The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-24
BAENY AT HOME
Says He Is Not Guilty Of
Dishonesty.
Gives No Reason for His Re-
cent Disappearance.
Will Explain Errors and Make
Good ANY Shortage.

Charles III. Baeny, tie missing head
bookkeeper and chief clerk of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, who has been
missing for couple of weeks, returned to
Providence Friday afternoon. lie is at
his home, 175 Jackson avenue. He gives
no reason for his mysterious disappear
ance and continued absence, il Is under
stood, but has sent word TO the telegraph
company that he will explain all about it
and make good any little "errors" which
may have been noticed on the books.
Manager Hurlburt of the telegraph COM
pany states that the Western Union
is disposed to be lenient and give the
unfortunate man a chance to explain and
redeem himself> So far as he knows the
company has taken no steps toward APP
plying for a warrant for Eaeny's arrest,
nor Will anything be done about the al
legged discrepancies and false entries if the
promised explanation is forthcoming.
Detective Parker says that he has heard
from three or four persons that Baeny got
home, but no request has been made for
his arrest, so the police had no hand in
the matter.
The greatest pity is expressed by the
telegraph people and the police for Baeny
and his family.
An.attempt was made this forenoon to
see MIR. Baeny at his home. From all ap-
rearances the house was deserted, AL
though the next door neighbors said he,
or Mrs. Baeny, as well "a the baby, who
has teen suffering with an eye sickness,
must be there. They oil said he had re-
turned, as stated above. Policeman
Charnley. who travels that beat, said
Charlie had got home, but he had had
no talk with him. He expressed much
concern about the case, and was pleased,
as was everybodyelse interviewed, TO learn
that the attachments brought against
Baeny by the Western Union people and
ii. j. * Il. n. Molier, his bondsmen,
may be dissolved now that there Is a
chance OF Baeny's squaring himself.
1t was reported on good authority that
the two papers in PROVE ideuce which are
SAID 10 have openly accused Eaeny OF en-
bezzlement are TO be sued for libel.
AS to the statement that Manager Hurl-
burt Of tho telegraph company rad said
that Baeny bad about S22O0 worth OF 'er-
rors' To explain away, Mr.. llurlburt him
self states that whatever mistakes or dis.
crepancies may have been found were
known only to himself, expert Leonard
Cox, VINO was sent on from New YORK,
and the bondsmen. He Is under orders not
10 tell anybody anything about what he
discovered and has never brCathtd n
word. lie Is positive Mr.. Cox has never
said anything and he thinks the Molters
have not. He emphati,ally states, as
hitherto published I'm THE News, that
he cannot say there has toen anything
wrong, except in Baeny's uueNplainGble
running away, and the statements about
his having an infatuation for race horses
must have originated in somebody's brain
besides his own. lie wishes the public
10 understand that nobody who has paid
anything to Baeny on account of bills has
lost or VIII lose cent, as there was no
possibility of such n mistake occurring
under the circumstances.