People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1895 — Confesses to Embezzlement. [ARTICLE]

Confesses to Embezzlement.

Cheyenne, Wyo., May I.—G. A. Houghton, a bookkeeper for F. A. Means & company of this city, started for Denver last evening, leaving a letter addressed to his employes confessing that he was an embezzler. A warrant was Issued for his arrest and he was taken Into custody upon his arrival at Denver. A hasty examination of his books revealed a shortage of over $7,000. The embezzlement extends over a period of two and a half years. Houghton gained some notoriety last fall through his wife’s ineffectual attempt at suicide in Denver.