The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-10
SHOR I AGE
GROWING
Now Known That War
riner Robbed Big Four
of $643,OOO

Cincinnati. Nov. 10.-With a short.
age mounting higher as further penc-
tration is made into the tangled al-
fairs Of the Big Four railroads. finan-
cial department. experts in charge OF
the examination today probed into
the matter of securities and bond is
sues which came under the charge of
Charles l., WaITiner, deposed treas
urer who is accused OF responsibility
for a defalcation amounting TO $643,-
GEO Of the cOmpany's funds,
InaSmuch as the shortage has
grown in few days from what was
supposed to he about S100,0 900 10
S6!3. 900. still further developments
along this line would not be astound-
Ing To those who aro apparently in
close touch with the affairs oil the
railroad company,
One of the developments Of the
Warmer exposure. it Is limited here
today, is likely to be the carly removal
of the general Big -Four Offices from
this city 10 Chicago.
This change had been rumored for
1ome time, but was denied by rail-
,oad officials. II is learned today that
MdTIlISl, III HIS statement 10 HIS
superiorS, told them that when he
came here from the Cleveland Office
of his company, he brought with him
shortage of S30.000 In his accounts
at Cleveland. His downfall he dates
from that event, having covered that
shortage only to fall into the clutches
of the man who, he alleges. has black
mailed him ever since. This shortage
continued TO grow til 1t was swelled
TO 100000 before he realized his po-
sition.
From a high official source. II is
learned that the first intimation of the
impending scandal in the Office OF the
LEGAL treasurer of the Big Four came
through a Chicago woman who 1t is
alleged. had been sharing in the spoils
and whose income had been shut Off
At first the statement of the woman
was not credited and Melville z. In
gals, chairman OF the board OF the
Big Four, declared today that for sew
eral days it was almost impossible
for him to believe anything wrong
with Warriner. Notwithstanding
hss,y examination by some of the
higher officials of the company
brought to light the first facts of the
shortage.
The mysterious woman in the case.
mentioned in connection with the War
riler embezzlement affair. was found
today. She Is Mrs. jeanette Stew
art or Ford. as she also Is known.
She was discovered during a sensa-
tional raid on her apartments by con-
stables in behalf of department
store.
Mrs Stewart tearfully declared her
Innocence of all charges, including
blnckmail, brought against her as Il
result OF the former Big Four treas
urer's fall
Il never blackmailed Charley War
riner ont of dollar she sobbed.
Mrs. Stewart blames woman
friend" in whom she had conllded and
who she declared was responsible for
much OF the notoriety she (Mrs. Stew
nrD had attracted since the defalca-
tion became known.
"This woman" said Mrs. Stewart,
81 took into my flat and she occupied
Il while ! was out Of town I thought
she was my friend. She went To a de-
partment store and guaranteed my ac-
counts there Now We have quarreled
and she has gone uD there and With
drawn her guarantee. resulting in this
suit against me-
Mrs Stewart explained her lavish
expenditure OF money by saying that
as the daughter Of Martin Timmons Of
Portsmouth. Ohio, she had inherited a
large fortune She denied informing
New York officials OF the Big Four
shortage. blaming this also upon her
woman friend.
A physician was summoned to the
Warmer homo during the day. 1t was
stated Mr. Warmer was i'll, but not
dangerously so.
The railroad officials denied en-
phatically that they had grounds for
suspecting that the shortage might
go as high as two million dollars and
asserted their belief that the maximum
had been reached in the sum named,
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