When was it published?

March 29, 1883 in The Marietta Journal

Domestic News March 29, 1883

The Marietta Journal

Q: What keywords are associated?

Embezzlement, John B Marston, Equitable Trust Company, New York, Financial Theft

Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia

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What is this article about?

John B. Marston, clerk at New York's Equitable Trust Company, embezzled around $80,000 over four years by pocketing percentages of handled money, lived well to avoid suspicion, and fled when unable to conceal his actions.

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It is said that John B. Marston, the clerk who robbed the Equitable Trust Company of New York of some $80,000 pocketed a regular percentage of the money which passed through his hands, and the amounts he thus embezzled on one or two occasions was nearly a thousand dollars. For four years he kept up his thefts, living in the mean time in good style, and managing to disarm all suspicion. Finally, when he saw he could no longer conceal his dishonest operations, he ran away.

Well this is the old story again, and it contains the same old lesson by which both clerks and employers can profit if they will.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime

What keywords are associated?

Embezzlement John B Marston Equitable Trust Company New York Financial Theft

What entities or persons were involved?

John B. Marston

Where did it happen?

New York

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

New York

Key Persons

John B. Marston

Outcome

embezzled approximately $80,000; fled to avoid detection.

Event Details

John B. Marston, the clerk, robbed the Equitable Trust Company of some $80,000 by pocketing a regular percentage of money passing through his hands, with individual embezzlements nearing a thousand dollars. He sustained thefts for four years, living in good style and disarming suspicion, before running away upon realizing he could no longer conceal his operations.