The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-24
GOOD MAN GONE WRONG
Cashier Alfred L. Duffy Has q
Sad Experience.
PLEADS GUILTY TO IT
He Embezzied $3.50 OF the Anaconda Com.
pany's Money and He Is Sentenced
to One Year in the Pen. the
Lightest Possible Sentence.

Anotner promising young man OF ap-
parently good habits. Of previous coed
character and holding q good position.
which he might have retained indefinite
| ly. has gone wrong and last night he
| slept behind the bars O: the Deer Lodge
~penitentiary. He IS Alfred J.. Defy
cashier for the Anaconda Copper Mn
ing company, lumber department.. He
has confessed to embezziing $500 If The
company's funds.
The embezzlement is supposed to be OF
recent date and to have taken place
during the absence in the East of Ed
ward w. Griffin, manager Of the COM
pany's lumber department. On Mon
day, after Mr.. Griffin's return, the ex-
animation Of the books began by Auditor
Melin Of the company. On Wednesday
the defalcation was discovered and late
Wednesday evening Mr.. Duffy was ar
rested and placed in the county Jail.
Mr.. Duffy made no denial Of his short
age and said he deserved punishment
and was willing to take 1t. He seemed
very penitent for his false step and said
he would make no trouble by causing 4
trial. He would plead guilty.
Mr.. Duffy was arraigned before Judge
Clancy at 2 o'clock yests.day afternoon.
He is a fine looking young man. with a
frank face, w,i' dressed and 1t seemed
out OF place for him to be pleading
guilty to a crime.
County Attorney Stapleton stated to
the court that he had an information
charging Mr.. DUFFY with the crime Of
grand larceny.
Are you with counsel?" asked Judge
Clancy of the prisoner.
Il have no counsel"
Have you the means of employing
counsel?".
do you want counsel?"
Il do not"
by the statutes you have the privil-
eye of taking "a hours in which to
PLEAD"
Il don't care to. l will plead now"
do you understand the nature of tie
charge against your
Yes"
What is the nature of this charger"
asked the court of Mr.. Stapleton.
If your honor please" said Mr.. Sta
pleton. this young man confesses to
having stolen $3.50 Of the funds OF the
Anaconda Copper Mining company. In
view Of the fact that he has confessed
his guilt. that he Is a young man and
that this is his first o~ffense. / would
recommend that he be given as light "a
ctnltItc us yO0T uouOT InlnkS DTODtfs
Are you guilty OF this charger"
Yes said the prisoner.
rs this your first ofrense?"
Eyes, sir"
How old are your"
"Twenty-six and one-half years"
You seem truly penitent of the fall
you have made. You have certainly
made a great mistake. There Is an old
adage n a very true one. honesty rs
the best policy ' will sentence you to
n year in the p~enitentiary at hard la
bor."
Mr.. Duffy was taken to the peniten-
tiary at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
His sentence is the lightest that could
be given him for grand larceny.
Mr.. DUFFY says that he lost the money.
He say hat while Mr.. Griffin was away
he started to the bank with the money,
but did not reach there until after the
bank closed. He went down on the row
that evening, according to his story, and
lost the money or IL was stolen from
Mr.. Duffy was Of very good habits, SO
far al known. He was not known to
gamble and drank very little. He had
been in the employ of the company
three years. having come here from Chi
He had been three times ad-
vanced since he entered the employ of
the company. He supported his mother
IN this city until last December, when
she returned to her Eastern home. Since
hen he sent her $50 almost every
month.
The Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany will lose nothing by the defalca-
ton. The Fidelity of New
York was on Mr.. DufYy's bonds and
will suffer the loss.