The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-25
Defaulting Teller Of the Rich First
A., Rational Bank Of Wall Street q
Fugitive From Justice.
HAD STOLEN FOR YEARS:
Financial Circles Full of Stories Tell
ing What he Did With BIS Money.
Was o Superior Defaulters

II
tIonal bank. had not been arrested, and
II was said no news had been received
Of him. Mrs. Alvord left her home in
Mt. Vernon and came to this city this
morning. 1t is said she does not intend
TO return to Mt. Vernon.
It was learned that when the Alvords
went to Saratoga last summer they
took with them all their horses and car
riages. 1t took two cars to transport
the outfit. The horses were blooded an
finals and the vehicles were all Of the
handsomest description. One set Of har-
ness alone Is said to have cost $500.
and everything about the stable equlp-
ment was on the same scale.
Whole Matter Cleared Up. .
Vice President Hine, Of the First Ma
tlonal Bank, in answer to number OF
questions put to him in regard to AL
word and the general situation. said
that tho bank had cleared up the whole
matter Of the defalcation to its own
satisfaction. This was interpreted to
mean that just how and when Alvord
had taken the money had been discov-
cred by the officials. Mr.. Hine said
he did not care to talk about the mat
ter.
The First National bank hastcorres-
pondents In almost every city Of any
size in the country. so that its mail
from correspondents is always very
large. In some cities, Philadelphia for
instance, tho number OF Its correspon-
dents Is more than half dozen. All
through Pennsylvania in the coal, iron
and oil districts. It has representative
banks as correspondents and Its mail is
probably larger than that Of any other
banking institution In this city.
Still Remains Mystery.
According to Vice President Hlne.
while Alverd handled @ great deal Of
ths meney that came: into the bank, he:
had nothing to do with the monies that
were dispatched to interior correspon-
dents.
In epite Of many rumors. some Of
them very circumstantial, 1t may be
positively stated that the officials of the
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high living and lu1urles for his family
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orc Ioor,nr into q and u Awards bro-
kers can he found. thew will he made to
d,srorrs n that should he nossible.
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.uat Ai'oro was u superior ueiaui'e
'has Is 10 say ne was cle'efet .nah Tue
a'efase oi ms hihu' ne pioouo's e"
i,ieo 'hae 'ne majority oL MS risa's u
'He past so1 away WIN very i't.'e nv
MY i'ahh'hs men "efe uisposeu " oe
'I'e ."-uay 'iia' ploo"o'' 1Aisotu mon.
aeeu 10 MAKE ms escape WIN SEVERN
nunoreo 'housaho dollars. u was
'h0ush' 'hat the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
p.ts usi"'ca''oi he4peu " uneo.c'
N''ofo operations heco'''l.s 'ei
'ous anu apprehehsiVe over 'he i'o'o
0n'"'iieu Wy i' oei''e e!Oo'' 1'o'o
.1''tu' .i'foush neglect UT her'ousi'ess'
- .i'sck up some OIL ms 'r''i's'ic.'oits'
ena 'ne result was exposure
oe''e'e he las Suic1uea.
Many personal friends of Alvord in
MT. vernon believe he has committed
s''Iioe. Johh ii. Murphy, one Oh tiie
.1"HeF most ihtimate frlehas' saiu 10
as he .'r'hiy DelieVea 'hat Ai'ofu iihu
''neh MS own lie.
ne Is Just the sort OF man VINO
"ou'l 90 SUCH a thing' sad Mr.
Murphy. while he is nhlegmatic and
%ppAfeh'iy taxes matters as they come
az ID IN reality sensitive man
"'sh' as his personal triend' 10
1e"y 'he story current that there was
"no'neF woman In whom he was inter-
eS'su' Tic was deeply attached to ma
@ "me ana family, and did not associate
".'n It ihst aet."
supplementary statement given
out by the First National bank officials