The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-25
Mr.. DAVIDSON'S ARREST
FRANCIS TANsELL, OF ILLINOIS,
CHARGES EMBEZZLEMENT.
1t Il Claimed by Dorman N. Davidson
That His Pocket Was Picked
Recently of $500.

Dorman ~. Davidson, real-estate dealer
with Offices In the Law building. was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Detectives
Bray and Holtz and slated at the police sta
ton on charge of embezzlement. Mr.. Da-
wilson is charged with appropriating to his
own use $500, which, it is said, he received
the proceeds of the sale of thirteen acres
of ground at Clermont. Ind, while acting
as the agent Of Francis Tansell, an old
soldier of Milford. ILL.,.
On the afternoon of June 13 Mr.. David
son reported to the detective department
at police headquarters that he had been
made the victim of a clever pickpocket
while entering the postoffice building short
ly before IL o'clock. He said that he had
drawn $500 out OF the Indiana National
Bank in the morning and had placed it in
his hip pocket. He did not notice the loss.
he said, until he was roughly jostled by
two tough-looking men at the entrance Of
the building. and Immediately on discover
ing his loss he wrote TO Mr.. Tansell ex-
planning that he could not pay him the
money, as he had been robbed, and also
notified the police departm of this city
Mr.. Tansell at once notified his son Charles
who lives al Clermont, and instructed him
to make investigation of the matter at
once. Mr.. Tansell stated that he had placed
the sale OF the real estate, which was all
the property ne owned, in the hands of Mr..
Davidson, and had signed a deed turning
the land over to him with the understand
ing that as soon as the sale of the property
was completed Mr.. Davidson to send
him bank draft for the amount of the
purchase price, less his commission, which
was to be $34.
BECAME SUSPICIOUS.
he
had drawn the money out of the bank at
Saturday noon, when 1t was impossible to
make another deposit until the following
Monday, caused him to become suspicious,
in addition to the fact that it was unnec-
essary for the money to be drawn from the
bank at all in order to send a draft as he
wanted done.
He consulted the city detectives through
his son and Detectives Holtz and Bray were
assigned to the case They talked to Mr..
Davidson number OF times about the af-
fair and found that he would give no par
ticular reason for drawing the money from
the bank on Saturday noon and that he
was financially unable to repay the loss
at the present time The story of the rob-
berry was not believed from the beginning
by the detectives or by Tansell and his son
Charles but they decided to wait a reason
able time and give the real-estate dealer
an opportunity to raise the money and re-
pay the loss. On June IL they placed the
| case in the hands of an attorney, who cor
responded and talked to Mr.. Davidson and
held the arrest off until yesterday after
noon. when he gave the detectives, who
had in the meantime been gathering evil
dence against Davidson, the warrant and
caused his arrest. Mr.. Davidson seemed
visibly affected by the action of his client
and said that although things seemed rather
against him at the present time he would
come out of 1t all right He was only de-
tained at the police station for short time,
as bondsman was soon on hand to secure
his release. The preliminary hearing will
be held in theI Police Court this morning.