The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-03
EIIzabsthporl OefauItsr Raising
Bananas In Honduras.
WANTS HIS LETTER BURNED.
Ii II Hs Asks iM Details About Death Of
Sweetheart and Concsrnlng Condition Ia
Which Sh, Left Her Prspsrty.

New York, April 3.--Young William
Schrieber. who is charged with embezzling
sl2sooo from the Elizabethport Banking
company. is In Honduras, working a ba-
mana farm and shipping the products to
this city.
letter received last week from
Bchrieber asking the fun details of the
death OF his sweetheart, Anna Hart, who
died Feb; "A at the home OF friend on
Eifty~hfth street, New York, brings this
news The letter in part says:
II am pained TO hear the terrible news
of poor Anna's death. although ! rather
expected La !, Ssoy al any time for knew ,sne sh
afflicted for the past four years.
We'll, now that she Is gone, IL IL was
not for my dear mother and sister at
home, i would not hesitate TO go the
same route with Anna, but / must fight
II out and will to the very last.
II fully expected that Anna would come
would be impossible for her TO come un-
I'll she got about 5000 due her from a
friend to whom she had loaned II shortly
after my trouble came TO light.
"She thought she would be able 10 get
IL by the first OF the year" the letter
goes on. "and that she would leave about
Feb. J., and here comes the news that she
is dead.
HE'S MAKING MONEY.
We'll. II she would OF came TO me she
money she had ] would Of been able TO
turn IL over three or four times and had
enough to get her In two years TO pay
back the bank what owe them.
II will be able inside of six years 10
have enough TO square myself with the
bank and return 10 my home and friends
and commence life over In different
GAS for me stealing nearly hundred
thousand. the bank never had that much
in their vaults IN their life I owe the
"a A
that much.
"In fact the last three months I was
in New York did not know really what
i did. Write me all about Annals death
and where they buried her. Did she
still have her affairs In the same law
yer's hands? Did she make a will?
What became OF all her diamonds and
other jewelry and did she get the money
from the wine man that was due her
and did she have any stock In the wine
concern? II 80, what became OF IT?
ADDRESS HAL P.'
Now be sure and address Hal p. for
there are many Smiths. Jones and John
mail once on every ten days there vii will be
no chance OF anyone getting my mail but
myself. I hope that you will still con-
fear this letter ever getting into any
other hands Burn Il as soon as you
read 1t and let me hear from you at
once"
The letter was written to a woman
friend of his and also OF his sweetheart,
Anna Hart.
Mrs. Anna Hart. the young and hand
some woman upon whom the young bank
clerk sduandered the loot from the Eliz-
abethport bank, died at the home of a
friend i'm New York the latter part OF
February Of consumption. She was about
twenty-eight wears old.
Up To the time young Schrieber met the
Hart woman he was Sunday school boy;
respected by the entire community, and
because of his suffering affliction was
too sensitive TO go into circles which hts
and his family's position entitled him
BANK LOST s12s,000.
Schrieber was clerk I'm the Elizabeth
pdrt Banking company. with a salary or
sl2s, 600 OF the banks money early in Oc-
tober 1900 The bank was capitalized at
only $4,000. but the directors made good
the loss.