The evening times., 1895-10-08

There have to-day been practically no
| Developments regarding the mysterious
disappearance ard alleged defatcation oil
Frank IL. Padgett. for the past eight
years secretary Of Columbia Typosraph'
ical Union. No. -1O1. the story OF whiot,
was told in today's Morning Times.
Mr.. Padgett was exceedingly popular
among the members OF the union, q ma
Jority of whom feel disposed to ask for q
suspension of Judgment until the matter
has been fully investigated.
The statement is mat,e that 3S matter
of fact the only foundation for charge
OF embezZlemeIt rests upon conjecture,
and no verification is possible until the
safe is opened aud an examiDa ton of the
books has been made. Mr. Fadsett's ac-
counts may satisfactorily show that al
moneys received have been disbUrsed for
the benefit of the union.
1t had been expected that the safe
would to-day either be opened by an ex-
pert or blown open. hut the officials OF the
union decided that il would be best to
leave the entire matter with the Balti-
more Trust and Bond Company, who are
sureties for Mr.. Padgett in q sum exceed
ing any possible shortage. The company
has been notified and will against to-
morrow have their representative here
to open the safe and ascertain whether
or not a shortage exists.
GOING OVER THE BOOKS,
Ed. I. Toner is i'll charge of the secre-
tary's office as the representative of the
auditing committee, and Will with his
associates, Alphcus Sholl and William Ii.
Lentz. go over the books and accounts III
conjunction with the experts from Balti-
more. Mr.. Toner is hopeful that upon
investigation Mr.. Padgett will be COM
pIetely exoncra,ed from any charge in-
volving crimiuality.
Secretary Padgctt has been missing since
last Saturday, without any notification
to his superior officers, and this fact has
led to the belief that he had wronsfIi!y
used funds belonging to the union.
Mr.. Padgett has been receiving an annual
salary OF $1,000, and the reports for
the past eight months show that he has been
handling about $1,000 per month. The
report~of John j. Higgins, treasurer. item
lied and printed recently, shows that he
had received through Padgett amounts
aggregating S9M Al, less S450.45, which
was the balance held by the treasurer from
the previous eight months settlement.
President Tracy, when asked for an
expression OF opinion regarding Mr. PAD
gets disappearance, said:
Il am not even now inclined
to assume too much without an eNpiand-
ton. l would prefer to delay Judgment on
the act OF the secretary until there is no
other explanation than that he has been
guilty of a breach Of faith and of default
in his accounts. There is this in extenu-
alton at this time.
MAY BE ILL
Recently Mr.. Padgett has been under
the weather from malaria fever, and
there is possibility that his absence may
be accounted for By n arrangement which
has caused him to act in n way which has
given the present ground for suspicion
and for the language used in the notice
which ] have posted warning the public
against any future dealing with him.
Mr. Tracy said that the shortage of
Mr. Padgett could not exceed 5000.
At the last settlement there was some
thing over 500 balance in the treasury.
This was two months ago, since which
time the collections OF dues and other
amounts would increase the possible total.
One difficulty i'll the way of speedy
discrimination of the exact amount, he
said, was the fact that Mr.. Padgett's
books were found to be unpostcd.
Mr. Padgett is q married man, having
n wife and one child, residing at No.
150 + street northeast. 1t is said that
the husband has not been at home since
Saturday morning. 1t is stated that Mr..
Padce,t left the city Saturday over the
ennsyivania road for Chicago.
The an thorities have been requested
to take steps for the apprehension of the
missing secretary