New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
PAYING TELLER's DISHONESTY.

GEORGE W. HUNT ACCUSED OF TAKING $4,000
FROM THE IMPORTERS AND TRADERS BANK.
The officers of the Importers and Traders National
Bank, at No PAT Broadway, had their suspicious
EXCITED recently that the accounts of the paying
books were examined during his absence. and it
was found that since last April he had appropriated
70 MS own use s Was a "a cover ,ro mn ' the
thefts. When his attention was called to the DIS
crepances ia his accounts ne decasef from I t .nf t
time, which he had not had the courage to confess.
This was proved to be false on examination.
Hunt taken into custody, and yesterday
Justice Kbreth committed him to the Tombs to
await trial President Perkins, of the Importers
ingly that one of the oldest employees of the bank
should have been guilty of such a crime Hunt. he
said, entered the service of the bank in 1888, and
afterward appointed paying teller,
which position he had held ever since His bonds
men are held for $4,000 so that the loss to the
bank will not be more tnan $1,000. Hunt will be
prosecuted 1t is not believed that he lost the
live extravagantly. 1t is intmated that family
troubles had something to do with his embezzle-
Court was made by Edward Townsend. cashier of
the bank who made affidavit that Hunt on April
10 last appropriated to his own use 5000 the
teller and that he had msappropriated other sums,
making altogether $4,000 The accused teller is
very much affected by his arrest and imprisonment.
WORK OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
At the meeting of the Board of Health yesterday
il was shown that in two weeks there had been
tweuty-four cases of smallpox III this city, of
which two were imported by immigrants. There
was only single of typhus fever reported last
week Sanitary Inspector Comfort reported that
the amount of $4,000 appropriated for cleaning
and repairing sewers and drains in the Twenty
third and Twenty fourth Wards during the present
year having been exhausted many necessary i'm
provements had not been carried out to the great
discomfort of the residents larger appropriation
was required for 1882 The Board reSsued per-
init 10 the Street Cleaning Commissioner to dump
ashes along the North River between SiXty-seventh
and Seventy-secOnd-Sts. The original permit had
been revoked the complaint of the directors of
the Orphan Asylum that offensive odOrs arose from
the dumping grounds, but the cause for complaint
was removed by the street Cleaning Commissioner
l.. w. st. john of No. 713 SXth-ave, complained
that notice had been taken OF his appeal to the
Board three weeks ago for relief from the nuisance
of henyard kept at No. 10 SiXth-ave. He
described the noise and stencil from the hennery
as unbearable, and the Board revoked the owners
permit to keep fowls.
ALLEGED THEFT OF STOCK CERTIFICATES.
Jacob Sgbert, of No. 4S1 BedforCl-ave BROOKLYN
terday against William Berry, printer of No. ia
Franklln-St., charging him with the theft of two
certificates, each representing hundred shares of
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad stock valued at
$4,000. On Monday, Sigbert took trip TO High
Bridge. While there he entered a beer-ShOp kept by
one kstler, where he made the acquaintance of sew
eral men, among whom was Berry. He had several
drinks with his new acquaintance, and in the
course of the conversation told them that he had in
his pocket $40 900 of railroad stocks. Berry stated
that he had occasionally dabbled in stocks. and re-
quested Sigbert to permit hun to look at the GER
titicates The latter without the least hesitation
drew the papers from his pocket and handed them
10 Berry After seemingly careful examination
Berry folded up the documents and handed them
back TO their After Berry had left the place
Slgbert Thought he would look at his papers, and
was surprised TO find that two of them had dlsap-
Reared. He suspected Berry and caused his arrest.
The prisoner denied the charge and held in
s. 800 bail for trial.