Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-09
AND CASUALTIES.
A Confidential Brokers' Clerk Defaults
and Acknowledgements Foiled-Wreck
OF an Ocean Steamship hip-Miscellaneous.
ASCENDING BROKERS CLERK.


ASCENDING BROKERS CLERK.
NEW YORK, Aug 8.-Saturday morning the
firm of J. G. Walcott & Co., brokers, 40 Broad
street 'nformed the police that one of their
clerks who had been left TO the close Of the
business of the day previous, had absconded
with $4,000 worth of stocks and securities,
and $15,0 600 Of checks. The absconding clerk
is A. D. Wheelock, age Is, unmarried, and
lived at the corner of FortY-third street and
Madison avenue. He was left alone in the
office in charge of the books and safe. He
filled out three checks on the Continental bank
of 5000 each, and got one cashed at the bank.
OF the others, he got letter of credit on the
banking house OF Brown Bros, London, and
another on Drexel, Morgan & Co. The letters
were negotiable in any part of the world
where first-class banking house exists. The
firm had been in the habit of leaving three or
four signed checks III the book. The stubs
were filled up by persons authorized to sign
checks, but the rest of the check was left
blank to be filled by clerk in charge
Wheelock filed out these checks to suit his
pleasure, and, after taking $4,000 in securi
he sailed on an outgoing steamer which left
Saturday.
STEAMER BURNED.
HALIFAX, Aug. S.-The steamer Cortez in
going out of the harbor struck on Thrum
cape and will be total loss. She was bonnd
to st. Johns, Newfoundland. Two steam tugs,
manned by sailors of the United States war
ship Vandalia, went to the rescue but were
attention to saving the cargo, which was
transferred to another vessel. It was valued
at about 100000, principally of flour and
beef, shipped at New York for Newfoundland.
The cargo was more or less damaged. The
ship was valued at $50 900, and partially in
sured in New York offices.
CAUGHT TARTAR.
FREDoNIA, Kan, Aug. S.-About forty
armed and masked men attacked the jail
here yesterday morning for the purpose of
lynching two brothers named Hardin, con-
fined there for the murder of Conner on the
tered down and two guards overpowered, but
not until one of the latter had passed his
pistol to one of the prisoners in his cell.
John Hoffman, leader of the assaulting par
ty, then approached the cell with crowbar
in his hand to break open the door, when he
was fired upon by the prisoner who had re-
ceived the guards pistol, and mortally
wounded. The mob then placed Hoffman in
a wagon and fled. Meantime the alarm was
given duu Tue eucIiu IalScu pOebc vi iucu,
and, as speedily as possible, started in pursuit
It is stated that Hoffman has since died. He
was well known farmer, and much re-
spected.
sUIcIDED.
CINCINNATI, Aug. S.-The lifeless body of
Charles c. Ketchen, who has been employed
by the signal service department, was found
in Eden park to-day A bottle of cyanide of
potassium found in his pocket, suggested
suicide. A considerable sum of money was
found with him. A letter put into the coro-
ner's hands, dated Cape May, N. j., August 8,
postmarked Baltimore, and signed by his
mother, Mrs. Matilda Ketchen, is tie only
clue to his residence. He was about IS years
old
ATTACK ON RIVER STEAMER.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 14.-Fourteen shots were
fired into the steamer Handy, yesterday after
noon, when she was approaching Portsmouth,
O. The shots came from wagon in the road
close to the river bank. The pilot was COM
PEELED to lie fat Balls entered the cabin, and
one barely missed lady passenger. The
shots also entered the engineers room. No
cause can be assigned for the attack.
MURDERED FOR INSURANCE.
WILL1AMsPoRT, Aug. S.-Samnel Miller, Of
this place, has been arrested, charged with the
murder of his father by poison, for the pur-
pose of obtaining the amount for which his
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