The San Francisco call., 1897-01-23
FRAUD CHARGED
AGAINST FISHER
Accused of Having En-
beZzled Funds of the
Wallace Estate.
Administrative Cora A. Morton
Says He Appropriated
$I6S8 in Gold.
Demand Made for His Arrest, but 1t
Is Believed He Has Left
the State.

Trouble seems to be coming thick and
fast tor Will E. Fisher, who has been
real estate agent in this City for several
years. 1t is generally believed that he has
fed the State to avoid his creditors. who
have begun to press him in divers law
suits.
The latest charge against him is that he
is guilty of fraudulently embezzling $l68S
belonging to the estate OF William ID.
Wallace, deceased, and demand that
Judgment be rendered against his person
and that he be imprisoned in the County
Jail until the money is refunded or until
he be discharged according to law.
The quasi-criminal proceeding was in
stituted yesterday by Cora A. Morton, ad-
ministratrlx of the Wallace estate, by her
attorney, J. c. Bates.
The complaint alleges that Fisher since
March 1, 1885, as agent for and for the use
of the estate of said William 81. Wallace,
deceased, has collected and received from
sundry persons on sale of real estate that
belonged to decedent in his lifetime, the
full sum of $168S of United States gold
coin, and has Intentionally and fraudu-
lently appropriated said money, so
refused and still refuses to pay the same,
or any part thereof. although often re-
quested to do so.
The plaintiff further alleges that the
said defendant, Fisher, has fraudulently
in the course of his employment and in
violation of his trust and duty as such
agent appropriated said $168S to his own
use and is guilty of embezzllng the same.
In view of the premises, the defendant
brings this action against defendant
Fisher for the sum of $685. with interest
from January Is, 1897. at the rate OF
per cent per annum; that said defendant
Fisher be adjudged guilty of misappro-
priating said money to his own use, and
that Judgment be entered against tie
person of the defendant and that he be
arrested and committed to the County
Jail of the City and County of San Fran
cisco until he pay the judgment that may
be recovered in this action, or until dis
charged according to law.
The matter will be taken before Judge
Slack this m orning and Immediate action
by the court will be asked.
Ali the evidence at hand seems to show
that Fisher has disappeared permanently
from the places that knew. him. Coupled
with mum Der of pressing debts which he
has left behind him there is an unpleasant
suspicion that a heavy pressure OF debts
FASTENED the real estate agents departure.
The last seen or heard of Fisher, so far
as the public has yet learned, was on Mon
day morning, when he left his home In
his usual mood. 1t has been noticed.
however, that he had not been about his
real estate office for nearly two weeks, and
this created some unfavorable gossip
in real estate and business circles. 1t was
quickly rumored that the young man was
delinquent in turning over rents TO his
clients and that some of them were press
ing him very hard.
It was known that his wife, already his
creditor to the extent of nearly 100000
had refused to advance him further funds,
hence his embarrassment.
E. B. jennings, Fishers stepson, who
is employed in the office to represent his
mother interests probably knows more
about the unfortunate mans affairs than
any body in the City.
Speaking on the subject last night he
said: "While do not like to speak of the
unpleasant affair l guess it is true that
Fisher has gone. He has been drinking
and spending money very freely lately,
but the chief matter that worried him,
imagine, is that he has been unable to
turn over about $4,000 worth of rent money
which he collected for various patrons.
and altogether he has had enough trouble
to worry him into hurrying away. We
have no idea where he has gone"
Henry A. Smith, Fishers former part
ner, has been made co-defendant in the
pending cases, and Smith is indignant
that his partners inattention to business
has brought so much notoriety.
Mrs. Fisher, who is her husbands
heaviest creditor. was the widow OF the
late James jennings, three-quarters of
whose half-million dollar estate was left
to her.
In spite of Fishers heavy expenditures,
Mrs. Fisher still has ample means 1t is
believed by many of the missing mans
friends that his wife will yet come to his
assistance, under promise that he will
cease spending money and give his atten-
tion to business
Word was received from Stockton to the
effect that Fisher had been there since
Wednesday, ana was last seen on Thurs
day afternoon about 8 o'clock.
He was at the Hoffman.a "a saloon kept by
Johnson & Newman, and there was
shabbiv dressed man with hm-a man
with dark mustache and stranger in
Stockton.
Fisher was not stopping at any hotel
and was heard TO say that he had pri-
vate room somewhere. He was spending
q good deal OF money.
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