The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-25
THE PARK BANK's LOSS.
what ~ Known about the Doings OF the
Ruincd Paying Teller, Kills.

A more thorough nvestigation shows
that the total amount OF the defalcation OF
Thomas Ellis, the abscondIng paying teller Of
the Park National Bank. 10 $4,000 OF this sum,
tj0,OD are In legal tenders. and $4,000 In gold
notes OF large denominations. Mr.. J. L. Worth,
the President. says that the bank has no record
OF the numbers OF the notes aud that therefore
they cannot be tracked. 1--WE are taking" he
said, "the most active measures for the arrest
of Ellis. A reward u $500 has been offered for
bis apprehension and the recovery Of the
money. This is open TO any ono. In addition
we have secured the services Of Detective samp-
son Of the United States Treasury, have sent
dispatches to all the principal cities In this
country, Canada, and Europe, giving descrip-
lion OF the fugitive. and as soon as possible will
follow these with cards bearing his photograph.
We are determined tO catch him n possible, and
to this ond Ill stand ut no expense. The drec-
tors Of this bank long ago determined TO make
no compromise In any case OF rascallty, aud we
shall prosecute this affair with the utmost rgor,
both for our own good and for that Of the COM
munity."
ELLIS" MIR. Worth continued. "has been
raised right here In the bank from bis boy yhood.
For eight sen years no has been with us. and II
we could not trust IA man like that, whom can
we depend up2nY Since the discovery Of tue
horse and wagon. aud Of late has h. bitually
driven on the beach at CoDey Island with sport
ing men and frequentod disreputabie houses IL
Il the old, old stoIyfas horses. wtne. women.
gambling, ruin. Doubtless he fell into the
hands Of some sharper who won from him
more money than he could honestly pay, and
then used his power to crush him, by urging
him to the commission of crime. Certainly his
evil associations are of only recent making, or
should have heard Of II. Besides, his pecula-
tons could not have extended over any consid-
erable length OF time. as H. Is only few III onths
since the entre accounts Uf the bank were
thoroughly ovethauled 10y the Bank Ex miner.
There is no DOUBT that the act was premedi-
tated. and that the whole amount was taken At
the one time on SATURDAY., as heretofore de-
scrtbed Had II been otherwise the assistant
| tellers, who also count the money, would have
The loss Will be fully t56,OCo, Ellis's bond Ia
| for onlv $1,000.
! Eliis's person Is described In an advertisement
elsewhere. He lived IN q handsome ne " brown 8
stone front house at 20 Hewes street, ISrooklvn,
| II. d., IN which he nus left wife and thrOe
children. Yesterday Mrs Ellis VS. prostrated I'd
| and unable to see her most intimate friends.
The Park Bank employed two additional
clerks, having a note teller and money clerk IN
addition to the receiving teller, who respective
| ly attended to the receipt Of all notes and OF
moneys sent by mail. Tue usual custom in the
| city banks Il to impose these duties upon the
receiving teller, VINO turns over the gregate "a
the paving teller evcrv night. but In the Park
teller for such amounts only - he ~ expected
| to require duiing the day: and but for this pre-
caution the bank might have suffered a more
serious loss Al The time of the selection o
Ellis as paying teller, he was advanced over IN,
| receiving teller who properly was In the line o
promotion To the place. a fact that was com
| mented upon at the time.