Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-21
DELAY SENTENCE
|. UNTIL WOMAN s
MOTHER IS DEAD
Mrs. Susan g. Macomber, of E.
Orange, Will Probably Never
Know Daughters Fate.
JUDGE GRANTS PATHETIC
PLEA OF DEFAULTER
Want Mother to Die Without
Knowing ! Must Go to
Prison."

The mother of Susan G. Macomber,
lying on her death-bed in the pretty
home at 162 Maple avenue. East Or
ange, will never know what sentence
the court will pass upon her daughter
for stealing $4,000 from the John Lane
Company in order to provide that
home.
At the conclusion of the case before
Judge OsSullivan in New York yester-
day the woman who had confessed to
defalcation prevailed upon the jurist
to wait little before sending her away
to prison. TT win only be little time.
for mother Is dying now of paralysis. She
knows I'm defaulter, but she doesn't
know that / must go to prison. and Z
want her to die without knowi-11.'
To this pathetic plea her aged father
added his presence in the court room,
saying he would never have the cour-
age to return to the sick wife and tell
her what sentence was passed.
IF your honor please" began P. l..
Haines, counsekfor the defendant, this
prisoner, Susan G. Macomber, has
pleaded guilty to the charge in, the in
dictment. She Is ready and willing to
take her punishment, just as ready and
willing as she was when she voluntar-
lily made known to her employers the
extent of her peculations. She has one
last plea. 1t is that sentence be de-
ferred until her mother. who is on her
deathbed, passes away"
Fully two minutes elapsed before
Judge O'Sullivan answered. During
this time the courtroom was silent,
save for subdued sobs from where the
defendants father sat. A moment be-
fore the judge spoke Miss Macomber
laid trembling hand on her fathers
knee and quieted him.
1.-THE request of counsel is granted -
said Judge O'Sullivan Sentence shall
be passed Thursday"
Miss Macomber then took leave of
her father. whispered few words in
his ear, embraced him affectionately
and then walked away with court at
tendant to n cell in the Tombs. The
father, for whose comfort in his last
years Miss Macomber had declared she
had stolen the money, turned and
walked as, quickly as he could out of
the courtroom.
For more than fifteen minutes he re-
mained outside in a darkened nook in
the corridor of tire Criminal Courts
building weeping. His wife. victim of
paralysis and near death in the home
his daughter had provided, for the
parents at 1852 Maple avenue, in quiet
and respectable section of East Orange,
will never know from him what took
place yesterday.
Miss Macomber took place as as
sistant bookkeeper with the John Lane
Company two years ago last January.
Within six months she had fitted her
self for chief bookkeeper at salary of
$19 a week. 1t was with reluctance
that officers of the company four weeks
ago accepted Miss Macombers resig-
nation. Contained in the note also was
a request that her books be carefully
audited. Meanwhile, she said, she still
was under bond An expert accountant
quickly found that the balances had
been tampered with. Just as he was
about to make report of his findings
a letter from Miss Macomber was re-
ceived by the company.
1t stated that she had falsified the
books and that in her belief she was
short between SIS % and $19, 900 in her
accounts. Her salary of $40 a week
had not been enough, she said, to keep
her and her parents, but, realizing her
mistakes, she was willing. she said, to
return at once $1,000, and to make good
the remainder of her peculations when
she received the insurance money on
the death of her parents, who had not
long to live. Meanwhile, the letter said.
to accuse her of her thefts would only
hasten the end
Pruning sheaxo.