, 1874-07-30
Particulars Of the Prindle In
suranco Defa1cation,
Deliberate Preparations OF Prindlo
for Ills Coup do Grace.
Mail Advices Concerning tho Morgan
Wife-Murder In St. Louis.
A Change Of Venue Granted In
tho Pomeroy Bribe ery Case.
Minor Criminal Record.

Tho. philadelphia insurance Sw indie.
J .Speetal DfspsteA to Tho CHICAGO Tribune.
New YonH, July 29-The Mercantile Insur-
ance Company Of Chicago is also losor by
the aefalca.on Of rrindle, but to small amount
only, tho Representatives cay no more thar 800,
Tho Central Insurance Company has lost about
$1,000. Tho total defalcasions Of prlndle 1t ia
believed, will reach q much larger amount tlnn
was stated In yestetday's diapatohes. Securities
to the amount OF $1O5, ,GG8 have disappeared. It
Ia believed TINT prindlo has gone to Europe.
Els clerk, n man nn1nod Burns, says ho fod to
nvoid prosecution by the Insurance Department
Of til Ia State for conducting business contrary
To law. @r.., ......
Specsds Dapateh to 1hs CHICAGO Tribune.
PH1LApELrn1A, July 2o.-Fulthor inquiry Into
the emocszomont Of prindle, tho trusnt Man
Company, shows that lie has probably gopo to
Moxico or Brazil with vaet amount Of inouoy,
embracing not only tile funds of tho Company
Of which hewaa Managcr. but also large SUNG
Tor other companies. 1t is now estimated TINT
his defa'cations foot up noarly $780, 900. Ho
was evidently preparing for this aorno tinc ago,
for your correspondent learned to-day tGst he
had sent all his family off to Europe about three
months ago. E''..
A reporter called yesterday on bIr. Hooker,
Socretary OF tho Atlantic i Pacific Company,
amount stolen by him from tho Atlantic Il
Pacific Company was .1osa than $12, 900.
Ptfndlo was General Manager and Treasurer OF
tho Peoples Insurance Company Of phiIadol-
pAia, and all tho business Of that Company
passed through his hnnds. Ho was noted for
his reluctance to part with 1t under any ciroum-
etancea Ho represented also tho Mercantile
Insurance Company Of Chicago, who arc auf-
1ererH by from $4,000 to $4,000. prindle had
been delinquent in his reports early In tho spring,
but the management had ainee collected without
his aid the respective agonclea reporting directly
horo. d remittance wAB received from him Yes
terday. Among other iniquitios charged againBt
Prindle Ia this: Ho has been borrowing from
special employe, md Withholding hts ealary,
making q total Of 90, 900 duo him. With this
sum he has departed also. The case ia one Of
especial hardship as tho e1pployc ia a man OF no
means, aud tho money lont. was tue sayings Of
years. 80
Prndlo hna had tho support OF the entire In
auranco press. The Spectator, an authority In
insurance matters, indorsed him fully, and thus,
together with the position ho hold with tho Poo
ple's Company. induced the Atlantic i Pacific
anthortieB to trust him. ,Helmbod, the pro-
fesAionA Adjuster now in the city, admitted that
he had boon greatly duped by his apparent hon
esty. prindle has had threo men In hs office |
roady to oid him in any scheme Of robbery for |
long time, and 1t Is supposed that they know |
whore he eau bo found. : His child Is somewhere |
in Vermont, Swallowed by an. astuto SPY, who IL !
swaitlng an opportunity to arrost tho dofaulter.