Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-27
AFTER TWENTY NINE YEARS Of Continuous Service and Unlim-
 tied Confidence A E JK CLERK IS FOUND s T.S 3e a Defauiter of a Large
 .um-NoW Under Arrest.
 Confessed His Guilt. gal e
 
F JK CLERK IS FOUND

NEw YORK, Dec. 26.-Another dishonest bank clerk fell into the hands Of the police today. The prisoner is Edward R. Carter, A years old, of No. 246 Monroe street, Brooklyn, who has been employed for the past twenty nine years as a transfer clerk in the National Bank of Commerce at No. 29 Nassau street, of which William Sher- man is president. His stealing, accordin to his calculation, aggregates SEQ 900. He declines to tell how he spent the money.
 President Sherman sent a messen ger to police headquarters about 1 O. clock today to inform Inspector Mclaughlin that there was man in the em ploy of the bank whom they had ascertained had been stealing money. The inspector sent detective 10 the bank, where Carter was pointed out as the dishonest clerk. He accompanied the detective calmly to the Toombs police court, where he was brought before Justice Ryan and remanded until tomorrow for examination. He was then taken to police headq uarters, where In- spector Mclaughlin had talk with him.
 He said that his piifering began within a short time after he secured the position with the bank as transfer clerk. His steal ings, he said, were small at first, but in- creased, and to use his words he went from bad to worse. He did not tell in what manner he had got the money, or explain in what manner or by what means he evaded detection for so many years. He became reticent when questioned closely by the inspector, and after a short con versation was taken down 10 his cell.
 President W. w. Sherman of the Bank of Commerce made the following statement late today: The National Bank of Com merce has discovered dedication by it's transfer and coupon clerk, Edward Carter, amounting to about S3O, 900. Carter has been in the bank twenty years, be- ginning as messenger and being promoted from time 10 time till he reached lis pres ent position. On comparing a balanceIthe S28, ,0o0, which he accounted for by claiming to have paid in error that amount of bonds before their maturity. When asked to pro- duce the bonds he was unable to do so, and admitted his guilt. It is not learned that he speculated or indulged in any vices. He claims to have used the money in his living expenses. The loss, of course, is not se- rious one, for the bank, which has aari. ia pronss Hi J4 eoe Goo more but the dslaIos ton Is none the less distressing, as Carter had the confidence of all who cane in con- tact with him, and he has wife and two children.
 President sherman said Carter concealed the dedication by covering into various accounts of railroads and corporations smaller sums, which, of course, were not paid, but so cleverly hidden that il was by accident that the dedication was discov cred. If 1t hadn't been for recent defalca- tions, which put all the bank officials on their guard, 1t is very probable that Car ter's statement to the effect that he paid coupon s ahead of time would have been accepted.
 The dedication can only be ascertained by m inspection of the books for a long period, but the amount is stated in Car ter's confession.