New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-09
STOLEN BY THE CASHIER.
MONEY TAKEN FROM THE ELEVATED RAIL-
ROAD COMPANY.
THE BoNpsMEN OF THE FAITHLEss OFFICIAL
WILL BE EXPECTED TO MAKE GOOD
THE Y-RETICENCE OF

WILL BE EXPECTED TO MAKE GOOD
THE DEFICIENCY Y-RETICENCE oF
THE CoMPANY's MANAGERS
ABOUT THE AFFAIR
The name of the Manhattan Railway Company
was added yesterday 70 the list of corporations
which have suffered from dishonesty on the part
of trusted employees defalcation 70 an unknown
amount has occurred in the financial departme mt.
and the confessed defaulter is a man about whom
little can be learned on inquiry. Every effort
seemed TO be taken by the leading officials to
stiae the facts. Treasurer McWilliams and Colonel
Hahn, general manager Of the company, were vis-
tied by Tribune reporters in the afternoon, and
from neither officer could information be obtained
vice-President GaIaway, at his home last even
ing, refused to be seen. and other directors were
conveniently OUT at hours when it is usual to
find them at home.
At the Office of the Manhattan Company in the
afternoon the following statement was made pub
lie on the promise that 1t should appear as 1t was
dictated:
director of the Manhattan Company says that
there Is small deficiency In the accounts OF the cash
fer Mr A. 8. Gookin, and the company have ample
security through his bondsmen and they cannot lose
dollar The account, as published, was greauJ eA-
aggerated.
The amount as published" was placed by an
afternoon paper at from $4,000 70 $4,000"
Ilhe director who was quoted anonymously In
the foregoing paragraph admitted later
that the sum was about 10000 The
business address of Mr. Gool1in is all that is
given in the directory and his present place OF
living is shrouded in mystery. lie is about forty
wears old and is married He is said TO have
came from respectable Long Island family.
II is denied that he has fed to Canada, as was
at first reported, and the Manhattan director
already quoted says that he is in the hands OF
his bondsmen. It Is understood that his bonds
were given by the Fidelity and Casualty Company,
an organization which has largely enjoyed the
MONOPOLY of guaranteeing the honesty Of employees
in the service Of the elevated railroads and whose
charter was originally for the protection of plate
glass windows.
Mr. Goodn's duty was to handle the cash turned
in from the car which gathers the money and
accounts from the various stations along the lines
Of the elevated roads. He mad special place
with his assistants in the Manhattan office IN
which the money received in the shape Of silver
and niclcels was stored until It could be turned
over TO the banks. It appear that he simply
helped himself 20 the bills which also came intc
bis hands, aud attempted no doctoring' OF ac,
counts, The recent heavy travel on the elevated
roads In consequence Of the strike on The SURFACE
railways may have suggested the possibility. Of
The cashier taking money bodily from the receipts
and running away. But the directors
Of the Manhattan were Watching the
returns OF traffic at this time with unusual
care, and wonder Is expressed that the cashier
should attempt the theft under the circumstances
a close Examination by the auditor of the Man
haitian Company detected the deficiency in the
returns from the bank deposits OF the cashier, com
pared with the reports Of the passenger aepart IT.
ment OF the company. The discovery was made on
Monday night and the next day Mr.
Gookin was haled before ViSe-President
Galloway for an explanation Inc cashier
frankly "owned mp" TO his steal
ing and was apparently turned oyer 70 the custody
Of The company who had guaranteed his honesty.
IL could not be learned whether eivll proceed
n9s were 10 be taken by the Fidelity and Casualty
Tomnonv against Mr.. Gookin, nor whether the
Manhattan Railway had agreed to make no Grim
inal charges, provided it suffered no peeuniary
loss