Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-01-24
WATERVILLE.
MADE USUAL MISTAKE.
Charles {. Marston Falls Behind the
Score e--Accounted an Embezzler.
Shortage Amounts 10 Hundreds and Nc H; S
Gone to Parts Unknown.

Everybody in this city, acquainted with
Charles T.. Marston. will regret to learn
that he is charged with embeZZlement.
The worst of it all is, it is true because
he acknowledged the charge. Mr.. Mars
ton was the manager of the l.. b. Han
son clothing store. in Thaycr block. on
Main street and has been in the employ
of the firm for the past eight or nine
years. He was popular young man
about town. is married and the father of
two fine children. Mrs. Marston is
very nice young lady with a host of
friends. who sympathze with her in her
hour of trouble. The story of Mr.. Mars
tons msdcamnor is follows:
l.. b. Hanson, proprietor of the store
who also runs millinery and fancy goods
store at "a Main street Bangor, came to
this city. Friday night. and went at once
to the store He informed the clrck in
charge that MIR Marston had left the
city for good and all and that he was
charged with embezZcment. This was IL
sumner to the clerk. Mr. Hanson said at
once that he proposed to take account of
stock and see what the actual figures
that We're to go ONO the page of loss
amounted to. Saturday morning. with
the assistance of Oscar Dilworth ana the
clerk Mr. Hanson began to take stock
and it was at this Job that the journal
reporter found him. Mr.. Hanson said:
II am loath to say anything about the
matter ut all, but as you say it is better,
perhaps, that YOU should understand it
just as it is, rather than publish lot of
stuff that there is no real occasion for
and perhaps be far from the truth
What was your first intimation that
anything was wrong in the affairs at this
store?" asked the reporter.
II can show YOU better than | can tell
YOU" said Mr.. Hanson, taking some
papers from his pocket You see | re-
uuired Charles to make statement OF
the amount of business done each week.
Here are the statements as they have
been made the past three months. hut the
first that | noticed in these WAS along in
December when found that Charles was
not doing as had instructed him t" do,
regarding the deposits of cash. | had
told him that | did not want him to Keep
more that 500 on hand in the store that
he must deposit all moneys over that
amouut in the bank Here find the busi-
ness OF the store for this week in Dccem-
Der was so much Indicating the amount
as given in the statement for that week..
Down here l notice he has made It de
pOsitc Of only Sl3N when it should have
been considerably more. as you can see
for Yourself if he had followed nv in
Structions. Then again the next week
he returns only ST. dobositcd when it
should have bcon SO murn dndicatiu.,l.
Thcn wrot,. him that h. was not doing
as | mad told him To do and thai hc
must ut once make thu deposits necessary
Ia bring the balance of cash IN hand
down tu 500 but he failed to ,lu This last
week. and SO wrote hjm Wrdnesia>..
mat H.. must at once n,;llr In, d.posit.: 3:
ihat / required Of him and send mo n
new statement the noxt day Thursday.
Tho next day came aud did not hear
from him. OF course l. had begun to hc
suspicious and thought that pcrhap+ hc
had conr To- some friend to set asei-t-
anrc. if he WAS really bchfrJ in his .i,-
counts. Yesterday received i letter frnm
his broth4r-in-IaW. Mr.. Bean of Portland
that Charles had writtento him. acllnovl-
cding that he was short in his accounts
and so I came right ON here to see how
much the affair amounted to-
How much will the emhczzIeincnt
amount ." asked the reporter
II cannot tell Just how much now"
well. an estimate Will it amount to
Sl00H"
"Oh. Lord. yes aud Il good deal more. =
"Will il amount to $1,000"
II cannot say until We have completed
taking stock which YOU see we are doing
now. tie wrote to Mr.. Bean that he was
snort 5000. he acknowledges that amount
and we must tind out how much more if
there Is any more.
"When was the letter to Mr.. Bean writ
ten