Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-11-17
SOUTH CAROLINA's 'DEFAULTER.
INTERESTING REVELATIONS AT NEwBURYPoRT
AND WEST NEWBURY.
Correspondence of the Boston Herald

| Correspondence of the Boston Herald
Newburyport, Mass, Oct. ia little in
quiry at West Newbury this morning, by the
Herald correspondent, ELECTS the fact that il
that town Miles G. Parker, the defaultine
South Carolina Treasurer, has hard name
and was well qualified for such defaulcations as
| those with which he was charged When any
of the older residents are asked if they know
him, they will reply, "Know him? guess do,
and then will follow most interesting &C
count CT his "ways that were dark, D." the tricks
that were not so vain as some of his victims
could have wished. After leaving Newbury-
port, as stated yesterday, he went to Grove
| land, where he was adopted by his uncle, OF
near relative, Nathaniel Parker, and worked
for him in a stone yard until he attained his
majority. He then came to West Newbury
and worked in the shoe mandatory of the
late Benjamin Edwards, Jr. This was about
1852. He soon afterwards formed a partial
partnership with Edwards, but not legal
one. Edwards soon began to find him out,
and resolved to get rid of him, which was not
so easy matter. He tried at various times
to prevail on Edwards to sign checks in blank,
but Edwards, well knowing his proclivities,
refused. At one time Edwards missed a check
from his desk, and afterwards, by accident,
found it in Parkers pocketbook. He at last
distrusted him so much that he instructed his
relatives, in case of his death, to shut up the
shop and not suffer Parker to go into it. At
last, about the year 1858, Edwards managed
to rid himself of his troublesome partner, and
Parker engaged in business for himself.
He continued this for about year, when
he formed a partnership with Thomas S.
Ruddock, Esq, now wealthy and highly re-
spected shoe manufacturer in West Newbury.
Here he adopted the most systematic system
of swindling everybody with whom he was
associated. He even went so far as to try his
little games on the workmen, instructing the
overseers to mix the men up" so that they
could be shaved on their wages. With Rud-
dock he also adopted the most barefaced
means of over-reaching. He continually
falsi6ed the accounts of the firm, placing large
sums to his credit with the evident intention
of one day failing and gobbling up the whole
But Ruddock was suspicious of him,
and thwarted his plans. He took the books
from the safe and got closeted with Parker,
giving him a severe dressing down and de-
manded his dues. Parker gave up note for
81 900, and Mr. Ruddock was at last able to
kick him out of the concern, himself assuming
and discharging the entire indebtedness of
32O, 900
Parker then went home, got rope and a
'azor, and made feint of suicide, although |
t is not thought that he ever intended to
AIRY out his threat. He then re-engaged in |
business for himself, and shortly exploded, |
baking his uncle Nathaniel heavily, and Civ
nc the firms of Amer & Son and Stewart &,
%. of Philadelphia, beside various parties in
Jew York and Boston, an allopathic dose.
lie went through bankruptcy, leaving his
reditors Except such as knew of his knavery
nd compelled him to pay their claims) only
very small dividend He then went to
1averill, where he went into the apothecary
usiness with DR.. Ambrose, now practicing
MUSICIAN in West Newbury, who had a sorry
Experience with him, and got rid of him at
lie earliest possible moment He afterwards
ought Willett's restaurant at Haverhill, but
BON after sold it back to Willett, and opened
Mother place, which mysteriously caught
re and was burned out When the war
roke out he enlisted in a cavalry regiment
nder General Horace Binney Sargent, and,
hile in camp at Readville, when asked by
est Newbury people why he enlisted, an
7ered that she had done everything but
II man, and now he was going to war" a
is subsequent history in connection with n
s South Carolina frauds on the treasury are I
I'll known. He is spoken of at West New 7
Try and i'll this city as an oily and artful
low, who was abundantly qualified to "take
almost everybody with whom he came in =
intact.
WRESTLING MATCH.-The sporting frater-
y hereabout will be interested in the fol-
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