The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
George Tomb. County Clerk
of L,assen. Hopelessly In
VOWED. Leaves the State
WIFE FRUSTRATED
BY HIS CONDUCT
With Thee Little Children,
She Is Left Penniless
to Face His Victims

slsANYsLLE. sept l.-Faithiess in
s. d.aty- toward his wife and three
o1ttte i@i1en. & .betrayer OF his friends.
s1aEe- to-Jiauor and the saming table
sr.E.- 1espelessiH. involved financially.
sieqa.ea~L Tomb. County Clerk of Las
sens coaH;p and well known business
5aan. is lost. somewhere in the wilder
ess ot the wqrld- Though not yet q
titgittyc froni justice. ne criminal charge
aTlng..: b@t.l entered against him. he
Gas GeG- perhaps driven TO flight by d.
taEL3i.. aroused conscience or led by
EAe- tear that haunts the guilty.
f.Com = by-StaUon about twenty miles
east-:of this place came a message,
IeEf.fed }.y aim 20 his wife, in which are
saiG be sss goins away Up to the
ta9ife ent Of the receipt of the message
Mrs. Tomb Knew nothing OF his in
tC0dei flight nor Of the fact that his
rnaEcias~ obligations had piled SO high
th5t ala was. powerless 10 meet them
a.f1 cot. tile profits Of a furniture bust
ness he conducted as well AS his salary.
5n9 eS igation disclosed. had been spent
;'.lfduo. and over tie green cloth. as
we'll IS $4,000 borrowed on notes in
6qlscd by friends ranging from 800 to
81 zoe seach... These notes his friends
psi} now have TO meet. and while this
w-il be a. hardship on them they resent
-mosr.the facr that he so brazenly loot
sd their coElfiGerce when he knew he
-svss aoeyond his depth in debt snd every
dollar he borrowed from them he knew
le -5Vas stealing
VECTIMIZEs FRIENDS.
a majority Of the people of this place
were f.iends OF the missing man and
epers. friend he had he victimized-
When his last resources were exhaust
cd slie went 10 his chief deputy. George
X R8sebcrry. told him he was going
Or :. business teip and left instructions
a. to-hcw ais business and Once should
s bs@ conducted. When Tomb departed
Roseberry thought he would return in
"A seez. or two blgt as time passed and
r AID net return he began to grow sus-
picf9cis- Then came the note TO Mrs.
TlrlR and the truth was Known.
Erie6ds learned Of the young mans
fight and forthwith attachments We're
levied on. an his holdings. An inven-
tory. however. disclOses the fact that
iris assets Wall. not pay more than
cents on the dollar. the deficit is now a
burden that must be borne by his vic
srms. For several days Roseberry tried
. .;o-lold or the creditors. hoping that
.TD3h would return, but his nope was
! iLl.fopnded.
e. Ten years. ago Tomb was a minister
OF the gospel, but forsOok the cloth
2 fOg a business career For long pc
rfod he never entered a saloon and
friends gathered around him, willing
to.-aid him in any way. Finally, how
ever the inherent weakness in his
character conquered him; the night life
won him. over and he began to drink
and gan Bile. first. TO be sociable, later
..habttpstly. Then, instead Of trying TO
aid.. hEsa friends and standing square
with. them as they had always done
.bx him. Ire deceived them. When his
ldst dollar was gone he. arose from the
. EsfrbIng table and walked out leaving
z e5.burden 'of- his wrongs 10 his FRIENDS
and Unfortunate' wife
80 EXIFE; Is FRUSTRATED.
9Lrs. Tomb is in a critical condition
from the shock: her heart is broken.
left Denfiyess with her babies. the
IgtEre is dark for her Between her
sebs she. said: i believe ii is useless TO
search for my husband. he never IN
eerdcd To come back when he left and
.he is far away now" IT is the general
oDfaion that he is out Of the State and
steps viii be taken shortly by the
Board OF Supervisors to declare his Of
fee vacant
While the. people here hold nothing
but contempt for rhe fugitive Mrs.
Tomb has the sympathy Of the entire
community. AL effort viii be made 70
see III just a little out OF the wreck of
her husband's 5 business cannot be saved
for her and her little ones; TO see her
suffer for her husbands wrongs would
not please. those who have known her
so long and the fullness of whose. re-