Springfield, this 22nt
day of December, 1870"
The deposition of her daughter, Mis-
Gridley, taken at Hartford on the da,
previous, though somewhat fuller il
detail than the preceding, agrees will
it in referring only to the loss of tn
tin trunk containing about So, 600. He
language is as follows.
MISS ANTOINETTE S IMPRESSIONS.
"I, Antoinette I'll. Gridley, now re
siding in Springfield, in the State O
Massachusetts,, depose and say, that
am the daughter of Antoinette Gridley
also of said Springfield; that my moth
er is the widow of Elijah 0. Gridley
who formerly resided in New Haven
State of Connecticut, but who died il
the month of June, 1861; soon afte
his death my mother and myself movet
to Hartford, and purchased hous
in Hartford at the price of $40,
900, and paid for the same
We remained in Hartford until June
1864, when we sold our place in Hart
ford and purchased a place in Yves
Hartford, paying for the same $13, 500
At my fathers death, my mother ant
myself were left by his will about SIS,
600, mostly in personal property. Il
the summer of 1865, and while we live
at West Hartford, we employed MAJ
by the name of Samuel F. Andrews t,
assist us. He remained IN our emplo,
until the 5th day of September, 1870
He left us clandestinely, and under pre-
tense of going ON an Grand; [ have no
seen him since that time; soon after ht
! left [ received from him q note in hi
own handwriting, now in my pos
session, in the following words
eff Mrs and Miss Gridle,
will come to Stamford, Wednesday
18th, on the ten o'clock train, they vii
learn of something greatly to their ad
vantage. Come alone; If you don't
there will not be any use for you tt
come; there will be some one to meet
you. If you can't come ON that trai1
come on the next train; come sure
bring enough to stay over night, be
cause there are things of importance tc
attend to. Yours, SAM" On or about
the 21st of September, 1868, and while
said Andrews was IN our employ, we
lost about $4,000 under the following
circumstances: We kept our money in
tin trunk in the room my mother oc.
cupied in our house in West Hartford
The money belonged to myself and
mother, and was in bank bills of vari-
GUS denominations. Said Andrews
knew where the money was, and nc
other person knew to my knowledge.
There were at the time no other in
mates of the house. I last saw it about
the middle of the forenoon of that
day, and missed it in the after
noon. Andrews was about the house,
in and out that room several times that
day. No other person had access to
the room, which was on the second
floor. L felt quite certain at the time
that Andrews had taken the money,
but had no proof except as I have
stated. After receiving the note here
tofore spoken of, and after he had left,
l began to make inquiries as to his
character, and learned that he had
once been an inmate of the Connecticut
State Prison for the theft of money
from trunk in his mothers boarding
house. Since he left us I received
letter of three pages from him of date
Oct. IL, iii which he admits that he has
wronged us and desires to make set
Element [ have not replied to the let
ter L have no doubt whatever that
Andrews took the money, and charge
him with the felonious taking OF the
same as hereinbefore detailed. Dated
at Hartford, this 3lst day of Decen-ber
1870"
The charoe tO which Andrews is at