Evening journal., 1891-08-19
LAST EDITION
HINKEL a DEFAULrER.
An Eighteen-Year-O Boy Robs HIS EN-
ploYeIs of Hundreds OF Dollars.

An Eighteen-Year- Old Boy Robs Hts EN-.
pioyeIs of Hundreds OF Dollars.
Clement Hiukel, the lSyear old book
keeper Of the Wilmington Co. Operative
Coal Company, at the foot of Orange
street, whose sudden disappearance on
July rs has caused so much comment and
speculation, is defaultsr
The extent of his populations is moi
known. but they will probably foot up Ia
several thousand dollars Already
stealings amounting to between $1,000
and w, 600 have been discovered.
). } Sova. superintendent of the com
pany. was seen at his Office this morning
by an EvRNING JOURNAL reporter. de
talked freely, and said;
The story that Rinkel had charge OF
the gates of the coal yard is erroneous.
He did not have anything to do with the
gates. He was our book-keeper."
us he defaulterY'
Eyes.
"In what amountg
1--WE cannot tell the exact amount. but
already we have evidence that hundreds
of dollars have been taken
Have you heard anything Of hlm?"
''Not word II
"How did he do the stealingf Did he
falsify the booksy'
mo, the books are all right as far as
we know. You see we had the greatest
confidence in the boy We want to as
certain the motive that prompted him to
do 1t. We have been trying to
keep the matter quiet This was
due to our sympathy for his heart
broken mother and his father, who is
suffering from heart trouble. We have
two sets of keys to our safe and Hinkel
had one set As l said before, he was
our bookkeeper. When | came down TO
the Office on Monday morning. July 27.
and saw that the office shut
ters were still closed did
not wonder very much because
| knew that he had little brother who
was supposed to be dying, aud, in fact
the doctors had given him up took it
for granted that his brother was dead
and | told one of the drivers to 90
around and see about it Bis mother
told the driver that Hinkel had not been
home since Sunday night.
Then l suspected something wrong
and put the case in tine hands of the chief
of police, but have never heard any.
thing that would lead to his discovery.
We cannot tell how much he has stolen.
The way he did it was to take cash, give
receipts, pocket the money and
never make an entry on
the cash books. So you see the extent
of his stealings can only be ascertained
by sending ont bills aud having these re.
ceipts thrown down before us as proof
that the bills have been paid.
"Will the deficiency foot up among the
thousands2''
well, not very high into the thou
sands "
Was he in your employ very lOng2'
Yes, he has been with us almost six
years"
Did you have any insimation that he
was going to skip9"
mo. But since he left l have heard
that he has been studying a railroad
guide book very closely and had the
thing down very fine He knew the time
and distance gbetween every large city.
barring accidents
Was he young man Of dissiPsted
habits29
mo. He was very steady and the
greatest boy for Sunday school and
church you ever saw
Hinkel's parents live at No. 9i5 Church
street aud are in terrible way ovei
their sons wrong doing. he was tn,
pride OF the family, and had many
friends. He was not extravagant. and il
is supposed that be took much Of his i'll.
gotten gains with him.