Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-01
HUMAN NATURES DARK sIpg.


JANUARY
p. Two masked robbers held up train on the
Southern Pacific road in California and Sc
cured $4,000; tramp was shot and killed
a. George G. Lounsberry for many years treas
urer of the New York city postoffice, shot
himself at his home in Hackensack,. NJ J:
a shortage of $4,000 was found in his ac-
counts
II. f. c. Denwc, young Englishnan, was mur
dered by Reginald Birchall for purposes of
robbery il a swamp near Woodstock, Ont.
"a Seamen made serious charges at New York
against Commander McCalla of the u s.
sloop-of-war Enterprise; McCaIla court mar
tailed and suspended from rank and duty
for three years May Is
2S ExCongressman Taulbee was shot in the Cap
itol at Washington by Charles Kincaid, a
newspaper correspondent; died March IL
MARCH.
a. William T. Pope, paying teller Of the Louis
vile City National bank absconded with
$4,000
q. State Treasurer Stevenson Archer, OF Mary
land, defaulted in about $4,000
APRIL
2. A defalcation by Douglas Hilcher, amounting
to $4,000. caused the suspension Of bis firm,
which had headquarters in New York and
branches in several other cities.
Frederick Kimbal, teller Of the Peoples say
ings bank. of Worcester. Mass was report
cl missing with S43,J00 Of the banks funds
25 George d. Ives, ex-assistant district attorney
at Salem, Mass, arrested, charged with for
geries amounting to $4,000
MAY.
TO- George p. whitney, bookkeeper in the Albany
CN V City National bank, arrested on the
charge Of stealing 100000 from the bank
TO- City Treasurer Peake Of Kansas City. de-
faulted in SO, ,0oo
e. Migue3 Eyraud who killed Notary, Gouffe in
Paris in July. 1882 captured in Havana
Cuff
% Gerhdrd Thaden and J. B. Toll principals in
the great real estate forgery. sentenced
each to ten years imprisonment at st
Paul
G. William Kemnller executed by electricity in
the state prison at Auburn, n Y; the af
fair was bunglingly conducted and pre-
seuted horrible spectacle; it was the first
execution under the New York state law
requiring criminals condemned 10 death to
be killed By electricity
IL The limited Kansas express on the Missouri
Pacific stopped by robbers who secured
$4,000
- The teller Of the Capital City bank, Nashville
Tenn. confessed defaication of Sll.0O0
SEPTEMBER
5. The Montreal express on the View York Cen
Greenbush N. VI; six persons injured.
Is Messrs. Potter and Lowell, of the suspended
firm of Potter. Lowell & Co., arrested in Bos
ton charged with cmbezzlement
OCTOBER
0. Mary Anderson's crazy lover, James Dougher-
ty, murdered DR. George W. Lloyd. of the
Flatbush, L. l., Insane asylum
IS. David c. Hennessy, chief of New Orleans po-
lice, murdered by order of an Italian secret
society; a reign Of terror lasting for more
than month resulted
%. A. B. Mullett, ex-supervising architect of the
United States treasury. killed himself at
Washington, aged Sc,
26. Charles w. Robinson, banker and broker in
New York, confessed forgeries amounting
to 100000
NOVEMBER
4. Rollins Bingham disappeared from Kansas
City after forgeries aggreSating 81, coo.
Il. Reginald Birchall hanged at Woodstock. Ont
for the murder Of F. 9. Benwen
IS. Albert II. Smith, Of New York. confessed for
geries aggregating $4,000
Harrison II. Wentworth, bookkeeper OF the
Lime Rock National bank. Providence. r L.
charged with embezzling So, 900
20. Morris Marks, an ex-employe of Rochester
IN. Y) bank, stole package Of S25oo0
from the United States Express company;
he was arrested next day
Disappearance from San Francisco OF Toon
Yoong & Co.. Chinese merchants. with $50.
900
25 Eva Hamilton Robert Ray Hamiltons widow.
pardoned and released from jail at Camden,
NJ
DECEMBER
I. Joseph B. Abbott, bookkeeper for Henry W
Sage & Co., of Albany, n. Y. defaulted in
$4,000 and committed suicide
$1,000 in diamonds, belonging to Mrs Kirk D
Armour, stolen in Kansas City