The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-12
MANAGER OF STANDARD
MIRROR COMPANY HERE
IS ARRESTED

IldllA VllpcSKlc I1elu III Gil
Thousand bond, Charged
with En- bezzlement Thir-
ty ThouS and - Officers of
Company Prefer Charges
Mayor al hd Other Citizens
Here Sigh bond : Hearing
in Greensboro today.
The following is from the Green's
boro News irh regard to the High
Point sensatlon\ Of the week:
Charged with the embezzlement
of $4,000, Frarh blk Wineskie, director
and manager of the High Point
branch of the Standard Mirror COM
pany,was arrestdF Id in his office there
late Wednesday lafternoon. The ar
rest was made by Deputy Sheriff
John WeatherlyI who, after a con-
ference with alto lrneys here and the
magistrate iss linIg the warrant, ac-
cepted a justified bond in the sum
OF .$lO,OOO for the appearance of
Wineskie before " llstice of the Peace
ID. II. Collins this (ThurSday) after
noon at 3 o'clock. The warrant was
issued yesterday afternoon by JUS
tice Collins and wh hs at the instance
of Frank McKnicAh+ of p;++ehurd
president of the StaA ard Mirror
company. "~"
T. Immediately after issuance the
paper was placed in the hands Nf
Deputy Weatherly and at 2 o'clock
he left for High Point in an aut0moE
bile. A telephone message from HIM
a short time afterwards stated that
he had no trouble in finding his man
and making the arrest, and was to
rhe effect that Wineskie's attorneys,
Messrs. Robertson and Barnhardt,
were ready to draw up and justify a
bond in any amount required These
attorneys later called Justice Collins
and Attorney G.. S Bradshaw, who
represents the prosecution, and by
telephone bond of $4,000 was
consented to.
tits said the decision to prosecute
Wineskie was reached Wednesday
morning and then only after several
conferences and a careful investiga-
ton. This, it is further claimed, re-
4 vealed the fact that the shortage
would reach certainly $4,000, and
that the embezziements had extend
ed through period of six or seven
years, Wineskie, it is said, had no
intimation Of arrest until an hour
before Deputy Weatherly arrived, a
High Point friend in some manner
; learning of the warrant and advising
the accused.
Takes Arrest Calmly,
: Deputy WeatherIy found Mr..
! Wineskie in his Office and he took
his arrest calmly. He claims that
an election Of officers was to have
been held next week and that it
was the general understanding that
he was to be promoted to a much
higher position with the company
5 This was opposed by certain officers,
he alleges, and the warrant against
him is solely an effort to freeze
him out.
u Claim Positive Evidence.
II Though counsel here will make
no statement pending the hearing
tomorrow, it is learned from an
, authoritative source that the basis
: of the charge is that Wineskie, as
5 manager of the Standard Mirror
5 company, is alleged to have sold q
; material called waste" and very
. valuable in the construction of mir
, rors, and to have applied the funds
, received from such sales to his per-
E sonal use. Another feature learned
, from the same source is that the
r officers of the company have fol
e several months been aware of the
!. alleged thefts and misapprOpriatior
n of funds and that evidence work
: ed up by detectives is positive
! that the company knows Wineskit
0 had little when he went to Higf
4 Point and that since going there h
E has made investments even exceed
h ing the total amount Of his salar!
$ and commissions. The case agains
5 him, it is claimed, has been care
: fully worked up by detectives, ant
n counsel point out the fact that tn
d charges are made by men who ar
t not only responsible, bat who. hav'
t been friends and benefactors of tn
a accused.