Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-07-04
TELLER DEPARTS WITH CASH
With Nearly Hundred Thousand in
Grip Bids Friends Adieu.
WINDSOR TRUST COMPANY VICTIM
Directors of New York Concern Have
Made Good Loss and Have Put
the Case I'm the Hands OF
Detectives.

NEW YORK. July s.-Detectives through
out the United States are searching for
Chester b. Runyan, paying teller OF the
Windsor Trust company. who. the directors
allege, is missing with .215 in cash. The
case is being handled by private detectives.
George w. Young, a director OF the trust
company, confirms the reports OF the de-
fslcation, which the detectives say Is one
Of the most remarkable ever reported Run
yan is accused of having placed S96,S17 in
currency in a suit case last Saturday and
departed. after shaking hands with his as
sociates. Runyan. It is said. did not even
go to his apartment to bid goodby to his
wife, to whom he had been married for
five years. Runyan Is said to have taken
all the cash available In the bank last Sat
,irday The directors Il is stated, have
made up ell the loss Of the defalcation.
Runyan was a man OF exemplary habits
so far as known. and his conduct was such
ss not to arouse any suspicion. When the
auditors went over his accounts on May 1
they we're found to be all right.
BERLIN. July 9-Herr Knorr. a banker
Of Anklam, Pomerania, has been arrested
on the charge OF embezzling 100000
wealthy Men Under Cloud.
CHICAGO. July 3.-Lafayette Mcwil-
liams. a millionaire, a former partner In
the firm OF Marshall Field & Co. and a
cousin Of the late Mrs. William Mckinley;
Daniel NJ. Lord. former vice president OF
the Metropolitan Trust and Savings bank
of this city, and d. w. Kimball, a pro-
moter, we're today declared by Judge Mack
to be guilty of misappropriating N2,50O be-
longing TO their personal friends. The
finding of the court was In a suit brought
by friends of McWiliams and Lord to set
aside the transaction in which they in
vested $4,000 in Indiana oil lands.
Before the complainant became Interested
in the land McWilliams and Lord had tried
without success to sell it for s525OO and
had represented to the complainants that II
was worth $4,000. Later they renewed
options for $57.5Oo and then. according to
the evidence in the case, induced their
friends to enter into deal to purchase tho
property for $4,000. The complainants in
the case were all personal friends, neigh
bors and fellow club members of Lord and
Mcwilliams and the suit has caused much
bitter feeling among them.
Judge Mack I'm deciding the case, said:
''The- DEFENDANTS in this case were led
by their desire for money to forget the
obligations of friendship and even to travel
beyond the permissible in law"
EmbeEsIer in Germany.
BERLIN, July alt developed today that
last weeks bank failure at Marienburg.
due to the defalcation OF the manager Of
the concern. was more serious than at first
expected The losses are now said to total
about 81. 10000. Thousands of small de-
positors lost their savings and many trades
men were ruined. II was rumored on the
Bourse during this afternoon that a pri4
vate bank at Danzig had been affected by
the Marienburg failure.
The feeling of uneasiness caused by
these reports was increased by the an
nouncement of the arrest at Anklam, Pom
erania, of Herr Knorr, a banker. on the
charge Of embezzlement of $1O0,OOO Prices
on the Bourse. however. improved.