The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-06
DEFAULTER
 IS ARRESTED Chester Runyan Run Down at Last. WAS LIVING LIKE A LORD Woman in the Case Gave Him
 Away. Over Half of the stolen Bank Furda Was Recovered-was Keeping House in New
 York.
 
WAS LIVING LIKE A LORD

New York. July 5.--Chester B. Rune van. the defauiting teller of the wind- sor Trust Company. was arrested in New York city today and $54.41o of thu money stolen from the bank was re- covered.
 Runyan was found in the apartment of Mrs. Laura Nj Carter of SIS Wesk Done Hundred and Forty fourth Street where he had been since he walked out of the bank on Saturday with all the money in the teiler's vault packed In his suit case.
 Mrs. Carter reported to the police this afternoon that Runyan was ira her nat. Five detectives at once accon1~ panied Mrs Carter to the house.
 As the detectives entered, Runyan was standing before chiffonier. IIa turned on the officers with revolvez in his hand, but when the detectives rushed at him, dropped the revolver and submitted to being handcuffed, saying:
 '"rhe Jig is up."
 When asked where the money was. he said that part of 1t was in the suih case and the rest in a drawer of the chiffonier.
 Mrs Carter and her negro maid. Mary Duncan. were also arrested
 At the station Runyan said that hf had been in the flat since Saturdax laughing at the efforts of the polic< to locate him. He said he had shaved off his moustache and was letting hif beard grow as a disguise. When quea< tioned about the whereabouts of th4 balance of the money. missing from the bank, the sum lost was said to h4 more than $96.000. he stated that h4 had been speculating and had iopf heavily and intimated that Mrs. Carte@ might know something about any money that was missing. Mrs. Carter indignantly denied that she had any ot the money and told Runyan that she had betrayed him to the police because he had not given her money as he had promised.
 Runyan stated that he had given MrA Carter $is,o00. hut this she deniea. He said he gave her $SsV00 Monday ass4 910,00O this morning. Mrs. Garter said he gave her s5.O00 Monday but thM1 she withdrew 1t from the bank lthi1 morning and returned 1t to him. It also developed that Hunyan eaye Mrs. Carter a heavy gold bracelet and a diamond ring Saturday evening" These were valued at $f,000. Tne bracelet is now in the possession of the police.
 as to her acquaintance with Runyan.3 She said that she first met him On tha street. Finally, she said. he agreed t1 furnish a flat for her and give her S11| A week. The flat was secured and she. moved in two weeks ago. After thats ahe said, she saw little of Runyan umtsA
 Asked about the motive for the rob$ bery. Runyan said:
 "i needed the money It was thera and took 1t. Some of 1t lost in Wall Street, and some of 1t l gave to this woman.
 He insisted that he had turned over all the money he had left to the po- lice, and when 1t was pointed out tnae there was a large amount still missing he smiled and said, "Oh. I've been ptus- tering, you know. All the world knows that now"
 Questioned concerning bottle ox laundanum found on him, the prisoner admitted that he had contemplatea suicide. After a moment. he added:
 There. I guess that I've said ali that I'm going to say till secure my counsel"
 Al the police station, Runyan and inc woman auarreled bitterly, each accusinR the other of misstatements concerning the missing money. When Runyan said he had given her &l0,vv0G the woman declared the assertion was false Then, turning to the lnspeceVEs she said:
 'Tll tell you why I gave him up was scared. Yesterday I went out into the street and bought a paper an4 there I saw his picture. l took tnae naper back home and asked nm IT thS picture was of him and he said IL Wa "Then he turned on me like uger and aaid: There's the money, but ix either you or that damned nigger Mary soueal to the police, I'll Kill you