Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11


Sometimes who might not otherwise be tempted
to embezzle take advantage of y millionaire
depositor of Chicago bank drew out his balance and
closed his Neither he anybody else knew
that there would still have remained eight thousand
dollars his credit had all the entries been made prop
erly. Two months later a keeneyed paying teller dis
covered the eight thousand dollar-slp. The teller
thought the matter over ard saw that the loss would
fall upon the millionaire depoSor who
knew nothing about it. So the tempted man drew,
entered, and Cancelled charge check, charging the
mlonalres account with the eight thousand dollars,
which he paid into his pocket of the bank
funds He it that the check never got into the
hands of the depoSitOr, and his safe until he
made deathbed confession of his crime.
Defalcations of this safe they SEEM often
found out even after years have passed Somebody is
always nosing among old accounts and making discov
and the chance of detection always hanging
the head of the offender. Besides although the
bezzler rarely takes this into at the time of his
peculation, such secrets have way of burning their
way out OF a man bosom.
California cashier who had stolen twenty-five thou
sand dollars from his bank in way that simply defed
detection and was absolutely safe. it had been
carefully covered up for years could stand the
strain of self accusation any longer and relieved himself
by poison. leaving written confession of his crime
The bank officials amazed for they had regarded
the mpeccable. y microscopic scrutiny OF the
accounts two months before had failed to show any
shortage but there had been shortage and the
responsible for 1t had paid the penalty.
A RE big defauters ever given another trial bv the
employers they have betrayed? Sometimes; though
this is The treasurer of Ohio company
who had embezzed ten thousand dollars by taking adj
vantage of dead detected and dismissed
without prosecution. The money paid in by his
bondsmen. The man went to work clerk in a store
at hundred dollars month. He showed his good
will toward his bOndSmen by trying make restitution
of his salary. He had wife and three children but
he managed pay monthly instruments of twent y-tive
dollars each the amount he had stolen At this
1t would have taken him over thirty years to repay his
defaCatOn; but meantime he was looking for another
bank position He known as an able banker, and
was popular with bank officials but he was defaulter
and could UatnO bnD1 AZ last bf t1,a
office OF surety company that had bonded him
before and asked to the president He pleaded his
eloquenty that the official signed his bond.
We'll take another chance with YOU said the presi-
dent. "A man who tries to pay back tenthousand-
dollar shortage in twentytve-doar nsalrnents isn't
likely to go wrong than once
The man given back his old position in the bank
and in three years able all the money he
had stolen. He never repeated his offense.
A cashier a treasurer goes wrong, a general
thing because he needs the money; but there ex-
ceptOns. The cashier of large skirt factory in New
York arrested for enbezzng six thousand dollars
from his flrm funds He was indicted and arraigned.
In making his plea he amazed the by declaring
that he had spent every dollar of the stolen money in
contributions to his lodge and in other beneactiors
He had not kept any had he bestowed upon
his family. He called upon the of the lodge to
produce their books and it shown conclusvey that
he had contributed about five thousand dollars. The
statements OF his other charities also verified The
defaulter wept as he faced the
Il can ask no mercy for myself, he sad "but l
pray that you consider my brokenlearted wife little"
The Judge replied that he moved to cenencv but
not by mere sentiment. He said that he had heard
nothing but praise of the prisoner 1t clear that his
crime due greed avarice but to a noble
if misguided impulse.
"You a free man, he said to the defauter 81
understand your employers willing give you an
other trial. You had better go back work"
Sometimes after the discovery of a big defacaton it
is impossible to fix the crime upon anyone even though
strong suspicion may exist who the guilty person
is. Western bank manager became ill., and the bank
ran itself for several months Before the manager re-
turned to work a shortage of fifty thousand dollars was
discovered. The manager suspected, and the di-
rectors openly alleged his dishonesty long investi-