Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-10-26
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New York. Oct. 25.-In apartments
that cost eco month, on the third floor
/ OF fat In Harlem. live the father and
mo,he~ Of the wife Of Cornelius Alvord.
the defaulting bank teller They are
Mr., and Mrs. Charles Benedict The
Benedicts are simple folks and poor.
They make no protenses and live within
the salary paid the old husband as book
keeper IN a butchering establishment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benedict have seen little
Of their only daughter In the last several
years. She seldom came 70 see them. 30
Il IL asserted. In fact, noighbors aud
friends Of Mr. and Mrs Benedict
thought them childnoss. They attri-
buted the devotion they showed on each
other 20 the fact that they had no
children.
B.. II was ~ years ago that Alvord mar
ried Jennie Benedict, then handsome
blond Of % living with her father and
mother on East One Hundred and
Twelfth street. Alvord was a steady.
hard working fellow. the father Of the
girl thought. His daughter, according
% his way o. thinking, was making an
excellent match No one ever said Al
word was dissipated then. Ho was not
known 20 have a single bad habit His
sole ambition was conferred in business.
, That he cared nothing for society was
shown by his marrying a poor girl, who
was stranger 70 even the social set in
which he. the bank clerk. was reoog-
nizsd.
Alyord's social ambition aud his love
for extravagance is believed 10 have
taken root when he gave reception n
his bride IN the IA, in which they lived
shortly after their marriage All OH.
GERS o. the First National hank were in.
vited % this reception. This. it is said.
: was the only time Cashier Reed and
o other bank officials ever saw or met
}. Mrs. Alyord. Mrs. Alvord became am
}, bitious socially shortly after her mar.
y riagc Alvord's BUSINESS ambition then
4 changed 10 social ambition. Alvord
j. lived up 10 his salary the first few years
e Of his married life That he loved his
wife and was ambitious for her sake in
IN a social sense was shown by the way
ha showerod money on her.
Betting men Of local race tracks say
Alyord could not possibly have lost any
great amount Of money on the track,
even II he bet through commissioner.
without his ideutity being discovered
: To lose anything approximariag the sum
Of Alvord's defalcation, while keeping
his name secret, they declared. was i'm,
possible. Even had he bet through com
:, missioners, the placing Of large sum-
, would have attracted attention and book
makers who pay men specially 10 keeT
them Informed Of what Is going ON ant
who was betting. must have learnet
" whence the commissioner came.
'e OF Mrs. Alvord's visits 10 tracks. IL Il
/. said she frequently occupied box a
Is more important courses, though seldom
4. accompanied by her husband. She be
ON races-of that men who knew he
v were sure but they did not know sh'
,i bet any large amounts and as her bet
W were always placed by regular racetracl
4 messengers, IL 10 assumed the wager
I. did not reach extraordinary size. Whei
As Alvord was with his wife he usually be
n. from t25 10 ESQ ON each race.
N Prominent sporting men in the Ten
a. derloin laugh at the suggestion that Al
e. word could have lost 100000 or evel
half that amount in gambling house
10 and poolrooms without becoming widel
he known. They declare he certainly ooul
r, not have confined his operations 20 on
"a place and won or lost a fifth Of IL In
reasonable length Of time and hav
avoided Rossips that are always numer
Gus around the green cloth aud th
81. wheel.
" Three steamships left New York Ia,
Saturday, the day Alvord is known {
nm have disappeared, on any Of which h
IN might have booked as passager NJ
ng der an assumed name. These steam
". ships were the Mexico, bound for Cub
n. Captain Frio, for Hamburg and the An
stordam, for Rotterdam. The MexiC
!. landed at Havana Wednesday and wor
was received by detectives that Alvor
~ was not on board. When the other Nv
'e' ships arrive ut their destinations ever
~ passenger win be examined. II
~. whereabouts Is still unknown.