The Portland daily press., 1900-10-25
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Bank Examiner Charles A. Hanna
was closeted with United States DISTRICT
Attorney General Burnett for nearly 10
minutes The published statement that
be had said that the embszzlemenU was
the result of conspiracy. He had no
knowledge OF the whereabouts of AIvord.
1t was learned that Mr.. Hanna had
practically presented all or the case. that
he could at this time and that II war
rants had not bsen asked for already they
would be very soon.
In spite OF many rumOrs, some of them
very circumstantiaI, IL may be positively
stated that the officials of the bank have
no definite idea just what AIvord did
with the large sum of money he stole. All
street is full of news telling how the
defaulter was heavy loser in the stock
market and although the bank officials
refuse to discuss that phase of the mat
ter, there is no doubt that their detec-
tives are looking into 1t and If Alvord's
broker or brokers can be found they Will
be- made to disgorge If that should bs
possible.
In Wall street, the opinion prevails that
Alvord was cIeverer than the average
defaulter. Banking men were disposed
to believe today that Alvord managed to
make his escape with several hundred
thousand dollars Knowing the conse-
Quences, it was easy to bsl1eve that
Alvord did not disappear empty-handed.
Mrs. Alyord made the followin
statement today:
II am heart-broken at my husbands
actions. He never gave me any 1nt1ma-
tion of the way he secured money. 1 al
ways understood that he received 81, 600
year from the bank and that he made
large sums by speculation In Wall street.
The stories that my husband was seen in
Saratoga with another woman, are,
am convinced, absolutely false. have
not heard from my husband since Satur-
day morning when he left home to go to
the depot
. The interesting feature of a supple.
mentary statement made by Vice Presi-
dent Hine, is the positive assertion that
Alvord had not bsen absent from the
bank one business day this year. Mr..
Htne repeated this statement orally after
an examination of the time books in
which every employee of the bank is en-
tered. This oOntradicts the numerous re.
ports that AlvOrd was a regular attend
ant at the Saratoga Oes this last sea-
son. In spite OF Vice President Hine
denial 1t is regarded as extremely proba-
bls that Alvord took a large sum of
money shortly before he left.
Representatives OF the bank were re-
ported as having made still hunt
among the brokerage houses today, pre-
sumably for proof of the rumOrs that the
note teller had dropped large sums in
stock speculations. Whether or not they
met with any success could not be ascer-
tained.
Vice President Hine was seen in the
early evening. At that time hs said:
"We have not heard anything about
Alvord and we have no idea where he
Is
Mrs. AIvord returned from New York
to her Mount Vernon home, late this af-
ternoon The following is said to be fair
list OF the AlvOrd possessions all or near
ly all, being in the wifes name:
Real estate, houses and lots In Mount
Vernon, $25, 600; lots in New Rochelle,
$l5, 900; six carriages, six horses, SO, COO;
household furniture, s., 5OO paintings
Dr1cabrac, $40, GOO; diamonds owned by
Mrs. Alvord, $50, 900; jewelry owned by
Alvord, $4,000; total, Sl05, 600.