The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-18
HOMES BETRAYED TRUSTS.
THE DEVELOPMENTS That ARE FOL
LOWING ms CONFESSION


money INTENDED Tor the GOVcrument-hl
Mysterious Departure with His BngGngc.
George W. Hoxie, the defaultlng Assistant
United States District Attorney in Brooklyn.
who. after making a confession. mys,criously
disappeared. has not becn found. although
deputy marshas and others are seeking for
him. The last person employed in the United
States Buding who saw him WINS John Hold
niger. the janitor. At midnight on Tuesday
IIeidinger came in upon him suddenly I'm tho
private ofliro Of District Attorney Tenneys
rooms where he was writing what Afterwards
proved to be his confession HoXie sprang up
from his table flushed with excitement. and
asked almost in terror. What's tho matter.
I what's tho matter ?" Hcidinger was astonished.
and said that seeing n light in his room he
thought he would drop in and tell him that
the First Ward Republican primary had re-
suited in the denomination OF Alderman Clar-
cncc Burnct. Mr.. Hoxie is u member Of
the Republican association in this Ward.
but he did not manifest any interest in the re-
suit. He seemed restless in the presence Of the
innitor and the latter went away. MIR. Hoxic
did not go TO bed NJ all that night although no
went TO his boarding place at 81 Plcrrtpont
street Gc no, IL TIE he %GSninS S l 9G wH
| lut q is coujectured that hc took n steamer for
! Europe. His quarters salary. $500, arrived on
! Wednesday. and in some way ne got his check
/ from tho Post Onice without visiting the Office.
whore his mnil is usually left and this is the
.unl on which, be relied 10 aid him in his flight
/ II" has wealthy brother in Chicago. 10 whom.
10 J. said. he applied IA vain for money His as
sociates say that he has too much pride and
/ self-concclt to undergo the humiliation Of meot-
/ INK his relatives or his friends.
/ consultation Yesterday showed that the want
| 81 Specific Information in the complnini against
! H0Xir would lnVa.idaie any warrant that could
! hc drawn at that time, and, a. IL was desirable
/ Co kr'u the case in Fcdornl jurisdiction thcfq
/ wus some perpleNity rs to how tho offence could
! be brought within the scope Of the Federal
statutes. Mr.. iloNic. however. is to be- nrrosie 81
| a- soon rs hr d. found. Irrespective Of the qucs-
/ District Attorney Tcnney eagerly Investigated
! every cnse Of which he had any knowledge in
/ which there was either an offcr or an accept
! ance of u compromise. and his search in every
! ense led 10 the discovery that tn, money bad
/ Nothing IN the books could tell Of the extent OF
! the frauds committed. Mr.. Hoxie. IN his crn
| fcssion. wrote that hr Ind given to MIR. Tennry
! full list oi all tho cases In which he had he;
/ trayed his trust, and the amounts which H. he'd
taken, but no such list has been found. and II ia
| thought that ~" either omitted 20 Ireparc II or
| has carricd il AWAY with him. Mr.. Tenney says
that be will have to wait for those VINO have paid
money to HoNie to call and show their receipts
before he can toll the extent - thu defalcatipn.
! or learn anything about IT, Yesterday Baltla-
ear on. cigar dealer. who had been sued VITA
! John Jones for tho violation Of the internal rev.
| 'nur law. proved that he had naid to Mr.. HoNie
on sept 30. 1878. check for t5o1s in compro-
! mise u the action against hlih. No entry was
made Of the amount.which Mr.. HoNie evidently
/ pOrkCtrd. ana the acton teemcd on tle books
To- Toe etiil pending Mr.. lnbmNh /. W nlte ana
! Andrew J. White. the owners Of the stennbua
! Nuushou. were sued by tho Government Oh the
! complaint 81 samuel Hopper, superintendent
| Of the Coastwisc Department. for not having a
certificate Of inspection. the penalty Tor which
omission is $500. They paid ~ Mr.. HoNie $3.50
and costs to settle the suit and this seems 10 Oe
among tho owbrzz.ed sums. No other cases
were developed yesterday.
Mr.. HoXle borro wcd s1uo from t. ). Comm s.
| slon~r Win. lOw. and s25n from another official
| short TIM before he went away. and did not
| return the money IN ciiheI case. There arc un-
| pleasant rumnrs about Mr.. HoXie IN cQnnec-
tlgu with hls irial 81 ihn civii cas.s, and u Is
| alleged that when IA WIS prosecuting Charles
| kuntslcr, chemist engaged IN tho manuiac-
ture ~ ether, by process ~ his oVn Tor max
| ing shirts, be offered 20 ~'ttl- I've case pro-
yded Kunf-lrr would pay him 500, Or about
| tho amount that II woult require To defend tue
| rase Int uher was refused. rs WIS sub-c-
Z qunut on r u! . smaller amount, and tho euit
On tie bond. given when kunisler- place wns
| saiyed WAS prosecuted with a seeming aninus
| that WAS remarked It the time. HoXie was said
g have b0asted ifat the verdict was, found iqr
prediction 81 n favorable result 20 the Govern
| mcnt proved true.
/ Nj 1loNie in tho suit Of Mr.. Henry VI. Need.
nam L. recover 5000 which no loaned to EpNie
| amount. payable on Aug. 6 nt tho seventh Ward
National Bank IN this city, hut on that data pay
mrnt was refused. and no part 81 the money
Was ever paid except $50. which was bundled &
Mr. NeedhAm by Hoye on Feb. H. 1875. once
Mr.. Necdham says when he ASKED HoNle Tor the
money mad saved him from STATE prison. Us Ae
! md used money belonging To- "a client. and what
Mr.. NeedhAm loaned him served 10 replace that
| sum.
Mrs. Rayenhlll. the landlady in the boar iins
house at 81 Pierrepont street BROOKLYN. whrr'
| HoNie had boarded for fifteen years. SAYS that ht
got bis baggage out 81 the housr mysterious IS
on Wednesday, and that she did NOT learn % thi.
fact until late in the day. Mr.. X pley Il, pes
Who liyes near by. says that at So 4. VI. on
Wednesday he saw carriage standing neal
the house. and that while he was watching IL h,
saw HoNie come out Of the house and ct int,
II. Then he was driven rapidly away.