The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-24
AHnrning TO Merchants.


A Warning TO Merchants.
Cincinnati Gazette.
The system Of having cashier in large
,s,s;l sto,es IN whom all money received
- ~, r,no, bs aent was devised
On oa'n az Ia.. "as;n., INV d;s-
10 protect 1ne neienIAs "s o,Ls.
honesty on the part OF ms cieiHs' o'uet
regulations are involved which have peen
believed TO be sufficient to make the rep
reseptatiyes OF different departments
ohooL. nm esch other. The general adop-
80: - ss,.,,;.r ~ N. nl.r ave- va
'iou aNu ts 49,. - - "a. ho;no
suppose, suneiehs ssiuesee VI .ss D.i.e
satisfactory. Yet recent developments IN
New York have proved that 1t can be
eyaded. The dry goods firm Of Wilson
4 Greip failed, and aiterward discovered
,bs,;, Sad bssn systematically and heavily
.LL.a - ooIir.;on h.,v.an Tho c,.b;sr
ioooeu " 'oiiu,'ou 0e.".eH ~. i
bookkeepef and supesia . nalea
respectively Phillips, Hines and lien
drickson. Their modus operandi was
,hus explaiped b, n notice captain 10 4
NJ York TIM, renorter.
Hu..o-,.. 49, Mons. IN ,ood s,.ra.
=. 49, "a' aoa 4, ,r.ds TbaS mt Han.
n ns, uU.s = nSsrss If Tho nr;ncinsI sales
Jiieason - ,hs, ~ ,ha cfnats IL bs5
uepat .ta,i ..,ommondsS wss smart and
oome W. ~ ahsaIn,siv trrs,aJ How
sonP M. .n..,meU, nv, Wbsn Han.
n.;s,.an ' III . ciost ~ a b;Il ~ cIosts
~ s.s ~ cssh 7, vas nj. dn,y IN ssnd
~ vas =. go LIN ne Iii ~ ala N
ps;, Tasn ~ Ia Live Nv ,ba bsr5s ~
rntihPs' tne Gu Ua' ps;i,;y,, dn,v ~ rscs;vs
.ss a ~ .ss hat Il ta}Iis5 Win the Xii
aas.ia n,a.; IN tbs .sf" crsdit Hsndrict.
VI ss'e, pas !. S;,h 7, and ,hsn tnrr
son Iep s;,I ~ ~ 90 a i tLs hoot-
S 1set .ue y H.. ~ ' dn,s r.s 40 sr,sr n.
keeper. % az 49, =, az
sAie III IHssuii - s 80. ~ III
Iln. n pL;iI;a, T. Ia 81 u;ras n
S ~ soIon, =. ~ men ,smSinsd honest
thew acted as checks upon each other, and
upon any attempt at fraud. indeed, 1t
would have been impossible for any one
OF them alone to have done any stealing,
and you must remempet .hI Inc .ne U ,nay
pfoIesaoa w ~ Ia n I'D II y ann !. nrph-
sb a.; IyD M, eolIpsion between spy two Of
them could mot take place. Well, how
did II work. Hendrickson says to Phil
lips: You are the cashier; sell The 70
cloaks; while We wat seO each othef az Is
sq1ai,e. 80. pa' n se "VV ~" mnnsS srS
S XII ~ .sis ,b h. bov 70 vou, avoid
that wine. and Five them 10 YOU myself,
and Won shouId destroy the bills Of sale
IN an amount Of 500. and pocket that
amonnt for A wbackup between US, why,
We make $50 apiece and no one the wiser.
The bookkeeper can't find It out, because
he must depend on YOU for his items, and
Of eourse can't gel what YOU don't give
him, We can make A fortune At this bus.
iness In a sbort time. Come. let us 90 in
We'll thew 90 In. and automatically swim.
die ths houSe wear In and wear out.p
:, IN, \. .:.n 80, a, t.r =. u.,o ava.
~ WIZ " ~ seeA T sAas ~ -. - -. 80 ~.
lem went inc anasss VI she hoIse ne,e
we'll enough regulated. PERSONAL wateh.
iulness and the additional precaution oil
recurring every head Of a department 10
10 keen \ separate account with the firm
80 Is.L;,s hovovsr The ,s.nIt va.
s'at.ss,a. u. .,...,h;nn .nns...a -
pAnNtuP'oy .i, IT, ,.s, Ap tts, ~ y
:" so.us W "s .. 4a' .a .aS. - A..
ien W. ensas,u - .Y"1 y" ~ w
nAua 'neit e.up.Oyes >. maui ts . ~
Ine more Easy anu iss ~, issuIS ., VIC nO'e
uI1ssiou, n, .1 as IIe Poa.s I ~, sA,''
III; rnii' HRsn an ue MS ~ A ,nsIsJ
Sronrd and maids another with Hines
the bookkeeper. This arrangement com.
PEELED Phillipa to destroy 4 certain per.
centage Of the Q. Q. D. return bills, and
pocket the cash they represented, ior a
divide Is.ween MN ana hines, anu suln
TVeL oa 'ne .anS son ni a aOt
t ~ St ~ sI,bsS Hinss bsin9 obliScd To
enter WHAT he received and P6illips being
Obliged to account for only the money
called for by Hines entries. Besides,
Hines, being party to fraud, was in a
position, as bookkeeper, 70 COOK the ae-
So 0;.n - sun .h sn eme aSSnS ,ha.
,,n,S - ~ sv . tvIIv ion u M, he d;d AZ
on an extensive scale. So, YOU see, PHI.
lips was making money both ways, and |
the firm losing and unable to tell why"