The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-11
Kleptomanla.

One Of the most s'riking instances Of
klep,omanIa Is afforded by the history
Of the brothers Iarned, iu lhc town Of
Nillbury, 10 Na.ssc chu setts
There waS In this place q small bank.
which, like all the country banks Of the
State at that time, bai made al arrange
ment with the Suffolk Bank Of Boston
by which their bills should be redeemed
I and returned to them ia convenient
packages
Mr.. Prentis-. the cashier ii the Mil
bury Bank, going one day to the safe 20
get some bulls. took up one OF these
packages, and, Oh breaking the seal.
and opening 1t. found, TO his astonish-
ment, that the bills bad ell been taken
out and replaced by pieces of newspa-
per, cut to the proper size.
Another package was lying near it.
but, not having noticed much the seals
OF the first. he sent for two of the d,-
| rectOrs to examine with him the second
package.
They all agreed that the seals Of the
Suffolk Bank were perfect, and on
breaking open the other package and
! finding in it also nothing hu: ceeap,.
per slips, they concluded that the sub
stitutlon must have been made before
reaching there, and while it was still in
the possession Of the Suffolk Bank
The latter stou.ly denied this.
While this discussion VAS going on,
Mr.. Waters. the president Of the bank
was reused from his sleep one morning
about one o'clock by two persons out
side, who insisted on seeing him.
Taking them for bad characters he
/ when they called out that they had
I brought him some Of the stolen money
/ Of the bank, he opened the door, and
( found them TO be "A hostler and his wife.
/ who were in the service of Mr.. Edward
/ Iarned, the successful and wealty o oSn-
\ er OF q cotton mill near by
They gave up to him bag contain
ing $1,000 in gold. and package OF
bills amounting TO f2l 800, which was
just half the amount of one Of the
stolen packages
They state that Mr. Larned had
come home late that night, and the
hostler had gone up in the hay loft with
lantern to pull down some hay for the
horse. Finding the hay rather tightly
packed. he looked around for some that
appeare 10 be looser, aud on pulling in
n certain place fosnd 1t so loose that his
/ curiosity was excited. After pulling
away all the loose hay. he found hole
cut into the solid part. and, on putting
in his hand, he pulled ont from the
/ back part Of the hole the bag OF gold
and the package of bills.
I Delighted with his treasure. he hasti-
ly finished his task. and. going home,
| he put both bag and package under the
bed. He found il. however, impo sible
io sleep on account of thinking what he
ought to do. Finally. hi. tossing and
turning walked his wife, who insisted on
| knowing what WAS the matter.
The moment he told her. she said
that it must he the money of the bank,
and that they must take il to the presi.
/ dent immediately
t;et,ing up and dressing herself. she
male him do the anne, and 80 they
brought tie money to the bank.
! In the morning, the first thing la he
done was 10 find some trace Of the rob
bers. Everybody talked OF it, and
/ every body tried 10 find out but in vain
/ a Boston detective WAS therefore sent
/ for quietly, and he went quietly 10
work. Taking off the locks of the
bank doors and Of the uli-fAshioncd
( safe. he found that so,ne small PARTICLES
OF soap were sticking to them. This
showed that an impression had been
! taken, and false KEYS made
Mr.. Larned's cotton mill then became
/ the center Of inquiry. and, among
others who was closely questioned was
| the machinist. who. however denied hav
| ing made any key for any one. He add
/ ed that the only thing he had made. aside
from repairing the machinery of the
mill, was small thing that he had
made some time before for Mr. Larned,
and which the latter told him Was a
/ small! cam movement that he wished TO
/ make All experiment with.
! The maChiuist stated that il WAS a
j short brass rod. at )ut siA or eight in
/ ches long. with piece projecting at
right angles from each end He said
! that Mr.. iarned. when he ordered il.
/ had handed him drawing OF II, which
he had aiterward thrown awsy.
While going toward the office, the
! detective noticed that the sweepings
/ from the office hSd been allowed 70 sc-
cumula.e in a heap not far from the
| door
lie Immediately engaged a boy To
pick on, of this heap every scrap OF
PAPER he could find while he himself
stood by 10 see that nothing of any
possible value should bc neglected
Taking these 10 his room. and putting
the pieces patiently aud carefully to-
gethrr. he was rewarded 10y finding
seme drawings ot this cam move
mcnt. snd ou one ei these he noticed
son.e indcn,at'ons ,ha, looked like the
wards OF key On comparing these
with the hank keys. they >londe''
exactly.
MIR Edward Laracd WAS then ar
rested
This startled the whole community
fur he was = graduate q. Is,e ollege
A successful business msn. ani Low q
wealthy mill-owner with money enough
fer sli ordinary desires
The great msiori,v of the people
~hc lived near could uo; believe that
be had robbed ,h, tAnk. and lie 81
course denied Il