The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-10
INQUIRING FOR GAYNOR
MANAGER OF A TAILORING CONCERN
NOT TO BE FOUND.
Succeeded Coleman, Who Was Sent to
PrisOn-Gay Treasurer of So
cieties and Quite Well Known.

A. M. GaynoE, manager of the American
Tailors, at SO East Washington street, is an
object of police inquiry. He is probably
square in his accounts with his employers,
but two secret societies of which he was
treasurer and an outside manufacturing
concern, of which he was the Indianapolis
agent, have claims against him.
Gaynor has been the manager of the
American Tailors of this city since the ar
rest and conviction of W. H. Coleman, who
occupied the same position and was given
year in the penitentiary for embezzling
$1,000 of the firms money. Gaynor had
been in the employ of the firm for long
time and his promotion to the management
of the Indianapolis branch was made in
recognition of his previous loyalty to the
interests of his employers. He was mem
Der of the United Ancient Order of Druids
and of the Improved Order knights of
Pythias, and was treasurer of two lodges
of the orders He was also the Indianap-
oils agent of the manufacturers of Kola-
tona at Huntington.
Thursday morning Dr. ]. H. McLin of
Huntington, one of the kolatona manufac-
turers, called at the American Tailors
store to see Mr.. Gaynor. He said Gaynor
owed the firm $40 which he had collected
and failed to remit. Gaynor was at that
time at Harsheim's overall factory on
South Meridian street, and it was there
that DIR. McLin had an interview with him
He told Gaynor that he would give him
two hours in which to raise the money ana
square the account, if the money was not
forthcoming at the end of the time he de-
clared that he would cause his arrest for
embezzlement. Gaynor excused himself
from the Doctor on some pretext and left
Tloa lf3, int
That is the last seen of him. He did not
return to the store where he was employed
nor did he go to his boarding house at rs
Clifford avenue
Gaynor is not known positively to be
short with the orders with which he was
connected but his departure from the city
leads members OF the societies to make in
vestiGation The bank refuses to state the
condition of Gaynor's account. Members
of the Improved Order of Knights of
lodge at about $500. 1t is known that the
treasurer had about that amount on hand.
No figures can be obtained from the
Druids.
The American Surety Company, repre-
sented in this city by A. W. Wishard, is
Gaynor's bondsinan and is pushing the
work of effecting his arrest. Mr.. Wishard
was at the police station late Thursday
night, accompanied by the representative of
then made and yesterday copies of Gay
nor's photograph were sent to the police
with complete description of the man and
instructions for his arrest.
1t is probable that Gaynor would not
have remained with the American Tailors
long, for it has been only about a week since
a shortage in his accounts with that firm
was discovered About five weeks ago F.
w. Casper of this city was employed as
cashier of the American Tailors and he i'm
mediately began finding irregularities. He
was informed by the firm that something
was wrong in GaynOr'S accounts; that they
We're continually short, and that Gaynor
polyes of the house We're stealing goods.
"A snort time ago customer of the house
told Mr.. Casper that he had paid Gaynor
on Sunday for a suit of clothes. The money
had never reached the cashier and he
called Gaynor's attention to it,. and the
ton of the accounts was then begun and
Mr. Casper says shortage of $3.50 was
discovered. This, he says, Gaynor made
The matter was smoothed over partly on
Gaynor's account and partly to avoid ne
toriety in which the firm would be in
VOWED
Mr.. Casper is now in charge of the
American Tailors store. When asked how
he accounted for Gaynors downfall, if
such it should prove to be, he said simply:
Diamonds and women. He had a banker
ing after both and while he might be able
to get his money out of one, what he
squandered on the other was beyond reach
and could not be called in when needed.
reputation among the large number of ac-
quaintances he has in the city. He has
lived here for long number of years and
has made many frieHds. He was some
thing of a politician in a small way hav-
ing considerable influence in ward and city
politics.
A member of the l. O. X P. who was
with Mr.. Wishard at the police station on
Thursday night, said yesterday that he did
not like to believe that Gaynor was a de-
faulter Il do not doubt said he, that
he was unable to meet the demand of Dr.
McLin yesterday, but he may have gone
somewhere to secure the money. / hope he
will come out all right in the matter. but
on the face of il it looks bad foS him.
The police are trying. to keep Gaynor's
flight as quiet as possible in the hope that
he may be apprehended before any pub
Lefty is given to the case.