Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-05
Former Traffic Engineer of Rocky
Mountain Telephone Company
Files Accusations.
STORY OF EXPENSE MONEY.
N, C. Schel|enger, Whose Office is
Abolished, Tells of Frenzied
Finance to Date.
Relates How He Was Sent Out on a
Trip to Cover an Alleged
Shortage.

There is a merry little affair on among
certain officials and a former employe
of the Bell Telephone company. The
former employe Is M C. Schellenger,
who was until recently traffic engi-
peer. He is a very angry man, this
Mr. ScheIlenger. Just who the victim
of Mr.. schellenger's. anger is, in this
case will not be mentioned. but suffice
II to say that he is we'll known in club
and social circles of this city. The
prominence OF the victim makes the
affair most interesting and were 1t all
10 come out, society would have most
choice moroccan" The principal fig
ures in the affair are both young men,
being somewhere around the thirty
mark. MIR. Schellenger is a Teaxn;
has ridden the ranges and lived the
social and close-to-nature life In many
portions of the west. He is now lead
ing knight of the local lodge of Elks
He says an attempt was made to drag
him into a storm which was threatening
to break upon the head of the other
employe-the society and club man. He
(Schelienger) refused to do this, and
1t happened, that his offlce-that of
traffic engineer-was abolished by the
company, 1t being explained that this
was a step in a 'retrenchment" poll
cy. Rather than have himself placed
in false light, Mr.. Schellenger wishes
what he vouches 10 be the truth, to be
known. He has all papers, cancelled
checks and matters mentioned in any
way i'll his letters and is thus prepared
to prove any assertion he makes. Con-
veisations he mentions having had
with the target of his ire, he says, he
can cOrroborate easily. A lawyer, whom
be consulted, commented on the thor
oughness with which Mr.. Schellenger
prepared to prove anything he might
say, when once he began firing his guns
in the effort TO put himself Alright be-
fore the world.
RED HOT LETTER.
This is the way Mr.. Schellenger ex-
plains his stand in a. letter sent TO the
general manager under the date of
Jan. II:
In order that l may be indicated
in the company's eyes from having mao
ole connection in the re-
cent manipulation ca tue company
money. held by the traffic department
as petit cash; also, to explain any ul-
rerior motive Mr.. may have had
IN recommending that the position of
.rafflc manager be cancelled as means
Of retrenchment, take this opportuni-
y to apprise you of the facts in the
ase."
commencing at the beginning can be
hest done by quoting prolihcally from
me same letter.
SHORT SOME 1888.
About Dec. IL the auditor came
down to check up his petit cash.
writes MIR. Schellenger mir. --
lsked for day or two grace. This
vas granted, and ON Saturday, Dec. H.
he found himself s2SS.26 short. He
,old me that his friends from whom
he could borrow the money would be
out of town until the following Monday
or Tuesday, and asked me II would
loan him the money to save him from
certain disgrace on Monday. / told
him I could arrange to get the money,
providing he would pay the same back
on Monday or Tuesday. l therefore
drew him my personal check on the
Deseret National bank for S2SS. &c, TAX
ing his note for that amount payable
on demand. This check he deposited
to his credit at the Utah National
bank on Dec 16, and the same was
H.
FRENZIED FINANCE.
ION the 18th Mr.. ------- opened an
account at the Mccormick bank by
drawing his personal check against
The account at the Utah National. ATT
cf banking hours of Dec. 16 | asked
jar. --- TO take up his note, which
he did by giving me his personal check
on the Utah National for $SS26 and
e check against the companys petit
cash at McCornick's for $500. That
evening Mir. ----- told me II would
he necessary to cover up his shortage
ana the only way he saw To accom-
pUsh IL was for me to make an eX-
tended "Trip including Cheyenne. he
No.ld then be able. In case he was
checked, 10 explain the $500 check by
suylns that he had given the money
10 me as expense advance. / asked him
how long II would be necessary to stay
out and he said until he could raise
me money or II he was unsuccessful
no doing this until Jan %, upon which
uoie, as he knew, ! would have some
F-.NtN, coming In as AN installment on
ZEAL estate transfer which ! had
made In November. / made no other
lrpy 10 the proposition which undoubt-
'''F hr Inferred as an acceptance.
TRIP TO OGDEN.
However at 8 o'clock Tuesday even
uls told him had office matters
sLalbnlened out so / could leaVs at
40 y np but that had been think
llk me matter over and could not COLI
W. NO 80 On such a wild goose chas
lho purpose OF covering up his
SH''''se' ! advised him not to persist
'n lo4rht aud stated thW BIZ wa
paQ enough 10 be short 5000 without
,'s 10 No. the crime of spending as
,'u.h AGAIN, on more, OF the company
"''t' Tor the purpose Of deoeiymg IA
YRS also that II would ruin, not
its Nib reputation b mine an lyr
I 'o ! assured him that I would
IN MY OF nhIporii alton ,
- >" 'ol0 me as -- 10 make tn
hbp 'hal ! would do 80, bpi IT woui
Ia. no De with the understanding
me-, ,no same would not be used as a
re gil8 Of covering up his shortage. lie
ob nv og telling me 10 go 10 Ogden
ar t llifb train ! thor asfe1 him
~ uie eApenae money ana he gave mo
iba, sonal check for $40. / told hin
sai5 ~ y would not be enough and he
shn,, rs AZ | can SPARE and II run