Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-18
pEFAULTER SEELY.
n SAYS Baker Trapped Him and Forced
Him Into Crime
ggTPGYEDBY ONE HEHADDEFRIEEDED
o,n,a Not Keep iris seOrot--His Lawyer
Thinks He HISS Good Chance
for Freedom.

80, transactions with Frederick
,.sor involving the cmbeszlement OF
t,,,ono Of the banks money.
statement was given TO Mr..
-. Friday evening, when scely and
- lawyer held a long consultation In
s..,,,s cell IN Ludlow-Street jail.
s.,lv refused yesterday to see any per-
othsr than his lawyer. and Mr.. Angel
IA he was willing TO tell what seeiy
-, e., him in Difference to the public
...,,s,,y 70 learn something about the
80, facts Of the case. AT the same
-. 10 withheld much that would prove
- ,,,rortance in seely's trial
-, ,'.lt.ye" said Mfr. Angel. that Seely
-. 6rhting chance. and want him
.,,rd trial on the Indictment We
~ ,,t demur TO Il or try in any way
.,.ss II. lie is charged with having
......,,,er .. 1894 defrauded the bank by
,,.irg BAKER with balance Of $3.50;
0...'.,-bsr s,h. Of 500. and November Sth,
r-aa lie Is also accused Of con-
-, these sums Of money TO his own
use 80. 49,.
NOW there 10 no P4V'A ''s'' "'' Wv
-. 5,frauded. or that seely converted
.-, IN his own use. Baker is dead.
more are nc vouchers for the money.
-. arc. Il Is true, check stubs, but
=. ,rove nothing. There IS nothing on
. silbs to show from what bank the
-. was drawn. or by whom. j think
a. ,s-bnicaHty will result IN Seeiy
INITIAL AZ any rate, l shalI make tue
fsht $500 60 mo On the most
i oath a man can take that no other
Ism man. from the top to the bottom
- me National shoe ana Lsa'iigI Dan" Dam
-f-r is implicated with him ana
In the defalcation. He says ne
N-N. IN into the affair by Baker
"......~ one day drew a check for SLIGO
,,..,..r- teller asked Seely IL the check
Good and S,cly answered that II
Is discovered his mistake later
~. .b, lav. and spoke a few days later
fs.sfr about Il. Baker said he would
,-.ts Il good. Seely asked him to do
q, hen but Baker told him he was In
crested in a real estate deal, by which ne
,,r.-tsf 20 make a good proht' ana
,.r.- De- got the money he would make
c-.G his overdrawn account. 1hnhlhg
-.t.- would keep his word Seely fixed
D.
p-t.,.s account was all right
.rlter then came 20 Seely and asked
SIS, 4, LET him draw some more money
,- rsa in another real estate deal, and
,..F.,4 his word that when II was con-
,---o.t.1 ne would pay up and square
account. Seely yielded. and so II
az, -, until he found himself so deeply
,-v-.vei that an explanation to the bank
lr-.a's would be useless. and so he was
,7-r.,lel 20 keep up the deception
.TA.n Seely needed money, and he
asked Baker for loans. Baker gave him
small sums averaging Ho0 at time.
AMI took Seely's notes for them. Seely
,,H.-taI 20 giving notes under the cir
r.nsarces. and Baker then consented to
%, him have 81 and so a. a time without
si.A security. In this way, Seely got be-
tween $1,000 and $ll.0OO. but not more
than gioo
.Whsn seely learned that the system
# la0k-keep'ng was to be changed, he
l-svy the discovery Of the defalcation
c.I not be longer put of, and he ar
ranged bis books so that the directors
c1.,i md I'm half an hour exactly how
much money had been stolen. Instead of
t4k.uc advantage Of Seely's own arrange
ID To. The directors figured backward, and
F.t mixed up.
i met Seely on the morning Of Friday,
November 10Th. and he told me he was
going % leave town. I advised him 10
1.u5ia and face 1t out. but he declared
That be would not"
SEEI.Y'S FLIGHT.
Mr.. Angel then told Of seely's flight and
csrtGr- as Soely told IL to him.
81 left Jersey City at midnight, Friday,
November 18th" Seely said. 1 bought
Pennsylvania railroad ticket to Washing
t1 AMI travelled in sleeper. / ar
rvel in Wash ngton about a. M. Sat-
-r.sy and walked around the town until
-1 a. NJ. Then ! bought ticket 10
Harrisburg and rode in the smoking-car.
=, Harrisburg I intercepted the New
York ami Chicago limited, and arrived in
Chicago on Sunday. November 18th. and
Yea. 70 the Lansing House. I then looked
through the Newspaper advertisements
IT 4 boarding place. and selected me
h.-s- No. 496 La Sale street, where L
made arrangements TO lodge for $3.50
wek and take my meals out.
"F1r several days I kept close to my
r11m. anl read all the Chicago papers. l
was naturally interested in the news or
ry own case. and II was from the papers
f1s, l learned OF my wife's Illness. That
D, ke me all up and worried me- After
rGg IN q salO1r GEAR my boarding place
] met William Fl. Mcfarland. He had
i-s, entered. l was feeling lonesome, and
] ask Mcfarland about the Roby races.
Ile answered me, and invited him 10
have a drink.
u don't know you he said: 4 never
saw YOU before We sized each other up
q minute. and then / said: You don't
lJok very prosperous, or as II you were
rushed with business. What's the matter
With going 10 the races tomorrow lie
agreed. and the next day We went TO
keby and we got quite chummy. We
went there several days In succession, ana
paid for everything, for Mcfarland was
b-o6. / noticed one day that Mcfarland
was suffering with cold, owing 10 the
poor quality of his clothing. and 1 took
aim % a store and fitted him out from
head 20 foot with new suit.
Il then told Mcfarland my name was
Dale and In conversation with him learn
81 that he had friends in bloomsbury, Ill,
and had been 10 West Point and Prince
ton and that we were acquainted with
the same people. We got along so wen
together that I decided TO eonfide my Sc.
cret 20 him. We had been drinking ana
] was feeling as n j must TAX 10 some
b54y, 50 / said to him:
"'BilI, my name Is Seely, OF New York.
You can give me away II you want TO.
/ have wife and child at home
." I've got a wife and child, too said
NcF arand. but not for pile or Boid as
l!gh as that table would give you away
I'VE shook hands and promised to stand
by one another. had discovered that
drink was McFarland's worst enemy ana
! Induced him 20 go TO Dwight. III, ana
take some % the Keely cure. PAID MS
expenses there.
"On my third Sunday in Chicago l want
81 ~ 30 70 church. and l asked Mcf ar
land 10 20 with me in the evening. lie
agreed, but came 20 my boarding-house
drunk. ] upbraided him, and he said that
De had 20 drink because his child was
very sick. consoled him and offered 10
help him, and he Immediately asked me
Tor so. I told him that $50 was all 1 had
ana gave him $40.
lie went out. and then my conscience
tmOte me. and | ran after him and gave
him the other $40. Mcfarland said that ne
was going 10 bloomsbury 20 see his SICK
child, and promised 70 be back the follow-
-ng Sunday, when was TO meet him az
The Chicago and Alton railroad-staton.
went there three times. but he did not
come. and then began % feel very lone
some. and wanted TO come back 10 New
York. l did not sleep that night, ana
passed a miserable day on Monday. In the
evening I was sitting In my room when
Two officers knocked at the door and en-
tered.
THE ARREST
They accused ms OF being seely. and
blufed them, but they wouldn't take IT,
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