Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-20
BETWEEN TWO DAYS.
ltPPeTls HeGIRA AND ITS CAUSE.
A Small Research Into Historv-A Chronic
Case Of kleptomania = Thrice
Discovered - The Lat
est Case.
SERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZZltMehI

SERIOUS CASE OF EMBtZZlththI
Samuel d. Tippett left the city very
Suddenly on Monday night. Behind
him he left sorrowirg family ana
very crooked set oil books ut Hanes,
Wilson x Co.'S. as will appear hereafter.
Some wears ago, ). ID. Tippett was EN-
ploved at the queensware establishment
of Forbes, Collins & Craig, in the capac-
itv of bookkeeper. The story now rnns
that Mr.. Vim. Collins detected hun IN
The act OF confiscating to his own use,
certain sums OF money belonging to the
firm. The cruel world would call this
enhancement. He was confronted
with his crime and upon his knees and
i'm the name OF his family, he lead Tor
mercy and his good name. This story has
come out but recently and Is gwen Tor
what it may be worth.
The next business in which TiPpett
appears, is bookkeeping with Friend q
Son, the furniture men. After having
been here for some time, Mr.. Friend ac'
cused him OF embezzlement and swore
out warrant for him. On June y,
1874, he was given Il hearing before JUS
tice W. II. Caldwell and was held IN
bonds for his appearance at court. lie
was not tried unit, the following spring,
when his case came up in the Circuit
Court. Messrs. j. Ii. Good and l.. ;.
Jordan were retained as counsel Tor
him, and T.. q. Cracraft, Esq, was
Prosecuting Attorney. The case was
tried and a verdict of not guilty found
the jury.
AT this time, iipPe't was pe'eNe. ~
many to he an honest man. anu no ,'!lIo
sympathy was inaiiiles'en IoI I''','
fending n,s ira" III, ne wa 49, ~ , ,ha In
iilent Nv '" :, IIa,sa vv;Ion & Go nc
mess nouSe - A. W,Ison hal;evad him
,P :; mo-, ,ha ,,;,I wonlJ nre-
ihnocen'. vi So. - No. ON, s;,n;,nr actions
N Neh', a, "a. 60, ~ 60 IaS, "Wednesday
run Ia - ~ ~ ,La smnIov NJ This firm
ne mas as o - :" am 49," Satisfaction
anu mas WadnoSJsv morn;no he was
!. VII ,"sa ouh r,mor WAS started
u'sciai seu, an nn,so 81 Lis noI;.
tna' ''iiS was "o". ILL., e. Corn,v
I,cs. :.e was -, q Wash;no,or d;S,r;ct
Soiiilii'o 49,, ni'rha..1 SIN Th,s
put was I u1, 80 NV ynasai Of a ora, m.,.
iu'ii"I ':'t W go ,I,a $50 &C T;nn.,,'s
ler, wiz" T no oir,,,,n.,o,caS wara ne
u'Sci'a'S'' ~ .annr,or - ,I,o
io''o"e. "" ,;aoI NJ. W. W;1snn
REQUISITES h".i..u ~. " n', - -
ara" iiose 1 III 3 49,, na!oo "o tn,
o.Ic - . .,'a', a,J ,,nrs,,;no !, tLe
sua''ea S,e' SUM- u;f, =. 3D. NJ,
repcIVe. aI. .n . ~, u, H. -, ~ ~
per par. y, ' H. ~ - ,,"' =, sapI"r,I ,hnn'
uel'"',e IL ~ Wv LII 80 ~ lie $50
s"h" uo"ai' . .t''' c GU W" " IL i,i, tls,
err! ore' ~ '''0 ''''"' How '"'''' ''
'".'", , -,
y WISH 10 the BUSINESS mousse W
Hanes, wilson %, on Maih street,
below. Twelfth, confirmed the fuinor,
but considerably lowered the amount,
as far as ascertained. The books have
be, II examined back Tor TWO years anu
the amount - the ueiaIca'i0n Is now
about 500. MT. wilson said the DEAL
cation was discovered rs follows;
Last March check was rcctlv'
ell from Preston county nrin
for some $50. closing an account. Mr.
Wilson endorsed the cheek ior deposit,
turned it over to Tlppctt ami thought
no more OF it. On the first OF July, Mr..
Chapman, clerk, seeing TINS account
still open, mailed a statement. Moth
ing was heard of it, and upon the LIST OF
October another was mailed. When
Tippett heard OF this he said that ac-
count was closed, and directed Chap
man to make such an entry in the jour
nal. This Chapman refused to do,
whereupon Iip2ett sald 10 close II ana
c"arsI ~ mis ti,Pp n,,'n - ~ A. Wi.
III 'n's My we -, ,ha mn,,or anJ mn
,. 10. Va $500 - - ha LoJ ON ;,,arv;ew
Iast H T; "ee Nv $" :, 60 nnr
Win iiPPe.t nc = io 80 ~ ",ot.a
reporter toIu 'I,n' u ne ~ Ii a i.'H".
an hoheSt c1".essi " a., iU ,n nr ST,
ION uS "nn T S;S nowsr ! would ayrec
.'',.' . % We 49, fol, Sorrw for
not 70 pl ~, H "'T. onI ,emr ,;ca
u n, in,',a' - "'' -''' " '0 '''
'" ..vHt, ,;1ho a,on
evil Lo confcssed ,n HAVING taken
COM, So5o .rJ showel me how il wos.
son'e S-'o' anu '''o"e' "'e '''" - "''
"o IL A. yy;,oor ,,,,r.o, q oiJo,-
49, - ~ IL, ~, S,,as I,onL onI no;n,eJ ont
". ", -, III ;ns,,nro r.iorrnd ,n
e., ,r,s a cosn whore , false ioo,ino
hoJ Lecn male, smaller than the gen.
m m;m, ,ba JiGare,ca como into Tinnett's
nn,.rct 4 Hill of goods woull he sold
pnI on,oroJ. M nyt.nsinns would
amr.or I'M Tho hnnk an is,mpIy the total
Sat down In this case the FOOTING sho,lI
%ara hsan ana = and was % - The
difference Of $40 had been lost Inv the
firm
VI, A. .,,.o, ,s o,o an,
heh Tue s,a'.,ieh. was n'a IN .e ou''
january !, 100, ile " 200 MI, VI G'ns re-
celvaDie was nlaue si,ov' i''ore tlan "
should nave oeeh' anu u oa'ance was
forced bv a CHANGED 'oGllhg, 81 tor IN
stance: column III Tue CASH oooS
looted Soi',.'. inc hsure ! was iiiarke',
Seiore tne D. anu the 'oo''ns "PPea'e"
si,ot'''.' ,;,.l .ho ,o,,, y,
., nave you u's,S ~, ', VI. al.oun. VI
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