The Washington times., 1909-11-21
EXPOSURE BRINGs RELIEF.

EAEOOORE DNlINSJC hLLiEE.
lit would appear that Warmer. up %
L this period Of his torture, had hoped
/ for a lucky turn of the market that
would give to him enough money &c
lInake good ali his defaIcatiOns. In his
confession he says he found early IL
/ August that this would be impossible
with the funds at his command.
With this knowledge before him,
/ Warmer stole desperately and boldly.
Within the months of August, Septem-
Der, and October o. this year he took
/ $4,000. Much Of this, he says, went TO
/ the woman in the case"
/ lie might have continued the loOting
| Of the company's treasury much longer
/ had not information come to Melville z.
| Ingalls,, chairman If the board OF di-
| rectors Of the Big -Four" that the road
was being robbed.
Woman Accuses
Friend With Causing Exposure.
! Warmer asserts that the woman who
| brought the story to the officers of the
! corporation IS the same one who black
/ mailed him. Il gave her $1,000 on Oc-
1 tOber l." he said. she wanted more
/ later; I refused Sine threatened to ex-
! pose me. I dcfed her. She did what she
J
1 fully and insists that the Informant
/ is the woman upon whom she has Law
! ished gowns, Jewels, entertainments.
| and luxuries in many forms.
81 trusted her and she sold me out
! says the widow. They won't do any
/ thing 10 re. though. They can't I'm
/ dxed so I can't be touched. I have let
/ ters that protect me, = trunkful Of
| them"
| Friends Of Warmer as sert that some
/ one I'm the employ OF trs "Big Four
/ has given to this woman assurance of
| immunity from serious prosecution in
/ return for the Information which led 10
| Warmers arrest
| The tortured man vas summoned to
/ the office of the attorney of the com
pany. J. L. Hackney. There he was
! confrontei with the wOman's story and
with proofs of his guilt.
| He did not faint. He did not cry out
| He did not deny. Calmly he faced his
| 2 CcUsers.
/ Nauates Robbery
To Heads of Big -Four"
Il am glad the end has come" he
said quietly 1T was killing me"
! What are you going 10 do about It"
asked Mr. Hackney.
! 81 will give ali I have in the world, q"
was the reply THAT is all 1 can do
| What do you propose - do with me?"
! He was taken to Now York to the
/ Offices of the New York Central rail-
road, there to tell to the heads Of the
/ great system Of which the big Four
/ is a part the details Of his thefts.
! To Vice President John Christensen,
/ OF the New York Central, Warmer
/ told the story. 1t was written stem
! graphically as he talked, transcribed
/ into typewriter manuscript. signed as
/ a fun and free confession by the Gull
prit and locked in the big safe in Mr..
! Carstensen's office.
/ When the ceremony Of seIf-accusa-
/ ton had been cOusummated, Charles
IL. Warmer walked to the window,
raised it. breathed deeply and said:
/ Thank God. that's over. I feel bet
! ter than / have felt at any time during
the past twelve years"
/ John H Walker, Of the Pinkerton
! force, was placed in charge OF War
/ riner. and the two journeyed back to
/ Cincinnati. There the pair were quar-
/ tered for two days in the Sinton hotel,
one Of the finest I'm America, while the
attorneys for the big Four" prepared
/ the case against Warmer for prepara-
/ from New York worked over the ac-
counts i'm the Cincinnati headquarters
paying particular attention to the
| FUNDS in transit" account.
After an Investigation Of six days
they announced that they had discov-
/ cred shortages to the total of S643. 900.
and added that they expected to find
/ evidence Of other thefts
/ yVHau NVarrfuer was arraiEned. This
was on Saturday, November g. He
waived a hearing and was held in $2v,-
con bail for court
/ Within six hours, neighbors Of the
man I'm the pretty suburb Of Wyom-
ing had pledged their homes that War
rIuer will be in court when wanted
/ for trial. 1t is interesting TO note the
extent TO which friendship goes in
John T. Hm, formerly chief Of the