New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
ROBBED F. H. LEGGETT & CO.
Fugitive EMPLOYE CAPTURED AND
MAKES CONFESSION.
TELLS OF A REMARKABLE CoNsflHAOi
prrvrEv HIMSELF AND TWO OTHER
EMPLOYEES HOW HE ESCAPED WHEN
HE FOTND HE WAS

HE FOI-ND HE WAS SUSPECTED.
,r,,ur q Wainwright. an Englishman' thirty
CITY wears old who lives. with his young WIZ ~
No 947 Sixth-st South Brooklyn was 'u'n'u
IN the police OF the I.eonard-st station AZ
1 ". .trh, no 1nsnector Charles f. Holiday. OF the
] American Surety Company, charged win oo"SP'
acv and the larceny Of several thousands u "o'''
from, the wholesale grocery firm OF frahcls !"
regeett & CO. at Franklin-st. ana west p'o'""'
The case is a pecuar one. and Involves So'"u g.
tho trusted employees Of the firm, one OF ""o"
ror under arrest and is in the prison waru ol
Bellevue Hospital 1T,
wotnv.risb, comes from an excellent English
.ii, 10 is a graduate of Eton and OXFORD for
q number Of years he was tutor ana '"e ,iN'
Mace Of his educational efforts was IN
England He can speak German ana IRENE" IL"
or,lv and can read write and speak other IAN
cuapes He came this country ABOUT '"e'Ne
aars ago In January. 1891. ne entered the employ
of Francis II. Leggett CO. as an en''S ''.. r1
ro,ainine this place until March. 1891 wheh he was
made assistant cashier. ,
According 70 the confession that Wainwright mas
,,odo n Inspector Holiday. in August lS9'' iou'
NJ t,or no was appointed assistant cashier
49, entered into conspiracy with a bookkeeper'
strce resigned to steal from the firm. Inc "ooN
keeper according to the agreement was =" NAM
uIate the ledger and see that the DOORS p ~
ord wainwright was to toke tho cash Between
August 1897 and the holidays wainwright said 'h"t
consn,rod left the firm on January l. 1879
pe,ween the time that this bookkeeper IeIt inv
firm and March. 1895, there was lu'l III '''
tions According to Wainwright ne never S''''
his own initiative but was prompted oy o'"'' w.
do co He saws that ne had determined 10 re'u'"
-, -. no had taken from the firm after the
tooLkeener with whom he In conspiracy ia"
Loo, tho firm This bookkeeper. 1t is SAID alter
rosiqnirg entered one Of the city departments
March 1895 Wainwright says he was apPloao",'
bv a bookkeoper named Benjamin w Mar'.n' wiz
r,od u.,th his wife and three children at NO 900
,,.,r .. r2rooklvn who told him that he must
,o ,,o,ov for = woman who was not his "ile'
Martin Wainwright said. told him he Khe" Vi '''c
to~r,or conspiracy and that he must enter i'''
similar one with him. - .A,
Wainwright sad that he protested aeai'S' t''''
,b,, nm, Martin insisted and threatened exposure
rhen he had TO acquiesce Martin outHhen P'"''
I,,tru.riebt was to draw slip for money on the
t,f ,aehier and Martin would change the ledser ~
soc that II was all right Martin oee"l, "
a sujde swath and the members oi ' W.T.,
Martin was discharged in SEPTEMBER, 1888
,.r,sb, said that between March and september ne
d" ''1,' ,,i, Nartin about 81 900. all the money
,i g., o,.or blocks Of 500 500 once ne stole
800 on his own responsibility. 100.
After Martin WAS discharged, Naih"ils"' va!
he frequently demanded money from MN wan
wright At first he paid the eXtortions OF Mar'''
IRON, tho money he had saved from their JOINT OPP
crations But he was finally forced 10 eHo'1~
moro 10 keep zip with the demands.
Wainwright thinks that had 1t not beeh TOT the
~arelsssnoss OF his manner of keeping his DOCKS
the noc,,lations might have gone on for years WIN
ouf boinr discovered Wainwright stated lhat IN
stead Of entering his cash In cash DOCK ne, KIP
il on memorandum and afterward entered ny
items I'm no cash book In this way ne couih pdI-
ance the books and keep them apparently strdlsht
bv manipulating the ledgcrs. Inc attentlol o. NJ
firm was called to the popularity OF MS keeping
his cash account He was called before one OF m,
members OF the firm on March last. he was toid
that There was some dissatisfaction with MS meth-
DDS and that he suspected On Inc next udS
another man would be put in bis place ana ne
would ne transferred 10 another department
wainwright made mp his MIND 10 act qulIkLi
He walked NJ 20 his desk When no one was iooK-
ing he opened the drawer and Selling All me niS
i'm IL stuffed them i'm the inside pocket OF his coat
He aid not dare 10 take down his coat and hat nut
walked losurely 10 the shipping department. picked
Broadway He walked to Grand-st and the Bowery
and sent a note 10 his wife asking her II she de,,
sired 10 20 10 Canada with him, saving ne had
several hundred dollars with MIN. He instructed
her II she WAS willing go with him 70 insert the
following advertisement IN Sunday newspaper:
BABY IS we'll True love.
The Inspector of the American Surety Company
got possession Of the letter 1890
Martin was arrested March II and hell In 5000
bail FOR trial The matter was kept secret in
order to catch Wainwright
Wainwright traced by Inspector Holiday
close 10 the Canadian border and captured by STRAIT
egy He confessed everything 10 Holiday. He
ring and a gold watch and chain. Yesterday Vain
wright promised 10 max" good all the money he
had taken. bat failed 10 10 Leggett e. Co.'S
books showed q loss Of 5000.