The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-24
Baltimore NJ illion aire
Makes Shortage Good
to Childrey.
MISS ASKEW SENT
TO GRAND JURY
Isaac Emerson, Cashiers Uncle.
Endeavors to stave OFF Pro-
secution-Government Trail
ing Beneficiary by En-
bezzlement on Charge
of Conspiracy.

Miss Rena B. Askew. former cas1,fsq
OF postal substatlon No. IL, was ara
rcsted yesterday on warrant charge
Ing the embezzlement of government
funds amounting to S2,011.S5. She waa
Immediately released on bond in tha
sum of $1,000 for her appearance berors
the Federal grand jury in october. HI
I. Owen being surety.
Two facts in connection with thx
mystery which has surrounded thu
shortage came prominently to tho
front during the day. Isaac e. Emer-
son. the millionaire bromo seltze1
manufacturer of Baltimore whose wife
Is Miss Askews aunt made good tha
shortage with the hope that no prose-
cution would follow. While 1t was
known that the Askews were related
to some very wealthy people they re.
Trained from mentioning any namese
Mrs. Smith Hollins NIcKim, Mr.. EnerS
sons daughter and Miss Askews first
cousin, recently secured a divorce
from her husband in Reno. and news
| papers within the past few days havd
revived the story that she Is shortly
| to marry Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
| Mr.. Vanderbilt was one of the bla
Prize winners at the last horse show
held in Richmond. two years ago.
Brought Emerson's Check.
| When the shortage in the young
| cashier'S accounts became known an
| appeal was sent to Mr. Emerson, who
| sent Joseph E. Hindes. president and
| treasurer of the Emerson Drug Com
| pany, from Baltimore to make II
4 good and to endeavor at the same TINA
tc stave off prosecution.
The Childrey Drug Company In the
I, Srneanti mad turned over to the gov-
i ernment the amount of Miss Askewis
i defalcation, the substa tion being located
| in that company's establishment at
First and Broad Streets. Roy Chill
drey and Colonel Miles Cary, who owr
the store, declared that they would not
/ prosecute.
Mr.. Hindes came to Richmond on
Hotel. Acting as Mr.. Emerson's per-
sonal representative, he got into CONS
| m,nication with members OF the Ast
kew family and the Childrey Drug
| Company, and yesterday his check for
| s2,ol1.S5 was delivered to Lucius Il.
Cary, counsel for the drug firm. 1t,
| was commonly reported that Mr.. Emer-f
| son had interceded with the under-
! standing that there would be no ar-
| rest. and there would have been none
had not the United States governments
| stepped in.
Tatley Approves Warrant.
When Fost-office Inspector z. G..
| Saffel took charge of the branch offlcs
! on Tuesday, relieving Miss ASkew,
| whose accounts We're found to be short.
District Attorney Lewis and Assistant
! District Attorney Talley were In Alex
| andria IN attendance. upon court. In
| their absence no information could be
\ obtained as to what would be done.
| Mr.. Tallsy returned to the city on
| Thursday. however. and was notified
that Inspector saffel had secured the4
| warrant for Miss Askew's arrest. Mr.,
Talley not only approved the course
! taken by the Inspector. but indorsed
! upon the paper the statement. he
| issuance of this warrant Is hereby ap-
proved" the meaning of which was
that the government could not ana
| would not be moved by sympathy or
1 such mitigating circumstances
might develop.
Bound over to Court.
Before Mr.. Talley returned TO tna
| city Eppa Hunton. Jr.. had Deeh ems
gagged as counsel for Miss Askew Mr.
| Hunton was advised that the warrant
1 had been issued on Thursday. but the
Federal authorities agreed that MISS
Askew might visit the office of Commis-
sioner Flegenhelmer yesterday which
/ she did. There she was placed under
4 arrest, hound over to the grand jury
! and released on bond. Mr.. Emerson's
| Representative in the meantime had re-
turned to Baltimore. IN some quarters
! the arrest was surprise. in view OF
4 the assurances from the Childrey Drug
Company that 1t would not prosecutes
1 although the belief that nothing further
|fwould be done was based evidently
upon ignorance as to the power OF the
! prosecuting branch of the Federal gov
/ ernment. II
After Man In Case.
But there Is no intimation that the
government will drop It's investisation
4 with the arrest of the cashier, In view
of the evidence that she was victimizedy
Heretofore every effort has been pur
forth to deal lightly with the case. but
1.-the POST Office Department. has learned
] THAT there was a man In the case who
is said to have proited by Miss Askew's
embezzlement Names have already
| reached the government agents, and
1.-THE real sensation Is yet to come, for.
! with few more links In the chain.
| the man in question Will be arrested on
n charge or conspiracy to defraud the
United States. Two names. In fact,
| have been brought into the case. one
of the men, 1t Is said. being in tho atn-
ploy of the city. The report that
somebody had confessed could not be
confirmed last night, although there lis
a popular demand TO .tind the person who
got tho beneIt of Miss Askew's short
age and who is believed to have ex-
erted some extraordinary power over
her
Not Spent ON HERSELF,
/ While declining. of course. to dis
cuss the matter, the post-otfics people
admit that there Is nothing whatever
Ito show that Miss Askew spent $4,000
| IA hecself In six month"; She lived