The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1873-01-25
VOLUME 10. NUMBER 81

iof some iniHafs8 lie zen sot
ihfoagh, thrust . lspsf iisto = sp.Hs
dlc, aul pgt the books b che ssfe,
,IAmmihg II viii 4 ieaieufng rcfsc
II ans through wiihhin. ahyho~;
must 6gFe shsrt, too taauysf thsss
things ~ hlo.'
W. heard him say these words 10
himself. 10 another minute the gas
wa turned ~. and be went out.
We waited a lev moments, 20
make sure tha, he ~ould no, return.
then entered the office, lit the gas.
and we're soon ready for work. Mr.
Dobson bad duplicate keys Of The
safe, ~ be soon bad The books out.
| suggested 70 him 10 check the bills
with the check book. lie opened
the book, and glaocing q, the stubs,
said
"What does this meanl Here's
4 stub for four hundred dolsrs-iftst
tho check be gave that man, and
charged Stephens { Co. tue sarho
amount-their bill for fifty barrels
Of flour. This is impossible;
haven't bought barrel Of -four from
them this month, and ! am certain
MIR. Morrissey has not"
had been looking for the bill;
book, aud, having found It, my hand
touched a bill OF flour from Stephens
( CO., dated the frs, of the mouth.
"Ilere's the bill,' | said, regular.
y receipted." lisa,
"Let US sec il there are any tmore
Of them" said Mr.. Dobson.
We soon discovered several bills
OF that firm, and entries in the check>
book to correspond. fssasi .ia
"These bills are frauds" said Mr..
bDobson. "To-morrow | shall sec
stephens 4 Co., aud unearth this
deyiltry. Why, it never struck me
that the thing could be worked iu,
this style. ii The fellow has been
stealing thousands from us. Had il
not oeeu for our eavesdropping,
there Is no doubt but we would
never have discovered these frauds,
as he has managed every tlingS~ith
reference to external scrutiny 4
The next day thu BILLS were taken
to Stephens ( Go. by Mr.. Dobson,
who Immediately pronounced them
forgeries. The writing was exactly
like their bill clerks; Ithe bill>heads
were theirs, ii orst, aua .ual h ss1r
Mr.. Dobson's partner was fully
advised Of the discovery; he was ter,
ribly etiraged. Nov to ensnarc BIZ
ker was the next thing. il'l49l @'
Al few days alter, Baker WAS pro.
sented with q statement from Ste-
phens Z Co., witha request, to ex-
anime it.
"That has beea paid long ago." he
said. vboi t,t.eggt
II want to see tho account" ssid
4 Mr., Dobson. ~ am going to look
more into these matters than / have
been doing iiM+. Wilder will heiJ
you" T. b9 sdi 10 ag.HaJ ia 9agva
! Iexpressed my willingness. Ba>
ker ran over the leaves of hisledger
till he came to Stephens / Co.'S paee
and then said: ~ 8"'iAA3's4 Y ' y
Examine the accouhtsifor your
self" iniiaagJ BIB ~ sia8a.
1t was all right, Tie accounts
were checked upto = nicely, and
Baker said; ~ n'8s =
care you through? Mr.. lDobson,
!. | do not nesd any assistance from
this young man, ,6aaqiisT s ift
allow do you account tor this
stub in your check-book, Mr. Ba.
ker ?"said Mr.. Dobson; sand this
audi this--Stephens D Cd, over and
/, over again, bills tor -four we never
got, which they thsmselye, declare
| to be forgerics? Since yon cannot
explain these figures, ! pfonor6cs
you scoundrel and a swindler."
Baker turnyd pale as death, and
leaned heavily OH his desk, and then
rI looked at Mr.. Dobsoh with Z terri
! Bic eye. lie spr1ngto the safe and
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