, 1877-12-05
CIIECK-IsA1SING.
Bold and Successful! Robbery by
a Trusted Bank En-.
ploYe.
The Collection. Clerk in the stock-
Yards Bank Gtts Away
With 1900.

Last evening there leaked out ut policc hea1-
onartcrs tho "details Of one ut the fnldcst bank
forEerfes ever attempted In this ety. Tic
crime was pespet.atcd by q trusteA employc,
wlto llal hcen In tho service of tic
bank fns nearly eight years. 4 week
ngn Eatvrf1a;, Charles +. Williams,
the collection clerk os the Cn!on
Stnk-Yartls National Bank, tnasic ont e!lee:s
fur 80 III the Firs. National bank II. this city,
which he presented 10 Mr. E. y. t;tickncr, the
Cashier. Tor signature, who appenIcl thereto
hla autograph. as llc llaA done hundreds tf
times before, without asking any qucstlons.
These ctlvckt, generally made PAYABLE to bearer,
were given III large numbers every day to
titmkncn denx business Mt the Tnrtls, 70
that they could draw the currency down tpwr,
in az tncs Na'.tc. to t.so 4! Shortly after t'c
leave ut nh<cnec for tI1rcc nr fur .;nys, stattl:
that he wished To 9y tn Indianapolis for some
orthotsraic, apparatus for his child. w!,n
WIS troubled With a serious dciormi:y.
Mr. stIckncy was 'otl. tn allow hin 70 o.,
as tho rush Of busltc.s, growing out III The
taa,Iclal unplcasautncsa consequent upon tI,c
failure of the Third md Central National
aks a"k eo,t. w,1: H. ss T oas ~ tie
s ncses:ty, end f,'aiiy Mr. s sttsknay ''1o eos.-
nntcl to bis al,seucr until tic following
Tuesday. liz then rut IN h's orereoat
k1!u R0Fl.hf 10 A'a lGlluW-tlefhE nil TOOK Ills
pru.!uss Williams. Wednesday be- tEnl not put
In un snpcasance. and, III lo ouc t.cn seen li.,,
q litt!': utsr:sines. WIS te!t. Which sutl-
unc Of Tic s,:hcr clerks. wno ila,i
taken temporary charge Of this ,hcrks returned
| from the First National bank ,llscoycretl
| check for so, 5U: Of WHICH 10 record apt~arci
| on Williams ledger. An Investigation 'tnmc.-
dtate!y followed, and Il was su.sn discovered
that The check for $40. PAYABLE to hearcs,
| which Williams hMd made out Just hefsre he
tuok his departure, had t,ech rnlret! 10 3U.EiN.
II did mt take nuelt elaborate guessing to
| neet Nilia'nA' intense anxetS to to to Indian
npolts, at ht failure to return, with the r1ise,
could be learned OF lIts whereabouts. Tcr.
grams sent 10 indianapolis failed TO give my
rlcw. Ills relatives hrrc r,t,ld tiruw M light Tn
| tho missing nlnt,. and Muuday the nIur was
placed IT, tt,u han'.s of the police, 1t Is nnw
supposed that lie Is either til Eanada N floating
around New York under n,i assumed na.ie.
A. tias a'ecn remarked. Williams .;'iosesl The
Previous to cnfering IT, employ he va.
clerk In Tho Stock far,ls 1'ost,U Utt!ee.
Tn gulnG into the service Of tho bank he was
| given tc puhitiun OF messenger from Which he
| gradually worked Ills wuy uf,. lie Is about -
| years Of nEc. aud has been twice married. Ills
sostncs! chill alluded to. About two years ago
ho married a scrpnd time. and II Is stated
br those who uro III d position to know that
tho union was not productive nf evcn hu aver
nge amount Of ctnirraI happiness. lie had no
bass habits, was careful. attentive, and inethode-
| al tn his business, md was 4 general fnvoFIic
with those eunt,ectel with the bank as well I'D
is astlcncd fur bis fall, except unpleasant do
| upBtIe relations,