The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-20
BOY AND $4,000 MISSING
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A
BOSTON BINK MESSENGER.

DOO AON b1N IA 4I AISGo H14N "
May Have Absconded or Have Been Way
laid-The Former Theory Most Generally
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph in All Di-
rections but at a Late Hour No Trace OF
the Messenger Had Been Secured.
Boston, May 19-Albert M. King, the
nineteen-year-old messenger OF the
of Washington and Essex streets, Is
missing, together with about 100000 in
cash and a $4,000 United States certifi-
cate, not negotiable except between
banks. King started for the clearing
settle the balance existing there
against the bank, and on the way, ac-
cording to instructions, he transacted
other business, involving something
like $45, 900. AS he did not return to
the bank by o'clock the officials grew
anxious and made a search for the mes
senger besides invoking the aid of the
police, but up to the present hour they
have been unable to ascertain his
whereabouts.
| Deputy Superintendent Burrill and
Chief Inspector Watts at once sent tel
egrams to New York, Montreal and all
the large cities in New England, giving
description of King and asking the
| 4n o,,+ Il; yiyor 70
been employed at the Boylston bank
about two years, coming highly recon-
mended, and his honesty was never
questioned. He has carried as much as
| 100000 of the banks money at time
on previous occasions and has never
| lost dollar
| He lived with his father, who is enl-
ployed by the South End National bank
at No. 63 Beale street, Wollaston.
! When he left the bank this morning
for the clearing house the balance
against the bank was $17,5907t. To pay
this he was given an order on the
Union National bank, on State street
for $4,000, the balance to be returned
to the Boylston bank. Besides this,
King was instructed to go to the Free
mans National bank, at No. 81 Summer
street, and collect s2O,0O0 which he was
to carry to the National Bank of Com
merce, in the Sears building, at the cor
ner of Court and Washington streets,
and pay in there.
part of his directions King carried
out faithfully. All business at the
clearing house is ordinarily finished by
noon, and the messenger who does not
arrive there by 1890 is apt to arouse
suspicion.
At the Boylston bank Cashier D. S
| Waterman waited until o'clock before
| he decided that King should be looked
up. Then he called up the National
Bank of Commerce and In reply to his
query, was Informed that the messenger
had not been there to-day. This was
| sufficient to alarm Mr.. Waterman and
he Immediately notified Chief Inspector
| Watts of Kings disappearance.
officers of the bank squad We're inn
mediately detailed on the case and i'm
mediately started in search of the miss
ing man. They soon learned that King
had appeared at the Freeman's bank
and had drawn the $40, 900 which he was
| W pay dl Tic NdllpIldI ISdHh OIL SU1Il-
merce. Then after about half an hour
he called at the Union bank, where he
was given $25, 900. OF this he was paid
| $4,000 in cash, while United States
certificate for $4,000 made up the bal
ance. 1t was somewhere about II 80 as
near as the officers can ascertain that
King reached the clearing house
He paid over the $4,000 In cash
which he had received from the Union
bank, and in order to balance the ac-
count he had to take s590.71 from the
100000 which he should have paid tc
the National Bank Of Commerce.
| This looked suspicious to the officers
of the bank. Here all trace of the mes
senger was lost. AS nearly as can be
figured King had In his pocket, wher
he left the clearing house, the $4,000
minus the $590.7f which he paid to the
clearing house, and the $4,000 certifi
cate.
King, had he so chosen, might have
gone to any bank where he was known
and as a matter of accommodation tC
the Boylston bank, could have obtain
ed the cash for the certificate. Wheth
Ter or not this was done cannot bt
learned and it will be impossible tC
know before tomorrow. So far a!
known this is all the money that Kins
had with him when he disappeared.
Although the police have been active
ly working on the case nothing ha!
been learned up to a late hour to-nigh
of the missing messengers where
abouts. In the kilograms sent broad
cast by the police, King is described as
nineteen years old, five feet eight inche.
tall, weight 145 pounds, thin faced
light complexioned. with light hair H,
was dressed in a brown suit of clothe!
and wore a brown derby hat.
President Charles Torrey of th
Boylston bank at once telephoneC
Kings father, who went to the banl
and freely gave all the aid he could IL
locating his son.
Cashier Waterman declined to-nigh
to say anything whatever concerning
| the case.