The sun., 1891-12-15


the expert accountant was coming. and he re.
turned to tho otilce soon afterward.
Cole had Q few leisure moments during the
day. and was usually at work until 10 o'clock
q night fixing tho village tax accounts
making out his reports as village clerk and
Secretary OF the Board OF Education. or ar.
ranging the business Of the various other in.
stituttons with which he was connected. He
was o very heavy smoker. and rarely worked
without cigar. This habit had affected him
and his father had urged him to be more
moderate. He also had IN affection OF the
eyes, which he feared might affect his brain.
Tho vision OF one eye was different from that
Of the other. and In looking at an object he waa
in the habit Of looking FIRST with one eye and
then with the other. He had for several years
been much worried about his father. who
was stricken with paralysis In his court room
four years ago, and only recently recovered:
until and Is ssrs ofad0a Ssd Seen On
.aa s 81 .eIG ssS sHs il hss
control his nerves. He was confident that his
countrE; He said that he bad not more than
pesred. He had no ieweiry except eoid
iG In tss Alpha beiss PSi 81
"A. report srms aa to- to Judge @ cole this mSS.ni3s
sYs s''1 isssfs
was not seouainted with him. At i O'clock on
x Dr. Aliens
hons: Baker said ne was. The man seemed
~ their the esrs
not ysF Long he s:!d he w9Yd stop at the
sois S fsit bat dsrf suit With q Hight stripe 8
running lensthwise, and had mixed gray
Se Gs
se@s.Sss diasTsnt The sst was S,S. Iiasf. ssfd fi
1s iea eVe Mrs
: iiea the Etle Of the dentist saw the stranger
sSls sA;s sSs .h hssfsSsapRs ast tsS%
coWsd hes down ths foad % se her ho%e s she
and e ob.ss Ss. she
II, Her ,descnption Of him tallied with
dd not offer g enter Hss he was @ I stranger t I'm IN
thst neishbo5hood: Mrs. NJ a.,t Ailen ,tth9nsht that
agent. But IT. Bla1yelt did % not recoilect @ H ths.
and Was % sure he had not seen Cole. whom he
Another rumor said that Cole had been seen
at Tappan. two miles further south. but no one
could be found there M to corroborate this At
hoOu 0L. III us OICA!uo VI JuHc6 II. 0ihu-
gram from spSrkiIl to ~ effect that Cole bed
xsas rhsy h 9ad G
alter . search Of several hours. There, are
and to-dsys searehers took these in. No On:
was shown to-day by the sympathy expressed
dC hin BY hSsS h1 he
Sun reporter that 4 Cole had only appealed to
hts friends he would ihs have received any tinan-
thss e 1axs
ory of. those who beIIeye hin, guilty relieves
Cole took some money from the, BI4pvelts
ns six
sminaton sss aes Il aSeounts ssd there proIs. pr
BY neveF, would have boen Il Gen. Blauvelt's
saeen HSiaaveit and Plctinson Ffis nocsssi.
vSy Gos Sas GEN
oyerdrnwn his interest nearly 1000, and upset
sllof Coles previous calculations. Ho did not
from. bis friends ior fear that tEey would
oaS ansbs ma decide spon any S's a
I I6tSs4 % e ,sa iSsss ss s s
nppenrod: The thsorists who take this yIIssw,o,
tko situation are supported by ncariy all tho
etrcumstanees put forward by Coles de.
fenderS and by many others. Coles evident
preoooupation. the indecision he evtncOd on
Saturday morning; his going away imnedi-
ss "a. SoS S.s S:ses ss EHsr ssss sns
SHs 5 as .ae e ri Ss K s theay his
His defenders say that II he had been q de-
favlter no could have taken tho !cash In his
pont e tSe aast az ne
hrm's money on Saturday. did not draw his
salary, and left his own bank account Intact.
not hardened criminal. that his own nonsy
was not nearly enough to make up the do
nciency IN his accounts, that ho did not hrye
time TO take thnt or his salary. und that his
only Idea was to get away before he was on
posed. He was too weak t9 tell MS Mmilyo or
&c to %ssa S % F. G saa
hsye saved the firm much trouble.
II. investigation Of Coles books this morning,
but did NOT got far. He had nothing to report
tonight tits generally believed that II there
u Q deficiency II will be small. although Mr..
Dickinson said Cole Ind plenty Of chance TO
mike II large Tho Tumors that somebody be-
sides Cole would bo implicated In any. .defalca-
ton Uncovered wero repeated to-day, but
could not be verified. Lawyer Sawyer said to-
day that II Cole was . defaulter the only way
TO account foE, u was by presuming that no
specplated. Nobody suspeeted him q that.
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