The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-01
Ills CLERK A CHECK RAISER.
,f.YoR GRANTS PRosPECTIvE PART
yER MIKES A DISCOVERY.

,,.voR GRANTS PRosPECTIvE PART.
NER MIKES Il DISCOHERY.
c.no..-,or Aner Confession. Oral and Writ
,.n. sboyercd On Him by the Young hssn
"a whose Pockets Were Altered Cheeks.
Whom Michael wineburGh. who. It is said.
Iii, hnvo Mayor Grant as q partner whom the
r,.xor oets out OF office. came down to his
oeico ON the sixth floor OF the Times building
,oeterday morning. he found In q part OF Dis
,nnil which had not been opened by John I.
wilson. his chief clerk. o letter from q mar In
proyidence. The man complained that an ID
ent, which he said he had paid for.
had not appeared. Mr.. Winepuren iookeo
through his order book. but could find no
order OF the kind. Then be called Mr.. Wilson
and showed him the letter.
wilson confessed, II Is said. that he had re-
ceived the order and had endorsed the check
and got the money on 1t. He was In trouble
when he did It. he said. He had never done
ANYTHING OF the kind before. and he would
never do It again. The amount involved was
only SAL. and Mr.. Winebureh made up his
mind to let It 60. Wilson said no had friends
in Mississippi and would SEND .S to e them hie Ia and nd gst
not remain there as clerk. Then II struck him
that maybe the o sIsrk had papers about MIN
e ea!RGns,et You .S 'a got AaeSnisthins OF mine IN your
pockets pocket { h mS snkesi said wilson. buut.onine up
~ IT. ses SSi hss IN h, ' sss ! on k ssSfrIns e.y wss.s
s SS'|S SSsf. b: ss III s.I Sti / a5.ssd is sssof &. ' R;ss.
S"othes iSS sS5S; another for $500 a and II ~
s soms aei slsn Hll' she nab chee aSsh bore as%S&f III: wins.
i sHrfsih,ds o Ne ls etSast AZ she s sSee * ana ana then a'i he
ifoSksd at Wilson: Wilson hung Bic bead;
ed NJ. 'WsH ln as% sHI never made them out
rS %,iss e a. sia %l ct them sasE Is d.m n%ass NJ Esrs Sl zSe
, u%:s SS + sss;s !, ?sv zwsss',,Y Y SIss sso g ssli s ssi'
you all about it I'll confess" and he began to
mako afss sn Ssa bs ssa'ei pas som. o, your comics.
sions in writing" said Mr.. Winebureh sar-
.SAii right. sir" said Wilson: and he sat
BOXED through his check bSol; Hs fopnd
s sss5@ l Il had T besn MADE mad V out for esi : man il
bearer and had then been stamped 500 with
ths p papof. Ssf TR5p' y sas5l s sSest .h had Sha 6aisiasI ~
been made for So. and was to &c to z down
a asit r %sn mad. i Ia; Sss s!si e &c Ss sssss.d F Filth s sa5S
check had not peep tamil ered With; .,.,.
di sy shs sms Wilson III; mi %ss Tsads Haf i @H him .nf as
Sssd ssa G ssses sF s. ' %siis & H. s' Eis: s5Sss1s , ss.s:
The paper began:
/. John 1. wilson. do swear solemnly that the follow.
InE . rs 8 's and an. ..1 s sSa, I x .sso into & sss az sn my p's 81 Y. 4.
t T1nss y g ~; GR s .na a. IL o :na V slm Ss' since i ! si I Ss1s : f sassa
other ehseii but / never have pronted by any Of my
never tsmpesed viii. q contract Tat "a r.
checks he had Isised he had deposited to the
NADIA n falRe entry In any book. and that ne
had never taken q cent OF his employers
When Mr. wineburgh had finished, reading.
and while no was thinking what he should DO
with W viii pa. tho u GisEk sat IT, dG SpT.S ct the y , dssk
and handed. L to MIR. Wineburgh It began
eomethine IikO the others. and then detailed
eloshe Sst WHICH he aid not have ths money g
and asked Il. the amount could not be taken
AT. II Han S tdysitn sPsied The tbs. VIE %;Iso said n6 # b sSIla;
. credit himself with the newspaper. had used
his employers credit and money to pay for
n"%hiie' Ir; winebursh was reading thls,
Wilson had been busy writing. and he hande :
sh sei rsis sGa!e q Sno g ms eh s@e.o'i filings - w" we're 20
coming so fast that Mr.. winebqEEt was
GO IL rs ss psilss sssi,o sas viz e. s san'tss w h ! as ss
IA y. VA: SSi il ss ! ssa e III S sssa III Sst ];s 4 ssa II e
: ssas re u sas 9 ssW s% E:' %inoS SSnsisi later IN ns the
Wilson came to me some months ago."
said Mr.. W.nebursh. He had g lot Of good
and I had no reason to believe he was not
honest. Yet. according to his confessions. he
has been at this thing since he first ans ga, anne ,s,r l
What little examination I have made / don't
think It will amount to. moro than $1,000 l
had my books examined by an expert on Doc.
Is. The work was not thoroughly done, It 10
evident. for here are those, raised checks
passed and checked on the stubs in the check
book. III have to have all my accounts gone
over again" %