, 1881-08-14
SELIGMAN'S STEAL.

se SELIGMAN'S STEAL.
i1e Admits thc Theft. hut Lays 1t
10 sickness in His Family and u Cr.
It OF .Debt~-Corn, Wheat, and Il
!, esamb11n@-ffon~cH Took the Swa"
- E1-Shcrla1 a13offnasiil Doesn't Propo
to Let Cp--i N'itc's Tale OF NesIec,
Prospect Of Il Divorce, and :. Res
Ia 7 dcnce att Joliet,
Beutamin Fl. Scligman, who was Deputy She
III under Sheriff Ilo0maun, and who got I
: with an amount of money somewhere in Il
!, vicinity Of 100 which he had collected On ey
cutions, returned from New York Yesterday
charge Of an officer, and was juiIed to answer l
Indictment for his crime found against hi
some months ago.
Immediately after his incarceration a r,
porter for TIE TRIBUNE called upon him, au
found him to be tho most humble Of iudiyi.
| uals in his new surroundings His story II,
. bricl, aud without point, from the fact that b
preIeoocd NOT to know the extent Of his defa
~ had had considerable sickness in my fan,
hs' he said' - alld was in debt, and
USED MONEY. THAT DID Nor BELONG T.
ME.
but how much I do not know. I left ChIcae
oct: ~, however, calculating to Tx up mutter
| IN New York, but on reaching there was Jtsap
oa.,,. pontsu ana ,ar saiied for Europe Nov
conis1s Joseph Ledercr, jcweler twho has sine,
failedl, and sanuel GiieSuuf, my father n-law
back June =, and, prior to being arrested, had
agreed to come to Chicago in a few weeks"
! tied mattersi'
o. had been 50 advised By my wife and friends
with whom had been in constant commuulca-
ton.'
Your arrest, then. was surprisc7"
very great one
What were you doing in New York:'
Fi1-ir7 ~ .t.N<1t tt.,.
as salesman in tho kuit-gools lue."
And you intended to return to Chicago?'
to sae v wi eomnE aa kaeK On business trip
Then you 10 not know the extent Of the
! claims against you?"
/ They amount to about S1,GO0."
| 'From whom did you collect the money!"
u cahnot Gc! l had been collecting for
| months. mont and had never been called upon for
~ You know how much money you took away
| with you?" away
Just barely enough to pay my fare to New
York" ~"
CORN CAUGHT HIM.
/: What did you do with tho missing mon ey?'
The facts are that | got to trading in corn
and other cereals, and lost it,
:. :" Did you gamble auy?"
- Now, whnt do you propose to do about it:''
can 90 nothing Until | see Sheriff. uoG-
mann. Ihe question is between him and nv
bonds1nan. really, but f they do not propose 70
fetfte esct then ZEN may be able to settle myself Mr.
! | think can tx things up and get out on bull.
or maybe 1t discharge"
Iease:"
b..d have s sent t,t for Mr. oImann and want to
Have your bondsmen been to sec you, or any
or your frlcndST
.''0h, no: they do not know am here, and
a aon want the.n to know it. until hava seen
Has your wife called:"
No: she does not know I am In the city,.
3nIfh hstrn
q late hour in the afternoon, and subsequently
the reporter learned that the prisoner in de-
pending upon Mr.. Hoffmaun's lenieucv to SECURE |
his liberty, was
TYING TO a ROPE OF SAND. 4
The reporters informant, who is u friend of
Mr. 'Ho1mann, said thut be would not let in on
the ,1. prisoner nf fa under any
Of tho crime be was secking-which /
n makes decidedly bad outlook for the ex-Dcp-
A reporter sought Mrs Sclismat later. tn find
thing additional he could beurlng ou tho case.
he found The lady Presiding over Ldes furnish
md decidedly more anxious to Interview than
Q bo interviewed. She was finally prevailed
Ss to aroG few
'er und three children in October lust TO 60 to
lue sland on an elecnoneesing trip. lie left
he next she heard OF him. he WIS in New
,,orS, which was a few days later.
hc heard OF him was letter received Tuesday
10Th OF the letters, she sMil, might have been |
onsrrued to have been afIectionate. but, since :
1ey were SO far apart, she did not so construc | +
leIn, and bad never answered either He had | i
ever sent her cent, she said md, reyertlpp to | !;
10 past, she added that her life for twelve ! !
.urs-cycr since she had been nlarricd-had q
zen one Of trouble. In short. she left the
ribe impressed with the idea that one of Mr. +
e1tgman's weaknesses had been his ''
FONDNEsS Fol: OTHER WOMEN, Il
the enjoyment Of which he had forgotten that | Il
had u family. In conclusion, she said sub "
that she did not sec thar he was p
eatly wronged by being behind the bars uud | II
sured the reporter, in vcrincation of what she | u
ID previously said thAt he would stay there u | ],
o9 time before she called upon him or tried to n,
anything for him. -! ~
The fucts are. SO Far us could be cleaned from "
unwilling witness. that Mrs. Seiig1u:tu Is very III
1ch down upon Mr. Scligmau. anu has no Ill
npathy for htn whatever. Further than this I Ct
says. or iuti'nates, that he has almost bank hi
pied her futher III former troubles, and that til
ueed expect no succor from that source this | RI,
10. And still further, us indicating her linv - ~
acuon in tho matter, she says she bus etu- | :,
yed al attorney to look after her interests -:
! 1t need not surprise Mr, Seligman to see | ~
: applying for divorce, on the ground OF tl6
criou, at the earliest possible day. lie