The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-08
A COOL RASCAL'S WORK.
, 2uthern Bank Robbed by the Cav
Young Telier-Pocketing Sixty
Thousand Cash-He Walks Out
With the Money III His Over
coat Pocket-A Double Life
Taking His Bible With Him
Haven III Canada

| LOUISVILLE, Ny, March 4.-Wlliiam
! II. Pope, teller o. the Louisville Citv Ma
! uonal Bank, Z trusted employe. man
| OF seeming good habits and a frequent
er Of the Lest social circles of this city, is
gone. With him went about sG0, 900 of
the banks funds.
Pope absence at the bank. Yesterday
morning, at first excited no suspicion
as II was supposed he was al his sick sis
ter rs bedside, o. in the country detain-
Ell by the flood. When no word vas re-
ceiYCd at 1890 O clock. President James
;. Pntle, Vice President James ). Leech,
and Cashier W. ). Parker became sus-
llclous. They opened the vault and
hasty examination showed that some
where between 10000 ana $50. .000 was
missing. Tie missing money was sll
large ills. All the bulky gold and sill
yer coin and small bills We're leit intact.
1T Will require careful examination to
state the entire amount that Pope took
with him
At the first his friends would not be-
lieNe that Pope had gone wrong Shak-
lngs o the head OF the bank officers
soon lett no doubt about the matter.
-. tectiVes ami friends began to search.
thinking 1t possible that ne was still in
soon the reporters discovered the bank
robbery. As usual they furnished the
detectives the first clue, snd learned
that Pope had lett on the
40 O'Clock train Saturday night
t"r Cincinnati. 1t il Thought tint Pope,
on reaching Cincinnati, took the GIN
Gnnatl, Hamilton X Dayton Tor Detroit,
ana IS now safe in Canada. He let the
bank Saturday afternoon with his usual
eentlcmanly gret ting: 'tiood evening.
II anyone wants lne, send to my room
or telephone" Pope was wearing his
oveIcoat, his hands hung carelessly at
Itls SIDE, when he let the bank. 1t is
thought he must have had the money
then, as be could not haye returned
before taking the train. A runar,
which has not been verified, states that
the carriage which took Pope TO the
train from his jefferson Street room
contained 4 woman
That Pope had been contemplating
TINS move for some time is evident from
tie fact that toI : me days t had been
accumHiating III his reach bills OF large
denominations Of from 500 10 81 500
Furthermore, IN very recent casual
conversation with i. Grant Slaughter,
state agent for the Fidelity
and Casualty Trust Company. of
New YORK, which was Pope's
surety for 92u.OcD. lie had discussed the
eXtradition treaty, and the degrees of
crime for which man was extredit- |
able, Mr. Pope holding that the new
treaty was not yet in effect, not having
teen signed pv representatives. Of the
adibhn'hf va tIo fUuo,t, -. .>,,.--~- -->.---
b,fs 90 600 and they think he carried |
that amount away with him. There is
a theory that the peCulatlOns VIII be
found to cover a period OF several years,
and that Pope really carried very little
with him. Tins is denied by the bank
officials, who cav that his previous ac-
counts are all straight They all main
tain that their system OF checking
precluded the possibility OF con-
tlnuous cheating. However ignorant
his employees may have been as 10 Mr..
pope's habits. it has been well known
that Pope had been going it pretty
strong for several wears, though no well
defined suspicion has existed that he
was doing crooked work, so far as has
been learned. ever obtained even amt ng
the best in 'Ormed of his associates.
Pope is native Of this state and IS
wears old. His father, Wallace Pope,
resides eight miles ont on the narrow
gauge" railroad. lie entered the bank
in 1851 as a clerk, and was rapidly pro
NOTED. lie Was thought 70 be close,
He had been leading Dir. Jekyll and
Mr.. HYDE life for some years, as many
of his boon companions are
aware. At his room he was
an unusually quiet Young gen
tleman. and the only articles miss
ing from there were bible ana prayer
book, which he must have taken with
l,r, A. ,non on Jefferson Street he
frequently gave wine supper5 10 young
men OF his class and last young women.
He eanbled, and was known ss
sucker" He frequently Was drunk
ove1 night, but was always At his desk
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