New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-03
A PAYING TELLER'S THEFTS'
STEALING FROM A WALL STREET BANA'
,sr NAVY op THE MANHATTAN coMrANi Ao'i'
'"A 100000. ~

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was ~ .i,,tos and would arrive soon. but when
IN o'clock came and the patrons OF .ne oauA
-. IN come in, Mr. Scot1 was
D.;n .hsent No message had come giving
rooson for his failure to appear, and the oliceis
80 tho hank became extremely uneasy. lhey hau
ever discovered any reason for suspect
ing their paying teller Oh r',
hnt 10 the morning advanced and no "olu '".n s
from him. the directors were senV loi "na
on investigation of Mr.. ScotPs accounts We,
made and it was found that he appropii"''N
$780, 900 of the banks funds. ~ c,oor;no
The following statement was sent 10 'ii0 "i'"'~
House: cv
RANK OF THE MANHATTAN CoMPANYS,-
pA>N o' NTw-YoRK JUNE 2 1882
WA CAMP, esq, Managr Ae'c iors % tb Manhattan
DEAR SIR: The paving telier ~; ~ 'n morning and
Ronk not appearing at his desk TINS mIlnrs' e the
nnding no word accounting for his aoseHco Sap
directors were immediately summoneui 'oe of the
and after making thorongne ennd detct of
SI6O,61O42 80. .,,o nrbI;c NAV be
onmcaieIv informed of the exact amount n oi ono l
efacation The capital of the bank Is ,So
end the unImpaired surplus after deuuc'i"s '"0
above loss $92o'ooo' very D. c. HAYs. President,
Whom ]. T. Baldwin, cashier of the banK' was
s.oo nv n TRIBUNE reporter last evening he pos'-
tivelv refused to give any information ao"u' 'uo
matter. He would not even tell where the uei"ui'
ing paying teller lived, or whether any steps n'u
been taken for his arrest. lie woui" ho'
throw the least light upon the methods OIL Ihan"se
ment which made it possible for paying 'o'iei ~
steal so large an amount without disco'eN.
Among officers of other banks who learned Oh .no
matter Yesterday by means OF the hoticc " 'n1
Clearing House. great surprise was eNPIesseu 'n"'
having teller could steal SO much and there was
good deal of curiosity to learn exactly on what SSs
tom the Rank of the Manhattan Company was man
ooa II was remarked that dishonest bank pres
;dart might steal millions in the case oi Johh "
Fnoand speculative cashier might have Tree access
to bank funds. Even receiving teller mgh' Pu.
part of the receipts into his own pocket lnsle"u
of turning them over to the bank bnt no" p"'-
inc teller could carry off 100000 without deiec-
ton was not quite clear
d. G. Hays the president of the bank hNes a'
No. IS East Eighty-third-st. A reporter Oh "h
TRIBUNE called there after midnight. DieSS
nv soul~ SAID Mr. Hays, as he uh-
Ic,+.a The door. ga reporter Well come
in, but have nothing 10 say more than ha7 ap
neared in the statement which with the consent OF
tine directors has been sent out 70 the press.
Mr.. Hays is a little man with bald head ana gray
side-whiskers and he talkedmopped his hcad WIN
a handkerchief but otherwise seemed unusualy
complacent for bank president who had just
been apprized Of hole of 100000 IN the banks
accounts.
.'Scott is the name of the paying teller who has
caused the trouble" he continued, IN response
to onestions. 81 don't know his first name lie
boards at No 8 East Forty-seventh-st. lie mas
been in the employ of the bank about twenty
years and has been paying teller for i've
years. He was bright genial
frank sort of fellow, and enjoyed the
confidence of everybody in the bank especially
that of the cashier. Nobody knows OF his having
any bad habits. He is member OF the New-fork
Athletic Club, but that is nothing against hiln.
He is married, but has no children.
don't know his wife's name, but she is well con-
nocted so is he. He lived pretty well, but he
could afford 10 on his salary of $4,000 or there
ahouts and with nobody but his wife to share it
with him.
"Tbere was not the shadow Of a suspicion
AGAINST him until this morning when he
failed to appear at the bank as
usual and sent no excuse TO account
for his absence. / met his brotherin-law in the
street this morning. Said he: Scott
has not been down to the bank
this morning. They sent TO me to get
his address / replied That's nothing; that's
all right. But after leaving cogitated over it and
concluded that 1t wasn't all right for paying tel
Ter to absent himself from his bank without
sending any message down to account for
IL Bv the time / had reached the
eteps of the bank had made up my mind that he
had skipped. SO we lost no time in calling all the
directors and started the clerks to count the cash
in the bank. The result the discovery
that we were short $4,000 Scott cover
ed up his peculation by crediting the
bank with that much more gold
than it really had. l don't know how
long he had beer playing that game
except that it could not have extended
back further than February, when the banks
affairs were thoroughly overhauled and everything
found straight But just how long he had been
misreporting his gold account / don't know.
There was another suspicious circumstance about
his affairs this morning. The slips on which he
kept memoranda of his cash we're missing.
AT his house it was learned that he left it early
this morning with his wife. He can't have got very
far and we have great hopes of catching up with
him and of recovering the money. for think he
must have good deal of it about him. We have
telegraphed all the country started detectives
and put in operation every possible trap to catch
him. can't conceive what induced him to take
such step. The bank will not be embarrassed
in consequence. however, the statement sent out
shows There is ample surplus TO make good the
deficiency many times over.
snow / want to go TO bed said Mr.. Hays in
conclusion, again mopping his head. 81 want to
get some Sleep Pve worked hard to-day.
Yes, / know If the statement had been
sent out earlier you would not call
SO late l don't complain of being disturb
ed. want the public to know all that ought
10 be known, and to be assured that the bank is
sound, and can stand the loss If necessary.
Il. H. Auchincoss, of the directors. was seen
at his home, No. "a East Forty-eghth-st. I
He said Scott is about forty five years of age,
and has been with the bank for over twenty
years. He was of it's most trusted employees