The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-16
A YOUNG MANS RUIN.
Douglas w Vanderhoof q Trusted Employ
OF the FIRST National Sank of st. Paul. En-.
bezzl. Nearly Fifty Thou and u liars

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OF the FIRST National B .nk of st. Paul. En-.
bezzl: Nearly Fifty Thou and u liars
On +. iday 10th Douglass W. Van !erhoof, th-
t1u ted head book k eper of the First N tsioilsl
ak at ST. Paul was arrested by Un.t j States
Marshal McLaren on charge of embezzlemenr
prefers el against him by tie bank.
For week CT two previous there were ru
mors OF crookedness on tho part OF
Vanderhoof, who had boea bold spe,llasor in
wheat Opt MS bat they were discro>i'el. An
Investigation however, showed tho full ex-
tent Of his depredations. H. P. Uphsm, ths
president OF the bang, in al interview says
He las confessed tomc--did 70 few Gays ago
-his thefts aad his manner OF procedure, aud
has aided me in my search for the facts by b +
first commenced his wrong doii1g last
sa eaing h pas o aitr the e0' LIST OF ooobr
N , one Of the other employees of the bank,
nor, as far as know, any ono else, wss in the
slightest way in COLLISION with Vandertoni il
his defac .tlons. he acted 1or himself through
out and Why he should lave stolen aud how lie
Unsigned he could escape detection absolute
passes my comprehension.
Vandernoor WAS general bookkeep r, and hsd
notuilg to do with lhs separate books relating
to deposits, exchanges, etc. those are kept by
s,pa, ase men, Who are responsible for their
work, but when the general balance was struc.i
course, recorded in the gerc,al books.
Doug. was always active and constantly will
ing to holp his fellow clerks, and used to do Sc
freq emily. We have man whose duty it is
to make cut drafts Oh our correspondents
abroad, but Doug. would watch lis chance,
or something,-an! would make out a draft On
a Chicago bsuk for s 900, say. Tits draft
he would have eignei by ne, by Mr.. Gillian,
the vice president, aid Mr., Baily, The cashier,
and would take it and place it in some way,
getting tue mo!ey on it, Of course, but never
entering it in the account
lev, tha cashier, and myself had been ovoi
the books and accounts in rersOn. We have
followed every twist and turn, ana Lave left nc
means untried 20 reach the bottom facts The
result is that we find Mr.. VanderLoof has taken
H48, 900 (he says $48, 900, and thst a,ay b.
t Q sum- OF which 5 ,22,6oo, has been returna@
in cash and ecuritiee, leaving tn, tota
abstracted &t $50 6Ot. ThAsa are Tho eyac
figures aud you may as wt II know th m. HI wa
the Ole t employe ia the tauk, not eXcat,lAs
Mr. Bailey, the cashier, and we trusted him i'm
plicitly.
Another Iowa Sensational Divorce Case.
Des Moines Special to Chicago News: I'll.
sensation of Central Iowa is the divorce sui
fled in Atlantic, Cass county, by Mrs. Mari
Yetzer against Joseph .Yetzer, claiming tn
custody Of five children, aged from one to four
teen years. and 100000 alimony. The
couple were married December 6, 1866, il
Cass county. Plaintiff charges neglect, drunk
enness, abuse and adultery, asserting that il
October, 1880, IN Chicago, defendant commit
ted adultery with woman whose name is I'm
known to plaintiff, and during the same mont
in st. Louis, defendant lived in open and con
ued adultery with the same woman, represent
ing her to be his wife; that in October, 1881
defendant lived with the woman in Chicago fo
week in adultery, taking her to st. Louis ani
living there with her for
week. She also charges defen1an
with a repetition of the offense with various
women at various places. Complaint is also
made that the defendant abused plaintiff b.
refusing to accompany her to any and al
places Of amusement, and by refusing to g,
with her upon the street at any time, and b!
forsaking plaintiff and plaintiffs company To-
the company of lewd women, and by telling
PLAINTIFF that he preferred the company o
such women to the plaintiffs company. Thu
defendant is a man Of large means, being tn
| the owner Of several large farms, vast amour
of personal property, a large stockholder il
the Cass county bank, the Atlantic packing
house, besides owning large hardware stor
and several large business houses and lots il
in Atlantic, number of tenement houses, ant
many other interests and properties, and in al
making Kim worth at least the sum ofS2aO, OO|
over and above all indebtedness.