The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-07
S. S. CABOT INDICTED.
CHARGED WIrB ESBEzzLEHENT
BEFORE TINE HUsTISGs COURI
He VIII Appear Before Judge wit 10
Morrow and Give Ball for HIS APP
pearance as the Next Term.

rnon charges OF embczzlement. He will
anpear before Hon. S. Il. Witt with his
bondsmen tomorrow morning at IL o'clock
and offer bail for his appearance at the
next term OF the court.
II was about the 22d Of September that
kilograms were received in this city from
/ Cincinnati, alleging that CABOT had been
! found short I'm his accounts, and the
| Cincinnati Enquirer, of September 2lst
was received shortly afterwards giving
what seemed to be sensational details OF
the alleged affair. In that paper. among
other statements, the following was al
legged:
"The disgraced and dishonored employe
is S. S. CABOT. OF Richmond, Va. whose
life almost has been devoted TO the con-
Germ which he so Systematically has
robbed. Three days ago he, in the
office of the company on Sycamore street
in this city, confessed to Secretary George
Yost that he was an embezzler and had
been one for years. Ten minutes later he
left the room, discharged and disgraced.
"Cadot was the agent for Virginia and
Washington, ID. c., and was reported to
be one of the best known men engaged in
his line OF business I'm that section. He
had a wonderfully wide acquaintance,
and was regarded as a treasure Of
salesman. His headquarters were at
Richmond. from which point goods We're
shipped TO his customers after having
been delivered from the distillery in this
city. His sales were large. and, as he
had been regarded as the sOu4 % hO4,4
and probity, there was no suspicion that
aught was wrong with his business trans
actions.
Suspicious Items.
He occupied a high place socially at
home. and stood beyond criticism in the
judgment Of his employers. Not long
since there appeared suspicious items in
the accounts Of the company, and an
examination was the result. To the sur
prise of the officers the finger Of sus-
picion pointed TO the muchly trusted
CABOT The clue was followed and quiet
" IL was pursued until they were salts
fed that he had been guilty Of pecula-
ton. A discreetly wOrded letter brought
him to the city, and when. suspecNng
nothing, he was ushered into the office,
the facts were sprung upon him. Seeing
that he was detected he admitted his
guilt and confirmed the facts that inves-
tigation had developed. He was at once
discharged from the service Of the COM
many. and left at once for his Richmond
pressed. so the officers of the company
thought, but yesterday they had become
the property of the members OF the
Wholesale whisky circles OF the town.
To the friends OF CABOT the announce
ment came as a terrible shock. He was
a Nestor among whisky statesmen, hav-
ing devoted twenty years 70 that busi-
ness. entering the service Of the Live
Oak Company in 1873. He IS now in his
forty-eighth gear and is a distinguished
appearing man. As has been stated he
occupies a high social position, in which
his wife and daughter fully share.
Last night 1t was extremely hard to
locate an officer Of the concern. Secre-
tary Yost It was discovered, was not at
home. After a search Mr.. Thomas Lis
sender, one of the directors, who re-
sides at No. Daniels street. Corryville,
was found at midnight. He was 10th 20
talk. but when he realized that the
story was out he admitted that the facts
were as stated. MIR. CABOT had been dis
charged from the employ Of the company
for embezzement, but he believed that
the amount was not $4,000. as stated.
The examination of the books was sim
going on, but IL was his belief that
there was misinfOrmation as tOs the
amount charged against Mr.. CABOT.
HAS Mr.. CABOT been arrested was
asked Of Mr.. Lissenden.
Il don't think that he has been arrested
yet. / do not know whether he is to be
arrested" was the reply. Then he con-
cluded that he had nothing further to say
on the subject. On being questioned as
TO the manner in which CABOT spent the
money or what cause the shortage MT.
Iissenden replied that he had not learned
what CABOT had said to Secretary Tost
c. the time of the confession"
Returned to Richmond.
~ CABOT as the above quoted article
states returned to Richmond and was
seen upon the streets by a large number
of people who knew him here.
Some time ago Mr.. Lissenden put in an
appearance. and it was an open secret
that he had engaged Mr.. ID. G. Richardson
to act as counsel for the Live Oak Dis
filling Company. Mr. Richardson.
after becoming acquainted with the facts
had a conference with Col. NJ l.. Spots
wood. Commonwealth Attorney, and he
I'm turn brought the matter before the
attention OF the grand jury yesterday.
The Jury. with Mr.. w. IL. Cullingworth
as foreman, carefully considered the
evidence given before them, and upon
the testimony: Of witnesses who had dealt
found: SeymOre S. Cadet charged
for $685. while in the employ Of the
Live oak Distilery Company. The
check was signed by Granville Hord; a
similar charge as TO the receiving Of sew
eral checks and notes amounting 20 s.
1911 for V. Donau and A. Donau: a sim
liar charge for receiving checks and
notes from the same parties. amounting
TO s2.497S6; a similar charge for recelv-
Ing the sun Of $s23.28 from A. Girolani.
for Live Oak Distlllery Company; a sim
liar charge for receiving in a similar
manner from b. Casei. the sum OF 1853
In checks and notes; a sixth true bill was
found against the same for receiving from
A. Girolani. for the Live Oak Distmery
Company. the sum Of 1854 in notes.
Testimony of witnesses
From the testimony Of Mr. Hord. who
does grocery business In Richmond. IL
seems that ne made all Of his purchases
OF liquors through CABOT. From Septem-
Der, 1892, up 10 few weeks ago. b,. had
spent about $3.50 with CABOT. always nav
ing cash for his goods. He did this no
says, because he had the money. and be-
cause by doing SO ne received five per
cent on one occasion, he remembers.
that he incidentally mentioned to Cadot
that another whiskey establishment Of
fered him eight per cent as an induce
ment if he made his purchases with
them. CABOT said he would do better.
and offered Hord ten per cent, which was
accepted
few months ago Mr.. Hord received
an itemized account from the Live Oak
Disuiiing Company, which stated that
he owed the company considerable sum
OF money. He Immediately wrote to
them, stating that he held receipts for