The record-union., 1896-03-09
MALLORY A DEFAULTBR
The Assistant Secretary Of the Sutt6f
Club YaniSheS.
When the Safe Was Opened Only a
Check for Fifty Dollars
Was Found.

As stated in Saturdays Record
Union" Frank J. Mallory, Assistant
Secretary Of the Sutter Club, left his
home at half-past ) o'clock last Thurs
day, telling his wife that he was going
to meet his brother from Shasta County
at the Oregon train. Since that time he
has not been seen or heard from. His
wife stated that she knew of no reason
why he should leave her and his infant
child, and it was feared at first that he
had committed suicide, or that some
thing had happened to him
Mallory, as Assistant Secretary to the
club, had control of the safe, made the
collections of dues from the members,
paid the bills and each month had the
handling of considerable money When
it was discovered that he was missing,
it was also discovered that the safe in
which he kept the money could not. be
unlocked.
A locksmith was sent for and after
two days of hard work succeeded in un-
locking it, when it was founu to be en-
tirely empty, with the exception of a
certified check for $50
1t is known that he collected several
hundred dollars in dues from the club
in the bank. He had also drawn war
rants for the pay Of the various en-
ployes, not forgetting himself, for the
month of February. The bills for Feb
ruary had not been paid, but were in
their proper place, with a warrant for
each attached to it, but it was evident
they had been held back in order not to
draw too heavily on the bank account
a nd Syait 70 r1xi1, r,f
questions. AS it looked very much as if
dues had been collected and not paid
in, an examination of his books was
made yesterday, in order to ascertain
the actual state of affairs.
Mallory was not only custodian of the
clubs funds. but he also acted as
keeper of spare cash of members who
wished to deposit it for safekeeping
In this way there were often sums of
81 900 to $1,000 placed in his care over
night, as he was popular with everyone
and all placed the utmost confidence in
him. One of the members was so un-
fortunate as to have $500 deposited
with him last week, and other members
are losers to the tune of about 5000.
On Friday, when it was ascertained
that he had disappeared, his brother
in Shasta County was telegraphed to
and he came down on Saturday. He
stated that he had not heard from Nal
lory, and was very much surprised over
his sudden disappearance. He further
stated that Mallory had written to him
and borrowed his revolver, a large
sized one.
The fear that the missing man had
committed suicide was strengthened
then, as his friends said that he had
been in i'll health and had expressed a
dread of becoming consumptive. They
would not believe that he was a de-
faulter, and thought he had taken his
own life and would be found dead in
some out spot. They there
fore had a search instituted for him.
The opening of the safe, however, has
exploded that theory, and it is now
thought that he took the train on
which he had said he expected to meet
his brother and went to San Francisco.
The borrowing of the revolver also takes
a new significance when the members
recollect that he ardently espoused the
cause of the Cubans, and had many
warm arguments over it. Club members
also state that he had often said that
he would like to take part in the war
now going on in Cuba, and they believe
that he has gone to fight for the Cuban
cause.
So far as can be ascertained, he had
no bad habits, and he was a church
member. 1t is said that he neither
drank nor gambled, and it is therefore
difficult to guess what could have been
the motive that induced him to become
a defaulter. 1t may not be an easy
matter for him to escape, as the matter
has been placed in the hands of de-
tectives, and kilograms have been sent
to various places where he would be
likely to go first.
So far as the club is concerned, it is
not likely to lose much, if anything,
through Mallory, as it is indemnified by
his bond, furnished by a San Francisco
surety company, but the individual
members will probably lose their money.
Only Once in Nine Years.
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