The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-13
mire as deep % either OF the old parties. II
mas developed into scramble for cfiice,
anu q man 20 now q Ptohibitionlst Or an
snti'pfohibitionist simply 90 he thinks Il
peters S. his chences for the qualification Of
fLkD IN DIsGRACE,
Young Phiiads'phiAn Disappears

"A Young 9 Philadeiphiau Disappear
Leaving Had Record Behind. $
PnrLADELrinA, Pa, August lo.-A sen
Hation has been caused here by the disap
pearance Of City Councilman Henry a
Hawo,th, over week ago, which has LEI
to the discovery Of embezslements by hin
In trust funds from friends to an amour
now estimated a! $4,000, bis mother ans
brother being among the victims. ait
Haworth's rascalities have been perps
trated among bis lifelong friends and &C,
quaintancee. He was born near the house
from which ho has just q I'D In disgrace,
and ho grew ". q popular young man with
the good Wishes Of all his neighbour. There
was, eight Yeas ago, nc. more promising
man than Harry Hsworth. He lived
IN comfortable house, and apparently
Wss not extravagant, and did not run large
ollls tor household purposes. Last Feb.
fuary 'Haworth's popularity secured hit
election to the Common Council. Hisrec.
ord there has been creditable. He iaa
compactly built man Of medium height.
His face is full and ruddy. his eyes arr
blue aud bis hair Is light. Ha dresaed
well, and had popular manners. His aaseia
ave not supposed to be worth anything, ,atd
t supposed that Haworth did not have
much money with him when he lett town.
Dc borrowed from many Of his friends, on
various Sann pprreetne1ts, ppren sums varying between
II is now learned that he was freq uent
visitor at gambling houses, and was rscsnt.
y heavy losss, losing 81 500 at a single
game vi poker. = gd3T4IeF7sgi. "a y. q
4 Recently Haworth became addicted to
the use OF abslnthe, which be drank to
aueh N excess as to seriously affect his brain.
The laat heard Of him was~throuqh- a tele,
graphic message sent by hiuI from Balti.
more to bis wife on Tuesday, In which he
said he would return home In 8 couple OF
The affairs Of Haworth are 80 involved |
tnas 1t will take some time to ascertain the
iull extent Of his peculatlons, It appearsI
that Hsworth'a "system" was to negotiate
number Of mortgages on the same piece
OF property: It is claimed that Haworth, |
acting as administrator Of bis fathers es.
tate, raised money on 1t for bis own use, |
tnns deprivlug his mother Of what be-
longed TO her, and John Cham mberlsin1 is /
sa!u Say to have been swindled out OF ST 900
Mm. buckley, a barber, invested $l4OO |
w!tn VT haTorsh, and will probably lose 1t.
" m: Baldwin Is anxious about mortgage |
bond for 81, 900. " 3 .9.iH.f a, I''''1 go
The Councilman ia alleged to have sold
slx houses which belonged to Miss Cox.
II Is said that abe has never received the |
sale money. ~ 3 4 M 5yIr-!., ~ |
I Very few Of Haworth'a creditors know !
where theey stand, on account Of the |
absence Of papers, Yesterday the place |
was IN charge Of an Office boy, who knew |
nothing. "a deputation from the Protective
Building Association, Of West Philadel-
p1ta, OF which he WAC Secretary, called at |
Z the otlice to lind out if they had Lost any
lnlrg, but this wss point on which they |
could get no information. 81 40 NJ -
President Joseph Vim said he did not |
SnoW whether any OF the yAssociatiou's |
ponds bad been hypothecated, but II was
believed that they will lose IS 600. George
l. ones, ex'Democratic member of the
Legislature. who was Haworth's security
lor the proper administration OF the Leech !
estate, expects to lose from s., 200 to s., 900.
In addition to these large TRANSACTIONS,
Hsworth hes carried on system of petty
winding. He'wa rentaeent for many
house owners, most of whom he \ has
robbed OF ANAL amounts. Il n j ,s5il,l
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