Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-27

oyn noc,ets should I tell them the
amount. He promised me that they
would. and I told him that the deficit
was about 100000. I then had another M
terview with my counsel, and he told me
that I had gone entirely TOO iar, as 4
had no business to disclose any OF the
affairs of n client. but. as / should have
counselled my client had known where
he was I feel that / did only what was
right. and what Seely would have au-
thor:zed me to do had he known the cir
cumstanccs.
THE AccoMPLICE.
II must decline to give the name OF his
accompiice because I only learned IL In
an official and confidential way. Were II
otherwise I would like nothing better
than to publish his name. and. IL i could.
furnish all the evidence for his conviction.
The great bulk OF the money went 10 him.
because Sam Seely only received about
$1,000 out OF the amount stolen. What
has become of the money Is mystery.
Seely's accompllce was middle-aged
practitioner at the bar when / was q
lawyers clerk, and Is still highly-re-
spected practitioner. and is known to the
bank as the 500 man. because he drew
that amount out nearly every day. How
Seely got acquainted with him is also
more than ! know. They did come to-
gether, however. and started 10 work the
scheme in small way. Then it grew
larger and larger. until finally Seely. who
told me that for the last two or three
years he had been suffering the tortures
of he'll. threw up the sponge, and came
to me. His accomplice told Seely that he
was too old 10 skip. and would stay and
face the music. He is the worse rascal
OF the two, much worse than Seely, :cr
he led the younger man into the net, and
now is trying to throw all the blame on
him.
"Seely has always been looked upon as
a model man. He was temperate in his
habits. although he was not a total alb
stainer. 1 never knew OF his going to n
horse-race. and do not believe he could
play poker, although / have sometimes
seen him join hand at euchre for amuse-
ment. He was a member of the Christian
EndeavOr church, Lee avenue and Hooper
street, Brooklyn, Of which the Rev. Mr.
Powell, now lawyer, used 10 be pastor
He was domestic and steady IN his habits.
and whenever you saw his wife you were
certain OF finding him. What he is doing
now / don't know, but he is very badly
of for funds, and there is no place on
this earth where he can be safe from ar
rest. IL he is caught he will get at least
fifteen or twenty years In State prison.
and | think that II Ia only a question of
time before that happens.
Mrs. Seely Is now in n critical cOndi-
ton from the worry consequent on her
husbands crime. She first heard Of It
Friday week, and she was told the amount
was small. She still thinks so. and we
are afraid to let her know that Il Is any
larger. Ssely has one child, Il boy 3la
years old.
In verificatIOn of the fact that Seely's
accomplice got the most of the stolen
money | have a series OF memorable and
accounts which l found among a bundle
Of Insurance papers left in my charge
by Seely The scheme was exceedingly
clever, as IS evidenced b. the fact that
the bank cannot trace one dollar OF the
money taken. What a strain Seely must
have been under to keep track of so
many thousand figures and entries. The
only wonder is that he did not go crazy
long ago.
"A to me rather amusing incident in
this business has been the fact that I
have been shadOwed every day since
Thursday by two men. ! mention this be-
cause one Of the evening papers has ac-
cused me Of being an accessory after the
facts had become known. and trying to
conceal Seely's whereabouts. This is n
lie manufactured entirely out of whole
CLOTH and my reason for wishing not 10
know where Seely IS is that | may not
be called upon TO act against my friend
in the interests of Justice"