St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-09
THE PORTLAND TELLER,
Who Carried off Northern Pacific
Deposit and Other Money.
Part of His Plumber Found Concealed
Under His Child's Dress.

Last evening Frank Frisbey, the default
ing teller of the First National bank of Port
land, Oregon, in charge of two New York
detectives, was taken west on the Northern
Pacific train. The story of his life in Portland,
as told by those who procured his arrest is as
follows:
Frisby came to Portland in the spring Of
1888, and was employed as paying
teller of the Fist National bank at
a salary of $3.50 month. He was attentive
to his business, and stood high in the esti-
nation of his employers. He did not drink,
gamble, or go in fast company, but lived
very extensively, spending the money on
his wife and child. Three months ago he
hogan his populations, taking $40 and SIS
per day. These thefts increased in amount
until he realized he would be discovered,
when he announced to the bank that he
would like to take his vacation. Permission
was granted him and he. started, first taking
$4,000 in one bundle, which had been de-
posted in the bank by the Northern Pacific
railroad. After Frisbey had been gone about
two weeks his books were found to be wrong,
and a thorough examination revealed the
fact that nearly SIS, 900 had been stolen.
Detectives were placed on his track, and it
was found that Frisbey had taken his wife and
child and had gone to San Fran
cisco on the steamer Estate of California"
At that city the robber took passage
for Panama under the name of Kindell.
These facts and a description were tele-
graphed TO Inspector Byrnes, of New York,
who detailed four men to watch all incoming
steamer coming from Aspinwall was boarded
and the man was arrested and taken into
custody with his wife and child, little girl
eight years of age. Frisbey and his wife
were searched carefully and not a cent was
found on them. The lady then made the
remark, Il hope you will not search my
daughter This aroused the inspectors
suspicious and the child was searched. She
had on a mother hubbard dress, and I'M
derneath the yoke, and tied carefully with a
handkerchief was found SO, 800, all in 500
notes. Frisbey confessed his guilt and
stated that he wished he had taken more,
and gone to Mexico to live the rest of his
lifen
Frisbey is in charge of Sergeant Charles
Heidelberg New York detective, and Joseph
Dorsey, detective. Accompanying the party
is II. a. Gleason, Esq, a lawyer of Portland.
who has acted for the bank in procuring the
return of Frisbey. They arrived here on
one of the delayed trains from the east
yesterday too late to proceed directly west, as
they had planned, and accordingly went on
to Minneapolis to wait for the evening train.
The utmost precautions are taken to prevent
the escape of the prisoner, though he says,
now that his wife and child are separated
from him all he wants is to go to prison and
serve out his time. He is forty-two years of
age, and about five feet eight inches in
height, and rather heavy. He has a full,
ford face, with blonde moustache, and
dresses very elegantly and fashionably, and
presents a most handsome and distinguished
appearance. He has a passion for fine
clothes, and carries with him now no less
than six suits, each of which is apparently
new. To match these he has six pairs of
shoes. the tops of which are Of the same ma
terial as the suits.