Evening star., 1895-10-11
THE SAFE ENE
Condition in Which Padgett Left the
Affairs of the Union.
President Tracey Expresses His Views
of the SituatiOn-PreparinE n State
ment for the Meeting.

The Baltimore Security and Trust Com
pany having declined to assume any re-
sponsibility under the bond given by them
to Columbia Typogr aphical Union to in
demnify the union for any deficit caused
by Secretary Frank Padgett's manage
ment Of the unions finances, President
Tracey and Acting Secretary Toner this
morning called in Mr.. Christian Schneider
to open the vault and the safe belonging
to the union.
This was done without any difficulty and
a careful examination made of the con-
tents. No money was found except cigar
box half-full Of pennies and a money order,
payable to the order Of Mr.. Padgett. This
was drawn In August, 1894. and was prob
ably left there by oversight. None OF the
secretary's books for the year 1895 were
found. Any number of books for former
years we're there, all kept in proper order.
balanced and signed. 1t was found that
the minute book for the past six months
had not been entered up and the notes Of
the meetings of the union were shut up
within its pages In rather jumbled-up
condition.
Mr.. Tracey will make as complete a re-
port to the union at the meeting Sunday
as 1t Is possible to prepare in the present
tangled condition Of affairs. He has In his
possession over twenty checks payable to
the order Of Padgett for various small
amounts wi ich Padgett had never cashed.
He also has over forty letters and postal
cards, some of them postmarked as far
back as July 13. which Padgett never
opened. Perhaps es many more have been
found and opened. Mr.. Tracey Is keeping
the first be tch to show to the union and
explain the condition in which things are
found. A number of bills came in yester-
day for accounts incurred during the Labor
day demonstration.
Views of President Tracey.
this afternoon, that Mr.. Padgett has been
in his right mind for several months past.
At the very time that he was here in his
office every day tending to business he al
lowed all This mail matter to accumulate,
and he stacked up these checks without
cashing them. both Of which circumstances
it seem to me. no sane man would have al
lowed to Eapl en-. l do not know whether
there is any amount Of money to his credit
at the bank or not 1 have taken his check
book and bank book down, and 1 expect
the account will be balanced up tonight"
II am inclined to think from the present
condition Of things that there will be a
shortage, though to what amount would
not like to say until after l have reported
to the union. Even If we discover an ap-
parent shortage it may be entirely explain
ed by receipts yet to come in from bene-
ficiaries of the union. We have found here
receipted bills for various amounts right
down to the day of Mr.. Padgett's disap-
pearance. The whole thing looks very
strange. and whatever I may think Of it I
do not want to speak about it until after
the meeting of the union Sunday"
when I saw ME-. Padgett "Wednesday
night" continued Mr.. Tracey. "he for a
time seemed rational and started to talk
with me.
''Then he wandered off into incoherent
talk, out Of which I could make nothing at
all. He said the last he knew he was on a
Baltimore and Ohio train. Which way he
was going he did not know. He got of at
some place, the name of which he did not
know. Then he got on another train, and
the only name he remembered was Tyrone.
He heard that name somewhere. This was
all got out Of him. Padgett Isl C very
low condition. His recovery Is doubtful.
If he recovers he will be here to explain
things
His Condition Unchanged.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, October n.-Padgett's con-
dition today is unchanged.