The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-25
THEORY is SUICIDE
FRIENDS THINK DEFNUITING TEL
LEH ALNORD i DEAD.
MYSTERY is GROWING DEEPER
WAS NOT Al sNRATOG NoR WAS
HE on THE FAST SET.

hank OmcIaIs say lie Uscd Cash COL
iected on Notes and Drafts Not
Payable Through the Clearing
nousc-Not Absent "A DAY Thi-
Nrar-ActInR Controller Of Cur
rcncy shows How AIvord Con-
ccaIcd tHs Thefts.
New York. OCT. et-Cornclius L. Al
word tho dcfau,tlug teller Of the First
National Bank has not been arrested and
t is sah no news has been received of
him.
Mrs. Alvoni lcft her home IN Mount
vernon and came 20 this city shis morn
ing u h. said she does not intend 60 re-
turn To Mount Vernon
Many personal friends OF Alvord in
Mount Vernon bclicyo no has committed
suicide John ~ Murphy one Of tho
bankers most intimate friends said TO
day no nrmN believed that Alvord has
taken his own life
He IS Just the sort or a man who would
do such thing" said Murphy while
he Sc phlcgmauc and apparently takes
matters as they come. ho Is la reality a
sensitive man.
II wish as his personal friend, 10 deny
the story current that thore was auoth r
woman Ga whom he wa Interested lie
was deeply attached 90 his wife and FAINT
ly and did not associate with fast set 90
The following supplementary statemcat
was given out by the First National Bank
officials this afternoon.
"Alvord's false entries appear 10 have
commenced about hve years ago. one -
his duties was 60 collect drafts.and notes
not payable through the CLEARING house. a
considerable part OF these usually being
paid in cash lie used portion Of thls
cash from time 60 ume. as opportunity
oner red. before any Of q was turned over
TO the money clerk.
Tho discrepancy was concealed by add
ing TO tho item OF exchanges for clearing
house on the note 1euors balance hook
an amount equal 10 tho sum of abstrac-
tions Untl his recen, disappearance.
Alvord had not been absent from the
bank during one business day this year
lie dd not take hts usual vacation hast
summer. requesting that instead ne might
take a month next winter for a trip 20
| California"
Was Not nt SarntoRa.
The Interesting feature OF the supple
mentary statement b the positive asaer-
tion that Alvord had not been absent from
the bank one business day this year Mr..
4ine repeated this statement orally after
an examinatiou Of the lime books in which
every days leave Of absence by any em-
ploye Of the bank II entered. This con-
tradicts the numerous reports that Al
word was a regular attendant and heavy
bettor ~ the Saratoga races this last sea-
son.
Tho paragraph IN the same statement
explaining how Alvord operated, was
shown 10 several experienced bank oiii-
cials The only point made clear TO them
was that Alvords opportunity came ~
mis- handling OF the banks each as coi-
lector. and also that "a has been admit
ted that he always carried cash balances.
An important official Of one Of the lead-
ing banks SAID
In most banks the note teller Is OBJ
iiged to adjust his balances after the
close OF every days business. and his ac-
counts should be checked on by his clerks
aua proved by che other tellers Had
this system obtained al the First Ma
tonal. do not see how Aivord could
have worked hls game longer than for .
few months az the utmost"
In spite OF Vice President Hines de-
niaI. &, is regarded as extremely probable
chat Alvord took a large sum Of money
shortly before he left