The Detroit times., 1914-01-07
SWEETHEART
AND MOTHER OF
FORCER in TEARS
Weep Bitterly as They Visit ~
Iear-Old George o. kennings
in Police Station Cell
YOUTH ADMITS ROBBING
EMPLOYERS or $4,000
Most of the Money Was Lavish
ed on Girl-Feels Position
keenly

Signing his employers name 10
checks OF from $50 to $500. and esti
mated in the total at $3.494, George
O Kennings. chubby. rosy-cheeked
youth Of 49, was arrested Tuesday
lby Detectives Parker and Shepherd
en- complaint o. nis employer Frank
T y cooper. contractor, with offices IN
I the Penobscot building
/ Kennings confessed TO the fors.
cries, which the cashier OF the Pen
/ insular State bank said were perfect
copies OF Coopers signature.
! The youth also admitted that he
/ had used most OF the money 10 take
I his sweetheart TO theaters and din
ners IN the best hotels; to buy her
iewelry, and to clothe himself in the
/ best of clothing
lie is broken-hearted over his ar
rest.
! Ills mother with whom he lived al
I No. 900 .Trumbull-ave. and his sweet.
heart. plain-looking IS Of about
I II years. whose name Is being sup
pressed by the police, visited Ken.
nings in the cell block, Wednesday
morning. and there sobbed aud cried
as they talked over the young man 5
disgrace
Il had often tried to make full con
fession to Mr. Cooper, and ask him
! for a chance 10 settle up and start
oyer again said Kennings, to the
police hut always | lost my nerve.
As the days wore along. | got so |
dreaded to so TO the Office in the
morning and face him forcing a
smile / couldn't sleep at night.
knew ne trusted me, and il broke my
heart to think that was taking his
money"
AS bookkeeper Kennings handled
all of the accounts OF the Office
was entrusted with the payment of
all bills by check
More than 40 checks, the smallest
one for s25, and the biggest $500
check, payable to a jewelry firm, have
SO far been found
Mr.. Coopers suspicious were
aroused when he noticed a big de
crease in his income, from no appar-
checks away from Kennings. month
ago, and investigate. Calling at the
| bank for the cancelled checks, he
| him TO the bank and obtained them.
Then he decided that the check book
offered the clue TO his losses
| He found the stubs padded" and
| found many checks in the next batch
at the bank. made out to Kennings,
! personally and with Cooper's name
| forged TO them.
Police will take the matter up with
the prosecutor. Wednesday afternoon.
Kennings, interviewed in the cell
block, Wednesday morning. frequent
ly bit his lips to keep from bursting
into tears.
I'D rather not talk about the mat
ter at ALL he said Maybe I'd say
something that | shouldn't say |
have hopes-not expectations, but
hopes--of being able To fix things up,
He said that he received SIS a week
salary, but he added Don't misun-
derstand me | don't mean that my
employer was stingy with me, for he
wasn't. He was generous, and was
the best fellow in the world to me. |
Just cant say why / took his money"
His whole attitude changed when
he declared; I'm not a sport, or a
rounder and if anybody says so. he
is damned liar"
Asked about his sweetheart, he al
most begged that she be not mixed
up In the case. He denied that girl
was mixed up in the affair. Then he
admitted that he had spent much of
the money! on his sweetheart. He
said that the young woman who ac-
companied his mother 10 the central
station. to talk with him, Wednesday
morning, was his sister. Detectives
thought that she. was his sweetheart.
Kennings' father is living. but is
out west the young man said.