The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-03
TWO GREAT DEFAULTERS.
THE STORIES ST THEIR LIVES
VERY BAD SAMPLES.
-Pluukett ana bartholomew,
DOih OF Hartford, COnE.

striking ContrAsts in Their Careers
-PIuukett and bartholomew,
Both OF Hartford, COnE.
New York Sun: On the 25th Of
in last there ga. at one of the
tableI in the Hoffman cafe man
If pIodigious size. He was six feet
in hight, bis neck was lie l.
umn, b s shoulders more than three
+ o. broad, and lis chest twelled like
he bulge Of a hogsnead He was
both gourmand and gourmet. His
ace was smoo h shsven, cheek ks bloat
ed, blu. he had pleasant emile, and
was The life Of the party with which
he was dining. He was dressed ia
cd as o aud in the latest fashion.
He wore ra her consp'c uous j welry.
Hs would have been picked out for a
rather fast club man, and he ives, His
home wss in Hartford, where he had
lived some twenty years the ideal life
for Har rd-of man of tire world.
He k pit fast orses, the was a breath
OF comment always re- psctiug his re-
laiojs with cer ain WON N, ne was a
cool oker player, he enter aimed as
no 9th + bachelor in Hartford did,
and was REGARDED by the lively you g
men there as the mOd-l
good fellow. At the tame
tine business mfn lescected him. He
had c,me from ricn business f,mily
in Pit sh Id and b ought soma $4,000
t. Hartford. He established anG
mar aged several manufacturing enter
prs,s. Lsst spring he went to St.
Louis With Edgr Wells, in connection
" th the purchase of the Wabash
railroad system, and his fnar cial sug-
gestiois were there deemed worth
cons dering. His mama il Plunkait,
and he Is now wanderer and q de-
faulter for mary thousand dollars.
He has been living dishonesty 10
one knows how lopg. When, three
or four weeks age, P .unkett ran awsy,
people in Hartford sad that aEo her
man was ruioed by fast and ri tous
iivi g, and that such a cou'se of life
as Plunkett lei was sure TO bring a
man to a oisholOrable end.
This is one story. Now for a1otheT:
On the very day that Piunkstt was
dining and wiring at the Hoffman
with his jovial, fashionable ,ompal-
inns there hurried up Broadwag a
slender, sharp-feetured, salIow.fscad
man, who entered the st. Jam "a Hotel
end seated himself in the lobby, as
though awaiting some one. His
clothes Nere plain, almost shabby.
The irort of his cott was spatted, as
tn ugh he were Carsle in his eating.
His boots were not we'll cleaned.
From under his bushy e. ebrows there
peered, however, q pair Of very b,ighf,
quick eyes, remark ably so for man
If his apparent year his age was
plainly not far from 20. A prosperous
business man came into the lobby,
and the respect with which be treated
the old man indicated toat tia latt.r
was person OF some consequence,
notwiths adding his plain appearance.
The conversation bet geen them hav.
ing been finished, the old man went
10 the cloak room, called for basket,
and then retiring to secluded llAcs,
took out sone bread and butter and
c'kgs snd ale his frugal meal.
He had spent the night at repu-
table but cheap lodging hotel, and he
had brought food enough in basket
from his home to sustain him for two
days. Yet this man was a power in
the financial world. He was Yeputsd
to be worth 81, 10000 Hs had served
on railroad directories with such men
as Samuel J. Tilden. He IVES presi.
dent of hsli dozen great corporations |
and his credit wss 30 great that banks |
eagerly accepted his paper and called |
it gilt edged. Msn accepted bis finan-
C al views % the best 10 he had, and
his name and experience one had |
hoated more jhan one CONF ~ from |
EN- bsrrassment to success. He, like |
Plu nkett, was a Hartford man, but,
uni Ike the younger man, he was
ppr,o1 of sinPulErly correct habits in
private life. His food was OF the plain.
est. He nsver knew the taste of vine |
or st 'onPer spirits. He never used to-
bacoo. Hs ntVar had fast horse. He
never visited thesteis, nor, in fact, ever
a lowed himself milder forms Of sccial
pleasures. He was very active in his
which he almost carried
on Iii, shoulders. He was a
delegate 10 missionary
and charitable gatherings. He
was an enthusiastic member Ct the
White Cross League, aud made many
addresses in favor of active efforts to
reclaim fallen women and to punish
nochasti'y in men. When in New
York, where he spent much of his
line, he ALIVE VS. declined invitations of
ais business colleagues to participate
n designations, harmless or otherwise,
md be was everywhere regarded as q
nan of model life. This was George
". Bartholomew, aud last week he,
100, was admittedly a defauiter for
Iome $l20,000, taken from the firm OF
he great Charter Oak Insurance Com
,any. Of which he was president. He
las fed like Plunket, though Barthol-
lmew's hiding place is known and
'luukst's is not. His dishonesty has
involved several corporations, will
ripple probably number OF banks
nd Gauss loss to many indiViC usls.
Here, then, we find that the DISH
'ated, fashionable, fast living, poker
laying man of the world and the sb-
plain living, moral man and
rofsssir & Christian have been doing
be same thing-embi zzliDg and ab
conding. II is no wonder tnst Hart
ord people are somewhat dazed by
hese very conspicuous revelations Of
imilar dishonest practices ON the part
1 q man Of moral and a man Of i'm.
lorsl life.