Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-01
ESPECIAL rxLEenAM TO THE D1srArcH.,

PHILADELPHIA, May 31.-The an.
nouncement that John G. File had embez
zled the funds of the Lutheran Orphans
Home, of which be was treasurer, was sup.
plemented to-day by the charge that he had
robbed the firm of File, Derr, Haney & Co.,
of which he was until recently the head, Of
moneys to what is believed will be total OF
at least SIC. 900. Phaon B. Derr visited the
office Of Magistrate Smith at noon to-day
and swore out warrant charging John G.
File, his former partner, with embezzling
funds belonging to the firm.
The prosecution is brought under the act
of June s, 1885, "to punish co-partners for
fraudulently appropriating the property or
using the name of the co-partnership, cor
poration or association.
SIN Justice to myself and Mr.. Haney,"
said Mr.. Derr to-day, 81 was compelled to
take this proceeding against Mr.. File. He
has robbed us both of large sums of money
every year Tor many years back, and it is
about time that something was done with
him. He is a scoundrel OF the first water -
''In what way did he obtain this money!"
BY MEANS OF FORGED CHECKS.
"Why, by means of forged checks. Ever
since he and I have been connected with
this house as partners, under different firm
names, for a period of % years, Mr.. File
has had entire charge of the books. He had
the reputation of being one of the best book
keepers in the city, and he used his gift to
shut up our eyes to his wrongdoings. As
far as we have learned, all of his stealings
were made by means of forged checks. He
would make out a check for a certain
amount, and would then make out another,
duplicate the number on the first, making
the check payable to his own order for an
amount double and sometimes triple that Of
the original"
"Can you form any idea as far as your
examination has gone what Mr.. Files pill
ferings will amount to, was asked.
"That would be impossible to say at this
STAGE" was the reply. "There is no doubt
but what he has been robbing the firm for a
long time and if the discrepancies continue
to turn up at the same rate as tuey have dur
ing the past few weeks.his pilferings will not
fall short OF $40, ,000."
"Have you any idea what he did with the
funds OF the firm and Lutheran Home"
AMAN WITHOUT VICES.
"The Lord knows what he did with the
money, don't. Perhaps he gave it away
to charity. He was not a man who dissi-
pated or had any vices that I am aware of
He lived in a quiet sort OF way and was not
extravagant in anything. What became of
all the money is a mystery to me-"
Mr.. File was too i'll to be removed from
his home and bail was entered for his ap-
pearance June 16 by his brother-in-law. A
report is current that Mr.. File made an un-
successful attempt within'a day or two to
shoot himself, but the young man who was
seen at the door of the File residence de-
clared that he knew nothing about it.
An old attache of the German society said
this morning that Mr.. File had never spent
the missing money on himself, but had
given it away either to some private or pub
lie charitable object. Lawyer Moulds, who
is Files counsel, made statement to the
representative of THE DISPATCH this after
noon in which he denied that File had
wronged his firm. He said that on the con-
trary some of the money taken from the
Lutheran orphanage had gone into the firm,
and that the rest had been given away to
charitable societies.