The Portland daily press., 1890-03-05
LISTEN TO A TALE OF WOE.
Teller Pope Of Louisville is Now Stop
ping in Canada.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 4.-William III
Pope, teller of the Louisville City National
Bank, a trusted employe. man of seeming
ly good habits and frequenter Of the best
social circles of this city. is gone.
His absence at the bank yesterday at first
excited no suspicion, as it was supp ,sed he
was at his sick sisters bedside, or in the
country detained by the flood. When no
word was received at 10 clock President
Pirtlef, Vice President Leech and Cashier
Parker became suspicious. They opened the
vault and a hasty examination showed that
somewhere between $4,000 and 100000 was
missing: The missing money was all in
large bills. All the bulky gold and silver
coin and small bills were left intact.
1t will require careful exanination to
state the entire amount that Pope took with
him.
At the first his friends would not believe
that he had gone wrong. Detectives and
friends began to search, thinking possibly
he was still In the city. The bank officials
learned that Pope had left on the 7.55 O'Clock
train Saturday night for Chicago. 1t Is sup
posed that he spent Sunday with his brother,
Sam Pope, there, and left in the afternoon
on the Grand Trunk for Detroit and Wind
sor. which he could have reached in safety
bank Saturday afternoon with his usual gen.
tlemanly greeting: Good evening. IL any
one wants me, send to my room, or tele-
phone" He was wearing his overcoat, and
It is thought he must have had the mo oney
then, as he could not have returned before
state and IS years old. He entered the bank
in 1881 as clerk and was rapidly promoted.
He frequently was drunk over night, but
was always at his desk promptly.
Collector Chadbourne's Accounts.
OXFORD, March 4.-There has been con-
siderable excitement here for some weeks
over reported defalcation by Town Collec-
tor of Taxes John Chadbourne. The select
men appointed commission to examine his
books and report at the annual town meet
ing. which was held yesterday. The report
says the exact amount Of the shortage they
have not been able to learn, but it is be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000 Action will be be.
gun by the town to recover from the bonds
men. Chadbourne is proprietor of an hotel,
has been deputy sheriff 10 years and was
supposed to be perfectly reliable He is
member of the Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythas and Knights Templar.
Somewhat Complicated.
LEXINGTON, KY, March 4.-Jacob S. Kel-
Jar, secretary Of the Belt Line railroad, wa:
arrested yesterday on the charge of grand
larceny of a certificate of stock in the CON-
pany. Kellar says he was arrested because
he voted in the municipal election for can
didate for mayor who was opposed by the
road. He says his name on the certificate
In his possession was forged by President
Stall Of the road, and that this is why he
kept it and why he will now cause Stall to
be prosecuted for forgery
In the Sheriff's Hands.
PROVIDENCE, March A special to the
Journal says Adoniram j. Chaee of Fall
River, proprietor of the Augustus Chace
Wyoming Mills, is in trouble and attach
ments have been placed on his property. He
managed the estate of the late Augustus
Chace, worth at his death $3.50, 900. The
mills make carpet warps and cotton twine.
Chace secured a mortgage on the mills OF
So, 5,000 He obtained 900 more on real
estate, and was otherwise indebted to ,s the
total amount of $4,000. The valuable mill
property is reported to have been sacrificed
to make payment of S11, 500 to his divorced
wife. The attachments were placed by the
Fall River factories which had been supply
ing him with Gotten waste. The assets VIII
cover the liabilities. The mills are in charge
of the sheriff.
Gilman Jewett's Wrong Doing.
DEXTER, March 4.-Gilman FL. Jewett
Dexter's abscondIng forger, had been guilty
of various dishonest practices before his at
tempt to defraud the bank, as already report.
ed. A few weeks ago he sold "a sheep be-
longing to citizen Of the village and pock-
eted the proceeds. The sheep had been left
in Jewett's care temporarily. 1t is reported
that the fugitive has left the state
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