The evening world., 1911-03-13
BANKERS WIDOW
MAY HELP FREE
GIRL EMBEzzLER
Mrs. Spencer Trask Interested
IN Case of Woman Who
Stole to Aid Parents.
OVERS ARE STERN.
$40 a Week Enough for
Woman Handling $500, 900
Year, Says One.

Afoer Two days In the Tombs, a con-
fesssd snbezsler OF $4,000 from the
'ohn Lane Publishing Co. Miss Susan
Macomoer. former bookkeeper for the
nrm. hopes to obtain bail to-day. Mrs.
spencer Trask, widow Of tho banker
VINO was killed In a New York Central
railroad accident. has become Interested
IN the case OF the woman who admits
sns stole to give her aged parents COM
forts which her salary OF $40 a week,
would not provide and IL Is possible
mss Macomber may be released pend
Ing action by the Grand Jury.
Miss Macomber's former employers
40 not appear inclined to lenIency.
benjamin Mawpin. treasurer OF the
John Lane Co., does not think Miss
combe salary too small for her re-
eponsibilities. which included the hand
ling Of 100000 a year.
II Is true" said Mr.. Maupin," we
would have paid a man more, but that
- the market value OF a woman's work.
we could have got thousands Of women
VINO would have done as well as Miss
Nlscomoer for that amount or less. w.
90 not consider because she is a woman
nat We should not prosecute her as a
'hiei' as we would a man.
Marriage a Factor.
I. Is true that the labor OF women ls
'oout the same in quality as tia. OF
men In the subordinate positions. I'm,
supply and demand control the prIca
81 10 a TACT you can't get away from
.hse you can get woman's labor chea per
than a mans. There is no eason wbv
our nrm should pay more"
Maupin said that employers did no.
o"er the same rewards to women 10
continue In their positions and work
toward higher salaried places because
OF the tendency of women to get mar
RED and leave their work. He admitted
mat women might fill these positions
as efficiently as men IL they ever 20,
'nto them. but was Unable TO suggest
any way In which the women could
make their employers pay them as
much as they would pay men.
Would you have trusted a mar in the
position as implicitly as you did Miss
Macombcr?" Maupin was asked.
Why. | think So" he replied. still,
women have a reputation for greater
honesty than men, and | th!nk the dis
position Is to trust them further in
bus!nes and money matters"
Maupin asserted Miss Macomber had
not appealed TO him for a raise in SAL
airy. and he supposed from her way OF
dressing and different articles she
bought for her home that she had pri-
vate means. He could not understand
how she had spent all the money on
her home. as she asserted.
"a Peculiar Case
~ think she mus: have some % Il
sailed away" he added.
1T is one OF the m,st peculiar cases !
ever saw" re wout on. ~ can under
stand a person doing Su'h n tlIng Il no
expects to skip on: with It or 20 sPeru-
late and eventually replace the sum
out OF his winnings. But Miss Ma
comber seemed to have none OF these
things In mind. She was just spending
the money. and how she expected to es-
cape detection Is more than ! can under
stand.
Il am sorry for her. The case 10 out
OF our hands now and tho District-At.
tornsy will attend to II. We Will simply
turn over our evidence and the affair Is
ended as far as We are concerned