The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-24
AN EMBEzzLrNG ENGLrsHMAN.
George Bsnkin Fiees to SedaIia-He As
sumes an Alias, and Goes to Work as
Common Laborer, but He Is Unearthed
and Arrested

sumes an Alias, and Goes to Work as a
Common Laborer, but He Is Unearthed
and Arrested.
Under the above heading the Sedalia
(MissOuri) Democrat of late date gives the
following account of the arrest Of young
Blenkin, now in Jail here, charged with
embezzling funds from the firm of Stone &
Heating to the amount of 81 800;
On the It'll inst. Marshal Shy received a
letter from Stone & Heating, wholesale and
retail dealers in farm machinery, Dallas,
Texas, to keepa lookout for George Blen-
kin, short, thick-set, heayy-quartered
Engl'shman, with short, curly black hair,
having the appearance of being % or %
years old For fear the foregoing descrip-
ton would be insufficient, u photograph of
the party was also enclosed. Ii appeared
from additional information given in the
letter that Blenkin' had been book. keeper
for the firm of Stone & Heating and had
embezzled something like 81, 200, when he
left suddenly. BY some means his former
employers had heard Blenkin had come
to Sedalia, hence the letter to Marshal Shy
asking him to keep lookout for the man.
the letter and photograph, with inStruc-
tons TO keep their eyes peeled for Mr..
Blenkin, but after few days, as nothing
came of it, the Marshal informed the Dallas
firm that nothing had been seen of their
delinquent bookkeeper. The firm replied
that Blenkin must be in Sedala, as letters
were passing through the Dallas Office
directed to him at this place. They sug-
gested to the Marshal that he watch the
Ca1n oil al, l. Al
called for those letters. They also
stated that Blenkin was writing from this
city to his friends in Dallas, and that they
had learned Blenkih was working at
day. labor. To give the Marshal still
better pointer, they wrote that Blenkins
resources were gold watch and chain and
trunk of clothing as he was dead broke
he would probably try to realize money by
pawning something and it would be good
idea to interview the pawnbrokers. Iswas
further stated that Blenkin was sailing
under an alias.
Still Mr.. Blenkin did not turn up, but
the Dallasites, having every reason to be-
leve he was in Sedalia, went to work and
secured requisition from the Governor of
Texas upon the Governor of the State of
Missouri for the acknowledgment. This Off
cial document was placed in the hands OF
Deputy Sheriff Spencer, of Dallas county,
for execution, and Marshal Shy was advised
by telegraph that the Deputy had started
to Sedalia
Mr.. Spencer arrived here Thursday night
and reported to the Marshal, who detailed
Special officer John belong to work the
matter up. Mr.. belong ascertained that
BlenSin had only come over from England
about two years ago, and reasoned that it
would be the most natural thing on earth
for him to seek the society of Englishmen,
so he visited first one Englishman
and then another, until he struck Mr..
Wilson, the baker, where the first
clue was obtained. From him it was
drawn out that an Englishman, who
went by the name of George Baxter repre-
senting himself to be bookkeeper, and
suiting Blenkin's description, had been there
some weeks before, had driven team
here for some time, but about three weeks
ago had left his trunk at Wilson's and had
gone mile or two into the country to ac-
cept Il job as farm labOrer for another En-
gllshman, whose name was unknown. Mr..
DeLong also ascertained that Blenkin i'm
mediately on his arrival here, stopped five
days at the Garrison House, where he APP
piled for the position of bookkeeper
As the embezzler was now pretty well
located, Officer Holland, an old friend OF
the Texas official, accompanied him in a
n
Doctor Aliens, two miles north Of this city
on the Georgetown road, it was learned that
man suiting the description of the one
wanted was working for Mr.. Woodland an
Englishman, one mile north of Sedalia, on
the Longwood road They drove to
Woodard's, where officer Holland got out
and knocked for admittance. When the
door was opened the officer found his way
in, saw man sitting by the stove, whom he
recognized rs the one he wanted. He called
for the Sheriff to come in and warm" and
the summons was obeyed. As soon as the
Sheriff entered the door he saw Blenkins
and accosted him, "Hello, George;
how are you?" Blenkin called the Sheriff
by name and shook hands with
him, when the Sheriff told B. he had come
after him. He simply said, "al right, "
and began to make preparations for his de-
parture. He left the whole Woodland fam
lily in tears. 1t is said that Blenkin, not
withstanding the fact that he has wife in
England, was paying. assidpous attentions
to one of Mr.. Woodlands daughters.
Blenkin. was brought to this city and
locked up in the calaboose. He told the
Deputy Sheriff that his watch was in pawn
at Cohns for 2l.50, and that there was IS
due on his trunk at Wilson's. He APP
peared greatly detected and said that he
thought his brother very wealthy man,
had made good the deficit.
Blenkin, it is said, belongs to good
family in England, but he acquired the
habit of gambling which brought about his
ruin. The firm in which he was en-
ployed had implicit confidence in his hon
esty, but had given him notice to quit after
thirty days for some infraction of orders
He quit that night, ,,aad left under such
circumstances that an expert was given
charge of his books, who found that he
had engaged in systematic course of
embezzlement from the time he entered
the firms employ up to the day he quit
it, amounting in all to something like
$1,000.
Blenkink waived the granting Of re-
QUESTION by the Governor of Missouri, and
left with the Deputy last night for Dallas.