The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20

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mentioned such a thing and I am sure
it is absolutely untrue They seemed
happy and contented and she had no
idea, 1 think, that he was living be-
yoEd his income
heavily against a railing, as though
for support. His eyes were misty and
his voice often choked with emotion.
After his visit with Speelman, the
doctor seemed nervous and unstrung-
The meeting appeared to have affect
ed him deeply and he declined to dis
cuss the interview with his sOn-in- law.
when will Mrs. SpeelInan come to
Topeka to see her nus band g. DR.. Fear
son was asked.
THAT don't know. She viii make
her home now with US. That's all I
care to say about the matter"
Then DR.. Pearson was asked con-
corning the relations between himself
and son-in-laW and Of the reconcil1a-
ton after his daughters elOpement with
the bank clerk
EIopement "Ancient History
Now, that's ancient history de-
clared the Wakefield physician, and II, s
been forgotten long ago. I hope 1t
won't be necessary to open old sores
at this time. Those are matters that
have no bearing on the case at the
present time
After securing permission from the
United States marshal's Office to visit
EpeeIman. the Wakefield man went I'M
1nediately to the county jail. Follow
ing his interview with his son-in-laW,
DR. Pearson went to the Merchants
National bank Here he spent an hour
with officers Of the institution. It was
said that only formal matters surround
ing the teller's troubles were talked or
and that q settlement Of the case was
not discussed DR.. Pearson will re-
turn home this evening. Whether he
win provide boEd for Speelman before
he leaves. is not known.
At the Merchants National bank to-
day. the expert accountants were still
trying to figure just how Speelnan
lifted more than $4,000 from the cash
accounts OF the institution before he
was caught. 1t is possible that the
system has been solved
How Speelman Worked.
IF the present theory is true, Spell
man carried a running balance in his
desk, which represented what he owed
the hank and the amount extracted
iron, the cash receipts. 1t was so ar
--anred it seems, that each days &C
counts balanced until Thursday when
he took 81, 500 in curTent.v from the day s
allowance for payment Of checks.
Presenting that Sneelman took 500
4he first time. He arranged to hold
over a ,s1OO cash credit until the follow
inr day, then placed it on the books
Then another account was carried over
one day and so on through long
tedious. nerve TdCkluS 1hGSe
accounts were switched and transferred
from one customer to another and each
night Speelman was able to show a
balance on his books As the amount
of his Indebtedness grew, he increased
his totals held out from the days re-
ceipts This is said to have continued
until the young man was carrying more
than $500 from day to day.
Then it is believed, he planned to
leave. Before leaving Topeka he want
ed to clear up the mortgage on the
Mileham. property, 21S Topeka avenue.
That day Speelman took 81, 500 from the
days accounts. Then came the dis
covery of his defalcations and subse-
ouent arrest. It was a clever scheme
and one that almost baffled the expert
accountants in the bank when they
sought to solve the mystery.
NOW Came the ssReports.''
Following Speelman's arrest. came a
food of rumors and wild stories of his
palmy days as a fast young club man.
There ara stories of SpeeIman's esca-
pades In the social world, of a rather
Sndiscriminate custom Of distributing