The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-11
MARINER WAS WOMAN'S VICTIM His Shortage May Reach $l,OOO,OOO RAID ON HER APARTMENTS Mrs. Stewart Says Female Friend Persecutes Her. Big Four Scandal May Csuse Removal
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If lI- 2 Cincinnati. Nov. 1o.-Mrs. Jeanette Stewart. also known as Mrs. Ford. one Of the women accused by Charles L.. Warriner. the .defauiting local treas urer of the Big Four Railroad. who shared in his peculations by black mailing him, declared tonight that tell would tell the whole story of ss4s,- 900 theft when the case came to court. At the same time Mrs. Stewart denied she had ever received money from Warriner.
 The sudden breaking of the silence. she has persistently maintained. was caused. according to her own state fnept. byAR quarrel which she had with who has also been inentionsd by Warriner. This quarrel r9sulted in the attachment of Mrs. Stewarf's furniture today The officers who made the attachment were quickly followed by reporters and in the stress of excitement. Mrs. Stewards reserve broke down.
 T never receive d cent from Charles Warriner. she said, "and l never gave any Information to the railroad about his shortage. It was another woman who did it all: a wo- uAAH 4 luON8Ht Wne ny AttSttus t,45
 Then she added. T know the whole story and will tell it in court. too. It will make sensation."
 One of the women involved in the case started to leave Cincinnati to- night. butswas advised by the detectives tf she left the city, her arrest would follow. She then abandoned the plan.
 Where Did Money Gof
 At the present time the question which is exercising the railroad off, cials Is what became of the s643.00o which Warriner admits having stolen.
 warriner claims he lost it in stock gambling and in satisfying the de- mands of blackmailers, but that ex- 'plapation is. not satisfactory to the officials.
 The stock plunglng of the dsfauIting treasarer was cenaueted through New York and chicago brokers aacording to his confession. but 50 far inyesti- sation has been unabie to trape the enormous loS1es he claims to have sus- tained In the last few years. ! Whether or not Warriner Is penni- less. as he asserts, his neighbors at his home in Wyoming. O.. declare he is physical wreck.
 It Is admitted the railroad of- ficers that Warriner might have com tinued his depredations indefinitely if he had not been betrayed by woman, and that even then he might still have fooled his superiors. so great was their confidence in him.
 One of the developments Of the War riner exposure, it is hinted here today is likely to be the early removal of the Big Four offices from this city to. Chi cago. This change had been rurnored for some time past but was denied by officials. The Warriner de- however. 1t Is asserted, Will serve to hasten what was already prac- tically decided upon.
 It is learned today that Warriner. in his statement to his superiors. told them that when he came here from the Cleveland ofice of his company. he brought with him a shortage of $S0,o00 in his accounts at Cleveland.
 Victim of BlacixmaiI.
 His downfall he dates from that event, he having covered up 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 until 1t was soon swelled to s20o,00o before he realized his position.
 From q high official source it fs learned that the first intimation of the impending scandal in the office of the local treasurer Of the Big Four came through Chicago woman who 1t is al- leged had been sharing in the fll-got- ten spoils and whose income had been shut off.
 At first the statement of the woman was not credited at all and Melville E. Ingalls,, chairman of the board of the Big Four. declared today that 1t was almost impossible for him to believe that there could be anything wrong aaVaFal dAVS. n0I- withstanding nasty examination which had been made by some of the higher officials of the company and which brought to light the first facts of the shortage.
 The presence in fashionable apart ment house here of the woman who has been mentioned by Warrlner as one of his allegse blackmailers was revealed today by attachment papers seeking to recover goods sold her by n department store. The woman IS well known in this city and in Chicago. where she has figured in a number of affairs, it is said. She has been occu- pying her apartment only few days. kept there a voluntary prisoner since the developments in connection with the Big Four shortage. Her identity, 1t is understood. was not known to other occupants of the place till to- day.
 While a resident of Chicago the wo- man was a defendant In a criminal in which she was charged with having attempted 10 shoot a man. the latter being also one of those named by Warriner in connection with the alleged blackmail.
 Woman Has Money.
 Detectives made the discovery today that a large amount of mail is await ing this woman at leading hotel In this city she having left there some time ago.
 In addition to the mali 1t was stated that she had deposited In the strong box of the hotel a large amount of money fin bills of big denominations. No legal action has been taken against the woman. however.
 In a statement given out toda~. M. E. Ingalls and others emphatically ab- solve Frank Comstock WarrIners pred ecessor in office, of any responsibility for the warriner alleged shortage.
 Following the raid of her apartment by eonstables armed with attachment papers for the department store. Mrs. Jeannette Stewart. or Mrs. Ford, as she is also Known, broke her long silence today.
 q never blaekmAiied Charley War riner out of dollar" was her sobbing declaration.
 Mrs. stewart said she would never