, 1872-11-30

ceiyed their information from tho manaeer OF
the Temperance Bureau, Mr. Kelly, who, in his
turn, learned it from nun who came into the
Office and said he had seen copy Of tho docu-
| nent."
JAMES c. KING.
a Remarkable History OF Perverted
Talents and Daring Crime.
From he San F1ancisco CAL, Nor 22
discovered. james G. King, who killed 4. g,
! O'Neill q New York detective, Oh the 18th inet
is acknowled to be the most adrot swindler the
world bas ever known, not excepting even Boss
Tweed, who pzeyed on 2 corrupt municipality.
city, where he first appeared in 1858. He ar
rived in the month Of November a youth Of but
| IL summers, and entered the employment Of
Griffin g. Co., owners Of bonded warehouse on
the corner Of Battery and Greenwich streets.
Here, while acting as clerk, ho displayed
tact and business sagacity far beyond
his years, giving promise Of becoming
at some e, aa;a aistant t. day one Of those
u astound communities BY their atupondons
! financial schemes. He gained the appreciation
| and confidence Of his employers to such an ex-
tent, that when the firm of Abel B, Harris IL
Co., Of Honolulu, requested them to send
| wide-nwake businessman to act as bookEeeper
and general manager Of their business. his en-
pl2yers selected King from hundred applicants
fof the position: While in the employment Of
Harris T. Co., be displayed that high order Of
business tact THAT had made him 30 valuable to
I his former employers. HI directed The business,
in fact, and tho zeal displayed by him luIled any
suspicious the firm might have had in taking q
| man whom they had never seen before ; and SO
keeping the books of the concern. Harris &
| Co. we're shipping pulu to this city under con-
signment to Schreibor L. Co., and we're con-
sidered to be in frst-1ate standing !, but one
| day the house fell with q crash, and strange
to relate, King stood monarch Of al he surveyed
| amid the wreck There can be no doubt that he
caused the failure but how it was done, or what
insdious means he took to accomplish his ends,
| will probably never be known. Certain it is,
however, that King reconstructed the business,
| and was emnently successful in his venture.
| Being now no longer q subordinate, but the head
| of prosperous house, he, Of course, returned
| to the United States for the purpose Of enhanc-
ing his business. He reached San francisco in
| return passage lie became acquainted with the
| daughter Of Captain Stott, and this friendship
| soon ripened into mutual love, for King was
young, and not 80 fond OF money as to preclude
d touch Of the gent1er passion. Had he not met
never have been committed Upon reach
ing Honolulu tile courtahip cul1ninated,
and the two were married. By this alliance
King became interested with his father-in-law in
| g lucrative coasting trade; but the young dnan-
| cier's unscrupulous manner Of doing business
did not please Captain stott, and lie remon-
etrated with his sou-in-law. King refused to
listen or be guided by the advice Of the Captain,
and answered him in an unbecoming and de-
| cidedly ungentlemanly manner. Words ran high
| between them, until King closed the discussion
| by drawing his revolver and firing at the old
| gentleman. The bullet took effect in the stom-
| nch, and WAS pronounced mortal, but Captain
! Etott did not die until lie camo to this city,
| whero he made will in which he deprived his
daughter Of my portion Of bis fortune Us long
sas yaa 5 Sh s ha 10 aS nree
| being convicted, served several months in jail,
during which time his wife visited him continu-
ally, and used every endeavor to hayo
moro passed the Golden Gate, and Settled
| awhile for third time in this city. He estab-
Isled commission house here for the sale OF
eugar, molassos, psllu, and other products Of tho
full as usual, and being man OF many resour-
ccs and expedients, it did not matter to him
whether staple was drug upon tho market or
not he would realize profit from it where
succeeded better with these drugs than he would
have done had they retained their buoyancy.
Having succeeded so we'll in this State, ho
sought wider field in the East, where lo be-
iaess in New York. Through these connections
he procured letters Of credit for u large amount
and again returned to this city, reoponing his
commission busineEs shortly afterwardz and
LIa1l& Ia AS pa-tu6IH Henry Oh1ZeH anu dE1lI1
Loiding, both Of whom we're gentlemen pos
sessed Of large means: The partners did
business under the firm nar1o Of James
c. King i Co., having an Office On the north
west corner Of Sacramento and Davis streets.
amounted to ebout $50, 600, over which King,
through Ills great tact ard sagacity, soon held
full control. He went to New York and char
tered number OF vessels to load cargoes Of
wheat st this port for Liverpool. Having thus
formed 4 branch h0uHa TtVnrn1n1 & nm mi1Aa |
away from his unsuspecting partners, he was
enabled to sell On his own account and pocket |
the proceeds without regard to tho division that
rightfully belonged to Massrs. Dslzen i; Leid- |
;ng, or even to tie outstanding indebtedness Of |
the tirm for the grain bought and delivered. |
This speculation netted him $100, 900 clear profit,
Tor tho bills were returned protested for |
non-aceeptance, md, as q matter OF courae, |
beng the Liverpool agent OF the house, bills |
were drawn against him on bills of lading and q
portion Of the money remittad to him from this |
city 1or the purpose Of meetlng the drafts. and |
Aquldating the bills, These circumstances oom- |
short period, after which ho again returned to
New York and opened bank in the name Of
"Jame5 G. King Co., bankers and stock
brokers ! but it was not SUCCESS, although it
OF the causes OF the failure Was probably the |
number Of suits commenced against him by the |
firms banks, and individuals whom he had swim
died He afterward associated himself with the I
English lawyer, Edwin James, who had left his
tive country under rather suspicious circum- |
stances. and, while connected with this man,
King instituted series of suits against the very
ships he had himself chartered. He claimed a
non-fulhlment OF charter, and many Of these /
suits we're compromised to avoid the delay nee
essary in settling them. This,was called black |
mail, and King retired from these shores, living
in Now York until this last crime which the tele-
graph informs Y US ho has committed. One Of his
C0mD11ttGd E1licida of1 a