The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-05
nov mr.. BABBIrr WAS ROBBED.
A Checls-Book N1utilated, but Bank Books
Supplying the hcquired Evidence.


The delay OF examination granted to
Charles Il. Bcckwith promises to prove advan-
togcous chiefly to his prosecutors. The two
days have been spent by Counsellor A. Il. Brown
and Detective Golden in obtaiuing n mass of
testimony against Mr.. Rabbits te managing
clerk that will make It extremely dinicult for
him 10 justify his friends faith in him. One Of
the chief obstacles to the previous investea-
tons lay IN tho disappearance Of certain books
and M papers. The most Import ant OF these
was the taro and weight book IN which the fac
tory foreman entered the weight Of all raw stock
received. In its absence the accountants who
examined the hooks before. had nothing to
guide them but the entries in the day book,
cash book, and ledger. The ledger seems to
have been the book to which attention was
chiefly directed, and the entries In II were found
eeeminQly so accurate rnd regular that the cor
rectness OF tue other books was taken for
Tho last Investigation deals chiefly with the
casn book, and tine frauds therein discovered
arc as remarkable for their ingenuity a. for
their amount. They lie solely In the extensions.
Take, for instance, premium on gold transact
ton sl.lOO gold was needed. The premium
was II. The entry description OF the goods ior
which gold was TO 10 paid corresponded With
the invoice TO which " referred. The premium
rate was not inflated. aud tho amounts OF prin-
cipal and premium were correctly cn'ered III the
FIRST column. In the extension, however. they
appear az tl7as. The Inference is that the
cashier and bookkeoper pocketed the t5OC
fraudulent excess.
The tallow account furnished n wider field for
fraud. Enough Ia known TO show that Uersons
who never sold SIR. Rabbit a dollars worth OF
goods are debited with largo sums In cash or
checks. Others who did sell him tailow are
shown by the cash book to hsve received more
cash In a month than the taliOw sold by them
would have amounted to Ia years. In these
cases frequently the entries arc correct save IN
the extensions. which were inflated 40 "a TO
mi axe the cash book and bank account agree.
The check book for the period Of the pecula-
lions has been mutilated to worthlessness. The
stubs arc gone, ana only the covers are LETT.
Many OF the rolls Of cancelled checks are also
missing. but the books OF the bank show enough
to maks their loss uninipoftant. The latter
IN blank by Rabbit we're filled out by lieckwth
to hts own order, and were 40 cashed. Tho cash
demands Of Mr. Rabbits business were limited
to Office expenses md the liquidation OF the
S3.Jn weekly. All other charges ought 10 have
been p.id hy check That they were not OF tscli
established n strong nr-sumrtion OF frau1, an
the cash book eutii"- amply sustain the pre-
/ BcCkwith's collision with siieemen TO deiraud
| MIR. Rabbit. Ia some eases goods To the value
| OF many thous nj dollars were shipped To ? les
men, who, when accounting cav came, were
| found to have nled their schedules IN banh'
ruptcy without asscte.
lewtss share I'm these trans ciions Is fully a
APPARENT as tuat ~ Eeckwitn. lie kept the
books Of original entity, and all descriptions oil
writing. one feature Of the chang Oh whict
! Rabbit dismissed Lewis was the fNct tina: th'
| Latter fed from Memphis between two days t.
/ escape punt-nment for cnbezzling from hl'
| employers there. HIS stay IN tins CITY alter h'
| quit the soap factory was brief. and very ltttl,
] has been heard from aim since. II T. believed
! however. that licckWith knows where he Is. a.
letter II late date from HIN to Lewis Is IN Mr