The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-06
AbScOnded.
CASHIER EDWARD SILCOlT,
or the National House Of Rep
reSentatiVes Decamps
with $4,000.
A Democratic Office Holder who
Went Out With His
Pockets Lined.
Mem MBERS or CONGRESS
Cheated Out Of Their Salari's
Temporarily, and the CASH
ier Gone to Canada.
Mr.. LerInm, the serscant'at'Arms,
stunned by a Startling DIScOTeryas
lie was About to lIaud the Office
Over 10 Ills Successor
AWO@an In the Case,

AAriil DilpGith 10 The IHhLl0Hefr'
WAsHISoToN, D. G., Dec, 5,-To'day's
sensation was the discovery this morn.
Ing Of the ubscondlug Of O. E, silcott,
Cashier Of ex.Sergeant.at-Arms Leedon,
Of the House Of Representatives, with
S72,OOO Of Government money. Leedom
has been Sergeant.at-Arms Of the House
for six years and silcott has been his
cashier and trusted friend during the
whole period, Both arc from Ohio,
where Leedom formerly represented the
IronLon district In Congress. There Isl
woman in tho case, as usual. sllcott
has been leading a fast life and doing a
good deal Of pool,room work on the ely
and now, frOH latest adyiCes, issupposed
10 be in Canada with his Inamorita and
boodIe, The Government will lose
nothing. Leedom Is still under $4,000
bonds 10 the Treasurer, .inasmuCh Us he
had not yet turned over his office To his
successor, aud Ia addition SilCott was
under the same bond to Leedom.
IT HITS WEST VIRGINIA.
The latter's bOndsmen are among the
best known men Of Adams county.
Ieedom's boudsmen are FELTON,, Of Cali.
iorniu, and Paige, now OF New York,
but who also once represented an Ohio
district, and Is u member Of the con
traCtng firm OF Paige, Carey & Co., who
are building the Union bridge at Wheel
ing. 1t was also said that ex-senator ].
N. Camden Is on his bond, but this Is
now believed TO be untrue, although
Camden was on 1t for the Forty.eighth
and For,h.ninth Congresses.
LepdOm's bondsmeu will not be called
on, as he ia entirely able to make good
the nalance himself alter getting tue S5O,'
900 from SilCOtts bondsInen.
In the meantime there Is gnaShlng Of
teeth among the members OF the House,
nearly all OI whom are out more or lees
Of their pay, the amounts gninR Us high
Ia some cases us 5000, money which
had hetn drawn aud deposited with the
cashier for convenience. All OF the
West Virginia Congressman lose, though
fortunately none them heavily. Wilson
heads the list with S54G; jackson all Of
bis November salary, something over
$500; Pendleton $500, and Anderson
$3.50. In the end this will probably all
be made good.
OTHERS WHO LOST.
A number OF members made praC.
tice Of using the office as a bank, and
through courtesy this was permitted, al.
though the Sergeant.at-Arms was under
no Obligations TO allow this use Of his
Office, Among the members who lose
personal deposits are: Rife, Of PENN
s,lvania, $3.50; j. D. Taylor, OF Ohio,
5000; BOulele, Of Maine, $l,b00;
Bayne, Of Pennsylvania, 81 900; Butter
worth, Of Ohio, 5000; Hermann, OF Ore.
gun, $500; Plckler, OF North Dakota,
5000 PAtnell, Of N'braska, $2,100, and
Owen, Ui Indiana, $25.
Nearly all the members loso some
money on account Of salaries due them
but affairs are In 30 much confusion that
u list Oi the members and their losses
cannot be given. Some members hold
their salaries TO remain untouched
for several months and these are the
greatest sufferers by the defalcation. II
SilcOtt has gone To Canada his deialcation
will give Il most powerful impetus TO the
movement for an extradltion treaty with
Canada.
SicO,t was from youngstown, Ohio
where he was formerly merchant. The
nane OF the woman with whom he Il
intimate is Louise Thiebault, French
Canadian. He 10 married man.