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Show i ! A Good Time lor Kepcutuuce. New York, 2. Robort A. Pedriok, who defrauded his employers, Benk-ard Benk-ard & Hutton, importers of cloths ana Bilks of this city, of $108,000 by means of forgeries, and swindled the: customs of duty amounting to $120,-1 000, has sent a confession through: the mail to the Associated Press. He says his wrong-doing was brought about by speculations in Block, and that when he had retrieved his first losses and had oonsiderable money on band, his broker failed and he lost all. He elates that he is filled with remorse on account of his wrong-doings, and asserta he alone is to blame. |