The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-26
SEELYES COUNSEL TALKS.
HE SAYS THATTHE BANK DEFAULT
 ER HAD AN ACO0MPLICE.

The Dedication, Which Began Nine Years
 Ago, Started In an Honest Mistake in
 Book Keeping and Was Then Continued
 -Overhauling the Books.
 New York. Nov. .2s.-The Tribune prints the following:
 Frank W. Angel, counsel for Samuel c. SSelye, the missing Shoe and Leather bank defaulter, was seen at his home in Jersey City by a reporter last even ing. He said:
 "If the man who was drowned near Flushing. L. l.. was Frederick R. Baker (emphasizing the 'RD he was not Seelye's accomplice. do not say that the conspirator's name was Baker at all. You say the drowned man was sixty-five or seventy years old. That was about the age of Seelyes accom- plice. The accomplice ought to have given him fatherly advice instead of ruining him.
 "The defalcation, which began about nine years ago, started, according to Seelye's statement to me, through an honest mistake in bookkeeping on his part, which enabled his accomplice to overdraw his account. Seelye besought him to make good the account and he |. hn realize on some real estate. But the confederate, instead of realizing, induc- ed seelye to allow other overdrafts, which Seelye did in daily expectation that the promise to make good the de ficiency would be fulfilled. To conceal the overdrafts faisifcations of the books became as necessary. As understand it, the confederate was able to keep his bank account by making bona fide de- posits of, say, $2oo or more at time seelye giving him credit for $1, 200, and to conceal these false credit entries Seelye would from time to time make transfers from other accounts.
 What became of the 3343,000 which Seelye assured me had been kept by his confederate, is g. mystery that may nev- CT be satisfactorily solved. believe that the confederate invested the mon- ey in real estate through dummy and so thoroughly covered his tracks that the property may never be found. He was supposed to be g man of means and yet the most rigorous search has failed to discover much property in his name. I first met seeIye's accompiice six or eight years ago. 5s.
 What become of Sselye's compare lively insignificant share of the plum der Is even more a mystery than what became of the Hons share kept by his confederate. Seelye and his wife did not live extravaeantly. In all our in- tercourse I never saw anything that would indicate that, Seelye was any, thing but an honest man. The transfer of Seelye's house in Brooklyn took place through me as counsel Seelye bought the house for $5.000 some years ago. Not a penny of that money ever came from the proceeds of Seelye's ras caMty. This transaction was consum- mated week ago last Thursday and was what Seelye came to me about on that day, when he told me there was some trouble at the bank, but did not then state what the trouble was
 "It was on the following day that seelye made his confession to me. Be- ~I1 aIxy1e h{ &rH ep{xy !, to the district attorney urged him to tell all he knew about his confederate's transactions, so that the bank might recover some if not all of the stolen money. did not advise him to ab- scond. I wish 1t distinctly understood that my connection with the entire af- fair has been only such as any reputa- ble lawyer would have had.
 T left Seefyels house only about an hour ago. No message of any kind had been received from him. Mrs. Seelye is dangerously and probably fatally i'll, wholly on account of her husbands de- falcation. She does not know where he is and is unaware of the immense amount for which he is 8 defaulter, or the practically lifelong Imprisonment to which he is liable when captured"
 New York, Nov. 25.--Until 2 o'clock this morning and all day to-day and again far into the night the Shoe and Leather bank clerical force bent over their books. All the depositors, pass books have been called in, 1t is said, and complete oyerhauling of the bookkeeping is being made. The bank Is ready for any emergency that may arise this week. Thus far the bank has not lost depositor on account of the dedication and there have been received telegraIns from some of the largest depositors cpngratulating the officers and directors on the possession of the support of the clearing house in the time of need.
 At police headquarters 1t was said that half a dozen men are on clues in the hope of "locating" Seelye. It was announced that reasonable prog ress had been made on the case.
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 Battled with Winchesters.
 Weston, Ark. Nov. 25. Marshal Snow den and Frank Brown were fatally shot and James Brown. J. R. Knight and Charles Kitchens badly wounded in 2 ! s11,.