Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-03
I MAYNARD WOMAN.
. nkaDrrA 4. HAGE STEALS OVER
AK THOUSAND pOLl.ARa
- pefsussr. who wss Stamp Cierh 10 the
tnsssass once ~ lssrrisbure. Disappears
pssa shs Ussy- usr rsonrsmen Promptly
nsaoeo the Full Amount Taksn.

W0t0o successor. The SUP Cucos IN tDc
1xtet were ordered 10 bs closed on that
40 and the deputies were directed to be here
U1sh their ancounts, the stamps on hand,
- the cAsh requisite to balance tneif
'Goouunts.
X On Friday Mr.. Hsge, OF Harrisburg, who
~ been deputy collector st that point
pnder Republican administrations-And
whose sister. Miss Belotts X. Esge, had
ooon retained 20 sell stsmps there-came
y Lancaster and informed Mr.. Msc0onigle
ond ex. Collector Thos. A. Wiley, who was
here assisting in the transfer OF the office,
~ his sister would not be here next Gay
~ report tho condition Of her office and TO
hand over Its aseets. In explanation Of
lhio Mr.. Hsge said his sister was deisulter
I'D fugitive. He said she bad left Har.
g'&1sburgj on Thanksgiving Day afternoon
: ootoosibly 10 come to Lancaster to make
1opoft Of her offics On Friday morning he
: had received from her letter, postmarked
- Philadelphia the night before, $3.50 p
N. In that communication she admitted
thmt ahe was short in her accounts 80 i3S Is,
'<und-rhe begged her brother to procure that
onoupt put It into the safe, and then send
6or the Lancaster officials to take possession
o. the Office, make examination and
get everything In such shape that they
would find nothing wrong. The brother,
everwhelmed with grief, surprise and indig.
nation, announced his willingness to make
my sacrifice to repair bis sister Is wrong and
- aid any investigation 10 disclose the true
state OF affairs He Was one OF her three
8 ben dsmen --ihe other two being Henry
(Inkh and George Doehme, two wealthy
md extensive brewers OF Harrisburg.
Mr.. Mace onigle at once started for
Harrisburg with young Hsge, and accom-
panied by w. u. benssl ss counsel for tho
y ocllec.or's cfiico. They were met by Miss
3 Hayes other Dondsmen and her sister, who
hAd the combination 10 her saie, and who
Was familiar with her books and
olnce Together they opened the
< oaie and made . full examination
{ o. its contents including Q count Of the
4 olamps on hand, q reckoning OF the books
: md IN examination OF the money, checks &c.
4 - the vault Appended to roll Of nearly
: ol0o In gold, silver, postal notes, money
oeders, checks DO, was promissory note
drawn by Miss hsge, In favor OF her bonds.
mon for &G 43s %, the amount Of her deialca-
Ton which size admitted to owe them and
Which she promised to pay thetn--.hs same,
4 hhs ssid, having been loa! by her ".n specu
\ lation."
A thorough examination OF the books
z md account Of the stamps were then made
and they showed her balance due to the
Lancaster office to b3 exactly such an
amount that the cash, d., on hand de.
Quoted from IT left exactly the sum named
II her letter to her brotherisnd her note to
\ the bondsmcn. Mr.. Mace onigle and Mr..
IL Ina. x.H
4 oveTything on hand aud brought the
4 oontents of the otiice TO Lancaster. An ex-
y amina alton OF the books here disclosed the
! amount due from Miss Hage TO be exactly
Z that which her own statement fixed, and
h LETT no doubt of her bondsmon's liability.
Mr.. Herssl lett again for Harrisburg a'
$50 on Saturday morning. He went over
The oifice affairs Q second time with the
Hsges, and then had . conference with the
bondsmen and their counsel Protrscted
i negotiations resulted In his finally securing
the entire amount OF TIA dslsloatlon In cash,
which he brought with him 10 Lancaster,
and by 1870 D. IN. the main ofiice had Sc
cured the entire liability OF the Harrisburg
! stamp sgency.
MISS HAaR's ANTEcEDBNTs.
Pending any exposure or notoriety OF the
nffair the most yigilant efforts were made
& by all concerned to discover the plan oi
operations which the culprit had pursued
n making her peculalion, the motives OF
her Crime, the disposition she hsd inside OF
the money snd her whereabouts. Little
that was satisfactory ON any of these points
Wns reached. In her letter 10 her brother
ahe said she had endorsed mans note
md he had "skipped" Private memor.
ands and her daily "scrstches showed
J that she knew her exact deislcation,
1t being confined to the sale--and emoe,zle-
mont Of tho money for cigar stamps mostly y
Of the fifty (l5o) denomination. In the
roll Of money, etc /, found In her safe, gold,
silver and checks OF various denominations
a we're enclosed, but not single bank bill,
Indicating that sne had taken some OF item,
= the most easily carried currency, along
Z With her out of the last days receipts.
Gust when her peculations began or how
end how long they have been carried on II
has been difficult 10 determine. The
amount OF her deficiency has evidently
varied from day to day and at some times
1t appears ss II she had either made or Dor.
yowed large amounts Of money and repaid
part Of her deficiency. Meantime govern.
v
Z goue over her books, which were maryels
of accuracy and nsa:ness, and are supposed d
10 have compared her stamps ON hand with
her accountability and have reported them
correct Whsther or not she fooled them,
md II 30, how she did 1t yet remains TO lie
Z asosrtsined.
Miss Hsge, as has been stated, was q
- hold over " from the former administrs.
1<<sz vlavi hns.a
became stamp clerk, and though she
handled large amounts OF stamps, kept im.
poftant accounts and gave bona in $40, OOO
Z her ssiary was only Si00 until some time
ag0 Collector MscGonigle secured for LeI
- increase to $500.
Her father was native OF Denmark and
died many years sgo f; her mother is sls1
{ 6ead, and the family consisted OF the brother
and two sisters. She WAS about s5 years
I'D, good looking, neat Of dress and ex.
: espti0nslly apt, ready and courste in
book keeping. She was quite popu.
4 1nr In Harrisburg and among the bus.
ns0 patrons OF the offics but reports
y which have assumed moro definite form
a1noe her dsfalcaiion bscsme public, point
s ooiFregularitiesA and doubtful coDd uct which
botoken wsyward course for some months
3 y noa years past She was we'll known in
q 1his city and her friends here are greatly
Go1prtsed al her operations.
IL Ihere are tome who think that Mia.
8Age, with perhaps male assistance, hss
4 boen conducting stock operations for q long
o1ne with varying fortune and sometimes
Dnoeeeded Ia making gains and re-.
noued her operations with greater
4 s'Qenodence. In other quarters 1t IL believed
6hns shs ives imposed upon by male frlenc 9