The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-08
TRUSTED RAILWAY MAN IS
SHORT in HIS ACCOUNTS
w. II. Shafer, City Agent
Of Puget Sound, Is
Under Arrest.


local office az the Puget sound hlee.
trio railway. Was arrested late yes
terday afternoon by Captain % De
tectiyes Charles remnant aud nov
occupies cell az the city jail, &C
euspd of embergiing a sum ~ money
approximatinT $500
shafef says he does not think the
shortage will reach more than
g. 000. The accused ticket agent
says be has uo eatrayaEaut habits
and that none ~ the money Was
eaten up By gambling
AZ the city jail this morninE
shafsr denicd IN toto the iniervles
published ln a morning newspa per
which stated that be lost the money
al the race track during The last
season shafgr says be TALKED q
10 representative " a new Npa per
and that the Published iutsrvies
was a pnrc aud simple fake,
No charge has yet been placed
against the accused man. and 4 i
probable that none Wili be until the
exact extent ~ bis shortage Il as
csr,alnee Experts are nos ~ work
on Skaters books
President Jacob Furth. 81 the Sc
attic Electric company. stated 10
day that he suspected homwthing
waa wrong witb Skaters accounts
tao months RFn Al that time A
sistant Treasurer A. " Hlftwoii
Of Tacoma. was ordered 20 examine
Skaters 4ccuanta. bat taF some
reason this was uut done uatii q
feW days ago
Accounts Net Checked.
When confronted with tNo De.
pusit slips which showed a discrcp
ancs yesterday affefnoon. Shafef
told Furth that biz Office had not
been checked uuf since last June
The accuunts 81 the local office arr
supposed 90 - examined monthly
AZ least uns other person 10
ahRgtfa office haa access % fhe
aafr and al uinunyH received oyeg
the counter
&c believe theirs h. q shortage "a
about 5000 IN ms areouniH. said
ahafef at the clsx laii today
have enough property % make
Eoua. hut ! understand that Farfh
says ~ proposes % prosecute. thai
BE might make a. example ~ me
FMfih called tine "a bis office yea
tefdAg aud ed ms II ever cent
"a the rae. track said had
used % leave ms office a. 2 %
O'Clock In the afternoon. and often
vent to the race track. and some
times made few spail bets. hu'
never sas-i auy % the company !
money never told any person
thar squandered the funds Of ths
t'uRct Sound Electric company
The office had not been checked
oat Tor ak months. and | handled
40 much money that tho shortaNs
cFrpt Ia some Wav
Friends Offer Aid.
Although President Farth 40
nounesd last nigbt that he proposed
"a prosecute. a hoat ~ saafer
friends have come "a the front q
aid The accused man. Fufth stated
this morning that be- would ialt
over tho matter % a compromise
with officials u the company Thoss
close 60 F'nfth declare. however
that shafer will b. prosecuted ~
rardleaa Of his ability 10 fully 70
imburse the company
Walter S Fulton. Vho has beer
retained a. counsel for ShafCT. hni
instructed bis client % talk q 80
person Of the shortage vutil I
charge has been placed against tbs
accused man be will BE- held at ih'
city jail shafer was bonded Ia th'
sum Of $1,000 and has ample realil
holdings 20 make Rood bic alleged
shortage
Before shafer was locked up yes
terday afternoon he requested
Captain Of Detectives Charles Ten
nant 10 inform his wife Of his pre-
dlcamcnt Mrs shafcf hurried al
once to police headquarters The
meeting between husband aud vii,
was extremely affecting with hci
arms about bis neck she sobbee
ne though beart broken. AIRS
shafor was hysteneal all last night
but this morning was sufficiently
recovered TO call on her husband
NJ the city jail shafer tried hard
10 comfort her. telling her that al
would come out right In the end
shafcr has been n trusted em
nloye ~ the Puget Sound Electric
Co for the past six years lie is 81
years old During his residence IN
Seattle shafer has made q host oi
friends lie has home at 500 w
Mareer ~