The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-10
A RECORD BREAKER.
Republicans Raise the Roof Off the DEM
ocratic Shanty in Chicago.

cago. Complete returns give George
B. Swift, the Republican candidate
for mayor a plurality of Al, 10, the
largest known here il a similar con-
test. The service law was carried by
a large majority of As. $50. The other
candidates on the Republican city
ticket were all elected, although
Trude, the Democratic candidate for
city attorney, ran nearly 20, 600 ahead
of his ticket The Republicans also
made a clean sweep of the town south,
north, east and west and in the annex
ed districts, Hyde Park, and Lake
view, while in the town of Lake, the
stockyard district, one of the supposed
Democratic strongholds, the RepubG-
can Landslide was remarkable.
The election gives the Republicans
complete control of the city council,
which will now contain so Republican
aldermen and only IS Democrats.
Dr. Holmes, the Peoples party can
didate for mayor. received $4,000
votes, lew less than half as many
votes as were polled by the Third par
ty last fall.
Mr.. Wenter declined to discuss the
result except to say:
Evidently, the people did not want
another Democratic mayor just at this
time
Mayor Hopkins, Democrat, was ap-
parently not surprised over the result.
I'VE have carried civil service" he
said, with a twinkle in his eye when
asked what he thought of the result.
Chairman Peabody, of the Demo
cratic campaign committee said:
Instead of coming to Mr.. Wenters
support, I think the foreign born citi-
zens want it understood that they. are
Americans, and for that reason they
rather resented the claims set up as to
their prejudice. y
Mayor.elect Swift said: ''It is
source of great satisfaction to know
that the people of Chicago have out
grown campaign of villifcation and
appeals to race prejudice"
Unusual interest was taken in the
results in the ward contest which were
such picturesque feature of tie cam
paign. Martin Madden (Rep.) the vice
president of the Western Stone COM
pany defeated Attorney Frank Walk
er Dem.) for alderman in the silk
stocking Fourth ward.
Noble B. Judah, Republican, is an
other notable winner for seat in tn
city council.
aHinky Dink" Kenna went down
with the other Democrats, his success
full opponent being Patrick Gleason,
Republican. :
Buck Mccarthy, Republican won in
the stock yards district, the greatest
surprise of the election.
Mr.. Wetherell has held this position
on one or two former occasions, nota-
bly, under the Democratic administra-
ton of Mayor Harrison.
Mayor Elect Swift has decided to
appoint Mr.. c. D. Wetherel as city
controller.
The Tale of Theft.
CHICAGO, April assistant Cashier
Frederick. w. Griffin of the North
western National Bank walked into
the vault where the money is kept
Saturday morning and took therefrom
a package containing $4,000 in cur
rency. Another employe saw him
come out and noticed he was i'll at
ease. After thinking the mater over
all night, he went to Vice-President
Dummer's residence Sunday morning
and related what he had seen. On be-
ing questioned about the occurrence,
Griffin made full confession, ali
though there was at that time not the
slightest particle Of evidence against
him beyond the suspicion ofhis fellow
clerk. Bank Examiner McKeon was at
once called in and an investigation
showed the books had been tampered
with so as to cover the amount miss:
ing, the speculation extending over
period of six months.
Griffin took the money in a vain en-
deavor to conceal his crime from the
bank officials He secured draft from
another Chicago back with the $50, 600
abstracted and placed the draft to the
credit Of the United States National
bank of Omaha This bank, as the
Omaha correspondent OF the North
western, had originally $4,000 to it's
credit in the Chicago institution. Com
mencing his stealings, with the ac-
counts Of other banks Griffin finally
mulcated this one alone. His system
was to put in false tickets for tele-
graphic transfers of money. When
the Omaha bank at last called for a
settlement he saw the case was hope
less and required desperate remedy,
forgetting that while his plan made
the Omaha account all right, left the
Chicago institutions cash account
short to the amount taken. Unfortun-
ate speculation in stocks was the cause
of his downfall. Aside from these the
life he led was an exemplary one. He
had the entire confidence of the ofici-
ais and did not even givea bond when
he took the position. He is .36 years
old. has a wife and two children and
had been in the employ of the bank
ever since he was IL years of age. He
was arrested last highland has been in
the custody Of tie marshal ever since.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon he was
brought before United States Commis-
sioner Humphreys who continued the
case in SIS, 900 bonds until tomorrow.
No bond will be given until after the
hearing when there will be no trouble
in finding bondsmen. Griffin recent
ly resigned the presidency of the Ash
land Club He was prominent in
North Side society circles and declares
he will live down his disgrace. The
bank officials will be as lenient with
him as possible. His father lives in F..
Florida.
1t Ran In the Family.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 3.-The
body of negro. Williams Rawls, who
was taken from guards at Newansville
Alachua county, last night, was found
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