, 1879-03-27


Richard Morton, the defaulting Trcasurcro OF The
Atlantic Insurance Company of New York. was
arrested tn this city yesterday, anl was locked
up In a wltness.room at the ArrnorY until stch
time as m officer from Now York arrives here
with the necessary tequlstton Papers, The ar
rest uas nadc upon the following telegram to
Supt. Scaycy:
NEW Yonx, Atasch e;;, 1s70.-Asecst1R Richard
Morton, Indicted hero for on,bczzlsment. Fred
whcro Morton is. an oaieof. wtli Leave WITH tic
Assistant District Attorney.
Mr.. James, the ngcnt in this city OF the plum
dcred Insurance company, was applied to at his
office, No. ia Lasal!o street, Ilc,or men IN
his employ, wcro cogntzant OF Morton's whore
nhouts, md clerk who wna able to recognize
him was sent out with Policeman q. II. Walkcr
Of tho West Twelfth Street Station, aud nlong
late In the afternoon thoy ran ncruss their man
At tho corner of Lake md State
ss sn Told Il hut e @ mas sa"ase sfsstea for 1s e Larceny
Of large el.n Of money from New York In.
suranee company, freely owned up that he was
thu man ooinE sought after. ilo was taken tll.
There ho stated that, while solousnlng u can-
a'n, l,u correspondent with tho Financial Commit
tue Of tleAefraudcd COMPANY, al,d from this unM
| with the efforts made in his behalf by friends
utu I91hslfG4 III 4HEH 4NFA1 ILL Win lUIil4Eut
| tlmt tho matter hnl been compromised. Hu
therefore had no heettancy tn coming on to this
city, where he hoped to find sonu sort of busa-
nsas or occupation, among strangers who
lodgings 1t No. al7 Illinois street. lis
w!te lad kept up continuous correspondence.
an,! as M shs sa 'yas Wy an1toYs . 10 1on him ln
he haa made Up his mind to arnd, for her about
May i, provided he found employment herc,
mud was thus enabled to fix upon lomc. Thu
prisoner talked rather freely about the DO
thousands OF dollars, short !n hls accounts.
Tic stolen money had boon all spent foolislly
IN f'oto'ls living. not only hy ln,self. but by his
raka forth dollars cnourh for OF ttelr H. carousas.
!io waB perfectly willing to to held for the New
York authorities, but thought II singular tllat
the dispatch for his arrest should have been acnt
BY tho District Attorney, ,nnd notify thu Company.
sonc sort Of u compromise had certainly been
entered into By friends working IN bis behalf,
but he sHppoaed tlmt: oil would CONG out Ia
order when h. was taken back to New York.
Once behind the hass OF a witncss.roo.n at
tho Ar'nory, Morton became anlacn hnsl silent.
lie refused polut,b'ank to countenanco
one On ;,,. ana @ yola go'!tys!y an , enee for ai say
pcaratleo Morton is quito stylish md avcn nsis.
tocratc.. fio is ahoNt Us yeurs Of age, Of good
regular featurcs, blonde mustache, and hair n
low ahndes darker. lle MAS clad In light auis
| md u silk hat.
atr. ja1ues,. thu Chicago agent Of tho Com
pany, was chilled upon, hut ho knew but little
about tho dctalration, except TINT Morton waa
tho nan wanted. The amount might be al thu.
way from $5,tM0 to $25, ,0o0. Mr.. Jasnes aeemcd
to atlect much ignorance of tho atfar, nill sccn
60 70 be Under thc impression that II much Uas
said about It by lAe press, TINT wroRg impress
stoHa mght ba snale that would be detrimental
10 l1l1 CUnpany's best tntcreat.
lfic dcfacstion was slightly touched upon IN
recent issue Of Ill Insurance. magazine, and, IN
an Interview With thu President of tho Company,
that official Was said to tx the amount at oaIy
$s,o00. Morton Btartca With thc Company as a
CLERK some sixteen yoats aEo, und gradually
WORKED his way W.. until he wAs malt
. Treasurer. llo held tho oil!co fot
several years, md was giving
great satisfaction to the other officers, wiioH
suddenly, In August lust, tlis fictitious accounls
npro discovered ul,a tic declaration proved
: Morton abscoulcd III soon rs hu found out Thai
ths conpaay waa awarg OF his crn,r, md for .
long simo It WAS thought 10 had goac to Eu
rope,