The sun., 1892-12-21
LIKEAGREEN GOODSPARC
STAMP CLERK CADMANS WAY OF
CHEATING THE POST OFFICE

A Package in III. SAFE Opened apd Found
to Consist ChIeny or brown Paper-His
Shortage Amounts to More Than S5,Ooo
The United Statcs Government has lost
S5.24S. - worth OF postage stamps and Post-
master Van Cott has lost an cnterprising ana
trusted stamp clerk from the broadway side
OF the General Post ONCE. The stamps were
lost first and then tho clerk. The loss OF the
clerk made known the loss OF the stamps, and
the loss OF the stamps confirmed the loss Oh
the clerk. But the American Surety Company
loses the value OF the stamps
These facts came out at Z o'clock on Monday
night. when Auditor L. A. Jardines broke into
the safe in which Charles l. fadman. a clerk
in the wholesale department. keeps his stamps
and his cash. and found that Mr.. Cadman was
short 81. .24S. ~ In his accounts. Cadmnn. VINO
is son Of ex- County judge Cadman OF ind-
son. and n nephew OF the politician Lewis
Payne. got n clerkship in the retail depart
ment on Nov. % 1890. and in February last
was appointed Il clerk in the wholesale depart
ment The American Surety Company oil 100
broadway went on his bond for $4,000 He
was supplied with $4,000 worth OF stamps.
Four weeks ago he got leave OF absence
without way. saving that his wife. with whom
he lived in Mrs. Hutchinson's boarding house
at 253 West Twenty.third street. was sick. ana
he wanted to tako hcrto his home in Hudson.
Some of his friends called at the Post nhice
and said that he was with his wife at Hudson.
Last week Postmaster Van Cott heard that
radman was in this city; II IS not known what
asked Auditor .Jurdines to request Cadman 10
come to the lost Oficc and hnve MS accounts
looked oyer. ,Gadman went down to nnditY,r tor
was cheerful and easy in his manner. \, the
two men walked through a corridor. Cadmnn
BY tho way Mr. Jardines I've lett IT., my ,GsS key
tothe safe up at my room. II, ~ Won 'ase tons
sst + rsh snI ssiS sHp yIE H ardin.s = ''u
Catlmnn left and that was the last seen OF
him After waiting whi1 h. Mr 'alass rn in
which Cadman sn'd he had eyiIontiy m,5alh iilI!h
the key 4, GrlGsk trIeErn ;aoS came nsWsr wsn
j ffr, Come aH'i' down sunday or Monday,;"'.
teIcrhoned 10 lndsdn. lie rsceiy.d no reply
from tniman: 1n the afternoon Mr.. Jardines
@ the M T. M srefy
man from tho Marvin Safc Comrnnv All three
went 10 ulrn III. safe at o'clock.
the WHOLESALE icrartmen, he receives 5000
wor;h" of stamrs, As fast as ne sells from ,,, MS
So every clerk is supposed always t" have
sn5On in cash and sthmps in his Snfe. Auditor
admans e ma :as nstead 81. %S he 70" fonn 'a3os IN
s5n and Ttsrs was II TIM. sap1 df s?ts Si
Tho stamps are received in oblong rnckn.es
from the American Bank Note Com pnay: There
arc two seals on the top of"ach pac kaEc. Mr. rJar-
dimes orcucd n package and found afcw sheets
OF stamps. tndcr this thin lavcr am: forming
the boiy Of the package We're thin shoots Of
brown parer. At the iottom was another !aycr
Of STAMPS. 1t was made exactly like Il we'll
prepared green goods package. Eut the rark-
age showed no si.n ON the outs ide OF having
been opened. The seals had not hcen broken.
On looking closer Mr.. Jardines found a very
delicate cut running along the top of the
package. close to one of the edges formed by
the side and tor OF the package. This cut was
hardly noticeable.
That is how he got the. stamps" said Mr..
Jardines yesterday. He kept tho proceeds
from his sales and replenishcd his stock with
brown paper. So he really took the money and
not the stamps
Mr.. Jardines said he thought. the stealing
had extended over Il period OF about four
months The clerks accounts are examined
every quarter. and the last examination was
made early in Scptemh her ly Inspector Shopp.
Cadman'S accounts were examined nj that
time. and also three days before he got his
lcnv" OF absence.
But little is known ahout CaGman. lie is -
years old. Three years ago he married G"or-i-
ana Elkenhurgh. the daughter of n Hudson
groccryman. His father disarproved Of tho
marriage. and refused the young man admis-
sion to his house. His iather-in-law took him
in business and set him at work on a delivery
wagon. He was last seen at his boarding
house on SATURDAY. morning. He did not take
his trunks with linn. and lie did not give up
his latch key.