Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-10-18
JAUNCE'S CRIME.
4 Paterson Man Who Is Charged
with Terrible WickcdnesS.
He WAS A CHURCH MEMBER.
Ehe Cashier of the Dolphin Mills said
- Have Stolen Large Amounts.
The Disgrace Is killing
His Wife.

New York, Oct 1s--A special dispatch
from Paterson to The Commercial Advertiser
says:
Within the last ten years n number of stu
pendous defalcations and embezzlements have
taken place in this city, but, singular TO say,
only one conviction has been secured, that OF
Frank Hail. ex-city clerk, who, after travers-
ing the globe, became broken down in health
and returned here few weeks ago, asking TO
be sent TO the state prison 50 that he might
serve his sentence of three and one-half years.
His family declared him out of his mind, but
he was taken TO Trenton nevertheless.
This same excnse has been advanced IN
nearly every instance where great financial
crime has come to light, and through this and
other means the culprits have escaped pun
ishment. That this result had tendency to
put a premium ON stealing was fast taking
root in the minds of all honest men. The
j discovery, therefore, of the vast embezzle-
ments of James B. Caunce, cashier and man.
ager of the Dolphin mills, examination OF
whose books is still in progress here, awak-
ened the belief that an example would surely
be made of these willful transgressors OF the
law
There were other crimes charged against
Caunce which aggravated the feeling against
him, but the mill people, having taken all of
Caunce's property, failed to prosecute him,
and the grand jury disbanding without In
quiring into the facts of the case, belief has
sprung up that nothing more will be done in
the matter.
Caunce's prominence in church affairs
throughout the state gave him social posi-
tion enjoyed by very few men, and The dis
covery of his immoral habits has greatly
shocked the members of aristocratic st.
Paufs Episcopal church, whose treasurer
and trustee he had been for many years.
tnow turns out that when Superintendent
Cheyne of the Dolphin mill went abroad
with his family last summer, he entrusted
Caunce with the care OF his elegant mansion.
A watchman was put in charge of the place
and Caunce was to visit it once or twice a
week. His visits, however, appear TO have
been made more frequently. Almost nightly
Caunce would call with a number OF his
cronics, each of whom was accom-
panied by a female companion, the
central figure Of the lot being a notori-
Gus New York French woman, the inti-
mate and favorite of Caunce. The widest
of orgies were indugad in during all hours of
the night, and the handsome residence of the
unsuspecting superintendent was converted
into den of licentiousness. Caunce's ex-
travagance knew no limit, and without the
least compunction he robbed the very man
whose home he was desecrating For some
reason the greatest care is being taken to
keep these matters quiet. and in measure
the efforts have been rewarded by the sudden
ignorance of the subject in the local prints
Mrs. Caunce, for four years an invalid, was
greatly shocked at the exposures that fol-
lowed the admission of her husbands steal
ings and her life is despaired Of The great
est of sympathy is felt for the unfortunate
woman, who, aside from the disgrace and
painful illness, has had her home and every
thing i'll it taken from her to reimburse the
people whom her husband robbed