Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-15
A SISTERS INFLUENCE.

1T BROUGHT About the Restitution Made b.,
Charles EtheridGe, the St. Faul De-
faultes.
The Chicago Times of the 10Th inst. con-
tains the following with reference to the
restitution made by Charles Etheridge, which
contains some matters of fresh interest to
the public. The figures given are in some
instances erroneous, but will be readily cor
rected by readers of the GLOBE:
A dispatch from St. Paul on yesterday morn
ing announced that Charles Etherldge, of that
city, who decamped about two months ago with
$41 600, or thereabouts. obtained on forged or
at least bogus, drafts, had made restitution of
all the money he had left and turned over all
the property in his possession to make good the
balance far as it would go. Mr. Etheridge
has relatives in this city, all of whom occupy
high places in the esteem and confidence of the
community. and OF course this information
though incomplete and comparatively unsatis-
factory. tended in a measure to relieve them
of the burden of disgrace which they could
| not help but feel had been cast upon them and
the family name by their relative 1t an-
pears that Etheridge was induced to make res
titution entirely through the efforts of sister
living in the western part of New York. and
her husband. As soon as she heard of her
brothers crime and fight she set to work to
discover his whereabouts, and on learning that
he had sought that refuge of all evil-doers,
Canada, she started after him and did not rest
till she had overhauled him. Then herself
and hushsnd began to reason with him and
finally trlumphed. He had remaining of the
SAL, 900 SIG, 900 in bonds. which he had put in
his wife's possession, and these he concluded to
surrender. He was also prevailed upon to
transfer all his property, consisting of a house
and lot valued at $4,000, but mortgaged for
81, 500, and his personal effects to the bank, so
that the loss to that institution will be less
than $4,000.
1t seems that Etheridge was first tempted TO
resort to this method of raising money to pav
his debts. and a large part of that obtained
through fraud was used for that purpose. He
was acting, and had been for some years. as the
financial agent of a New York institution and
had got behind about $4,000 in his remit
tances when travelling agent of the concern
suddenly put In an appearance and began to
examine his accounts. OF course something
had to be done, and something was done. He
is alleged to have squared his accounts with
his company before absconding, though his
anxiety to do so under the circumstances
was somewhat novel. While roaming
about the country after his flight from
st. Paul he several times narrowly escaped de-
lection and arrest. After depositine the 500
O00 In bonds with his wife he left the house,
and two hours later the officers called to make
his arrest. Once in Rochester he passed de-
tective on the street whom he knew was look
ing for him, and only escaped notice and
arrest by the merest chance. He saw the officer
but the officer did not happen to see him.
of Canada, did he find security from pursuit.
and there sisters prayers and entreaties did
more for him and the parties he had robbed
than all the detectives had succeeded in DOING