The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-10
WM. ALLEN BUTLER'S BONDS.
sTEILTNG S5O, ,00O I'ROM THE AtTHOR
or NOTHING 10 UEIR."
william 4. BushncIrs Cool Way OF Helping
Hiniself 20 Isis Employers Property-A
very LeisureIy Flight after the Exposurc.

william 4. Bushnels Cool Way OF Helping
Himself 20 Isis Employers Property-A
very LeisureIy Flight after the Exposure.
Mr.. William Allcn Butler, OF the law firm
OF Butler Stillman & Hubbard, III Broad
way. on May 27 went to his private safe
in tho Office to take out package Of
Milwaukee and st. Paul. East St. Louis
and Decatur. and other railroad bonds.
some OF which he desired to dispose OF. Their
face value was about $4,000. and they were
worth about $4,000. To his CONSERVATION he
found that they were not there. He called Mr..
william A. Bushnell. the bookkecper and con-
fldontial clerk OF the firm. Bushnell said tho
last he saw of the bonds to his recol-
lection was in January last. when he and
Mr.. Butler cut of tho coupons He was very
sure that after all the coupons were detached
he gathered up the bonds and handed them to
Mr.. Butler. They frequently talked the matter
over. hut with no result. during that and tho
following day. On May 80. Decoration Day. the
ollcc was closed. On May 81 Mr.. Bushnell
did not come to the Office. but during the day q
letter. postmarked Washington. was received
from him. In it he said he had been called
away on business. but would be in the Office on
Saturday morning Nobody except him and
Mr. Butler had access to tho safe but even yet
Mr. Butler would not yield his mind
to suspicion against him. In the after
noon Mrs Bushnell came to the office, and
when she had been shown into Mr.. Buffers
room and the attendant had withdrawn. she
burst into tears She then told him her hus-
band had come home to their apartments
! in tho Osborne House on Fifth avenue
| on the night Of the 27th, and told her
he Ind taken s500OQ in railroad bonds from
| MIR. Buffers safe and that their absence had
| been discovered. On Wednesday night. after
he came home from the Office. h. had left his
IL. a lstN had
gone. She was left with her little daughter. s
| years old quito destitute, except that she IN her
own right had about q 500 worth OF furniture
She had been Obliged 20 accept the hospitality
| Of her sister-in-law. Mrs. Haines. =.
Detectives were at once set at work. Mr.
Butler ia very reticent about the case, nl's-
ing as n reason his unwillingness 10 inter
icre with the plans. q the oihheers; ha, at IT.
traced g. the hands Of those with whom Mr.
Bushnell had hypothecatcd them or these q
rnymcnt Of the amounts loaned on them. Will,
othor@ were hypothecated for amounts elue
10 their full value. ln this way i was di,
| OF his money Those with whom h'
had lrit some Of tho bonds had no doubt. from
sue'uating in stocks. His personal and iamill
expenditures also. It IS said had been greatly
inrrcased. He recently removed from q las
Fifty fourth street To his stylish Osnorne Hous'
apartments in Flrh avenue. near tiiiy-secont
street though his salary was only II 900 year
Atthetime OF his removal from his conn parniivel'
modest residence. he thought il necessary L
drop a remark in the presence OF one of his ON
poyers that his wife had lately come int
! possession OF few thousand dollars
lie is 35 yenrs old. Of good size. and or
dinarily thought progresses lng in appearance
| The impression he gave the firm was that while
he might not he extremely valuable from an
abilities no possessed. yet he would always b
found Trustworthy. When the Calvert Suga
Refining Company failed a few year
ago and suspicons were raised agains
some Of those connected with the man
ngement Of its funds. Bushnell, VIII
was tho company's bookkeeper. escaped with
out scar upon his reputation. with the refer
! cncrs NJ his command, he had no dinleuty n
securing the position from which he has jus
! aAscoudcd. ite docs not drink in'omlerait N
and otherwise his personal habits. II is said
arr uu HNcHIt onnhe.
| II IL Thought that he has not lost over $1,000
In SD s.uluusn. and that II he can he capture
| AMI made - restore the bonds in his J. PISS 's
SION or their proceeds. Mr. Buffers loss WI
not much exceed that sum. An impression
| prevails thnt he hns gone AWAY with view 90
negotiating : ettlement tNui Will NOT involve hl
| criminal prosecution. \ rumor that bushnell
| had committed forgery in order to otfaln bond
| belonging To- Mr.. Butler which were Kept II
! tho vaults Of a safe deposit company 10 pro
! nOun'cd Incorrect. Al ~ the bonds tukru w-r
contained IN Mr.. Buffers on. sale. Thry he
! louged 20 him 'rsuually. He IL rrpuied 90 10
! su wealthy that the loss Will not seriously cul
| llrr4ss him. lie lives ir lnrge and hand
/ some mansion. surrounded with IleNSan
grounds. at ial!sade avenue and High sttcc
| \