The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-26
KEurlSu CLERKS HONEST.
Companies quar- ntee Them and Ihe
Watch Them,

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watch Them.
ClasoA Graham Grdw tho money uI
ohock for $4,000, glsnad by hia en-
pllyers, Spencer, frssk q Co, oi
brokers, aud took train tor Canada
hu. was stopped on tho way only ioul
hours latBr, blth nan and money DO
iug Hics IA yoEn next day. Tho
q1ic 1egs OF suspicion and gotion ~
tho Gaze al q maui whose reputation
ARu b80u good was dua 70 tha fscs thas
he lad given bonds 20 tho firm FOL
hOussiy =, aud his boudsmen were one
OF tho several guaranty aud fidelity
companies that have lately come inta
uso here Ia New York. These con
Germs Insure employers Egsinst loss
through the thgfts OF employees, aud
relieve the la.ie. Of the often difficult
task OF iiuding available friends 70
taiic tao riskr.
Not lass than e.00o mon are already
bonded In this way by the companies,
Gmoag whom brisk rivalry has al
ready arisoa. Visits 20 heir Offices
show large premises and humorous
clcrss, Indicating far more LABOR than
would be requisite for merely mXking
out tho papers and desinE with the
customers up 10 tho pOint az somplet-
tx the honda. Tue OK ol1nation IL
hat tho most elaborate rystems CT
watching the insured men, and regis
tering thoir habi,s, Is IN operation, and
already the extent and thorOughnoss
81 tn espionage hsa become su acute
nuisance 20 its subjes's. To feel that
hts actions NAV bs under surveiilaDco
by q spy IL annoying in uisuy cases
wherein the msu l. well behaved, and
much dislike OF the new order Of
things has developed, bur there is no
escape, because the existence of the
companies provides 10 Foasonsbln an
ENcus for indlvlduals TO decline to be
ounhsmon that there ia no escape.
Railroad employees, bank clerks,
court floors aud ali sorts OF financial
ere chiefly tho men involyed
Il fore making tho bondS tne persons
srs investigated AS fully az
possible, but tina. IL no complete pre-
lection, for one company has already
lost $4,000 through Paying Teller
Charles a Hinck'eY, OF the Waat Side |
bank, and Teller Prterichs, OF the La |
sleoe bank, st Louis, both OF whom |
were above r"proach aud Qua seeming
~ p:ous. The preierence is for en- |
Dloyes OF destinations subject 10 State |
Investigation annually rather than |
tho ban lera OF money for private |
brms. Nearly all the mon in The New |
York posto hico and oyer half those in |
Offices o. finane5 are now in
Guided In the rlsks. The charged rcpGo |
iroD = &c per :eut. on the amount
of insurance..
rne principal busiuess IL ds,active
Every insured person Is va,ehe3, and |
very clossiy, TOO, II the slightest loose
Ussa OF conduct is observed. la shn
Instance Of Ciaaon Graham datec;ivs
reported thbt he was becoming u
lcungar about town at night 9ud sp
wns spending more money
than HIS salary could provide. Al the
whsD he Dashed the Rig |
shack "a spy had him Ia sight and did |
not quit Gin until he took The cars, |,
Thea tho detective autographed TO the |
company that he wss going TO go too,
ApS would LOOK for orders ut Spring |
1eld, where the train would maks its 4
q rat atop. Basty inquiry OF Spencer,
frask Il Co. brought cat tho fact that
was sbssGndiDg with Sc 0Ce.
nd word was wired to Springfield to
arrest him.
a feature Of the new susipess IL %
r. p'stry called tho ''Lilt of Unrelia |
- " IN which the particulsrs ofsvery
obI Unable case OF probable or actual
by an insareo man are rot
I'd. The books OF one establishment |
contain about 10000 names, another
Il 900, and there are not Lass than So
100 altogether thus recorded, oompris-
Ing railroaders, bankers, nublic Of
icials and ouser fducisries. The |
amount OF money stolen hy trusted |
is not drea0ed Of by the |
pnblie, ss proved by the aggregate of
nearly 100000 paid from one Office.
But the bonded men are aware OF their |
positions, and consciousness of being |
spder scrutiny has become one OF the |
common sensations Of their lives
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