The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-11-20
SHIELDED MEN HIGHER UP
Treasurer Warmer Of Big Four Tells
Of His Downfall

Cincinnati, Nov. 20.-The complete
statement made by c. L. Warmer to
Prosecutor Hunt reveals the surpris
ing fact that when former clerk of
the Big Four and a woman began
Matchmaking him, neither knew that
Warmer was short. as treasurer of
the railroad, but that they did know
OF other sensational Irregularities by
men. and used this knowledge to
blackmail Warmer, because he was
shielding the defaulters higher up.
WARMERS statement follows:
A certain man became clerk in the
treasurers Office of the Big -Four un-
der Warmer, cashier and F. d. Com
stock, treasurer This man was short
$23, 900 and only Warmer discovered
it, He learned that the man had
used the system by which he had
been covering his own shortage for
| eight or ten years, and could not dis
close that mans shortage without re-
vealing his own Warmer was re-
| quired to discharge this man, not on
| account of his shortage, but on ac-
count of a woman.
Warmer notified the man that he
alone knew of the shortage. The
man admitted it, and said he had
spent the $4,000, except $1,000 which
was on deposit in New York.
Warmer then promised that if he
would return to HIM $1,000 he would
cover up the remainder. The clerk
and woman went to New York, re-
NAMED few months and then return
| ed and told Warmer that he mad
| spent the $1,000 that the woman had
shot at him and he had left her, and
was going back to his family. He
asked Warmer to let him have
enough money to go to Chicago and al
so told Warmer the woman probably
would be after him.
A few days later woman came
| from New York and called up Warrin
err who went to see her. AT this time
the eX-clerk did not know Warmer
was short He did know, Warmer
says, that officials higher up were
short, and that Warmer was conceal
ing the fact.
The woman demanded from War
riner a large amount Of money-sev-
eral thousands
After several interviews it was
agreed that, If Warmer would pay
her $500. she would go away and new
or come back. Warmer paid the
sum and told his wife of the trouble
He went to Chicago with his wife and
met the clerk, who agreed to drop the
other woman, but required that War
riner send him some money to pay
his living expenses.
Warmer and the clerk met the wo-
man and told her that the former had
agreed TO leave her. The woman de-
INJURED and the meeting broke up
| without any agreement Then the ex-
clerk told Warmer that he would
have to have a large sum of money
to quiet the woman. Warmer sent
the money and continued TO send the
man money almost weekly.
Later on the woman took the mat
ter up direct with Warmer, claim
ing that the clerk was not giving her
money enough. She threatened that,
unless money was furnished her she
would reveal her knowledge of the
| eX-clerk's shortage. Even then she
did not know Warmer was short.
She said she would also expose other
! Irregularities in the Big Four treas
urers Office
These demands and remittances
continued for several years In the
| meantime the woman said she would
leave the eX-clerk and go to Sew
York. Warmer furnished the mon
ey. She stayed East while the
money lasted and then went to Chi
cago, continuing to make demands on
Warmer. Early this year she came
! to Cincinnati. The expense of $1,000
was paid by Warmer.
She placed her son in a school at
an expense of $1,000, Warmer paid
that, too Her maid and baby we're in
a Chicago hotel at an expense of $50
per week, paid by Warmer. The de-
mands on Warmer by the eX-clerk
and the woman became more frequent
and for larger amounts until the ex-
| posture.
Mrs Jeanne Stewart-Ford who was
arrested on a charge of having receiv-
| ed $1,000. alleged stealings of Warri-
ner, spent Tuesday night in the same
! Jail in which Warmer is held Bond
| for her was signed by bonding com
pany and she returned to her apart
| ment.