Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-30
DIsAppEARANoE AND RETURN
Circumstances That Led TO Former
and Connected with Latter.

Gilman. paving teller Of Wells, Fargo a
Co.'s bank and Rob 10 nunileus OF
ffiends disappeared myateriously sat-
urdav morning. He was found again
al his lone yesterday, and Is now IN
the custody of Chief OF Police Paul HIS
accounts al the bank are sud TO snow
n shortage of between SSO'OOQ ana S9O-
COO. though II is conseryatively esu-
l1ated tha1 the amount VIII not reach
that sum.
For a day and half no mans friends
were mere worried than were those OF
The councilman-tefIer For day and
n hall they scourcd the hills, where he
was said 10 nave gone with gun over
his shoulder but they got no trace
"rhe boys dead out there In the
hills" said one OF his friends, with a
surety It's only a question OF where
the body Is and IL must be found.
II was with this feeling that me
searching parties worked, They knew
chat Robertson had gone away In the
morning Nth shotgun and two
shells. ana they knew that he had some
| shortage at the bank. It was either
| that he had absconded or that he had
| committed suicide, and the most of his
| friends preferred TO believe that he had
| taken his lie
But lste last night the news became
| public thGi he was back at his home
| again. and that Chief Paul had been
notified and lad formally taken him In
| to custody.
| Robertson was at his home all day
| yesterday. He had spent the day pre-
vious out In the wet hills, alone with
| his thoughts and with a loaded sh<
| gun ever with him. For nearly "a
| hours he fought the battle with self,and
| al the end Of II, he decided to come
back and face whatever charges might
be made against him-"face them like
| man.
II was 1880 yesterday before he was
| discovered at his home by former
| Detective Sheets and Councilman
| Davis. The discovery was accidental,
Sheets and Davis having gone there for
| q piece Of clothing 10 give the scent
| 10 bloodhunds from the fort Instead
of the clothing they found Robertson
| himself.
The distressed man was In terrible
frame OF mind He faced his old friend,
| Councilman Davis, with the shotgun
| and told him not to come in, or he
would XIII him. Davis withdrew ana
awaited his opportunity, Then he and
.hev get him &c give up the gun.
Robertson admitted TO these two
friends that he had shortage at the
bank, and that II would total some
thing like $50 900 or $4,000 but he was
excited and nervous TO an awful de-
gree, and no reliance is placed on the
figures. But he also said something
that is very significant.
| stIIort.p nttka knnWg all abOut .tlp
shortage, he Is reported to have told
these two men. "Being a good fellow,
got me into this trouble 1t was a
matter OF obliging a friend"
For eight or nine years, according TO
Robertson, the defalcatlons have been
going on. II had reached point where
exposure was inevitable. There was
only one course open that he thought
he could take This was suicide, and II
was with the full intention OF taking
his own life that he had started out on
Saturday morning.
Getting a shotgun and a couple OF
shells, he went out into the hills to
kin himself Before he had gone far
the rain overlook him and he sought
shelter in a narrow cave. While here
one OF the searching parties passed
within 10 feet Of him. He heard them
talking He heard their expressions OF
sympathy and concern, and II set him
thinking.
Up 10 this time there had been no
thought In his mind save suicide. But
when the realization rushed fun upon
him that he had friends innumerable
and that their concern for his welfare
was great, he began to think that II
might be better for him TO go back So
he stayed In the gulch all night long
fighting the battle, At about o'clock
in the morning he went back to his
house. He still had the gun and the
shells neither Of which had been fired
The utmost secrecy was maintained
both Saturday and Sunday over his
disappearance. While his friends knew
about II Saturday and were out search
ing for him, they would not divulge IT,
and It was not until Saturday night
that Il was known by any but his i'm
mediate friends that he was gone And
not until he was turned over 10 Chief
Paul at 1890 last night did anyone save
,hese friends know that he had return
cd.