The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-15
He FLED TO HONOLULU,
Eugene Doyle, Collector for a
Commission House. Goes
Wrong.
John Ivancovich & Co. Are Out a
Considerable Sum by His
Manipu, ations.

The members of the firm of John Ivan
covich & Co., commission merchants,
doing business on Washington street,
between Davis and Front, are interested
in the movements of Eugene Doyle. who
has for the past seven years been the col
lector for the concern. Doyle went out
last Saturday morning, having in his pos
session a check for 81 ,45S II, payable at the
Bank of California, with which he was to
purchase exchange. He also had SIG in
coin, with which to pay certain bills, and
he also had large number of statements of
account which were to be delivered at
business houses around town.
+ When Saturday afternoon came around
and Doyle did not return the members OF
the firm began to grow anxious. There
was chance that Doyle might have $1,000
in cash in his keeping and that some one
had caused foul play. The partners, who
are P. L. Vucanovich and G. Beleney, be-
gan to make inquiries, but the Bank of
California was closed, and there was no
way to ascertain whether Doyle had been
there with the check for $1453 II. Stores
were generally closed with whom the
firm had dealings.
The inquiries were pushed, however,
and before night it was ascertained that
Doyle went aboard the steamer Australia.
which sailed Saturday, and that he had
departed on that vessel for Honolulu.
Doyle comes from a good family. His
father formerly lived at Virginia City and
Mr.. Vucanovich knew him well at that
place. This in fact led to the young man
entering the employment of Ivancovich
q Co. The partners found out that
Doyle had not been living lately
with his parents, and other facts were
ascertained which indicated that he had
been spending considerable money in
various ways.
Monday morning the check which DOYLE
took out Saturday was found at the post
office addressed to the firm. This did not
reassure his employers. comparison of
books and accounts led to the discoy-
cry that Doyle, who was implicitly
trusted, during seven years of continuous
service, had since last May been holding
back part of the collections made bv him
from customers. He made some collec-
tons on Saturday last, but just how much
bad not been ascertained last night. Mr..
Vancovich says that probably the shortage
in Doyles accounts will exceed $1,000 an
that it may amount to $1,000, but there is
still much uncertainty concerning the
total.
The probability is that Doyle will con.
tinue on from Honolulu to Yokohama or
Hongkong on the next China steamer.
He speaks Chinese fuently and would have
no difficulty in making his way among the
Chinese.
The firm has not decided whether to
have Doyle stopped if he should continue
on. There would be no difficulty in iden-
tifying him. He is about 25 years old, pre-
possessing in appearance and manners and
well educated. he has often had as much
as $4,000 in gold taken in collections in one
day but up to Saturday not the least sus-
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esty. He has no property, so that the firm
Will probably have TO bear the loss.
Following closely upon this disappear-
ance of the collector the news was received
yesterday of the loss of the steamer Co.
lumbia by which the firm loses about
910Q0 ~~NNs