Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-25
Strong Suspicious That He IS Still
at Home,
CAUSE OF HIS DOWNFALL.
It IN Said TO Have Been social Ambi'
uon-IIls Nife's Parents
Are Poor.

defined rumor ln Mt. Vernon last night
that Cornelius /. ANord Jrr the de-
fauluns note teller OF the First Ma
uoual bank. was either In his home 10
that city or that he was secreted ia
some place where he could easily be
reached.
Among those who believe that Alyord
Is IN Mt Vernon is Chief Of Police
Foley. who has not yet been asked TO
arrest the defaulter and does not know
officially that the man is wanted Tor a
crime. This circumstance Is widely
commented on by the people in MI
Vernon.
81 would not be a bit surprised 90
ina out that Alyord is and has been In
his home since this thing first came
out" said the chief last night. THAT
Is my opinion Mind, / have nothing
positive To base it on. but II 10 turns
out that / am right, / will not claim
any credit. but ] win probably say 90
myself that ] was right all along.
one of Aly0rds most intimate friends
who was one Of those who lald ONT tne
Chester Hin section IN MI. Vernon and
knows more about Affords affairs than
any man IN the town has expressed the
opinion that AlyOrd was not Tar away
and that he had most of the loot from
the bank safely planted.
Mayor Fiske OF MI Vernon. a close
personal friend Of Alyord, Was asked
last night what be thought of the ru
NOR that he was in the city or nc least
he was within close reach. He declined
TO talk in detail. but said significant
Is. u don't believe he Is very far away,
on rather that 10 would not surprise me
10 know that be was In the vicinity
4 Ike significant remark was dropped
by Barney the coachman, When Ques-
toned he said:
Don't worry about the boss. He's
am right. II they want him why don't
they come and take him? he won't
run away
Samuel Stewart a coal dealer OF Mt.
Vernon. last night stated positively
that he saw Alyord on Saturday last
ON the New York New Haven q Hart
ford train that leaves Mt. Vernon at
G.2S o'clock Ia the morning Mr.. Stew
art rs absolutely positive In the state
mgut
A Mrs. Levin, who has a newspaper
stand near the bridge also thinks She
saw Alv0rj in the drive Co the station
for the 6.2S train on saturday although
she Is not so positive as Mr. Stewart
With Aivurd on that day she says
was a man with side whiskers, who fire.
quently came up from the city with
him and went down 20 the city with
him the next day, She also says that
all. De-. 3D.. 4
10 10 the city on last Friday and she
commented on the fact az that time
The 6.2S train from Mt. Vernon ar
rives In New York at 1858 and the 1905
at 1899 This gave Alvord from two
and q half 20 three hours I'm the city
before the bank opened and talIes with
a statement he Is said 10 have made TO
a friend some time ago about his deyo-
ton to duty at the bank.
MRS. ALVORp's PARENTS,
New York. oct. 2j.-In apartments
that cost $50 a month on the third iIOOr
OF a fiat house In Harlem live the
father and mother Of the Wife OF Cor
nelus l. Alvord, the defaulting bank
teller They are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Benedict The Benedicts are simple
folk and poor They make no pre-
lenses and live within the salary paid
the old husband as bookkeeger IN a
butchering establishment Mr.. and
Mrs. Benedict have seen little OF their
only daughter In the last several years.
She seldom came to see them, so Ii IS
asserted. In fact, the neighbors ana
friends OF old Mr. and Mrs Benedict
thought them childless. They attributed
the devotion they shOwered on each
other TO the fact that they ad no chill
dren.
II was twelve years ago that Alvord
married Jennie Benedict. the handsome
blond girl Of tWenty-three, living with
her father and mother In East llhh
street Alyord was a steady. hard
working fellow. the father OF the girl
thought. His daughter, according TO his
way OF thinking, was making an excel
lent match. No one ever said that Al
word was dissipated then. He was not
known 60 have a single bad habit His
sole ambition was centered In his busi-
ness. That he cared nothing for society
was shown by his marrying a poor girl
who was a stranger 70 even the SOC
cial set IN which he the bank clerk,
was recognized. Alvords social ambi-
ton and his love OF extravaganza Is be-
lleVed 20 have taken root when he gave
a reception 90 his bride In a Hat ia
which they lived shortly after his mar
riage. All the officers of the First Ma
tional Bank were invited 90 this recep-
ton. This, it Is said. was the only time
that Cashier Reed and others OF the
bank officials ever saw or met Mrs Al
word.
Mrs. Alvord became ambitious social
~ shortly after her marriage Alyorl's
business ambition changed TO social
ambition
Alvord lived up to his salary the first
few years OF his married NE That he
loved his wife and was ambitious for
her success In a social sense was shown
by the way he showered money on her.