The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-07
FILLED IN BLANK CHECKS
AND ROBBED DIX e PHYFE OF
MORE THAN $4,000.

| Young substitute Bookkeeper Credited
with Devisine the Scheme, I'm Which He
| Had Able Assistsnee-Most of the stolen
Treasure Found In = brooklyn Cellar.
John p. HollIngshead. for many years book
keeper and confidential clerk to Dix 4 Phyfe.
bankers and brokers at As Wall street. told
his employers about year ago that
| he was Ill with lung trouble. and asked
for leave OF absence that he might try what
the air OF southern California could do for
| him. Ho said that his nineteen ycar-old as
sistant, Oscar Creamor. was competent to keep
the books until his return. Mr. Hollingshesd
| Is due back to-day
Dreamer was a very small boy In knicker.
bockers when he entered the firms employ.
and no was looked upon as thoroughly trust
worthy. Ho was placed in charge Of the book
keeping department, and until Monday the
firm was quite satisfied with his work. He
was not at his desk on that day when Mr..
| Phyfe arrived Mt the office. and Mr.. Phyfe sent
| for the ledger and cash book that he might
| look up the data OF some transactions closed
during the past week. The books were In
| hopeless confusion. Erasures had been made
| and pages cut out and the partners found 1t
almost impossible to learn how or when or OF
how much they had boon robbed. Checks
signed In blank for the payment OF small
| Hanover Bank. where the firm dealt. showed
| that more than S3T. 900 had been drawn by the
fraudulent checks. A package OF G.. B. q.
| Railroad bonds. worth at their face valuo
| $4,000. had been taken from tho safe. There
| was no doubt as to who was the thief No ono
| but Young Dreamer and the members OF tho
| firm had access to tho safe where tho books
| and bonds wore kept At 425 Hicks street.
Brooklyn. where Dreamer lived with his sister.
| 1t was said that he had not been homo since
| Saturday evening.
| Mr.. Phyfe reported his loss and the disap-
| pearance OF his bookkeeper to tho detective
bureau In Wall street and Inspector Byrnes
| set detectives Golden and Rogers on the case.
| After satisfying themselves that the lad was
| not ut his home the detectives visited the Han
over Bank to learn how the money had been
drawn. Tho paying teller. Mr.. Burnes. told
them among other things that on March
Dreamer presented q check drawn by Dix
Phyfe and payable to cash" for $4,000. Mr..
Burnos refused to cash it without some fur
Their evidence than Creamer's word that 1t was
all right. and Dreamer brought William E.
Carpenter to vouch for him. Carpenter had
been sixteen years with Dix Phyfe. and Mr..
cash the check, and told Carpenter to tell the
members Of the firm that he would not pay
WHEN When Mr.. Phyfe assured Inspector Byrnes
cred the Inspector, ordered Detective Valley.
gho is not as we'll known IN Wall street as
bans ena Il R S wou
him. When the Identification was made
Tuesday Taxed to FoHss arrested
the robbery and deelsred positively that The
'eni sSsh h Sf g.:
Phyfe IN tho Inspector's private ONCE. he
been committed. and then, after an interview
at which only he and the lnspector were pres
proved tho truth OF his statements, and yes
si 5ood anS tex e the sas5 n ofs
in notes Of large denomination.
According to Carpenters story. as repeated
ereame 'ne knew n9snn of
a "n 9n sns tff Hes
check was crooked. and asked him not to CON
Carpenter learned thst Mr. Ho f shea lad
recovered his heal til and was about to return
% s mau tha' S aa as been r0'Dns tho
then 0 bS s "a aW via hae tSs @oneS
ssomp rev and Il am caught RI have plenty
they Ms give me shan es years.
W4rd got six years for stealing million
would not cash checks Tor him Creamer said
ness could DO worked" Ths man n1,T was al Brooi-
iIyn friend: James L; White. and he was
deposit The Checks prepared "f BY 0e cream ma
ssss % SsI Dix l. VIII
ssas. sSs1s %ith sSGo 's Sesnsft $s %S
$1,000 II notes snd on April he arss sls...
n Iii thsre o. piot %ss
Rs ~ P Whs hd fsa Sss
cred by messenger and placed on Mr.. Phyie's
desk, but young Crsamer was not to be caught
Carpenter eXplai ned the part he was to play.
Put dd not tell what share he to IN
Creamer's scheme was to get to- place OF
HstS ana snd a The sSsd he be- had u ss
TaytSr st. GheosFe Hotel hBrooklyP" should
be hid them IN the cellar Of Mrs. EldHdges
the deteetivss fond them yssteraay Mss
sRs Gn, s9d ha the LA Sno%y he he
money was In the cellar, When the detectives |
went TO tho Quincy street mousse they said
Steam Boilers. and Mrs. Eldrdge sent them
to the cellar to examine ths ues q the fur
s emu r Bro,oklyn. little more than block from
After inspector Byrnes had told this story he
s Wht. that he expected to catch Dreamer end
dale left Atlantic dock, Brooklyn. on Saturday
night bound for copen1hiagen: and the inspeS,
men arc on board. The steamer will not 60
dlireetIy to Copenhagen. the agents say as her
my port be may, choose. "A description Of
Cream,ccr will By cabled to all coaling stations,
brought back to. stand trial for forgery
l,e dil not forge the firms signatures 70 tho
but tho ledger, and cash book were INITIATED
and the mutilation Of record to conceal u
fraud Is forgery. undor the law. Carpenter
will DO arraigned before police magistrate
this morning An impression prevails that
Inspector Byrnes will prove that he Is James
L. White"
Inspector Byrnes says that Dreamer cannot
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