The herald., 1894-12-13
He Refuses to Discuss His
DefalcatiOn.
Life Has Lost All Interest
for Him.
Baker Was His Only AccOmplice
in Crime.
President Grain Visits the Desfaulting
Bookkseper-Sesly Feels Very
Bitter Towards His
Betrayer.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-At 5o'clock this
afternoon President Grain. of the Shoe
and Leather National bank OF New
York, walked into United States Mar
shal Arnold's Office. Half an hour aft
erward he was sitting in Inspector
Shea's Office. when the door opened and
his defaulting bookkeeper, Samuel O..
Seely. stepped into the room.
Mir. Seely reached out and took the
extended hand of President Grain. As
the president shook Seely's hand with
the warmth of an old friend, it WAS
readily seen that Seely was much al
fected.
"Mr. Grain, did not think you would
want to shake hands with me-" said
Seely.
Mr.. Grain pushed him into the chair
beside him and replied in kindly
tone:
why. Sam, am glad to see you; sit
down."
For halt an hour they were oloseted
together. Inspector Shea. at the re-
quest of Mr.. Grain. invited the newspa-
per reporters to enter the room. Then
Pre5lo0nt Craln ealo:
Gentlemen, from the Importance OF
the affair, you naturally expect some
startliog developments from this con-
versation have bad with Mr.. Seely. /
have called you in that | might speak
in his presence. He absolutely refuses
to talk about his case. He says he is
entirely in the hands of his counsel.
Frank w. Angel, who has requested
that he talk to no one about the matter.
He has told me there is no one to whom
he would sooner tell all than to me, but
he would obey the injunction OF his
counsel. He tubbornlv. if you please,
but firmly refuses to talk"
Turning to Seely he said: Isn't that
so?"
Yes, cir; l refuse to talk about the
matter"
At the suggestion of q reporter. Preai-
dent Grain asked: WAS there anyone
else connected with this defalcation be-
sides Baker,"
THAT is the only man." replied
Sesly.
"Were there no otners?"
No one else."
return oi Seely to New York. Mr.. Grain
said that it was probable that Seely
would be turned over to the federal
authorities. Seely aaid
Il prefer to 60 back with the govern
ment authorities"
Mr.. Grain said tonight that under the
terms of the reward offered for the ar
rest of Seely, it will be paid only after
the conviction of the prisoner. This
will be sad news for Mcfarland. who
has made several calls on the police de-
partment to see when he was going
to get that $4,000. He wants it all at
once and wants it now.
Seely was ehown a New York dis
patch this afternoon reporting his wife
prost.ated and seriously i'll. He was
much agitated and eagerly inquired for
late news from her.
Il cannot send any encouraging word
to her," said he. "but hope some one
will tell her l am WE'LL"
did you profit much by the alleged
defalcation ?" asked reporter.
II cannot answer that now," said he,
"but do not look very prosperous do
l? Do you think look as though l had
very many thousands OF dollars? ?"
Seely talked very bitterly OF McFar-
land, the man who aided in his arrest.
II don't want to say much about Nc.
Farland." he said, "but l consider giv-
ing me away low trick. hope that
$4,000 reward for my capture will 60 to
the police instead of him. No, l have
no idea as to how the bank people will
treat me. Whether they will be hard
on me or not l don't care very much. as
this thing has taken the interest out OF
life for me-"