Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-26
SHELLY NOT TO BE FOUND
Others May Be Implicated Tn the
 New York Bank Looting.
MANY DETECTIVES HUNTING HIM.
N Is Believed That the Missing Man, Who Lived Modestiy, Was Only a Cats Flaw For Baker, Who Lived LuxuriousIy and Found His Only Escape In Suicide.

h As lhAN tue tlt~-lnE hhhs W hn
 Lived ModestIy, Was Only a Cats Flaw
 For Baker. Who Lived LuxuriousIy and
 Found His Only Escape In Suicide.
 NEW YORK. Nov. a6-A new phase was given today to the footing Of tho Ma tionai Shoo and Leather bank to tho ex- tent of $35i. UOO.
 It had been supposed that the robbIng had been carried out by Bookkeeper Sam. uel C. Seely. aided by m accomplice. who was supposed to have been Frederick Ba- ker. tho Now York lawyer who was drown cd Saturday at his Long Island home. It Is now given out by ono of thoso 1 connected with the bank that there wero grounds for suspecting that at least ono and probably several other persons were connected with tho theft besides Scely and Baker
 While these suspicious exist in n very | tangible shape. ' said ono of tho banks | officials last night. we havo not gone far enough in our investigation to war rant us in taking formal steps to prose. cute criminaily. In few days the whole truth will be known"
 Tho bank will make good its losses by m assessment on its stock and will con tinue in business without interruption. An officer of the bank said n clew had been discovered as to Bookkccpcr SecIy's "uoEGaIOuN@ A AElGuu uI -GHly hau pre- dicted that the defaultcr would kill him. l self. This theory was secuted by tho bank detectives.
 The detectives yesterday identified the body of Frederick Baker as that of the Frederick Baker who had ovordrawn 1 S35i. GOO since 1885 from tho Shoe and Leather bank.
 DeniaIs Made by Takers Family. Members Of Mir Bakers family dony tho theft. They say Mir Baker closed out his account at tho National Shoe and Leather bank hve years ago. According to their story, Mir. Baker was formerly n very wealthy real estate spcculator. but lost heavily in 1875 and had since only l partly recovered.
 No definite light has yet been thrown on the manner in which the stealings of Seely and his accomplice or accomplices were spent. but the theory Of the bank $ detectives is that thcy wcro swallowed up in Bakers real estate speculations. Although several hundred experienced reporters. many detectives and tho police Of many cities have been making every effort to find Seely. his hiding place Is ns much of n mystery this morning as ever. | It seems to be pretty well established that 1 Baker got even moro than the lions share of the ylunder and used Scely merely ] cats paw for drawing tho golden chest i nuts out Of tho fire.
 A general roylcw of the varied circum. stances in the case leaves little room for doubt that Baker was enabled thus to utilize Seely by possessing some secret of 1 his which gavo Baker the complete mas i tery over him. II this Is not tho case, it i is impossible to explain tho fact that l Bakers family for tho last six or seven years has been living in luxury. whilo Seely's sccms to have led n hand to mouth existence during the time this $35i. OOO was being withdrawn from tho hank by l the cooperation of Scely and Baker. ! Tho circumstances attending and fol- ] lowing the death of Mir Baker might also lead to tho belief that he had planned his own destruction with coolnoss and care full forethought. It Is known that de- tectives were in the vicinity Of Baker $ homes both in this city and at sand $ 1 Point Baker without doubt was aware | of their presence He also knew that the frauds on the bank wero on the verge of discovery. It would hayo bcon impossi- ble for him to escape for detectives were closely watching every movement he 1 made.
 Self destruction was his only altcrna- ! tive. Retreat by land was cut off The sea was his only recourse.
 Where Has the Money Gone:
 What became of the $35I. OOuf That is tho great question with tho officers and directors of tho Shoc and Leather bank | There did not seem to be the least doubt in the minds of tho bank officers who were seen today that the dead lawyer was Seely's accomplice and that his death was l clearly suicidal from dread Of exposure and imprisonment.
 Another thing which the banks off cers who were seen are positive about Is that the suggestion made by Austin Cor bin to the effect that Scely or Baker put money into tho bicycle railway Is without a foundation of fact. IL developed that l President John NJ. Crane of tho Shoe and Leather bank hns been for some timo tho l honorary treasurer of m electric bicyclo railway. but Cashier Van Week of tho bank said without any hesitation that the place was an empty honor. that the company had never had an account at tho
 bank; that President Crano had never given the duties of tho office any Of his
 time or thought and that the idea that any ot the banks money had gone to
 back such n concern was prcposterous-
 Tho bank books are said to show that
 Baker had been drawing out over $i, 0OO week during the last three or four months over and above what he had put in. and that since Aug. l ho had drawn out over $@3. nO0. The bank people do not
 believe that Baker has got this all hidden so that they cannot trace some of 1t
 Ticket Agent Hound and Rohbcd.
 MoNTCLAiE, N. j.. Nov. 26. - Two
 young mon entered tho waiting room of
 the depot at Bloomfield, on the New York