The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-27
FOR r WORTHIl NEWS
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A 1Hl1wNo FLOOR WALKER.
10 Attempts 20 settles saloon iiili with
Stolen SILKS aud l. Jaiied-John
Nichols FOuad to he
Heavy Defaulter,
Dther items,

FoRr WORTH, Aug, l9,-lSpeolal'l-
lfroports arc true, to-day has bsen "a
bad one for tho "orGOksd' onos'
Anout o'clock this afternoon = young
ledy, employed in the establishment oi
Taylor & Barr, dry goods merchants,
informed Mr.. Barr, OF the firm, that no
had sottar keep his DYE on h. w, Holt,
tho loOr-wslker. She SAID
she had seen him go cut OF the door
short time before with some silks un-
dor his arm. MIR. Barr Immediately
took his register, In which a reoosd of
all the goods in the house Is kept, and
soon found two pieces of k missing.
rnsy were worry ilne goods aud cost
Sll7 Wholesale. Mr.. Barr dispatched
MI. Cason, ono OF his employees,
TO sGo II no could lind
Holt, who had gone out ostensloly. ON
bu9iness, Mr.. CasOn could not hud
Holt, but ho succeeded IN hnding tho
goods in a saloon hBer the Union
depo,. Tho Acknowledgment Informed
MIN that they had been Left there by
Holt n pawn for $L25, which was
duo for drinks. Tho police
and sheriff wero thon no:l-
lied that Holt WAS wanted.
Immediately tnoy were securing the
town ia ovSgy direction. Deputy
Sh0riil Thompson was informed tha.
= Y,au answering 10 tho description VI
Holt had been seen In this western
part OF the city, gCing at u pretty
lively gait. Another Uiic0c was tolu
that Holt vas seon out in tho north
eastern saburbs. Onicer Collins was
at tho depot waiting Tor the train,
70 leave tbs city ON Dusinoss,
and had not heard that Hott WAS
needed up % an. Somebody remarked
20 him rs he was about to take tho
trgiu: do you 500 that little old
man going into tho depot yonder? The
police are looking the town over foT
him. The officer immediately tele-
phoned up town 20 know If Holt was
wanted. He was miormed int
his presence was desirable. He
At once walked up TO whore
ais man was and told him no would
have TO go with him (the oilicer). Holt
sgid he guessed he wouldn't, but Of
terwaTd consented 10 20. he was
brought TO Taylor 81 8arr's store anu
Mr.. l. arr identified him as the man.
Holt acknowledged that he took the
GOODS, but pleaded with MIR. Barr TO
let him leave the town and not prose-
cute him. Tho preliminary trial
was held bsioro Justice linn
AMI the prisoner vent to jail
in detault OF $500 oonc.
Holt has been employed at Taylor &
Barr;s siuce tho 5th of July. He came
70 this city from San L raDoisco. He
is an Engiishnau, and has boon in
this country about year and II ha.i.
He brought with him splendid letter
of recommendation and mad tie repp.
tatioH, apparently, VIII are no had lived
OF being o consistent church member.
In conversation with THE HERALD
representative, Mr.. Barr said ne had
placed implicit confidence IA HOlt.and
ne was tbs most capable man he had
ever hsd in his employ. Holt claims
10 have been drunk since yesterday
morning, and doesn't deny taking The
goods, but says he was never IN any
trouble such as this, He is a man Of
perhaps 80 years OF ago and has Wiie
and children in England.
JOHN NICHOLS = DEFAULTERt
The suit had hardly set upon the
grave of John Nichols before it was
whispered around that John Nichols
was q defaulter. At first IL ives told in
the strictest secrecy, but this evening
it is common talk upon tho streets.
The people are utterly a3tounded aud
shocked at the news. "Why," said
q well known gentleman, John
Nichols was one of tho best
mea ! ever knew. Wouid have trusted
him as quickly as | would myself"
LaeG Saturday The officers of the bank
appointed 10 maze o general EXAMINE
lion OF the books md TO count the
funds, and on that day Mr.. Nichols
borrowed $4,000 from another bank on
the City National banks account
With this amounO on hand, the great
deficiency was not discovered on that
day, and iC was intended to further OK
amino into it on Monday.
Monday, az Mr.. Nichols was in
the act OF opening the
vaults, no was taken with commissions
and died soon afler.
To-day, at the request Of the
City National bank, q committee COM
posed of gentlemen representing
have been busily engaged 10
examining into the books and affairs
Of Lhp bGuk, 20 as 10 report the exact
amount OF the default. This commit
tee had not finished iS5 work ct q late
hour OF the evening and it is probable
that they VIII not before morning. In
conversation vii h Mr.. a. M. Britton,
PRECEDENT OF tho hank, this evening, he
stated to THE HERALD represen tat!ve
that the amount of shortage would be
in the neignborhcod Of $4,000. lie
furthermore SAID that this loss would
not cripple the finances OF the bank in
the least. Mr.. Nichols was not only
vice-presideu6 Of the City National,
hut no was also teller, and thus IL
VS. that he handled all the cash,
which made the defalcatiOn possible.
He was also treasurer OF the city.
No man ia tao city was moro highly
respected and more confidently
trusted by all, and this news has
fallen upon the city like thunder
bolt from g cloudless sky. Mr..
Nichols did not drink nCr gamble
and it is not known how ne got
through with the money, his
salary as bank officer being
ample for handsome support.
Upon hearing tho news OF the defalca-
ton it is said that good many depos-
itors drew their money QUO OF the
bank, but as there is plenty of money
on hand, no trouble to the bank is an
ticipsted.
LATEE-The committee Of bankers
appointed to examine the books of the
City National bank at midnight made
the following report:
"We tind shortage in the accounts
of John Nichols, late vlce-president
and teller of the bank, OF 100000. We
eyhonorate f. G. Bulwsr from any
connect on withthe affair"
[Signedl A. B. SMITH,
M. B. LLOYD,
I'll. q. EDRINGToN,
THOMAS A. TIDBALL,
Committee.
The air is thick with rumors.