The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-31
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A SNINDLER.
Larry Goodrich Cuts q Grand
Figure in Society.
q FsvOrite Everywhere-His Success With
Susceptible Misunderstanding of His
Thieving operations-Iheir End.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
NEW YoRK, Jan. 3O.-A great many peo-
pie in New York will be surprised to learn
that handsome curly haired Larry
Goodrich has turned out to be a swindler
The scores of vell-to-do men in New York
that have entertained and been entertained
by Larry" and quite as many fair
women whose hearts have huttered at the
mere mention of his name, will exclaim
with horror when they learn that the &C
complished swindler is an ordained clergy
man of the English church. Lawrence
Goodrich is about thlrty-eight years old,
but he looks much younger He is the
younger son of a wealthy, old and highly
respected Devonshire family. Young
Goodrich came here from London few
years ago and for some time
SEEMED TO HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY.
After time his money gave out, and he
sought and found employment in the Office
of Edwin H Low the steamship ticket
agent at No. 947 Broadway. soon he again
appeared 10 have plenty of money, although
his salary was small. One day a LONDON
tailor came into the offie and seeing
Larry told Mr.. Low that his
CLERK WAS AN ORDINARY CLERGYMAN
of the church Of England. Mr.. Low then
went over his clerks accounts and found
that pilfering had been committed. Low
allowed L 4rry' 10 resign; then Larry
secured employment from the Cyanide
Press Company. The Cyanide Company
owns gold mine in Baker county, Oregon,
where it proposes to take gold from the ore
by the process which it controls. 1t be-
came necessary to establish an agency at
Baker City, near the mine, and the place
was offered to Goodrich. The salary was
good one and Goodrich accepted the posi-
tion. Goodrich had been at Baker CITY
several months when President Liepman
wrote TO him asking for an accounting of
tie funds which he had handled Finally
Goodrich sent IN a statement for the month
Of November last.
SEVERAL DISCREPANCIES
were atonce discovered, and Mr.. Liepman
started an investigation through the Baker
City Bank. This shows that Goodrich had
detrauded the company CT several hundred
dollars and that he had obtained OF her
large sums from various business men of
the town, on the strength of his connection
with the company. He was accused of
misappropriatiug the company's funds, and
Immediately fed from town. Goodrich
was next heard from in Chicago, where he
arrived without much money. He still
held the Cyanide process company's Gre
dentials, which he used TO his financial
benefit. Tracer and Chapman, of Chicago
are manufacturers OF mining machinery.
Goodrich called on them with his creden-
tiais, and represented he was about to
place large order for mining machinery
for the Cyanide company. He was received
with open arms He was driven about the
city by cay and was
wISED AND DINED AT NIGHT
for week or more. Goodrich finally gave
the firm an oruer for machinery amount
iEg to SO, 600. Goodrich offered to draw
on the company through Kennedy, Todd q
Co., the bankers, for Sos 500, If the COM
pauy would pay him 10 per cent. in cash as
his commission on the order. This was
agreed to and Goodrich received his fat
commission and made a draft. A day or
two afterwards Gooerich left Chicago for
some new fields of operations, The draft
Of course, went back dishonored, the CYAN
ide company notifying the bankers that
Goodrich's authority to make drafts on
them
HAD LONG SINCE BEEN REVOKED.
President Liepman has sent kilograms TO
various points in the west warning the
authorities to look out for Goodrich, and
has inserted advertisements in a number
oil western newspapers, denying the liabil-
ity of the company for any of his arts.
Lawrence Goodrich has a romantic history
He had scarcely left college when he
showed disposition TO travel He visited
nearly all parts of the world, and in spite
of his generous allowance, made by his
father. he became deeply involved in debt |
When he reached England from China. he |
expressed desire to take holy orders He |
pursued his studies earnestly and
was duly ordained. Before he |
found permanent church, however row
ing spirit seized him again, and of he went |
on another long journey in search of ad- |
venture.
BE VISITED AUSTRALIA,
India, Persia and at length found himself
again in England, where he raised money !
enough TO bring him to America and sup
port him for a year. Goodrich's friends |
say it is a pity SO charming a fellow and |
one possessed of so much natural ability |
should have dropped into evil avs. His !
adventures, they say. had he the energy to |
write them, would bring him in a good in |
come.
Chilli Greatly Satisfied With the Acceptapce |
VALPARAISO, Jan. 3O-The United
States acceptance Of Chili's reply to the
ultimetum has given great satisfact;o, |