The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-21

gave up his home on Pierce street and an
nounced that his family had gone to visit
relatives in the country. Mr.. Bresse
moved his home to 1928 Franklin street
and continued to live there up to the time
he followed the course of young Smith.
Those inclined to view the situation in
its worst light say that Bresse foresaw the
downfall of McGlaufin e. Co. and that the
moving of his family was but the first step
toward his own departure. All this, how
ever, is merely theory advanced by few
on Change, and the continued vacancy OF
his former home on Pierce street gives il
some slight color.
It was stated yesterday that Attorney
Lloyd had severed his connection with
Bresse, thus forcing that gentleman to
secure another legal representative. This
rumor proved erroneous, for Mr. Lloyd
states that he is still looking after the
missing partners affairs and is patiently
waiting for the other side to take such
further steps as it may deem proper.
Mr.. Lloyd was asked the direct question
yesterday If Bresse was still in the City.
HE may or may not be-" he said. 81
am still representing him, and we are pa
tlently waiting for the next move of the
other side. How would l communicate
with him if anything very urgent should
come up? you ask. Well, that is my bust
ness; but you may rely upon it that he
That is all l have to say"
While the prevailing opinion on the
street is that Smith and Bresse are Jointly
implicated in the mutilation of McG1auhin
d Co.'s books, there is at least one man
who holds Bresse guiltless. That man is
Janitor James Smith, who bought and
sold stocks for the missing bookkeeper all
during the eighteen months preceding his
departure.
During the time that I was buying
stock for Smith he led me to believe that
McGlauflin was his favorite. He never
spoke discourteously of Bresse, yet at the
same time his remarks were not so cordial.
This, together with the fact that Smith
invested something like $12 900 in stock
and wheat within the last twenty months,
causes me to think that he is the guilty
man.
at first Smith came to me with only a
few dollars-$10 or $15-and asked that |
put 1t in certain stock. Had he brought
me large amount l should have refused
emphatically to touch it, but the smallness
of the amount did not cause me to suspect
that it belonged to the firm. Later when
he brought me larger amounts, grew sus-
plclous, but was not in a position to call
McGIaufiin & Co.'s attention to his specu-
lations. | was afraid that he might secure
my discharge if my suspicious could not
be proved, and | could not afford to lose
my position.
I'm all invested something like $4,000
for him in stocks and | understand that
McGlaufiin's entry clerk put in nearly $4,000
in wheat futures. Where he got this
money from l don't pretend to say, but |
do not believe that Bresse had anything to
do with it. l know that Smith took every
available nickel in sight, though person
ally did not lose cent
When all this has been said the mystery
surrounding the disappearance of Book
keeper Smith and Eugene Bresse is as i'm
penetrable as ever 1t will probably re-
main SO until one or both of the now
much-wanted men see proper to return.