National Republican., 1873-02-03
EMBEZZLEMENT.
lALuMBER MERCHANT ROBBED

Twenty thousand Dollars Stolen by q
Trusted Es,ployee-Arrest and Confc.-
sion Of the Culprit-Psrtisi Restitution
Made.
About two weeks ago Mr.. Philip Mohun, Of the
im Of =. Mohun Sons, appeared at police
headquarters and asked the aid Of detective to
ferret out large robbery which had been com
mltted on the firm. The case was assigned to
Detectives Sargent and McBlfresh, who at once
communicated with Mr.. Mohun. That gentle
man stated that In balancing the books at the
end OF the year they had discovered a loss Of
fully $4,000 which could not be accounted for;
that In former years similar losses had been dis.
covered, but OF much smaller amount. The arm
themselves were the only persons who had 80
cess to the books, and no suspicion rested on any
OF the employees. He was worried about the
matter, and wanted, II possible, to ascertain
The detectives Immediately proceeded to get a
list OF the employees, the number OF years they
had been In the service OF the nrm, the amount
Of wages paid, and the style Of living and cir
cuinstances Of each man. This done, their sus-
piciOn At once fell on a foreman who had been In
the employ Of the nrm Tor ten years, married
man with eight children, who for the nrst four
years Of his service had received tIO0 the second
four 500, and the last two 300 per annum, and
on this salary, In addition TO supporting his
family, he had been able in the len years tobuiid
three nne houses In this city and purchase q
farm.
TuE susricIoNs or THE OFFICERS
were at once communicated to the firm and q
talk held as TO how he could possibly have en-
bezzled the money. Tho easy mode Of doing
this was made apparent by the statement that
during the day the foreman was In the habit OF
selling lumber for cash In the yard and turning
} IN the money and q statement just before the
close Of business in the evening. How TO iasten
the guilt upon him was the next question, ans TO
settle this point the two onicers held a confer
ence with Chief Detective Claryoe, the result OF
which was on the next afternoon. about an hour
Sne foaS,hofse ,ssm Isoss n.n ,Se any wn ma
meeting the foreman made purchase Of lumber
from him. For this he paid cash, the notes,
Eweye SS "srS ssSs having nb Pesn Sn carefully marked by
facts and requested 10 keep q sharp lookout for
them In the settlement, the of1cers taking care
70 ee N halling distance in the event Of their not
TuE JoB WORKED LIKE A cnLRn;
the purchase was made, the money paid and
then the settlement between the employee aud
the cashier took place. The notes were eagerly
scanned, and In the pile not one Of the marked
ones discovered. This fact was soop eommunl .
Gated TO the oiiicers, and when the foreman left
the yard he vas closely watched by them. lie
proceeded leisurely down the Avenue without
making stop until he reached sixth street, when
one Of the detectives tapped him on the shoulder
and informed him that Major Richards would
like to sec him at headauarters. ne al once he.
came indignant said they had made mistake In
the man, and was about to proceed further when
ne was placed unuer arrest anu taken TO head-
quarters. Here he was searched, and about 800
In money found on him, among II being every
one Of the Identical marked notes. lie was al
once accused OF his crime, which he stOutly de-
MED, but on being shown the marks on the
notes, changed his tone, and asked that Mr.. Mo
hun he sent for at once.
He responded TO the summons, and the scene
between the two men was most ptiful, the cul-
prit realizing his terrible situation, acknowledg
ing that for q series Of years he had been guilty
Of theft, and huint'y implonng for mercy, not
for himself, but for the sake Of his sick wife and
innocent children. In view Of this and the
further fact OF his long service, Mr.. Mohun said
make restitution and the law ofrlcors allow II,
NE WOULD NOT PROSECUTE.
Mr.. Harrington, the assistant District Attor-
ney, was sent for, and all the facts in the case
laid before him, after which an interview was
held with Chief Justice Cartier and District A.
torney Fisher, the result being that with the
consent Of Mr.. Mohun aud on account OF the age
Of the man, tho condition Of his wife, and for
the sake OF his children they agreed that he
should be discharged, and he was accordingly
set at liberty.
Before going. however, he insisted that the
initial steps TO make restitution should be TAKEN
and third party present was chosen TO decide
what would be right and proper in the premises.
Mr.. Mohun stated that the amounts missed dur
| ing the past ten years would amount to fully
5000 and The culprt In turn making 4 full
statement Of the property held by him. After
the matter had been talked over Il was agreetl
that his city property, three good houses, should
be turned over to Mr.. MOhnn and the family
allowed TO retain the farm. The services OF d
| lawyer were secured, the proper deeds made out,
aud the next morning, In company with an ON
| Ger, the man proceeded to the farm, where the
| deeds were executed by his wife, he remaining
| there and the ofllcer returning to the city.
| The culpTit feels deeply his situation and de-
clares thai In future his life shall he an honest
one, and tnat no possible temptation could arise
\ by which he would be induced TO again do wrong.