Evening journal., 1894-11-26
SEELY NOT TO Be FOUND
Others May Be Implicated In the
New York Bank Looting.
MAEY DETECTIVES HUNTING HIM.

lived Modfstly, Was Oniy tats raw
For Baker, Who Lived Suxuriously and
Pound His Only Escape In Suicide.
NEW YoRE. Nov ga now phase
was given today to the looting of the Ma
tional Shoe aud Leather bank to tho OK
tent of S354 600.
1t had been supposed that the robbing
had boon carried out by Bookkeeper Sam
mel G. Seely. aided by an acoomplioe. who
was supposed to have been Frederick Ba-
ker, the New York lawyer who was drown
ed Saturday at his Long Island home
1t Is now given out by one of those
connected with tho bank that there were
grounds for suspecting that at least one
and probably several other persons were
connected with the theft besides Seely
and Baker.
"While these suspicious exist in a vory
tangible shape said one of the banks
officials last night, we have not gone
far enough in our investigation to war
rant US in taking formal steps to prose-
cute criminally In few days the whole
truth will be known"
The bank win make good its losses by
an assessment on It's stock and will con-
tinue in business without interruption.
An officer Of the bank said o olew had
Jtbil Uiet0NtiIu dn W I3hlhhdHidE klJHA1 .
whereabouts A friend of Seely had pre-
dioted that the dofaulter would kin him
solf. This theory was secuted by the
bank detectives.
The detectives yesterday identified the
| body of Frederick Baker as that of the
Frederick Baker who had overdrawn
/ 1854, 600 since 1885 from the Shoe and
/ Leather bank
Denials Aiade by Bakers Family.
Members Of Mr.. Bakers family deny
tho theft. They say Mr. Baker closed out
his account at the National Shoe and
| Leather bank five years ago. According
/ Go their story Mr. Baker was formerly q
/ very wealthy real estate speculator, but
| lost heavily in 1875 and had since only
| partly recovered.
No definite light has yet been thrown
| on the manner in which the stealings of
Seely and his accomplioe or accomplioes
were spent, but the theory of the banks
detectives is that they were swallowed UP
IN Bakers real estate Rpeoulations.
/ Although several hundred experienced
| reporters many detectives and the police
of many cities have been making every
effort to find Seely, his hiding place is rs
much Of mystery this morning as ever
1t seems to be pretty well established that
of the ylunder and used Seely as merely
a oat's paw for drawing the golden chest
nuts out of the tire
A general review of the varied ciroum-
stances in the case leaves little room for
doubt that Baker was enabled thus to
| utilize Soely by possessing some secret of
his which gave Baker tho complete mas
terry over him. II this Is not the case it
Is impossible to explain the fact that
Bakers family for the last six or seven
yenrs has been living in luxury, while
Seely's seems to have led hand to mouth
existence during the time this 1854, 600
was being withdrawn from the bank by
the cooperation Of Seely and Baker.
The circumstances attending and fol-
lowing the death Of Mr.. Baker might also
load TO the belief that no had planned bis
2 own destruction with GOODNESS and care
I full forethought 1t is known that de.
! tectives were in the vicinity Of Baker
0 homes both in this city and at Sand
! | Point Baker without doubt was awar,
. Of their presence. He also knew that the
: frauds on the bank were on the verge o.
! discovery. 1t would have been impossi
Z Bile for him TO escape, for detectives were
s closely watching every movement b
. made.
l Self destruction was his only alterna
d tive Retreat by land was cut Off. Tn
sea was his only recourse.
Z Where Has the Money Gomez
Z What became Of the 1854, 00O9 That
! the great question with the officers an,
Z directors OF the Shoe and Leather bank
9 There did not seem to be the least doub
9 in the minds Of the bank officers VIII
y were seen today that the dead lawyer wa
y Seoly's aecomplice and that his death wa
clearly suicidal from dread of exposur
and Imprisonment
.a Another thing which the bank S Off
GERS who were seen are positive about
u that the suggestion made by Austin Coz
le bin to the effect that Seely or Baker pu
money into the bicycle railway is withou
a foundation Of fact. 1t developed tha
President John NJ. Crane of tho Shoe an
y Leather bank has been for some time th
y honorary treasurer Of an electric bioycl
II railway, but Cashier Van Week of tn
% bank said without any hesitation tbs
70 tho place was an empty honor; that Ii
u company had never had an account at til
~ bank; that President Crane had nevC
le given the duties of the office any Of h
ID time or thought, and that the idea tht
. any Of the banks money had gone
20 back such a concern was preposterous
IN The bank books are said to show tn,
Id Baker had been drawing out over Sl OF
al week during the last three Or fol
be months over and above what he had pl
at in, and that since Aug. I he had draw
tle out over S25 300. The bank people do NJ
e believe that Baker has got this all hiddC
p SO that they cannot trace some OF it.
"a Ticket Agent Bound and Robbed.
az MoNTcLAIR, n. J., Nov. 2G ~ Tv
OF young men entered the waiting room
%. the depot at Bloomfield, on the New Yoi
lie ana Greenwood Lake railroad, and aft
an presenting a revolver at tho head OF "A
he sistant Ticket Agent c, W. Jacob
81, bound and gagged him and then loot
"a the place. They secured about $40 and
at few railroad tickets and made their escaI
Wealthy Mans Suicide.
ToNPKINsvIILE, N. ", Nov a6.-He
- ry Clay Bosworth, wealthy retired dru
~ | gist residing at n St. Pauls avenJ
committed suicide by shooting himself
q the mouth On the lapel OF his coat "
NJ.