When was it published?

May 18, 1843 in Martinsburg Gazette

Domestic News May 18, 1843

Martinsburg Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Raymond P. Dowden, Mrs. Augusta A. Dorsey

Q: What keywords are associated?

Embezzlement, Treasury Notes, Arrest, Bail, Baltimore

Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia

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What is this article about?

Raymond P. Dowden, a clerk in the Treasury Department, was arrested for embezzling five $100 cancelled Treasury notes and sending them to Mrs. Augusta A. Dorsey in Baltimore, who passed one to a broker. He was held to $2,500 bail for court.

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Official Robbery. -A Clerk in the Treasury Department of the name of Raymond P. Dowden was arrested on Thursday last, charged with the embezzlement of certain cancelled Treasury notes. He was employed for the last week or two in assisting in placing on the returned notes additional and stronger marks of cancellation to those borne by them when returned to the Treasury, and had, it appears while in the discharge of this duty, abstracted five $100 dollar notes, with holes cut in them as the mark of being cancelled, and had sent them to a female in Baltimore of the name of Mrs. Augusta A. Dorsey, residing in Lombard street, to pass away: but she failed in the attempt, with the exception of one note, which she sold to a broker.

Dowden has been held to bail in the sum $2,500 for his appearance at Court to answer the charge.-Nat. Int.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime Legal Or Court

What keywords are associated?

Embezzlement Treasury Notes Arrest Bail Baltimore

What entities or persons were involved?

Raymond P. Dowden Mrs. Augusta A. Dorsey

Domestic News Details

Event Date

Thursday Last

Key Persons

Raymond P. Dowden Mrs. Augusta A. Dorsey

Outcome

dowden held to bail in the sum $2,500 for his appearance at court; mrs. dorsey failed to pass four notes but sold one to a broker.

Event Details

A Clerk in the Treasury Department named Raymond P. Dowden was arrested on Thursday last, charged with the embezzlement of certain cancelled Treasury notes. He was employed for the last week or two in assisting in placing on the returned notes additional and stronger marks of cancellation to those borne by them when returned to the Treasury, and had, it appears while in the discharge of this duty, abstracted five $100 dollar notes, with holes cut in them as the mark of being cancelled, and had sent them to a female in Baltimore named Mrs. Augusta A. Dorsey, residing in Lombard street, to pass away: but she failed in the attempt, with the exception of one note, which she sold to a broker.