St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-29
MAY REACH a MILLION.
The Total of Financial Agent
MOOre's Stealing Said to Run
into Seven Figures.

MOOre's Stealing Said to Run
into Seven Figures.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 28.-Inter-
est in the great Moore dtfalcatiOn con-
tinues almost undated here. New and
startling rumors are constantly being
circulated and telegraphed abroad. 1t
is now reported that Moore's shortage
will reach the dizzy seven figures, that
a round 1000, 900 is the size of the hole
made in the Connecticut Mutual sur
plus. This statement is published here
this evening as fact, but careful in
quiry fails to verify it. On the
other hand Winfield Miller, the
trustee to whom Moore trans
ferred his property, and who is
tive of the company here. stated
positively that the defalcation does not
exceed the first figures given by PreSi-
dent Green, tO-wit: 100000. of which
100000 has been made good by Moore
by property transfers. AS the investi-
CATION of MOOre's business and books is
being made under the immediate per-
sOnal supervision of Mr.. Miller, that he
certainly has authority and means
of knowing the extent of the
shortage seem unquestionable. An
other rumor, which was industriously
spread this morning, was to the effect
that Moore had fled the country late
Saturday night, and was now resting
easy in Canada. This is equally false,
as Moore ate his Sunday dinner with a
prominent gentlemen i'll this city, and
divides his time between his home and
his Tangle wood farm. six miles east of
town. Naturally, he does not come
down street very often. o. He was
SEEN AT HIS RESIDENCE
this afternoon by reporter, but de-
clined to be interviewed. Apparently
no fear of arrest troubles him. A gen
tleman who has great deal of inside
knowledge of the operations of Moore,
states positively that there will be no
arrest. Though his name cannot be
given for obvious reasons, his state
ments are regarded as trustworthy.
The reason there will be no arrest. he
says, is because of the social relations
existing between Moore and some of
the officials of the losing company.
There is no need for Moore TO leave
the city," says this authority, 'because
the company has not the slightest incli-
nation to enter into any legal proceed
ings against him. Nobody knows this
better than he himself, either; so that
there is no danger of his taking
fright and running away" The
R RsSp had in most the deal flay WITH M4R
insurance companies, are still at loss
for any theory that will satisfactorily
explain the success of MOOre'S method
during such long succession of years.
The theory was put forth that if Moore
held the company's power OF attorney,
and could thus release mortgages with
out his principals knowing about it, he
could commit gigantic frauds, but this
theory is knocked in the head by an ex-
animation this afternoon of the books i'll
the office of the county recorder, and no
power of attorney was ever filed. 1t
future welfare of his family by insur-
ing his life heavily. His policies in
clude one of $4,000 in the Connecticut
Mutual, $4,000 IN the New England
Mutual, $4,000 in the Mutual Life of
New York, $4,000 in the Northwestern
of Milwaukee, and $4,000 in the PrOvi-
dent Savings. The policies are
PAYABLE TO MooRE's FAMILY,
and cannot be seized by his creditors.
The big defalcation rose to the dignity
of a pulpit theme yesterday, and was
commented on by the Rev. K. V. Hun
ter, who denounced what he character
lied loose business lneuHOuS Oh Jlie
part ofany great corporation. Referring
to Moore he said: 1.-The laws furnishing
this class of criminals ought to be more
secure and better enforced, and inter-
national laws ought to be such that
flight to Canada would not give i'm
munity to law breakers" 1t is unde-
niable that strong undercurreni of
sympathy exists here for Moore. who
has many excellent traits of character
and made many friends during his busy
career. This sympathy finds its en-
enlargement in the apparent mystery
surrounding the great defalcation and
the refusal of the public to place all the
odium upon Moore until it is unequiyo-
cally shown that he deserves it. This
sentiment finds expression in
lengthy editorial which appears this
evening in the Daily News. the most
significant sentence of which is the fol-
lowing statement: ''Mr. Jacob L.
Greene, the president was told nearly
two years ago that something was
wrong with Mr.. Moore's management
All he did in response was to send the
Io+tar tO Mr. Moore -