, 1881-10-30
4 FAITHLESS EMP.LOYE.
He Robs His Employer and Forces
Him into Bankruptcy.
Suspension Of II. II. Mcclure, q
Large Tobacco Joboer.
The Clerk Gets Away with Over
$4,000.

II. II. Mcclure. fubuccouist, tining business at
- Dearborn street. wiS closed IN yesterday Mt
tho Instance at his creditors Four chatfct mort
s,..es and fos.r Judgments. auoauttu:: ia att to
about Sll,Nn, were issued against hni- Tho
mortgages will take about every thing. feuvne.
little ur nothing, FUR tho other creditors There
are several creditors here and la New YORK.
Among thet,, are tho pscidc CsSa= Manulact.r-
tu:, Company. Harry Il tnnsl!ct. Johl, Caisaisa.
". t1obbel Il Co., whu are secured by chaitc
mortgages
Mr Tcn,1ey. nttor,,es for these PARTIES, stated
iast e:cning that it w,s the Impression vi Mr.
3tcs;uire's creditors that he pweti als'ut $at7A,
with assets amounting. to $fv,thl or Si.!tu. au
.iiu i,.lsitless uf utuut SI5uAV year, and WIS
supposed to be In a prosperous condition The
Immediate cause Of Mr. Mct;urt's trs',l',Ec IS
s,appuscl to hare been tho Fassta,1ifF ui his
bookkueper ,1nd financial nlanascr, Il u,Hn
u,.tt,c,l Ha:,s> who ram AWAY about week a=u.
unu IL believed to have stolen Several Thousand
dollars from MS cmrioycr An 9xi*rt n''s been
it Is thought ,u00 or lauu,, nnd possibly mnre-
tic: sold goods the North Side. and it Is AS
into his pocket. instead Ut ~ porting 1t to
tho office. 1fav1ns full sway. none OF his short
co,nings were eyer detccten till be cnose I" re-
ycnf them himself by running away.
afr. 1c uire. is described AS being very hnu-
est, unsuspecttnE man. ailt no one attaches any
blame tn him. unless 1t be thai OF too 1uuch corr
everything to his book Keeper, giving hin pse~'r
of attorney II, sign checks nnu attend. in fact
he himself spent his tinle sellin:: goods. and i:
seems, knew very little about the inner work
irgs OF his business. Even after haAa sudden
To show itself, Nr. Mct;tlre thought he
could continue his business, rot knowing prpl,-
ably bis actual condition. bur Il new book-
keeper
BEGAN TO UNEAETIt THE FATS,
pnd tho creditors heartnc Of the mysterious dis
appearance Of Haas, uuu the look things were
taking, puunccd Tie business, and the four
The man nun Has went to work for Mr: Mcclure
about II yenr ngo last September. and Is be-
neved to hive lractictd his confidence oper7a-
ltons from the very 'irss- csssins ouly when he
thought 1t wnS no Oigcr safe TO prosecute thenl-
nnus took the preeMuuon to aend bis wife aud
tln,iIy AWAY betore him, and rave as his excuse
for eolng out Of the city that bis wife about
~ be sick. a1,I it WIS necessary for him to he
With her. Nobosly, sceins TO know where
though he represented when he caluc here that
he was from New York City Mr. Mc&;nire struck
hin, oae @ or,,ns II tte . oysf ax
cNn,., into the storc anu eaett for II hrc-Ceus
cigar Something being said about the quality
OF nickel ri::ars III general, he dropped the re.
mark that tho one be purchased was verv good
one ft,r the fnOttog, saying DC Wsts M otd tobAcco
merchant, having been in tho business IN New
was talking: about. lie hintcd that he wanted Ia
rlsce us salesman, anu MIR. 3fcfi,lirc needing
clerk employed hint- llc says he found Haas
to te one OF the hest suie5inau and iuost per-
feet gentleman he ever met '.
Illus worked ou Il commission which amount
cd t. !. very handsome SALARY, and he appears to
have hoe tau aug cxtrIvngAnt habits te rcnt-
ed a house On tao West side, and suoleased
part uf it which nlore than pail the rent, and
liz: was II har,l worker. ana thoroughly tes',-
Gated, speaking English. StMnish, itntfnn.
French, and Ger1ssaa ftucntly After MS depart
nre he very consler...ely wrs'tc ii .s,x-nfge
ictter to his ycti&Hixeu employer. EtytuH him