New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16
sEELY TELLS HIS STORY.
now HE WAS STARTED ON HIS DOWN
WARD CAREER.

.,t-xTS AND -OlD HIN OF 1.-THE LATTER
r,,rErArrrR USED HIM AS A rooL-THE
cooHKEEpER's FLIGHT AND RE-
LArIoNs WITH HIS BE-
TRAYER. MFARIAND
samuel c. Seely. the bookkeeper OF the Shoe ana
,,,her Bank who with his partner IN crime FRED
~ + ker stole $4,000 of the BANKS money! was
"narsnt]y a good deal happier yesterday oehihd
.sa bar in Ludlow Street Jail than he was week
w ~, - .,erf " in Chicago when. as free man. ne
AS ,,h.rty 10 go 10 the races drink liquor and
va" about the streets The fact that he has a
I've W. term IN prison ahead of him did not seem 10
~" :. him He rested well Friday night. according
90 he keepers stores. and his forthcoming trial
VA NJ resul, apparently had few terrors for him.
S ',s eel is No. 49, and it is fairly comfortable
His meas are furnished him at his own eX-
ss,se or perhaps at the expense Of his lawyer.
r,r " Angel of No Jos Fulton-st.
~. arose Yesterday morning at about o'clock.
"A after breakfasting spent long time in reading
=. ,apers which told OF his arrival in the city and
!, his arralgnment before Commissioner Shields,
" y, ned him under $500 bail for trial.
u vould not see reporters yesterday but referred
,.n, 10 his lawyer. His wife had not seen him up
- late hour yesterday, and Mr.. Angel says that
'. enc is under doctors care it may be several
30, before she will be able to visit him. Seey
.ssus anxious to see her
HOW THE TROUBLE BEGAN.
v- Angel yesterday authorized this statement
,,"u, seey as 10 how his troubles began:
NV ENHANCEMENT with FREDERICK Baker began In
rs with simple and naturai mls,ahe on my Par ar
~ - which he took prompt ana unsparng aovantage
~ q. rame &c the bank with check Tor sum walcn.
IS well can now remember was etner S'," o OF
MAI .sst officer brought it TO me and asked If Baker
account TST4n ,Sat MS d and Answered e in the
sssrmative That night, when balance my aoj
Ssi Baker had overdrawn MS account eonslderaoiy;
ai alone was responsible for This. ana as IL WouI
esr!aii' ,eas negligent while they might suspect
va, II was something worse than negligence was
AFRAID to report the d'ieF 10 en Was reesse
ANN M the bank went 10 Bakers ONCE ana toid nm
my error a sq him to make at once a deposi;
Which would rectliE II.
ALWAYS THE SAME STORY.
y. EXPRESSED surprise. said ne thought his de-
...,, had been equal TO the check, and unhesi-
,s,inslv promised TO square me with the bank
I, q day or two. In the course OF the next Gay
:, the dav following he came TO me and said that
re was worth chiefly in real estate. not less than
soo Ooo but that just this time ne was hard
asssd for ready money, and could not con-
rsnientlv spare the amount necessary TO make
sood wha, he had overdrawn. Then he added that
What he imperatvely needed TO enaoe MN ~
,asi;ze nrornptly on his property Was shlali
smonn, in cash ard said that il he could get that
i, would greatly facilitate his setting win ,ng
hank and relieving me from an unpleasant ana ana
dangerous position. As long as he had ALREADY
oyerdrawn his account. he continued ii would nor
Nftle more He could easily do that with my as
sstance: could readily conceal the oyeT9rait iIr
10 make everything all right .oAo-,o
OF course ! Violently objected 10 such a scheIne;
would not consent TO this arrangement IL wouiI
ake him much LONGER 10 get me out o. sng non in
The belief that Baker was man o. both means
and honor. who would not allow poor oeNri a o.
maivertence was more afraid now than before
to reveal the to the bank officers 80, ai Yer
proyosition and again certified TO the adequacy
bis account when he presented ano'n@r nfesson
was out OF the question. My tate rom that my my
msnt was in the hands OF Frederick BAKER anu
il was over and over again The same story. =.
would go TO him and beg him f for Coo sA pTon 10
ise and ask that would only give him htile
more time but declare that in the mean time -, Ne
his own enbarrassnens and raise the amouni ne
Owed he bank Thus his cry was away 5c ,sHt
believed in his ability TO make good the defan.t,
nd trusted and sTSs'ed ana mna H. h0 Himself not
only continually assured me OF the TACT oil ms .are "A
E assurances His confidential clerk, Colonel Mer-
nit tod me that he was certainly worth nan
Twas not in receipt OF a large salary. and often
wanted more money for my family ana ~" ta 81
was drawing immense sums from the bahk WIN
nv assistance it would DE- but fair that ne shOu.a
and ceaseiess anxiety was undergoing on MS dc-
count Therefore. asked him to lei me .av uas d
Write me a promissory note and ! Will let you
have il ne said. l was sstonisned nui ga d, ,hnr
mail sums from him. WAS required 10 s.Ve prom
issory notes Finally. however. ne ceased 70 Sds
s upon dnijar more All the rest his. looked
upon the amounts let him have as loans LIE
n he final great settlement looked forward TO- as
money he intended TO pay back. while the sums ne
well afford to pay for the assistance was rendering
him; .,oon.osners was decided upon
~, ma dIscoyery was inevitable so the night
before my fight put my BOOKS IN suem me
that the bank could most easily ascertain W
s ansIs o. '''S
HIS FLIGHT AND WANDERINGs
Yesterday see,v told Mr.. Angel the story OF MS
eixht from the city on the night OF FRIDAY No'e
Der Is and Of how ne had spent MS 'iiiie i"
eago Mr. Angel was with him from 'ili " -
Friday night, and Seely unbosomed himself fo'-
loving is his story s,,,,, ~,
When found that there was no probaoility o., OF
B.ker IA wing hack the money / had aliCwed MN
10 draw from the bank. ana tnat IL VOL t,,yta IL
new system Of bookkeeping at which time the deI
hlcztion would be discovered naus up NY vas
70 n out before ] was arrested. Maybe IL va" .
foolish. am inclined now to think 1t was o ior
had not minutes comfort while | was iS, IN C M
eg0 Friday night November l6 after DlGahg ,a VI,
family goodby / went TO Jersey City ana o2ught
saeepng-car ticket for Wash ngion, oyer me rem, PHI
yNania | won't attempt 70 describe "na , ,',y
thoughts were as / stepped on the tram anu Wa1
carried away from the city. reached the cdpIidI
xrIy the next morning and I knocked around the
sy I'll 1920 O'Clock. Then bought ucke, t over n
k Pennsylvania TO Harrisburg where i spent an
our waiting for the New-YoIk and chicago TX
ress Ny object in taking this roundabout way
nso TO Chicago was to AVOID arrest. as ,ed y"
AFRAID that even at thai time | was suspected
iezched Chicago Sunday morning and went 10 IN,
lansing House. Knowing that ! could no, afford
. Live at hotel right along went through 'ns
lineage papers looking up boarding mouse, anu
nnaiy decided on No. 49, Iasalle-st. went 70
mat pace in the next day or two. believed that
could live in Chicago without detection. ana INA l.
! could get work Of some kind. and eventually grt
ny we and family out there. When ! WASH iooh
"s lot work was In my room.
PININC FOR COMPANY
After had been In Chicago about a week De-
gan to get awfully lonesome and also worried about
FnT'c ElNE Ei0QmsTlfRf