Daily globe., 1880-03-15
A SPARTAN FATHER.

Convicted on Twenty Nine Counts of an
Indictment for Embezzlement-Affer
Being Committed His Counsel Give Pub
lIcity to a Confession from His Son, As
suming All Responsibility for the Crime
The Boy Fugitive but the Father a
Convict-Three Negro Murderers to be
Hanged at Washington, Etc.
GUILTY ON TwENTY-NINE COUNTS.
BosyoN, March 13.-Nathan P. Pratt,
treasurer of the Reading Savings bank, tried
upon fifty-two counts for embezzlement, has
been found guilty on twenty-nine counts.
The case goes to the supreme court. Pratt 8
bail has been fixed $500.
Shortly after conviction startling paper
in possession of Pratt's counsel was made
public. 1t is confession of Sidney Pratt,
son of the prisoner, and up to within few
months chief clerk, bookkeeper and cashier
of the bank of which his father was treas
urer. He takes the entire responsibility of
the defalcations and details the manner III
which the stealings were effected.
He abstracted more wages, insurance poll
ciee, etc., from the bank, realized upon them
and replaced them with ounningly executed
forgeries. He stole $4,000 in government
bonds deposited in the bank as collateral
substituting in envelope old papers. He ne
gotiated paper with other banks to the e1-
cent of $4,000, and systematically stole from
the depositors what moneys were handed IN.
ALI his transactions we're kept from the
knowledge of the bank officers, but he says
the exercise of ordinary care on their part
could have prevented any wrong by him. His
stealing aggregated over $130,0OO, and will
make the bank insolvent and entirely without
assets to pay some 800 depositors. The son
fled before the father was arrested. His
whereabouts is now unknown.
WRECKED ON THE ROCKS.
LONDON, March 13.-The steamer Mon
tana, Captain Gadd, from New York, March
I'd, which arrived at Queenstown yesterday,
and proceeded to Liverpool, is on the rocks
in Church Bay. The mails, passengers and
crew were saved. The steamer is ashore on
the main land, with list to the port of
about thirty degrees. The forward COM
partments are full of water. The vessel is
afioat aft. There is not much prospect of
saving the ship. Passengers proceed to
Liverpool in tug. The Montana struck
about o'clock this morning, it is under
stood during dense fog. The passenger
and mails for Liverpool arrived at II O'Clock.
The captain and crew remain by the ship,
which is reported sound aft.
The night was beautifully clear until mid
night, when fog rose. At $3.50, when the
Montana struck, Capt. Gadd and second
Officer O'Neill were on the bridge. Striking
with heavy, grating sound, the saloon pas
sengers were aroused. DR.. Gardner ran on
deck and was told by the captain to arouse
the passengers. Boats were at once got out.
There was not the slightest panic. The
captain told the passengers if they quietly
obeyed orders all would be right. Six
females, with Third Officer Williams and a
pilot, were placed in one boat and six males
in another, with the fourth officer. These
were pulled to Holly Head. Meantime guns
were fired and blue lights burned, showing
the locality of the disaster. Church Bay is
four miles from Holly Head.
NEW TRIAL REFUSED.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Judge Hagner
refused to grant new trial in the case of
the negroes Bobe Bedford, Edward Quinan
and Sandy Pinn. convicted of the murder of
George Phillip Hearth On the evening of
January 7th last, and sentenced them to be
hanged on April 80.
FROZEN TO DEATH.
CHEYENNE, March 13.-The body of an
old man named l.. Tenant was found to-day
on the plains, two miles from Hat creek, $50
miles north of here, frozen to death during
the recent storms which prevailed through
out Wyoming, the mercury indicating from
zero to 18 below for three days past.
INCENDIARY FIRE.
CINCINNATI, March 13.-Last night, at
Hope, sixteen miles south of Shelbyville,
Ind, the store of E. Weinlsnd & Son was
robbed and set on fire. Other buildings
adjoining also burned, making the aggregate
loss $4,000. Fully insured.
special from Stanford, KY, says: Two
brothers named Cobb, on Sine Greek, Rock
Castle county, shot and killed man named
Decker in quarrel over stolen horse. The
Cobbs were arrested.