Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-24
ALVORO POSED
AS AN EARL'S SON
AtSaratoga He Was Always Accom-
panied by a Woman
LIVED IN HIGHEST STYLE.
~. proye Fast Trotters and Pa'roh-
,,a the Gaming Table lie Bei NJ
One Having Unlimited heans'

Nav York. oct 24-The Whereabouts
,f cornelius Lansing Alyord, Jr' 'hot
80, who Il mas been discovered,
100 the First National bank 10 the
wen, OF 100000. is unknown. and his
,.,9s,ms home at Mount Vernon is De-
e., closely watched by detectives. W.
: SNOW AN assistant cashier Of the
t,,t who lives IN Mont clair, \ j.
.,d last night that he had not authorl-
r,otell any Of the details Of the mat
Ter but continued
The money which was stolen came
out Of the profits accruing to the bank
and NOT out OF the capital. II ! could
.yplalp the methods OF the defaulter to
you you would see that they were very
simple The stealing has been going
on Tor ave or six years. The bank eN-
sr,jpars should have discovered II ana
so should we. but II was one little thlng
we overlooked.
olEe trusted Alyord implicitly and
Rad NOT the least suspicion Of him until
i'.i Thursday on that day while the
bsnk examiner was inspecting the
Rookie one OF our clerks called attention
IN "A circumstance that made US sus-
rlcious ~ Alvord. II had entirely es-
Ssn4d the notice Of the bank examiner,
mr. he said the books were all right
aNobody knew Of this, not even the
officers OF the bank at the time. When
the bank was closed, Alvord went home
as usual. Then a few Of US who knew
about the clerks discovery, started an
Investigation Of the books. We found
that by making false entries, Alyord
had been stealing out Of our profits.
Nobody knew OF our investigation, and
Alyord could not have had the least
suspicion Of Il,
He did not return 70 work next
morning and has not been seen since.
The only explanation for his flight,
10 my mind. is a guilty conscience, for
! do not believe he could have guessed
that We suspected him that afternoon.
Even the officers Of the bank did not
know OF the discovery until next day.
Ever since last Thursday we have
had detectives on his trail. and | think
that he viii be landed soon. He is In
New York City | believe, at the present
80 well anywhere as he is a very large
man Of very striking appearance.
Il wish / could explain his trick TO
you. Il is 80 simple We are all
greatly chagrlned 70 think he could
have fooled us by Il. Years ago
we lost a few thousand In the same
way. and We took especial precautions
20 prevent anything like II IN the future.
], among others. stayed at the bank
night after night studying methods,
and We thought that We could not be
cooled again"
Considerable information as 20 the
fashion IN which Alyord spent the
banks funds Is impaired by Race Track
habltues.
A well-known book-maker had this 10
say about the missing mans acts at
Saratoga:
"Ayord was a regular frequenter OF
the tracks lie was always accom-
panied by woman with blonde hair,
who wore a veil. which, while not thick,
served 20 hide her features, so that II
saw her today on Broadway, / would
not recognize her
He generally bet on the English eys-
ten, That Is TO say, he knew all the
book.makers by sight, and at a race
be would 80 10 book maker. saying,
Bet me $500 on this horse. He would
20 the rounds Of the bookies, putting a
bet with each one. Then every Mon
Gdy an the boOk-makers would 60 60
The United states Hotel and there he
would settle up IN cash. Because Of
ihls popularity the book-makers used
70 call him The Prince
Al Davis. another turfman. made the
la, Y A
known as the Hon. Mr. AlvOrd, the
younger son Of an English earl Davis,
'oo,says that Alyord was invariably ac-
oompanied by a woman.
The banks officers positively deny
mat any one In the bank OF any OF It's
depoItors was IN collision with Alvord.
AlVord, according 10 a dispatch 10 the
Times ron Syracuse, was born In that
.ly ana belongs 10 family Of bankers.
hls father was Cornelius l.. Alvord, ST..
"rothef OF the late Thos. +. Alvord for
AtIiy governor OF the State.
cornelius Alyord, ST., was one Of the
men 10 central New York. when thirty
years ago the family moved from SYRIA
S4se 20 a town between Albany and
hlQs1n. He was treasurer OF the bank
ol ealna. Afterwards, he became treas
IreI " the Salt Springs National bank.
L. AlVOrd, IT, is cousin OF Mrs.
Jas l.. Cheney Of Syracuse. His rela-
yves In Syracuse refused 20 talk about
nm or his family.
what Alvord did with all the cash IL
aIso a mystery as yet, except that as
usual 10 such cases II Is said a large
amount Of Il went into stock specula-
uon The story IL that he lost $4,000
u one deal but what deal It was Is
10Y stated. II has been discovered that
GuI'Hf the summer AlvOri visited
saratoga. where he cut a great figure.
tiea1.ng money like prince. He
rented and kept fine stable Of horses.
anG. besides playing the races, Is said
70 nave freQuented gambling places.
tnese stories are true Alvord dis
I.ayel entirely different characteristics
wa" those he showed at home. In this
city be was known as man OF very
regular habits. Among his associates
he was looked up 10 and on Wall street
was known az Happy Alvord be-
cause N his CHEEKY ways.
hIs home was IN the suburb OF Mount
vernon. This home Is a magnificent
pace located on Chester hill one OF
NE most artistic sections OF the town.
is surrounded by luxurious grounds
eNl There are extensive stables.
,AFofd has long been considered one
,oI the big men OF the town. His fam
NY entertained lavlshly and gave large
sums 10 charity He was prominent in
C1uIch circles and his wife is consld-
We one or the most beautiful women In
Mount Vernon.
invitations had been sent out FOR
Grand dinner az the Alvord home a
week ago tomorrow night The day
tsl tor the dinner messengers scurrled
thfoughout Mount Vernon recalling Inc
INVITATIONS That night the house was
IN aarkness. Friends o. the family were
loil mat Mr.. Alyord was IN. The dark.
eAel windows since then. and the fact
mar no callers Were admitted. led the
neghbors 90 believe that his illness was
serious
Ms Alvord, wife Of the missing note
,eHer was seen al her Mount Vernon
nome She was weeping bitterly and
would not talk about the case. The
FAMILY consisted o, Mr. and Mrs. All.
,ord' Two girls and boy. They kept
Iout or I've servants.
Mrs Avord Is said 10 have told
trends that owing 10 his position In
,he bank. Mr. Alyord was able TO OBJ
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