The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-14
TOLDROSYTA
OF BEING LEFT
INHERITANCE
z. D. eIRARDoT, KNOWN IN PEN.
sAcoLA, HAD COSTLY APART
MENT IN CINCINNATI, BUT HIS
EMPLOYERS FAILED TO APP
PREcIATE HIM.

Some business men Of Pensacola viii
remember E. D. Girardot, French
man. who came to this city year OF
so ago, and remained for several
weeks. He dressed in the height OF
fashion and apparently had plenty OF
money to back up his lavish living
and his good clothes. He was recent
ly arrested in Cincinnati and of him
and his doings the Cincinnati En-
ouirer says:
"A warrant for the arrest of z. D
Girardot, foreign correspondent for the
Rudolph WurlitzeF Company, 117-121
East Fourth avenue, whose last resi-
dence was at the Sinton hotel, charg-
ing embeZzlement to the amount of
s1,100, was sworn to in the police
court last evening by Attorney W. S.
Little, legal representative for the
Wurlitzer Company, and issued by
Deputy Police Court Clerk Val Boehm,
Jr. Girardot left the hotel after pay
ing his bill, shortly before 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. In an effort to
locate him the police sent out numer-
Gus kilograms.
Word was received at headquar-
tiers by Night Chief Renhert shortly
before midnight, that Girardot was ar
rested at Dennison, Ohio, by Police
Chief z. H. Miller, Of that city. He
will be returned to Cincinnati tais
morning.
"Girardot arrived here a day or two
ago from Cuba, where he had been
sent by the Wurlitzer Company, and
with his wife took up luxurious quar-
ters in the Sinton. He had private
dining room with the best service, a
private reception room, a bathing
apartment Of extraordinary size and
equipment, and he announced that he,
having fallen heir to a considerable
estate, had come prepared to play
Santa Claus" to the less fortunate
employees of the Wurlitzer Company.
Outside Of his expenses when away
Girardot received just SIS per week as
salary.
Several months ago Girardot left for
Cuba and South America as one of
the Representatives Of the local firm.
He had power to put through all
copyrights and to sell. An investiga :
ton was being made of his accounts
when he suddenly wired that he was
on his way to Cincinnati.
He called at the office of Attorney
Little and proudly exhibited expensive
jewelry and a Panama hat which ne
said cost $500.
"Girardot said that his hotel bills
IN Cuba ran to nearly 5000 a month
and that his cigars cost him 80 cents
each. While Little was bordering
over this and trying to reconcile the
$25 weekly salary to the lavish ex-
penditures of the foreign correspon-
dent, Girardot volunteered the infor-
nation that he had fallen heir to q
large bequest
- got a cable message limiting at
the thing he said, and ! wired,
back, Wire me, seven thousand
pounds, and they did. I am in clover
now, and have everything I want
while at the Sinton Girardot had
apartments which cost him $35 day
without the incidentals. Nowadays,
said the returned correspondent, I pay
as much per day for accommodations
as / used to expend monthly for an
entire house. OF such is the blessed
ness of the rich he added airily. At
torney Little was still figuring on the
matter when Girardot left town.
I cant let out all the facts said
Attorney Little, when asked about the
warrant. but this man is the boldest
have ever heard of. When he was
first employed by the WuFlitzers he
claimed to speak German, French.
Portuguese and other languages, and
when the South American post was
vacant he claimed he was a master
of the Spanish tongue, ] wish to good
ness could remember the string of
names he has but I can't