Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-02-09
THREE MEN EMBEzzLED.
Treasurer Of Big -Four Tells Of AInast
MbsIssaIa LsetIag Of Rsat's Treasury.

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WbsIssaIa LsetIag Of Rsat's Treasury.
Cincinnati, O., Fob. s.-A chair
Of smbszzlemsnss involving three
men. extending over many years
and finally culmsnating in tht
almost Wholesale looting of the
Big -Four Railroad treasury, was
the story sold by Charles L. War.
rlner, defaulting local treasurer
of the road, in his testimony to.
day in the trial of Mrs. Jeanette
Ford for blackmail.
Warmer represented himself
as man pouring out gold with
both hands and in ever increasing
amounts to kesp sealed the mouth
Of tho woman Who through her
lnfatuation for one of the accused
em uezzle.s, e. S. Cooke, had
learned the secrst. Frank Com
stock, Warriner's predecessor as
local srsasurer, was declared to be
the third man.
Calmly and in unrufHad tones
Wsrringsr told h is incredible
story. Whel, the court adjourn.
ed WARMERS examination was
concluded.
According to the witness, when
he assamed Office az local treas-
Lrer ia 1902 he fosnd that Cooke
Was short in his accounts $24 600.
He also learned that his psodscss-
sor Comstock wss short $40, 800.
He himsol was a defaulser and TO
prevons his crime from being dis
covered he engaged TO conceal the
sHo former officials.
La the atory Of the gigantic
theft there il one question which
has never besn definitely answer.
ed aad the attorneys for the de-
fanse to-day made another futile
effort to obtain it's solution.
"O hat became of the $648 900
which 'Yarrinsr confessed to have
stolsnW
The witness declared that he
had paid approximately $165,000
IN blackmail and that $32 900
had been stolen by Others than
Aimsslf. The remainder of $442,-
600 is explained bJ him as having
been lost in speculation.
Although be knew exactly the
embazzlsd and the ap-
proxlmate amount of ''h u b
money" paid, to all questions as
to his Investments he replies that
he could not remember how much
money he had put into any parsic-
ular enterprise.
Ono of the most startling devel-
opmanss iu the case came at tho
afternoon session of the court
when Warriner, undar rigid ques-
tioning, admisted that he had
handled funds pla Jed wish him
for the payment of rebates; that
he paid out comparatively large
sums in rebates and that she sim.
pie and1siug Of his accounts at
any time would have discovered
his shortage to the company.
After testlfying that Auditor
+ A Heywltt had checked over
his acc uuts Warmer waa asked
by Attorney Ihorudyk= If the
defense.
"Then how did it come that hs
never discovered this great short.
age of yours?"
"Thas's for Hewitt to explain"
was shs complacent answer Of the
witness.
Chicago, Feb. 81 believe
Warmer must have been ouA of
his mud when he said thas I had
received more than 100000 from
him not SO expose his she rsage, -
said E. s. Cooke. II never knew
that Warmer was short until I
read about it III .he newspapers,
My record is clean. I was chial
clerk under Warriner and nv
books show that [ do not owe the
Big Four Railroad dollar"
People easily constipated dread
the winter Nothing but hard
course meals. No fruits, no vsge'