Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-09

u tu~ltet.
A Do&tcn special says: Alfred II,
OLIVER foe eleven years recesyinx cashier
II Tie treesurcr's Office Of the Eastern
railroad. WAS arrested this Morning foI
~ cmbesxlcmcnt Of &l2,2o0 from the
corporation. The cmbezslement was
discovered when tho final settlement oil
the compsny's affairs was taken in
charge BY the Boston and Maine rail-
rad. Oliver was scnt last Friday with
The sum Of e22, 200 10 che Shawmut
Bank, with instructions to deposit Il in
that institution TO the cresit OF
the Boston and Maine railroad.
The amount was the balance found re-
naming on hand at the time Of
the transfer Of the Eastern to the Bos-
ton and Maine, according 10 the lease
recently negotiated. Oliver was seen
to draw up deposit-siip for the sum OF
~, 200 some time before starting for
the bank. When he returned be did
not offer 10 deliver over the bank beck,
and on Saturday morning he was asked
for IL He said he believed he had for
gotten ii, and that il was probably in
the bag he carried TO and LEFT in the
bank. The officers sent messenger to
the hank, and il was found the beck
was not there. In the course OF the
afternoon Oliver found the book ia his
desk and handed il over. II showed
that only the sum Of 10000 had been
deposited, leaving 49, 200 maccounted
for. Oliver then explained that when the
balance wasmadc up he placed clio 900 in
one small trunk and sl2, 200 in another,
and placed both in the vaults. When
he went to GET the money afterward he
failed to find the trunk containing the
sum Of $4,000. and believed il must
have been stolen. His statement was
clear and straightforward, but the Of
ficers who were detailed upon the case
questioned him so closely that he
finally confessed everything. He said
to the officers Of the road that
though having an income of about
sl25 month and living in his
totuei-,u-idW ucuft III Lynn AZ
q very moderate rent. lac had been UNI
able TO keep his expenditures as low as
his receipts for The past eight years,
and during that length Of time had been
helping himself TO various Sums when
ever convenient froif the treasury Of the
Eastern railroad. lie denied that he
had supported any one outside his fami-
ly, hat said he had contracted certain
habits with his family that had proved |
very expensive. From time TO time when |
balances were struck he had managed |
to bridge over the deficiencies. but |
when the settlement between the East
ern and Boston and Maine roads was
reached he did not sec that he could do
anything.
The officers OF the road have always
had the utmost confidence in Oliver. as
he bad fine family and was respecta-
bly, connected. lie is thirty-one years
of age. and has been in the company's
employ since he was twenty. He will
be arrsigncd in the Municipal Court to-
Treasurer Chaplin, Of the
Eastern road, says that Oliver could not
have been carrying such deficiencies for
any length of time. ave believe"
said he. "that when he found the East
rrn and Maine roads had consolidated,
and that his occupation would be gone.
he knew he might as well take a good
large sum to lay by for the rainy days
when be would come out Of prison."
"Do you think he made any effort to
,scapeY" asked the reporter.
mo; ! think he hoped that he could
Drazen it out and have people believe
'ome sneak thiefhad stolen the money!"