The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
STEALS $1,000 TO
PLAY THE PONIES
Harry Temple, Locked Up in Police
Station, Admits He Robbed Grand
Trunk To Gamble on Races.

Victim Of the poolrooms at Hallway
and Ypsilanu, Harry Temple, once
trusted employe In the treasurer's de-
partment In the Grand Trunk railway
ofices, now occupies cell In the first
precinct station, with the ugly charge
or embezzlement hanging over his
head.
In his home. No. 436 Brush-st., his
widowed mother, So years old, whose
sole support he was, Is bowed with
grief Only few days ago, Temple
rose from a sick bed In the hospital,
and now he faces the charge OF mis-
appropriating $1,000 OF the Grand
Trunks money. Temple makes a
clean breast of his speculatlons. A
clean-cut, frank-spoken young man, he
confessed TO everything In his cell In
police headquarters, Wednesday morn
Ing.
ITS the old. old story" he said.
Starvation wages and temptations
constantly thrown In a mans way!
It's way with most big corporations.
They paid me 500 a month handled
$4,000 or more every month.
The looseness of their business
methods tempted me at first II the
books had been audited properly, the
first shortages would have been I'M
covered and wouldn't have been
plunged into this trouble. I'm not a
gambling man. never had much
money and / never could AFFORD to
risk very much on anything. I've had
my mother to support and she's been
very sick You know, SEQ month
isn't very much and II doesn't go very
far these days.
II started betting on the horses In
Windsor, last year. | went over TO
the track and laid a few small wag-
ers. ] won little money, just very
small sum. o, IL had only lost, may.
he I'd never got going to these other
places
THE fascination OF the thing got
hold of me. Some friends of mine
told me about Halfway and about the
poolroom in Ypsilanti. We used to
20 out to these places Saturday after
moons and laid bets on the horses.
All OF that 81 500 went to those pool
rooms, every penny OF 1t.
Didn't | ever win? Well, once in
a while small sums, but never enough
TO feel elated over. / have bank
book here | can show you. Once in
while ! made So deposit out OF
my little salary and you can see there
are nothing but SIS deposits.
We'll. anyway, ! kept sinking In
deeper and deeper. | began TO think
my only chance was in making
strike and getting on good thing, as
they call It, | couldn't do II with my
-salary.-Ih bills to-pay and my
mother to support.
1T was easy to take the money
from the office and | thought the time
would come when | could put IL all
back. But IL was a case of lose, lose,
lose all the time"
Temple was arrested Wednesday
morning hy Detectives Brooks and
Seymour, following an investigation
of his books by Grand Trunk officials.
He was summoned to the Grand
Trunk Offices shortly after he came
from the hospital and to his employ
ers he made a clean breast OF every
thing. Temple was operated on at
the hospital. April rs. and he still
shows the effect of his illness.
Detective Brooks, Wednesday. laid
the facts OF the case before Prosecut-
Ing Attorney Van Zile. Temple is SO
years old.
Less than five hours following his
arrest, Temple was being arraigned
In police court.
YES, I'm guilty" he told Police
Justice Stein IL took the money
Justice stein held him for trial In
the next term OF the recorders court.
after he waived examination. His
bail was fixed at $500, with two sure
ties. He says his speculations have
extended over a period of about two