The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-03
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Cashier Let's Short in His
Accounts S32, ooo-Went
Too Fast.

A. :. Let's, late cashier iL the Penn
sylvania Railroad freight depot at Second
and Henderson streets, Jersey City. has
disappeared, ana an examination Of his
accounts show shortage of over S32, 900.
The discovery was made last Thursday
purely by accident.
Let's had been employed in the station
for ten years, and had worked up from
the post of bill clerk. For the last three
years he has had charge of the cash
of the freight station. which employs
125 clerks. and handles millions of
pounds of freight monthly. Let's, be-
SIDES having free access to the cash
drawer and to the books, opened all the
mail. received cash and checks sent in
payment of freight bills, and signed all
The receipts for paid bills.
All freight bills made out were entered
by the bill clerk aud checked against q
record kept by Let's.
While looking over the bill record last
Thursday Clerk Eugene Hicks saw that a
Oil which he had not entered as paid was
stamped "Paid Sept. 81" Let's was not i'll
the office at the time, so Hicks looked the
matter up himself and found that the
cash book showed a record of the bill
being paid September 81. Further inves-
tigatlon by Hicks showed numerous dis
crepancies OF the same sort.
Inquiry of Assistant Cashier George
Barr and Clerk Edward Westervelt
brought out that neither had stamped the
bills in question as paid" and it looked
as though Let's had duplicate stamp
which he was turning to account.
Hicks notified Chief CLERK Charles E..
Gordy, who, after looking over the books,
reported the matter to Agent Elisha But
Ter. Mr.. Butler sent for Let's, but the
cashier failed to appear until Friday
morning when he came to the office
and at once opened the mail AS usual.
After he had finished that work Agent
Butler sent for him and told him his ac-
counts were wrong.
Let's assumed an air of indignation
and left the office, saying that he had
been insulted.
LET'S HAS FLED.
Mr.. Butler, with whom he cashier had
been great favorite. went that after
noon to Lett's home. 30014 Pavonia ave-
nue.. Let's was at home, ana
he was innocent of anything
wrong, and that he would come to the
Office Saturday and prove it. He failed to
come to the Office Saturday, however, and
when Agent Butler went again to his
house he found that Letts had gone.
1t was then discovered that two checks.
one for $24. 600. drawn by the New York,
New Haven aud Hartford Railroad Com
pany. and another for $1,000 from the
Long Island Railroad Company. both of
which We're past due, could not be found
The checks. which were TO balance
freight accounts between the roads, were
drawn to the order of E. Butler. Mr.
Butler telegraphed to the two railroad
companies. asking If the checks had been
sent. The reply in each case was that
the checks had been sent three days be-
fore. Payment on them was stopped
at once, Neither of the checks had turn
ed up in the bank st he close of business
Saturday, and as Let's was he only man
who handled the mail for two days fol-
lowing the mailing of the checks, he will
have to account for them also.
LOOKING OVER THE BOOKS.
General Auditor Taylor came on from
expert clerks. aud all the freight accounts
of the Jersey City Station will be gone
over.
Let's is married and has two children.
He was always considered steady young
man until within the last two years,
when he developed inclinations for fast
life. He was said to have been interested
sonl in saloon at No. 81 Mont Mont
gomery street, Jersey City. but lately
gave up the business owiag to the COM
ment it had occasioned among the better
class of his acquaintauces.
Let's and jackson were also interested
in scheme to loan money tc the clerks
in the office at ten per cent. per mouth.
and it was known that they put at least
81 600 out every months, upon which
their profits were enormous.
IL is said that the guarantee company
that was on Letts's bond recently refused
to remain on it longer. owing to the re-
ports the company had received concern
ing the cashiers mode of life. 1t could
not be learned whether Let's had fur
nished new bond.
THE POLICE NOT CALLED IN,
Superintendent Smith knows nothing
whstever of tho Let's THEFT. 1.-The case had
not been reported 10 this Office at all,
II imagine the case will be placed in
the hands of the New York police" he
said. ''if the police are called upon at all. ,,
AT the freight office. Second and Hen
derson streets, no one will discuss the
matter. The robbery will PROBABLY prove
a larger one than is now imagined
Let's has not been seen at the office.
Further developements in the case will
probably be closely guarded.