The sun., 1896-10-30
DIARY OF A BOY F0RGER.
CYNICAL roUNG sCdMP SETS DoWN
mrs THEFIS mr. DATE.
"Siept Well" Is the Note Lawyer Hymnn's
New once RoN Made oTthe Effect of Each
Crime upon His Con -cicncc-Ate nt the
Aator mouao and Morn n Chcrnhic Fncn.

"siept Well" Is the Note Lawyer Hymnn's
New once Boy Made oTthe Eject of Each
Crime Upon Hts Con sctcncc-.Ate at the
Astor House and Woro n Chcrubic Face.
Lawyer solomon A. LYMAN OF 13a Nassau
street engaged lj-ycar-old Edmund Rose rs an
ofllce boy on Oct. IL. Edmund was very tall for
his age and very stout, weighing not less than
$50 pounds, and he had round, dark Cherubio
face Edmund told Lawyer Lyman that his
father. n jewcller in Chicago. was very anxious
that he should become either n distinguished
lawyer or a noted novelist lto inclined to the
law himself Edmund was very brisht-wittsd
and Lawyer Hyman agreed to give him So .
week wages to start on, with an extra allowance
OF So n week for car fares and incidental ex-
penses.
Edmund hadn't been In his now place half an
hour before Lawyer Lyman found him porins
over a copy OF the Penal Code. lie was study
ing the law on larceny and forgery, and told his
employer that he thought that lie would choose
criminal law for his profession.
The new boy got down earlier than any ybody
else at the office every day and his employer got
to congratulatinR himself upon the acquisition
of so dilgcnt and precocious a lad. lie sent tho
boy to his bankers at Nassau and Spruce streets,
several times n week to cash checks for office
expenses and found him very bright and quick
q messenger.
IL nehT tuO Gnu VI tne luOUIn, bHlu Id
mund suddenly on Saturday last; don't you
think you had better get your account at tho
bankers balanced Z"
That's a good idea" said the lawyer and
sent him to tho bankers. Edmund came back
with word that 1t would be necessary for the
lawyer to make deposit to balance the aa-
count.
Edmund didn't como to work last Monday
anu investigation showed that he had disap-
peared from his boarding place. On Tuesday
Lawyer Lyman got bunch of checks from his
bankers and discovered that number of them
had been forged search Of Edmunds desk
revealed new memorandum diary that ex-
planned the cause OF the new boys abrupt de-
parture,, This was the entry made on the first
forgery Of the checks.
Oct l2-went to work this morning at o 80 o'clock.
STOLE so from LYMAN Eat at the Astor House. Went
OCT: oSSt: IS.$tote % from Lyman on two checks. Eat
&C, 9sI L stole e On check Eat As,or House.
Had supper With her and md TO % hefe ifs her
Snd at SSSsf Wen, 5 home IN ad good night, re.'
a SRa Il ai lad ancR but At the ,aE e
oct, 2o-s,oc &c from Lyman on check Eat well
Ess 2t.C Collsctcd So from Sergeant of nre patrol.
slep, slept W Well p'H get 'H' money hna good time and
Lawyer Hyman examined his check book in a
cred that the forged checks that hod been cashed
for the new boy had been torn out from tho
middle OF the check book, so that their absence
would not have bnen detected but for tho clue
In the new boys diary.
There was no doubt in tho mind OF LAWYER
Emanuel Jacobus. Lawyer Hyman's partner,
after he had read the diary that the new boy
was the one who had tampered with his mail.
Letters had been opened several times and from
one check for 500 had been Rbsl .acteu. Its
loss was discovered In time to stop payment at
the bank. Lawyer Hyman learned that when
the amount OF money the new boy had about
him excited wondering comment ut his board
ing house the new boy said:
y, on. Hyman'sa bully man. He pays me a
lot and he takes me out to champagne lunches
too" Edmund had offered to cash checks for
the other office boy, but wasn't able to set up rs
ban ker. as the other ofice boy said that he
hadn't anything in the bank to draw checks on.
The other office boy confirmed the accuracy of
tho ontry on the new boys diary under date of
oct. Is. He said that he was with Edmund
when the latter met the girl. Edmund wanted
him to go along, but he declined the Invitation
because he hadn't any money to spend. The
new boy seemed to have plenty.
Lawyer Hyman snid yesterday afternoon that
he had notion that the now boy had skipped
TO Canada. -
I'm not sorry. he's gone" he added. He
was entirely too fly"