The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-21
CHASING CbEWS.
Boston Police Are Puzzled
By Kings Movements.
The AbscOnding Bank Messenger
Seems to Have Escaped Officers
Traced as Far as Lowell, Where All Clues End
-False Trails Complicate the Case.

Boston. May 21.-Young Albert M.
King, the absconding messenger of the
Boylston National bank, is as lively as
a lightning bug. according to the dis
coveries Of him at various points in the
New England states which poured into
police headquarters yesterday.
First he was at Woodsville, N H., the
night before: then he was at Whitman
tic; then he was at Lowell; then at Con-
cord, and then at South Lawrence. And
the police are still unsatisfied. They
want little more accurate location of
him at the present time.
The officers were busy all day yester-
day chasing down possible clues. Kings
movements up to the time he reached
the clearing house were noted with ac-
curacy He left his bank and went first
TO the Freeman's bank. where he col
lected s2Ocoe. which he was to take to
the National Bank of Commerce. Then
he went to the Union bank. where he
was to make a collection of s25, 900 and
pay some dues at the clearing house.
He went to the Freeman's bank, OBJ
tained the $4,000, and then went to the
Union bank, where he obtained a GER
tificate for $4,000 and an order for s15,-
000 This order was not good except at
the clearing house. and there only to
the credH of the Boylston bank.
He was at the clearing helse between
IL and IL o'clock. The exact time can
not be placed, but il was probably nearer
IL than IL, because he left his own bank
at 10 o'clock, and the short errands he
had to do could not have consumed
much more than an hour.
Itwas supposed wednesday night that
he had $4,000 in money and $40, 900 in
the shape Of a clearing house certificate,
but when the banks were visited yes
terday morning 1t was ascertained that
the certificate which he obtained at the
Union bank had been Immediately
cashed by him at the State bank.
AS to the character OF his money ST.
600 of il is in $1,000 bills. The remainder
Is In smaller denominations There are
q number of $500 bills, several 500 bills.
and lot OF SOS and 20's.
IT rs certain that he has enough money
In bills of small denominations to enable
him to pay his way without attracting
extraordinary attention.
The next clew is the finding of the
wallet which he carried as the messen-
ger Of the Boylston bank. This was dis
covered in one of the cars Of the Western
division of the Boston and Maine road.
This particular car forms a portion Of
a train which runs only from Lowell
Junction to Lowell and return. King.
therefore, must have left Boston on a
local train, leaving ii at North Whining
ton or Lowell Junction. and there have
taken the transfer train which connects
that point with Lowell.
Where he went after reaching Lowell
Is a matter of mystery.
The police think that the young man
started for Canada. Whether he has
reached there is a question which they
cannot decide. They think that he has
got that far, although they are willing
to admit that il is possible that the boy
Is playing fox and doubling on his tracks,
in order to confuse his pursuers.
Two other Boys Missing.
Quincy, Mass, May 21.-John Ross
aged 20, and William Patterson, aged 49,
Of Liberty street have been missing from
home since Wednesday morning, and the
police are trying to connect their dis
appearance with the missing messenger
of the Boylston bank. The boys left
home Wednesday, and to some compan-
ions they said they were going to New
York or Philadelphia. 1t is said that
Ross was a classmate of Kings at the
Quincy high school, He worked at r.
II. Stearns in Boston. and the probabili-
ties are that he saw King quite fire.
quently on the train mornings. 1t is also
said that Ross knew people in Lowell,
the place where the pocketbook of the
Boylston bank was found. Ross was
feet inches in height, was slim and
of dark complexion, while his companion
WAS stnIlter and had light cOmplexion