Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-05
POLK'S PARD.
The Princely Life OF the Thieving
Treasurer OF Alabama.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, February A.
The governor offers q reward of 5000
for the capture and return to the
sheriff of Montgomery county Of Isaac
II. Vince t, late state treasurer. The
legislature adopted a joint resolution
authorizing it and sustaining him in
the offer.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, February A.
A gentleman of this city nays he saw
ex.T Treasurer Vincent In Nashville,
Tuesday last. Vincent had shaved
his whiskers, and the gentleman
recognized him with diff culty. FL
nally he spoke, when the recognition
was mutual. Vincent said he had
shaved because the warm weather was
approaching.
Mr.. Trimble, who saw Vincent in
Nashville last Tuesday morning, says:
she gave no evidence of anything be-
ing wrong with him. He was In his
usual spirits and made no effort to
conceal his identity" 1t is 10Y re-
ported on good authority that Vim.
cents wife has $40, 900 worth of dia-
monds. He made her q handsome
present of diamonds as a New Years
present one month ago. The real
property he has ia bought in his wife's
name, but he left NJ ready money with
her, and it Is almost certain he carried
but little money with him. There Ii
nothing small about Vincent. He
sp~eculated like q prince. LONE of hi
deals In cotton embraced 10, 600 baless,
calling for $40, 900 margin. His deail
were made through Fred Wolfe, o.
Montgomery and Nav York, and b
II. Smith & Co., of Now York. 1t Il
now stated that it was given In evi
denee before the investIg ating com
mittee that Vincent brought at ont
time from another bank here $50, coo
of exchange, and endorsed it tt
Wolfe. The books of Wolfe's baul
are said by his aren't here to show thai
the whole $1l0 0C0 of exchange
bought by Vincent at that bank
went to cover cotton losses. Tnose
insiTate with Vincent say he could moi
have Fquandered more than $25 eco 81
So, 900 IN his personal extrayagance
The Legislative committee are quietly
! working to discover to what exten
, parties In Now York and thos,
through whom he dealt had knowl
edge whence he got his money. Thu
ofhcisl bond ard record hook take'
by Vincent from the Offices OF tn
Z auditor and secretary of STATE have NO
= bsen recovered, and it is feared h,
has destroyed them. The current o
sympathy here for Vincent is YER
: strong, aud the local paper is roundl
I abused for firing into him. II Win
d cent would come back voluntaril
n It is doubtful if he would q
9 more than u yea or two In the pen
y Tertiary. 1t is now thought that Viz
II cent had used the states money dul
Is ing his frat term, and when the legi
a lative committee came to examine h
IL office in 1880 he borrowed the none
's TO mako his balance good. He III
7: doubtsdly expected to do the san
a thing this tIme. but the unknov
la qourco ia New York from whence J
n expected to get it failed HIM,
y No ~defalcations have been foun
10 later than last S ,ptemqer. The on
I. we'll defined suspicion anybody hs
"a ever entertained Of Vincent was tn
7, he was l~osning the surplus none
and drawing interest on them. MAJ
p hold to this opinion still, and devC
opmeuts are expected 10 disclo
where the parties are to whom
O. made the loaus. Some Of Vincen
ct friends say he was the catspaw
" aharpera, who gobbled mp The mon'
n end cheated him, with the idea he "
~ losing 1t on cotton,
in Tho Selma Times is responsible I
the ststemeut that has been loI
70. known ia financial circles that A.
ld bama's account with the Marcnar
and Traders bank and the stat
-- financial agent il New York has be
MT often and largely oyerdrawn. III
Ia statement Is received with surprise
tn this city. The isCest developments
'eH IL D. m.-show that the money pc
le- lively went for futures. Vincent !
n Gan IN 500 bale deals and from that
20. / 600, aud finally 5000 became
Iul usual deal. flo made some hea
'u- gains, while he WA losing on sol
deals aa high 81 Sl5 600. II is n
ut generally believed that the legislat
om investigating committee will h
TX, some startling developments SC
at damaging to the men through VIII
rs, Vincent dealt.
'uz -
nd George Winton, of Red Cloud, met v
uuo - a.. idant that taught him something