Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04
CHICAGO's ANGEL.
George NJ. Pullman Gives an Account Of
His Cashiers Flight and Capture.
Courier Journal. alst nlt.1

Courier-Journal, Slst ult.l
The directors of the Pullman
Southern Car Company held a meet
ing yesterday in their Office on Main
street. The affairs Of the company
were discussed and examined. and
were found to be in a flourishinp con-
dition. Mr.. A. S. Weinscheimer was
elected secretary Of the company. to
succeed Charles Angel, the defaulting
secretary, Mr.. Weinscheimer has
been, since the Disappearance of Mr..
Angel, temporary secretary.
While in conversation with Mr.
George M. Pullman and Judge o. A.
Lochrane, of the Southern Pullman
Palace Car Company, a representative
OF the Courier-J Journal gained the fol-
lowing facts in relation to the CAPTURE
OF Charles Angel, the defaulting ex,
treasurer Of the company. Somehaye
been published previously, but, 70
give Mr.. Pullman's own version. are
repeated twill be remembered that
Charles Angel was the treasurer of
the Pullman Palace Car Company
having an office in Chicago. Angel
had been in the employ Of the com
pany since its organization. having
commenced with the company in y
very inferior position, and, by close at
tention to his business, was gradually
promoted from position to position
until the elixir of his life was
reached by making him treasurer of
the company. On July "a, 1878,
the long trusted and thought
to be honest employe absconded
with $4,000 in bonds and currency.
belonging to the company. Putting
off the garb of mortality, he Thought
himself, with $780, 900 in his breec6es
pocket, immortal. Upon leaving Chi
cago, the fugitive Angel bent his way
toward New York, where he secured
passage on a vessel bound for Queens
town. Upon arrival at Queenstown
he proceeded Immediately to London.
there employing as his travelling COM
panion a physician. Leaving London,
the flying Angel started for Paris,
After being in the city of the Bour-
bons for a short while, be set sail for
Rio Janeiro. A1gells visit to South
America was quite limited, for some
cause, better known to himself. and
next he appears upon the campaign at
Lisbon, Portugal. This transaction of
Angel, being of great interest to the
company, they distributed his photo
graphs with impunity, Offering as a
reward for the precious Angel the
sum of $4,000. At the Hotel Cen
trail, in Lisbon, a waiter, having a
photograph Of Angel, recognized the
similarity of the two countenancos
and Immediately reported his disoov-
cry to the United States minister, who
had the Angel arrested and brought
before him. AT the residence of the
minister lived an American lady who
Immediately recognized in the man
her former Sunday-school teacher.
Charles Angel, and he h"ereupon came
forward and acknowledged his guilt.
Upon searching his baggage, eighty
thousand dollars in gold and bank
notes were found. The special agent
for the company started Immediately
for Lisbon, secured his prisoner. and
is at present on his way home. AS to
whom the reward is to be paid is vet
uncertain, there being several claim
ants-the waiter, the American min
lister, the chief of police ct al. Mr..
Pullman and Judge Lochrane leave
this morning for Cincinnati.