The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-10
MISSING WITH HIS MONEY.
Nelson, Morris g. Co. Lose Their Col
leotor ana $500 or More.

! Nelson, Morris s. Co. Lose Their Col
leotor ana 5000 or More.
P. R. Robbins. collector for Nelson, Nor
ris & Co., the Chicago meat packing house
and cold storage company, on West Broad
street, has disappeared, leaving the COM
pany out Si7O or more. The last seen OF
Robbins was Thursday afternoon, when
. Manager WeyneSS OF the packing company
sa " him driving down Habersham street il
the companye gig, which he used in making
/ his collections.
Robbins had good reason to drive away
/ from Manager Weyness, as the extent Of
/ his populations and his intentions 20 def-aud
/ the company had become fully known to
! the manager, who was very anxious TO ap-
I preheud him. Mr.. WeyneSs put the case in
I the hands OF Detectives Bssch and Nether-
/ horn, who Uegau a search for the dsfaulter,
/ but without success.
| Robbins has been in the employ of the
! cold storage company for several months.
He has been in the city about a year, and
was previously employed IN the Ocean
Steamship police force and later as a street
car driver. He secured a place with the
cold storage company because he was from
Cincinnati and had some acquAiut-
ance with some Of the employees
there, who had great confidence
in him and could hardly believe in his dis
honesty even when they had it from MS
own lips Robbins may have gotten more
than $40 from the company, out that is
the extent of the populations discovered 81
far. One hundred dollars was in a lump.
About two weeks ago Robbins collected
500 from j. E. Dreamer, Montgomery
street butcher, and receipted for it.
He also collected $40 from 8. Gard
ner, a market butcher, and receipted for it.
He did not report these collections to the
nff nd las ka
pany sent out notices to the butchers that
unless their accounts were paid they would
be blacklisted Replies were received in
short order from both butchers that their
bills bad been paid, and they held the COM
panys receipts for the same.
Robbins was called on for an explanation
and fatty denied having collected the bills.
examining him Mr.. Gardner came
in aud produced his receipts
with Robbins signature. Nevertheless
Robbins fatty denied the signature Mr..
Dreamer also produced a receipt showing
that he had paid the 500 due by him.
Robbins was not placed under arrest,
however In the meanwhile he had taken
out several G. o. ID. orders, and pocketed
the money which he received on their de-
livery, When called upon by the manager
to turn over the money he positively refused
to do so, saying that the agent of the COM
pany. who was not in the city, was the only
man he was responsible to, and he would
turn over the meney only TO him. He
afterward reconsidered, however, and
turned over the amounts received for the
c. o. D. collections, but would make no
satisfactory explanation of his collection of
the larger amounts Believing that he
could bring around aud secure
the money he had collected
the manager did not order his arrest.
However, when Robbins left the office
Thursday afternoon he became suspicious
and started out in pursuit, but without sue
cess
Robbins is believed TO be in hiding in
the city. He had lame foot, which was
injured by a horse stepping on it at the
races Merchants week. Robbins was at
the prize fight on Hutchinson Island last
Sunday, In which it is said he
took considerable interest. There was
a cry Of police at one time during the fight,
and Robbins ran fifty yards, according to
his own reporti to an acquaintance, before
he thought of his lame foot.
Detective Hanley is at work on the case.
The detectives believe Robbins to be still in
the city and expect to catch him, as his
lame foot is very inconvenient thing for
him to have just now.