WOOD, THE DEFAULTER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 9, 10 January 1877, Page 4

WOOD, THE DEFAULTER.

K- fA . Duoedin telegram ; to tKe Post •/!_ ; pivea the following : parti,culara, of • • the W. H. .Wood, wno left jEKglandia the May Quleenj ; and was 1: arrested on arriving alDunedin:-— : Afr the Seaident Magsaf rate's Court ■ to-day, William H, Wood was brought . bafore Mr;Manßfdrd, R.M.V wheo de- : v tedi^&'.'-Dliltgn 1 produced his 'warrant \a and d^pbaitiona. : Ttie latter were iateb before one e of . the' London atipendiary : laagiatratea,. the prinoipat 1 evidence being given by Ebetfezer Holmau, who aiid^Pam one of tha directors of E ;.'cbe , Gqloey Jl^ajlca' Gas Compaoy. '." ; ' W^ood wafoepgagedin the capacity! of clerk, acting as assistant secretary to the com^ayi at a eakry;of £40per apnttoj. r am infqrmecl- that the t(»tajl amoual reeeive^by -Wood : and :not ; accounted ; for amounts to £600 and uowtt^af ?J On . September^th '/I received b^jjogt^ latter |p t .thi-fpUbwing e^cttTT-Loniiqßi Sep4emb^,iß7S.-T. Respected aiiy ">! must beg of^yeia to receive- thd last few Hnes^ft-w^l^bein mj power to write to you before^ lea^e England, in the spirit in whiqhJheyi are meant. I am , wall . aware that I deserveino pity, br consideration a& your hands for having be- " trayed your confldenQa- v ?and acted towards you-qu^ others in a. disgraceful way^ anjr^V. weirsareTmeet with' the panisnmenti deserve, not the least of wMc^ie"6^ng ; bbliged "«b leave my wife and^^va^Uttla .chUdreo to the tgoder r merd^oJ^the^cld^^Thie ia oficpurse my^^iafe gujef, and ne^ft.to this that I bays parted with s sorrowing mother. 1 have now to put my trust in Him : wbg t ;rulßß:aiid governs our waye, |^nd " wh£«|;|gqgt, will lead me ia ai rigb't / coarse, aad if in.the. qoursa> o$; , a < few years I ret urn to London ,& prosperoqa man, "tay'-firat action S^ilf be to" make good rayvahortcomings at Coihey H^tch. Had I not lost my appointment at Br^ftU(aild f Ha%e^l%h(>Qlo/'a« f 4nee J have paid back all money due to the Colney Hatch Corapaoy, having bor-rpwed-the-amoant at a heavy rate- of interest to do so; >bntj .beiog a ruined man In, this country, Imuat start(#with my iittla'oiipi^l in a "fresh? field," and^ should fortune favor, I hope iv s&^gry fihoVtJ'tinYe' 'Jo make every thing", good, aBd?B(i' rdpay the iojustice I h^v§, to ab good a friead as you have, always been to ( hie^ J Crime and ingra^uda are sare^peap^ita own reward, ao I am sore to have tame. What lam euffer- ; ing; no w is ; tfard "to L delcribeV I csre, nothjbg for'- myself, but my wife and ; cfeildreo, mother and , sisters, ., who are aea^'brokep-hearted. Crb)l-knoWsl , amTdpibglail for the beatj aud /feel; sure my friends jwould say so if they were conauUed. Do not think top hardly of me, bat make ebme allowances for the Oftoaes which have brought me to this ; great trouble and difficulty.: Yourself ! I look upon as the beat friend I have in the ' World, although I love Mr Sanders . almost as a brother, and Mr Pad don has ' beet Caver kind to me. May the < timia be not very far distant when I shall be in a position' to make amenda for my pass mjadeede,; and now good bye. When am privileged to meet you again I truat it will be A to : - make good : the injury I ha?e = done you." „ Wood ■ resigned his situation with the company, on Bth September, and sailed from JKpg^ laad 00^15 th September in the May Qaeebi^ Tfie^detective having iienti; fied prißoQf r , aa.r the: persoo named in (ba warrant, Mr Manaiord committed "-.._ the-lattertogaol, pending the receipt of the Governor'a , warrant, when he will be forwarded to England. "■■' •■wioWaa ' ' - s -:-^ : .A-,:.