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The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], A hanging in Illinois. (search)
W. H. Russell. --Wm. H. Russell, connected with the Washington embezzlement, is a Vermonter, a great stage man, and hitherto considered a Napoleon among financiers. He is President of the Central Overland Mail, which runs also the Pony Express, and a partner in several firms, one of which is the Russell, Majors & Waddell, under whose contract to carry Utah army supplies these frauds have been perpetrated. He resides in Leavenworth, where he is President of the only bank of issue in the Wm. H. Russell, connected with the Washington embezzlement, is a Vermonter, a great stage man, and hitherto considered a Napoleon among financiers. He is President of the Central Overland Mail, which runs also the Pony Express, and a partner in several firms, one of which is the Russell, Majors & Waddell, under whose contract to carry Utah army supplies these frauds have been perpetrated. He resides in Leavenworth, where he is President of the only bank of issue in the Territory. His property is said to be immense, but it is so scattered and may be so involved that it is doubtful if Government realizes anything from attaching it, although the attempt will be made.