, 1880-07-02
A Clerk Of a Commission Firm
Does His Employer Out
Of $1,000.
Tho Queer Way III Which 1Ic
Fixed Up tho 1snllk.1}OUl1
for II Year,
And sthe Equally Queer Way in
Which He Succeeded in Es-
Gaping Arrest.

lMis & Co., l59 Washington street, Ind loft tho
city the previous nfternoon In order 10 nvoid
nrrest OH II ehArYu Of lntsappruprtnting over
Si,0Gp belonging to his employers. Tho report
cn,tscti considerable surprise III lluar. Of 1r,do
circles, whcro tho yc,nR fellow was known M n
bright business nnn fur Ills years md credited
with being 0f excellent n,Drnl character.
Il TRIBUNE reporter ca,tcd ,lnrinH tho morn
lug upon Mr. hail, who Informed him that tho
reported nl,sctulinG Of his slerk WIS true, mud
TINT hi had stolcii from Him The sum vi exactly
&s,41t.M&'. Nr. Balls story OF tho a,fnlr was ns
follows:
"The yoisng man had been with mo bctwoon
two and thrco yu,ts, ar.l hn0 my c,lttro con!i-
dance. Ills snlnry WIS 10 pur month, nnl often
Kavc him prcscnts nf money. lie Ind tho bnuk-
Ing to 1o, aii,l It was from tho bank deposits
tl,ht lc stolo tlia missing money. Among my
customers for whom do business on tho Hoard
OF Trade nro several who do nut euro to hMvo
their tin1nes known, md t1lon, whom It beca,no
necessary to pay Up less, instead OF giving nle
tas cearns % a, ne 'as to u g epresy aprS@se
Thls currency, plven tu him with II number of
SaeSks ,ins' to assposit, tho young n'Rn
@ Sssid g!yse h ,S' rPosts 1ns's"fs THO
fr fSnp nj ExsnSs nst u Sei!Sn Mh . H1k ns Gsrs % r
rcilry nnG tho rest IN chUukA. Instoud OF doing
90 ho would deposit tho 2'ID fit cheeks.
KEEP THE sI.0oo IN CURRENCY,
and the hunks entry Of $sa In tho pilss- book o
Mon M5 5ss9 sS BY Sk spy ys Eas @ "to
inspection tho crr.lIt would upparrnily DO iii
right: n,li then, !ftcr hla Beun 1t md sattBlod
tint. on tho ttx,ks tE!rg buck nHn to tho bunk,
there, there would DO nothing to excite their sus'
" hut when tho hook WINS balanced tho dis
crcpM1,cy must ilnru ttcOEir nppnrcnt?"
~ "Whsii m = tho book WIS Halni,eel the nr,ount
pAcctl III IT. Hs my pnnk DnlAhcC WIS, Of GOtlrHc,
III III Hhnrf. Hin rHt TINT In thj4
AltNs @ Hottng tiio lMsK rum the baik 1 would
mlauco J Is III Il s, IT, @ WIKI S 6r ~ wn,l ts GG sIat liz
for INV i,,apecton After hn M sron % Il md n'! 1'...
xrtnn II au1 G @a efso M ,o tno sres DO ma
snnt;nm liz "nt,"i tni"tt, ~ tho1' '"ose tcpte'
soii;g iiw 'D jnn9 G,at sus ha pM1ee nn o,no thsp
x.ai" a'e' A'''f'n H. i''' VII 'n"l "ay no s'o'o
< THE r.sx.noor WAS pnoprcrn
The various er1.stlies woro oxntniilel aud found
to DO very remarkable speclmlena OF TINT po-
lar to teIl that tbo paper l,ui % been j. tapefca @
With at nl tho a0senco Of tue lrEace- gloss be-
!ank which hid first 1na.in !ho discovery tint tic
Of to stl1cera was Drawn W 10 It % On Tmusaay i'll % int
by tho fact that Il wholo pnyo nf deposits, writ
Zen Zen n by tho TELLER. fn!l heen removed. and
by young Eyans.-n course q procedure not it
nll colssistcMt with prtpGriy. .contlucied btnk'a
stho"s a sf 1ss so 1nm ,,rsns 's,Is @ n"lfa M M
mn Interview with his clerk, woo ut
tirat tscuiel that thCy wGro bis 0v1lrcs which
teller to tho belief thnt u tho tGlicr had wrIt-
ton them iii. bnt that nifIcN would not hnye 1t
, tha.s, md after the young 1nnn rot back 70 tho
knowl.alglng TINT lo l,u.l Instructed lii Mi a..
43l25 frnn tho teposits md describing tho meth
tpunU mini 6tH1fJ1 ftitthor ftnt In hh,l