Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-11
WOMAN EMBEzzLER
BUYS PARENTS HOME
TheftS Committed to Provide
the Aged Couple With
Luxuries.

NEW YORK, March Incomplete fail
| ure Of a plan devised by Miss Susan G
| Macomber to make comfortable the few
remaining years of her aged parents
whose sole support she is. was recorded
yesterday in West Side court, where sh'
| was arranged on a charge of defalcation
| Her father is seventy-four her mothe!
seventy-o lone, and both are invaliGs. Thei
| daughter had purchased for them a pref
ty residence in East Orange and sur
rounded them with all an aged couple
could wish for. They were rejoiced dali,
with rosy pictures she painted of album
dant prosperity that made 1t impossibl,
| they would ever be in want. She de
| scribed her salary as large. She actu
ally received $40 q week az bookkeepe1
and cashier for the John Lane Publishing
Company, which brings the charg'
| against her. The firm es .inates its Jos:
at between $4,000 and $4,000. Miss Ma
comber said in court Yesterday the
| amount might be less than $4,000. Ex
perts are still at work on the books.
Anxious About Father.
| Miss Maconber watched anxiously hel
| white-haired father. whom she supported
| i'll court. fearing he d d not have tht
| strength to withstand the shock of reve
| lations concerning the daughter he had
believed to be the soul Of integrity.
Benjamin F. Maupin, treasurer of the
company. suspected q shortage in the &C.
counts two months ago and made a Sc
cret examination Of the books. but Miss
Macomber. who IS fOrty-two years OF age
and OF prepossessing a. pearanee, was moi
| smissed until February II. Experts i'm.
mediately discovered the accounts mao
| been tuggied. but SO cleverly that def
| nate information could not be had readily
AHe iiiv .ii.u tne ,aS.II~r eHi..~y -
% make no record Of the receipt of q
check. The check would be placed In
| The bank and the amount for which II
vas written would be taken from the
company's cash on hand. One of tn.
checks thus treated is alleged to have
been sent by Brentano's in payment OF
a bill CT $1.O02.37. On this specific trans.
action an indictment was found agains,
Miss MacOmber
Notice of the investigation was sen,
to the Employers Liability Company
Of No. 80 Maiden lane. which supplied
the bond for Miss Macomber. She was
summoned to their Office, and. it is al.
legged, she was instructed to provide $2,UOl
in cash. She paid $1,000 last Wednes-
day, 1t Is asserted. and on the follow.
ing day proffered two insurance policies
for $500 each on the lives of her fathe,
and mother. These were refused. it is
said. and she was arrested on a warrant
signed by Magistrate O'Connor.
Committed to the Tombs.
Miss Macomber tried to compromise
with the Lane company in order to keeE
the discovery from her parents. A lettei
from her placed in evidence yesterday
contained confession, list of checks
VII CHI had been manipulated and a Piles
for mercy for the sake Of ner parents
.nom she -scrrDed as nearing ,nr ca.
| II their lives.
She was held in 5000 bail for the grand
Jury. Failing to obtain a bondsman, she
| was taken to the seventh district prison
to await transfer TO the Tombs.
At No. 162 North Maple avenue, Eas
Orange, the aged father said he knew
nothing OF his daughters ambition Il
provide for the home nor of the mean.
she had taken to accomplish 1t. He said
his daughter was tempted to dishonesty
by the example of another person she
| had seen manipulating accounts Both
Mr.. Macomber and his wife said theil
daughters mind may have become I'm.
balanced from overwork. She is theil
only child.