The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06
BANK TELLER ABSCONDED.
He Gambled and Was known as Sucker.
Got Away With 100000.

Got Away With 100000.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 4.-William H.
Pope, teller of the Louisville City National
bank, trusted employee, a man of seeming
good habits and frequenter of the best
social circles of the city is gone. His alb
sence at the bank yesterday morning at
first excited no suspicion as it was sup
posed he was at his sick sisters bed side or
in the country detained by food. When
no word was received at 10 o'clock Presi-
pent Jas. S. Petite, Vice Presinent JAS S.
Leech and Cashier w. S. Parker became
suspicious. They opened the vault and a
hasty examination showed that somewhere
between $4,000 and 100000 was gone. The
missing money was all large bills, all the
bulky gold and silver coin and small bills
were left intact. 1t will require a careful
examination to state the entire amount
that Pope took with him. At first his
friends would not believe that Pope had
gone wrong. Detectives and friends
began to search thinking that pos
sibly he was still in the city. He
could not be found, and it was soon learned
that Pope had left on the 1866 train Satur-
day night for Chicago. He left the bank
Saturday afternoon with his usual gentle
manly greeting-"Good evening. If any
one wants me send to my room or tele-
phone" 1t is thought he must have had the
money then as he could not have returned
before taking the train.
Pope is native of this State and 3Syears
old. His father, Wallace Pope, resides
eight miles on the narrow gauge road. He
entered the bank in 1881 as clerk and was
rapidly promoted. He had been leading a
DR.. Jeykill and Mr.. Hyde life for some
years, as many of his boon companions are
aware. At his room he was unusually
quiet, but at a room on Jefferson street he
frequently gave wine suppers to young men
of his class and fast young women. He
gambled, and was known as a sucker. He
frequently was drunk over night, but was
always at his desk promptly.
1t is now learned that Pope left here
Saturday night for Cincinnati, where it is
thought he took the train for Detroit and
is now safe in Canada. That Pope had
been contemplating this move for some
time is evident from the fact that for some
days he had been accommodating in his
reach bills of large denominations of from
500 to $1,000. Furthermore in very recent
casual conversation with Mr.. 7. Grand
Slaughter, State agent for the Fidelity and
Casualty Company of New York, which
was Popes surety for 100000, he had dis
cussed the eXtradition treaty and the de
grees of crimes for which a man was ex-
traditable, Mr.. Pope holding that the new
treaty was not yet in effect, not having
been signed by the representatives of the
nation.
A rumor which has not been verified
states that the carriage which took Pope to
the train from his Jefferson street room
contained a woman. The bank officials
state that the amount of the robbery in
round numbers is 100000 and they think
Pe 6nas away wn h
been as to Pope's habits, it has been well
known among the boys" men about
town, etc., that Pope has been going it
pretty strong for several years, though no
well defined suspicion has existed that he
was doing crooked work so far as has been
learned, even among the best Informed Of
his associates.