Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-26
MRS. FORMAN ON
PH|LA. BOAT NOW
IN M|D-0CEAN
Passenger Bound for England
Has Same Initials as Wife
of Auditor.
INCARNATION REFUSED
BY STEAMSHIP AGENT
No Wireless on Vessel So Eff
forts to Reach Ship Are
Fruitless.

"A young woman. who described her
GeR as Mrs. M. e Forman," sailed from
t!ladelphia for Liverpool on Saturday
(1Iifhe steamer Merton, of the American
W This fact gave rise to the possibil-
~ mat this woman may in some man.
H4r be connected with the disappear
aHce Of CITY Auditor George Forman.
VINO He'd from this city over a week ago,
AHd who is an alleged embezzler to the
e<{ei1t of s20.0O0.
The initials, NJ e. Forman, are the
&anle as those of Mrs. Forman, the
wife of the missing city auditor. OF
cQurse the connection may be remote,
Int those in search of the missing city
iQIllcial are selling upon every possible
Flew in the hunt for the missing man.
EFENING STAR reporters have been
scanning the, passenger lists of every
vessel leaving nearby ports. in the
8Qps of getting some clew. Early today
81 Philadelphia correspondent of the
#ENING STAR sent a message tell
WEzof the sailing from that port of the
y{{ing woman whose 'Eame is exactly
14l9s same as Mrs. Forman. The vessel
i&Epot equipped with a wireless APP
Uaratus.
Agent Refuses TO Talk.
&Thc passenger agent of the American
1iy1H was called at Philadelphia on the
long sdistance phone. He admitted that
a5t.N1rs. NJ. L. Forman' had sailed on
6nturday. Further than that he would
not talk. He refused to say whether
anybody was with Mrs. Forman, or
where she came from. He said that
the first stop OF the ship would be at
queenstown and that the ship was due
there Sunday or MondaX
Il Those who attach some Importance
hi this discovery say that the name,
Mrs. NJ f. Forman," might have TO
he assumed in some money transac-
Ion; that is to say. a check may have
zen made payable to her and that in
az effort to cash it the name would
hAve TO be used.
.N4t has been held by many ever since
the disappearance of Mr.. Forman that
he would not stay in this country. Too
p3eny know him in the larger cities and
h6fwould not long escape detection. it is
holtl They say that Immediately he
W6uld make for some foreign port.
Many Hold Woman story.
There are those who firmly incline to
the belief that Forman was not alone in
hB flight. They say that when the
tE0th finally comes out, if it ever does,
IfEwilI be shown that when he left he
hid woman with him
with Pinkerton detectives employed
hi the bonding company which insured
The city against loss and the detective
f6|fce of all the large cities on the look
III for him, George Forman could not
f8el secuie in any place in this country
~ anada. The most logical thing for
fFIfn 20 do it is claimed, would be to
ffGkc some ocean steamer bound for a
6Cr ign land.
{5It will be recalled that there was a
E<bry published to the effect that a
salesman of this city saw
norman in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Mat was the date of the sailing of the
Merton. of the American line, on which
Mrs M. f, Forman'' was a passenger.
NCity Counsel James r. Nugent to-
day received the following communica-
ton from the United States Fidelity
and Guaranty Company, of Baltimore
which bonded City Auditor Forman in
the sum of $4,000:
II am in receipt of your letter of the |
goth inst addressed to the company. |
of the disappearance of |
George Forman, city auditor of the |
tity of Newark. for whom we executed |
D bond in the penalty of $4,000, and as
your letter was not received by me in
lime to have representative present |
kt the meeting of April q, 1 have re-
&pested our local representatives
Messrs. Rutan & Geyler, to keep in !
ouch with your department and adj
wise me promptly of any shortage that |
may be discovered in the accounts of
the auditor. I understand at this time |
there is apparently no shortage in his |
Sccounts. I presume your committee |
b already at work and will promptly |
lurnish lis with an itemized statement
n any claims that may arise under
khis bond. Yours very truly
g ORCHARD D. LANG,
vice president United States Fidelity
and Guaranty Company"