The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-04-03
ALLEGED ENCOURAGEMENT.
A. GREGG Miller Charged With
Making False Entries.

For the past two weeks the general
topic of conversation has been the al
legged embezzlement If a sum of money
from the Central National Bank, of
this city, by the former discount clerk,
Alton Gregg Miller, son of ex-POstanas-
tsr Charles w. Miller. The discovery
of the discrepancy that is charged
, against him was made by Mr.. Henry
Williams, the cashier of the bank,
about the 29lh of February, and Mr..
Miller was suspended, pending all ill.,
who was the acting president of the
bank in the absence of Mr.. Chas. w.
Ross The total sum alleged to have
been taken is, as stated, 81 500, of
which 81 600 is said to have been OBJ
tanned on the 10Th of December, 1895,
on draft of the National Bank of Bal
timOre for the above amount, payable
to Wilbur HI. Duvall and cashed at the
Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank. When the exchanges of the
National Bank of Baltimore were made
with the Central Bank, its correspon-
dent here, in the following month they
included the item Of 81 900 for which
Mr.. Henry Williams, the cashier,
could not account, but upon referring
to his records found that such D sum
had been drawn on December 10Th, as
above described, but charged up to
the account of VIM. H. Ijams. treas
urer of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company. Upon the discovery of
this circumstance Mr.. Williams re-
quested the return of the December
drafts 10 him from the Baltimore bank,
and it is claimed that upon their ar
rival, in the absence of Mr.. Williams,
Mr.. Miller. who is said to have been
in the bank, extracted the draft over
which the discrepancy in the accounts
had arisen; for when the package,
which had been opened, was xe-
amined by Mr.. Williams the
draft was not there. A careful
examination of the books of the
bank. preceded by the suspension of
Mr.. Miller, was then made, and SO far
the result points to a shortage OF ST 500,
the sum of five hundred dollars hav-
ing been obtained at subsequent date
from the cash of the bank and falsely
charged up to the Valley Savings
Bank of Middletown. The loss, if it is
so found to be, will not, however, fall
upon the bank, as Mr.. Miller was
bonded in the Employees Liability
Assurance Corporation, of London,
England, through its Baltimore agents,
Lawford & McKim.
The bank officials, after much con-
sideration, decided to let the law take
its course, and on Thursday, March the
Goth, the case was placed in the hands
of States Attorney VIM. H. Kinks,
who telegraphed to the detectives in
Washington, ID. c., to arrest Alton
Gregg Miller, if in the city. Detec-
tives Harm anu Weldon were notified
and search of the hotels was made
AT the Hotel Johnson they found the
name A. G. Mayo registered. The
writer was called upon and papers
on his person showed him to be the
man they were looking for He was
placed in the First Precinct Police
Station, and the authorities here were
notified. Sheriff A. G.. Mcbride brought
him TO Frederick on Friday and he
was at once taken to the office of Mag
istrate Thomas Turner; and waving a
hearing he was placed under $4,000
bail to await the action of the Grand
Jury. Mr. j. Lee Simmons went his
security until Saturday noon. His
friends made every effort to St cure bail
but could not, and on Saturday even
| ing he was taken to Jail. Later in the
evening his friends secured the bail
and he was released until Monday at
noon, at which time relatives from
| Washington and here effected his per-
nanent release until the charges
against him are tried before the court.