Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-02
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A Bootxkeeper Robs Klis Employers Of
$4,000 in Five Months by Falsc TN
trfes-EHo Escapes detection Until a
NOAH AFter His Discharges A
shrewd Arrest of the
CnIprit. s.
From the Detroit Tribune. Dec 0o.l
About the 1st of May last Messrs. J..
James a. Sons, hardware merchants Of this
city, took into their employ ms book
keeper, a young man named jerome j.
: Sbedd.f He came to- them highly ne
commended, both by men in this city and
at the i tst, and having q thorough kn0wl-
edge OF his business, for a short time gave
good satisfaction to his employers. After
remaining IN their, employ for several
months, Il was runored that he was III the
habit OF visiting gambling houses rather
too often, and also that he was occasionally
seen 70 sport costly diamond pin worth
probablya thOusand dollars Hehad, how
ever, statedthat he had an interest IN sev-
eral oil wells in Canada, and had frequent
lly exhibited gold drafts To- his friends IN
this city drawn3Dn Canada banks, and
which. ne stated, were the proceeds OF the
earnings of his oil wells. This fact tended
to allaV suspicion, In the minds of his en-
ployers that he was guilty OF any fraudu-
lent transactions. They, however, upon
ascertainlng that he was In the habit OF
( gambling, at once discharged him from
their employ, aud he left them on the 22d
OF November. He then Went TO Chicago,
and thence to st. Louis, returning here
again about one week afterward. He re-
maned in this city for several days, and
then started Tor the East. g4t g, !, !.
About the 20tll of the present month 1t
was ascertained that during Shedd's seven
months connection With the above firm he
had embezzed from them little over 600
This ne accomplished by means OF false en-
: tries on his books, which he had done SO
shrewdlyas not to be detected, making all
Rhis books balance with regularity OF clock
work. His defalcatiops would probably
( not have been discovered at that time had
1 IL not been that slight error had been
found in the bank book of the firm. The
book was filled up On the 18th inst, and
was left at the bank, when discrepancy
was discovered In the footing up of ac-
counts This led to the necessity OF care
ful survey of the cash book, when, TO the
great surprise of the firm, they ascertained
that false entries had been made allnosl
every day since Shedd had come to theiI
employ. The fact was revealed that the
first day he took charge OF the books ht
made a false entry of $500. 1t Is believed
that he did this merely to see il the erroi
would be detected, aud that he did not real
ly begin his peculations until two or thre'
weeks after this time. False entries wer'
discovered to have been made nearly every
day until he was discharged, at which time
| the aggregate amount 0fhis embezzementi
was found TO be $S055. information OF thu
fact was then given TO the police anthori
ties, and to detective Sullivan WAS intrust
ed the matter of hunting up the cuiprit
On Tuesday night he started Tor lie Roy
New York, where Shedd formerly resi'l9d
with the hope of ascertaining from hi
| friends and relatives some clue to his where
abouts. Upon arriving at that place h
| ascertained that Shedd was there, when III
! immediately took him into custody, ant
started Tor this city, arriving here Thurs
l dav night. The prisoner had his trunl
packed up, and was about to start for tn
I East on the same day or the day after, hi
arrest. He was arraigned before the Polic'
Court yesterday afternoon, pleaded no
| guilty, and was renianded to Jail for e1
! animation. aff '"'yr