The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-13
ALLEN MAY
HAVE GOT
BY POLICE
Boston Officials Think AbsCOnd.
Ing Treasurer Is In Chicago
Having Loft Rochester

! Boston, Aug is-Chief Watts OF the
| Boston police, believes that Willard r..
Allen. the defaulting treasurer OF the
Methodist Preachers Aid society and
other concerns. is in Chicago and will
be captured In a short time.
The chief admits that the strongest
reason for his belief IL that Allen is
known to have taken train from Roch-
| ester, N. Y, for Chicago He has not
been traced beyond that point.
Secretary Weed OF the Preachers Aid
society, Is preparing statement showing
| the condition OF the society's affairs
after Mr.. Aliens manipulation.
Il. III. Dunn. leather merchant. and
member OF the Methodist Historical
society. which lost $4,000 says he audited
the accounts OF the Historical society.
last January, Mr.. Allen bringing the
bank books and bonds 10 Mr.. Dunn's Of
fee. The accounts were correct at that
time.
Willard Allen. In biographical sketch
written by himself said he had war
record, takin gpart In Sherman's march
man IL was not with a Massachusetts
regiment under his own name. for that
name Is not on the record
Allen was not a member OF the q. A.
r.. and II seems rather strange that a
man interested so strenuously I'm politics
as he was did not take advantage OF
the backing OF so powerful an organi-
zstion as the G. A. r. would have af-
forded to a man with a credtable war
record.
NOT MORE THAN $4,000
The biographical sketch also says that
he was born in 1851, instead OF lsil
At a meeting OF the corporate members
OF tho Preachers Aid society yesterday.
Al which the case OF the absconding
treasurer. W s. Allen, was considered,
rules were adopted restricting the au-
thority OF the treasurer and providing
that he furnish a bond OF not less than
SIC, 900.
AT the conclusion OF the meeting DR..
Edward C. Miles the head OF the organ
ization, stated that the entire sum which
Allen took with him could not have
exceeded $4,000. This included the perma-
nent fund OF $4,000 and the income OF
$500 after claims were paid.
The statement in the circular sent out
by the police that Allen had embezzled
$4,000, said DR.. Miles, undoubtedly was
due to a clerical error.
Chief Watts says there is no trace OF
Allen beyond Chicago. Inspector Norris
sey Is still in that city.
Acting on the theory that Allen is in
Chicago. Inspector Morrissey is still in
the neighborhood OF that city trying TO
get some trace OF him. The police feel
positive that they have the man traced
up TO last Friday. but as 10 what became
OF him after that they are not so posi-
tive
There is one point. however. on which
they are a unit, and that is that the en-
bezzler has not committed suicide Yes
terday IL was learned that one reason for
their being go positive in that belief is
that the day before he left East Boston
Allen purchased ~ bottles OF a certain
medicine which he had been taking as the
result OF prescription given him by his /,
FAMILY physician. II seems that Allen Is n |
sufferer from indigestion, and the medi- |
cine was prescribed for that ailment. 'It |
does not look said a prominent police |
OFFICIAL In discussing Aliens disappear
ance yesterday, ''as II he would have
bought so much medicine II he had In
tended 10 kill himself
HAS SEVERAL BROKERS.
II is generally admitted that Allen did
not do his specializing through bucket
shops, but instead bought his stock out
light. through reputable brokerage
houses. IL was also learned that he did
lot confne his dealings TO one house
out operated through several
Among other things. the investigation
" Aliens recent transactions has shown
hat he recently was the owner OF 10000
Ihares OF stock in the Nugget Gulch
y
,ranch office Is located I'm Chicago
Inquiry at the Boston office of the
Nugget Gulch Mining and Milling com
'any corroborates the report that Mr.
Ahen did hold 10000 shares OF its stock
or not he still holds this stock
$ not known a the Boston office. The
office OF the company = in Chi
ago. and II would have been possible
or him 10 have mailed his transfer
lapsrs there direct although IN the orsdi
ary course OF procedure the Boston Of
Ice would have been made cognlzant ~
he fact. In fact the Boston officials of
he company have been curious 70 know
bout this. themselves
Allen was not only treasurer but IL
rarian OF the Historical society. The
ooks held by the library are quite nu-
1erous. They denl with the subject OF
fethodism. The library was founded
bout 20 years ago by Jacob Sleeper. who
ppropria ted 5000 The fund had grown
. nearly $4,000 at the time Allen went