Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-09-13

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North River-Ths Ds1y Recovered.
From the Now York Cob. September ~
On Wednesday last Henry Withers,
a clerk employed In the house OF Jas.
Reid & Co., wine merchants, No. ll5
Broad street, was sent out TO make
collections for the drrn. BE carried
with him a list Of places 20 be visited,
with amounts due the FIRM at each
place. 1t was late In thetday when he
left the ofice-after I.o'clock, and It
was not therefore thought TO be Q sus-
picious Circumstance, when the follow
Ing morning came and he had not re-
turned. It was supposed that ne made
some late collections, and, falling. to
make Others, had gone to his boarding
house with the intention Of collecting
In the morning. As the day wore on,
however, and he did not return, his
employers became alarmed, and sent
to Inquire Of firms owing bills whether
or not they had paid the messenger.
IL was soon a%scertained that several
bills had been paid to Withers by
checks, and that he had also received
about 800 in cash. What had become
Of him no one could tell. All the COL
lections had been made by him the
day before. Notice was sent to banks
upon whom checks had been given by
the debtors, to withhold payment. 1t
was feared that Withers intended to
return to his home In England, and
had taken the money to pay passage.
No attempt was made, however, to
arrest him In case he should attempt
to leave by any Of the steamship lines,
for his employers felt confident that II
no had taken the money he would re-
fund as soon as he ARRIVED home. All
last week the firm looked for infor-
nation from the banks that some Of
the checks had come In for payment,
but nothing was heard. Not until
this morning was any Intelligence re-
ceiyed of the missing clerk. In the
morning papers the head Of the firm,
James Reid, read an account of the
recovery of the body Of a man In the
North river, opposite Fifth street, Ho-
boken, by a lad named Donnelly,
which body correspondent greatly with
the description Of the missing clerk.
Besides, there was found In one Of the
pockets a check for $500 6S, drawn
upon the Irving Bank In favor Of the
firm, by one James Kelly-one Of the
checks upon which payment had been
stopped. Early this morning the
bookkeeper Of the firm was sent to
Hoboken to identify the body, which
lies at the Office Of Mr.. Daislow, an
undertaken in Fourth street. The
bookkeeper positively identified the
body as that Of Withers. The effects
found upon the body Of the dead man
were also identified, There was no
money found in the pockets, with the
exception Of one cent, and this fact,
together with the presence Of bullet or
gunshot wounds In the head, proved
Tndisputably that the young man had
been murdered for his money. He
was last seen III Sixth avenue, where
he had made a collection at about 4
o'clock In the afternoon Of Monday
last. 1t Is supposed that he was fol-
lowed by some persons who had seen
him handle the money, and shot after
dark, his body being thrown into the
river. Evidently the deed was done
In great haste, else the murderers
would have taken from him all evil
dence of his identity.
To-day q post mortem examination
will be held by DIR. Prendergast, the
County Physician of Hudson county,
n. j., after which an inquest will be
held.
Withers was n young mar of excel
lent family, and had been In the Gov
eminent employ In London. England.
He came to the firm Of Reid & Co.
with the highest recommendations,
having among others the guarantee OF
his uncle, Mr.. Withers, who is Super
intendent Of the Central Park, In this
city. He was about twenty-five years
Of age, and was unmarried.