The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-06
When He Was Caught in
WOman'S Apartments
HE LAUGHED AT POLICE
Chester B. Runyan Of the Windsor Trust
Company Claims He Gave Part Of
Stolen Money to mrs. Laura
III. carter--She Denies 1t.

New York, July 6.--Chester B. Run
yam, the defauIting teller Of the Wind
sor Trust company, was arrested In
New York yesterday afternoon and
S54,410 Of the money stolen from tho
bank was recovered.
Runyan was found in the apartment
Of Mrs. Laura NJ. Carter Of $40 West
Hath street, where he had been since
he walked out Of the bank on Satur-
day with all the money in the teller's
vault packed In his suit case.
Mrs. Carter reported at the I25th
street police station that Runyan was
Ia her fiat. Five detectives at once ac-
companied Mrs. Carter to the house She
furnished the1a key to the apartment
and two Of the detectives entered the
room while the Others remained out
side.
As TIE detectives entered Runyan
was standing in front Of a chiffonier.
He turned suddenly ON the officers with
a revolver In his hand. The detectives
rushed at him telling him to throw up
his hands. He thereupon dropped the
revolver and calmly submitted to being
handcuffed, saying that the jig was
up"
When asked where the money was
he said that part Of il was in the suit
case and the rest was in a drawer Of
the chiffonier.
When the detectives had finished ran.
sacking the fiat Runyan was taken to
the police station Mrs. Carter and her
negro maid, Mary Duncan, Were also
placed under arrest.
At the station Runyan admitted his
identity. He said that he had been in
the fiat since Saturday laughing at the
efforts the police were making to locate
him. He said that he had shaved of
his moustache and was letting his beard
grow as q disguise.
When questioned about the where
abouts Of the balance Of the money mis-
sing from the hank--the sum lost was
said to be more than 500 ,000--he stated
that he had been specializing and had
lost heavily and intimated that Mrs
Carter might know something about
any money that was missing. Mrs
Carter Indignantly denied that she had
had any Of the money and angily told
Runyan that she had betrayed him To
the police because he had lied to her
and had not given her money as he had
promised
Runyan stated that he had given Mrs
Carter $4,000 but this she denied. He
said he gave her $4,000 on Monday and
$4,000 this morning. Mrs Carter said
that he gave her $4,000 on Monday, but
that she withdrew it from the bank thii
morning and returned it TO him.
It also developed that Runyan gave
Mrs. Carter heavy gold bracelet ane
diamond ring on Saturday evening
There were valued at $1,000. The brace
let was on Mrs. Carter's wrist at tbs
time Of Runyan's arrest and is now II
the possession Of the police.
Fell Into Bad Hands.
George w. Young, a director of th,
trust company, was closeted with Run
van late last night. Later he made 4
statement in which he said that he hat
obtained list from Runyan showing
Ss1 900. He added.
II believe that had Runyan not faIleI
into bad hands he would have returnet
the money to the company before thiI
time. He is naturally an honest man
and / think that he Is suffering from {
brain storm"
Mr.. Young said further that Runyar
had done everything in his power Il
straighten out matters at the bank.