The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-29
BIDLEMAN'S DOODLE.
Amount of His DefaIcatiOns Not
Yet Ascertained.
Ills Employer Feels Keenly His Baseness
and Ingratitude- Probability That He
Will Not Be Prosecuted

| lie arrest OIL EUDcil ". DIuleUlan aL Dan
Diego on Wednesday. on a charge of en-
beZzlement, was the chief topic of conversa-
ton in business circles Yesterday. Sympa-
thy for his employer. d. V. b. Henarie. was
universally expressed, and there was feel
ing of contempt for the betrayer of his con-
fidence and trust.
Bidleman received the handsome remu-
neration of $4,000 per year for his services as
! head boOkkeeper, and it is said that he
cleared over $1,000 yearly from the Grand
| Central saloon. OG an annual income Of
$1,000 it is the general opinion that he should
| have not only been able TO live Sumptu-
| ously, but TO have saved money. And Ii is
| believed that he did save money, but what
| puzzles people is what has he done with his
| savings? There is also the purchase money
| of the Grand Central saloon - So. 800
! which he received from Crlmmns q Carnes.
to be accounted tor. besides the amount of
his populations from his employer. To
/ cover the defalcatioBs his property in Oak
| land and this city may be turned over to
/ Mr. Henarie.
1t is broadly limited that Bidleman's
| downfall Is due TO his love for the company
! OF pretty women. The saloons in which he
was interested were much frequented by
| women, and 1t Is said that Bidleman often
! spent mere money in treating them to
/ liquor than was taken across the bar. All
sorts OF rumors are atlOat about him riding
out with women and treating them to cham
payne suppers.
a WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Among the women to whom he Showed
/ more than usual attention in this respect
was Mrs. Trip, who occupies room % of
/ the building at 703 Market street, corner Of
! Third. When she heard of his Fl light on
/ Wednesday she became terribly excited and
was rushing around making anxious inQuir-
les about him.
Mr.. Henarie, who is sole owner of the
/ wholesale liQuOT-hOuse of 4. Martin IL Co,
was seen By reporter OF The CALL yes
/ teTday and appeared 10 feel keenly the base
ness and ingTatitude Of his friend and
/ trusted bO0kkeeper.
Il had not the remoteSt suspicion" said
Mr.. Henarie, that anything was wrong
! TIL tuesday afternoon. On Monday, about
/ II 80, Bldleman and l left the warehouse
together 10 have lunch, as usual, at the
Mint saloon. Bidieman ordered the lunch
and | went into an inner room TO wait TIL IL
/ was ready. BldemRn said lie wanted 90
/ have look at the papers and went out OF
/ the room. lie did not return, and after eat
( ing my lunch L told Billy, the bartender. to
/ tell Bidleman that could not wait for him,
as had TO keep another engagement. He
/ did not return 10 the Office that afternoon,
but / thought he might have met some one
aud been detained or he might have taken IA
sick spell.
las he failed to put in an appearance
Tuesday morning | sent boy to his resi-
! dence IN Oakland Tor his keys. The boy
| came back with the news that he had not
been home since Monday morning. In the
| afternoon his wife came 10 the Office eX pect-
! Ing TO see him and was thundeTStruck TO
f! find that lie had not been seen since Mon
/ day at noon.
1 My suspicious were then aroused, and
| brlef examination of my books showed me
! mat something was wrong. L procured the
| help Of an expert, who confirmed my sus-
I nlClONS. m in fha
hands OF Detective Morse. with the result as
! stated in the papers.
THE expert is still busy at the books.
ana VIII be so for some time. as, you know,
it is a complicated job"
What do YOU think will his defalcations
amount to ?"
That don't know yet 1t may be $1,000
| ana 1t may be considerably more If it has
peen gong on Tor year but Y ~
| Some time 10 ind tilat 00,.
'Will il amount to S50,000?"
ABLE To STAND THE LOSS.
Il cannot tell. He has been taking il in
small sums al time. but am hopeful that
the amount will not be as much as you
state Whatever 1t is l am quite able 10
stand it,
al looked upon Bidleman as almost one
OF my family. Our families were on the
most intimate terms Of friendship in New
Jersey. and be and 7 were br0uent up, YOU
might say, together. One of his elder
brothers took my fathers place as partner
IN New York mercantile house OF which
/ was chief clerk. EnOch ana his younger
brothers were all clerks under me, so you
can see the intimacy that has always existed
between US. For the q years he has been
with me here ! have always placed the
most implicit confidence in his honesty and
integrity. and his ingratitude is severe
blow to me-"
viii you prosecute him?
well, for the sake OF his wife and little
| daughter. and for our old friends hip /
want to be as lenient with him as the law
Will allow. But | want restitution of the
money Of which he has delTauded me. His
friends say he has money, and be has al
ways been looked uDOn as a man OF wealth.
comparatively speaking. / have put the
matter in the hands of my attorney and
Detective Morse left for San Diego this
morning with instructions how 10 proceed. +"
did the Mumm saloon on VFarrell
street belong to him?"
mo; II belonged TO me, but he had sole
charge OF II. The saloon came into my pos
session through the owner not being able TO
iquidate his Indebtedness. / believe Bidie-
man has embezZled money belonging to the
saloon, but an expert Will begin the exami-
nation OF the books there this evening aud
ascertain the facts"
Bldleman, 1t seems, has been married
three times. lie became involved some
years ago IN sensational lawsuit, aud after
some difficulty was divorced from his wife
Shortly afterwaTd he married his present
vile, who IS considerably younger than
himself and Installed her in a handsome
residence on Thirteenth street, Oakland.
The knowledge that he is a defaulter has
driven his wife nearly frantic with grief.
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