The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-22
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"Wiman was a salaried manager for Mr..
Dun, with such powers only as the contract
gave him, with the additional power to
draw checks. The property or X. q. Dun d
Co. was not his property IN any sense. The
moneys of r. G. Dun & Co. were not his
moneys in any sense, and the pronts OF X.
G.. Dun e. Co. We're not his profits in any
sense. And yet by various acts of embez-
element, through misrepresentation, con-
cealments. breaches Of his agreement, mis-
use of the powers confided to him and gross
usurpation of powers with which he
not trusted, he succeeded during the years
of 1888 1890, 1881, 1892 and up TO February,
1893, in stealing from Mr.. Dun the enormous
sum or s2ZS,0lSl0. That sum ne owes Mr..
Dun to-day.
erty of Mr.. Dun, which Wiman helped 10
manage under the name OF X. G. Dun &
bezzled the whole or greater part of this
sum, have little doubt. He has committed
so many crimes that selection for prosecu-
ton is difficult. Out of the long list of his
offenses have selected for presentation to
you two forgeries and two or more lar
cenieS SO perfectly clear, SO easily estab-
lished, so indEfensfble that they VIII serve
the purpose of prosecution without refer
ence also to others
TWO CASES OF FORGERY.
"In February, 1893, r. Ct. Dun & Co. owed
upwards of $4,000 TO Z. W.. Bullinger, Of
this city, for material purchases. On the
9Th Of February, 1893. Wirnan being in
gent straits for money, directed the cashier
of r. G.. Dun & Co. to make out a check
to the order of Mr.. Bullinger, and, instead
of transmitting it to him ia part payment
of his account deliberately forged the
name of E. w Bullinger on the back of the
check and deposited it to his own credit IN
his own bank, The account of Bullinger on
the books of the firm was debited with that
sum in the usual course of business. need
hardly say that these acts OF Wiman were
wholly without the knowledge of Mr.. Dun
or of any of his associates in r. G.. Dun &
Co.'S and since then they have paid to Mr.
Bullinger the sum which Mr. Wiman on the
forgery to his own use.
"A few. days before the ,Bullnger case
}aSS s Wmag s anSher e
forgery under circumstances very similar.
On that date r. G: Dun & co: owed the
ing Company the sum OF 5000 for two print
ing presses purchased In May, 1890. Wiman
Co. a check to the order OF Ogden Brewer,
treasurer Ghe treasurer of the Campbell
company, on the pretext that he desired to
Campbell company and, telling them that
r. G Dun & CO. were short Of funds,
for their account instead of cash. On Mr..
Brewer acquiescing in the proposition he
made two notes, covering the amount, in
his own name and delivered them to him.
He then forged the name of Ogden Brewer
the back of the check and appropriated
it to his own use. All OF these acts were
concealed from the knowledge OF Mr.. Dun
QuentIy, on discovering them, paid the
Campbell company the amount of their ac-
Is On learning that his crimes had been de-
tected Wiman offered to transfer to Mr..
Dun certain real estate on Staten island of
doubtful value, but Mr. Dun, learning that
Wiman was insolvent refused to accept
them TO receive any preference over his
other creditors Wimon thereupOn made q
formal assignment for the benefit of his
creditors. but his assets have amounted to
''Mr. Dun did not submit the proof of
Wiman's crimes to the authorities on first
discovering them for several reasons. In the
Of sympathy for Wiman's family, with
whom he had been on terms of friendship
for many years. and by the piteous appeals
for mercy which Mr.. Wiman made TO him
in the letter herewith submitted. In the
second place, he had then no appreciation
| of the extent of Wiman's ernbezzlement nor
| of the length Of time, lasting many years,
| during which he had systematically abused
| his confidence and abused his trust reposed
/ in him. The whole history of his wrong do
| ing had to be unearthed from the volum-
| inous records of the business of four or
| five years. 1t has required a vast amount
| Of labor and time TO find all of the irregu-
| iarities by which he succeeded in ernbezzling
so large O. sum of money, and the whole
| account, with his story Of each item was
| not made up until comparatively recent
| date. Again, Mr.. Dun was led to believe
| Nby the gross eNagGeration OF Wiman as
| to the value of his interests on Staten
| island that 1t was possible to realize some
| thing substantial for his general creditors,
| many of whom would suffer more severely
| than Mr.. Dun himself, though in not so
| large sum.
I'm view of the fraud practiced upon
| them as we'll as upon himself, and the con-
/ Viction that man of Wimln'S bad char
acter ought not longer to be allowed to
masquerade as an honorable man In this
| community and as an adviser and eXhorter
| of youth, and out of a sense of obligation
| to the mercantile world with which ne is so
closely identified, he has decided that his
| duties require him to expose Wiman's con-
| duct and TO hand him over to the author
| tiles that he may be dealt with as the law
Directs
Affixed to the foregoing letter were the
following names of witnesses: r. D.
| Douglass F. w Bullinger. Ogden Brewer,
| treasurer Of the Campbell Company.