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hide shortage.
The affairs of the bank were then
given most rigid overhauling. 1t was
found that
Rigid Inquiry Made this cashier
Into Banks Affairs. mised N a q . up I'm in
unfortunate investments. and that he
had been using the funds of the bank.
He had kept track of the bank ex-
aminer and had SO arranged that his
books would balance when that official
inspected them. There were many ways
of doing this. One was to extract leaves
from the individual ledgers and repre-
sent them to he accounts which were
checked out Another was to kite a
check with friendly bank for the
shortage when the examiner was eN
pected. The cash obtained would
make the bank appear in shape and
the check would not get back from the
clearing house until the examiner was
gone. and therefore need not appear as
am obligation.
The paying teller and the bookkeeper
knew of the subterfuges of the cash
ier, but his personality was so domi-
nant that they were forced to connive
at them. But because special agent
had seen the cashiers hand shake at
breakfast. the true conditions We're
discovered. and the swindler. who alto
Eether had misappropriated more than
million dollars, went to the peniten-
tiary for fifteen years
1t was late in 1911 that Cen Ber-
nardo Reyes attempted to organize. on
American soil, a
mexican Fl0tS revolution that
Against Maderc. Maaero. Maasa 'vssn1tns san a".
tonic. Tex. is the headquarters of ref
ugee politicians from the sister repub
lie, and therefore an important station
for the special agents who attempt to
prevent violations of neutrality There
was much activity all along the border
at this time. The special agents hav-
ing these matters in charge were par
ticularly busy at FL Paso and Laredo.
1t was toward the end Of December
that Gen. Reyes slipped out of San An
tonic and across the border. The spe-
cial agents had all the important men
of the junta at FL Paso under observa-
ton An excellent piece of work had
been done by an American special a agent
whose mother had been a Mexican. and
who was. therefore. able to pass him
self off as a native in Mexico. He had
fraternized with the revolutionists and
learned all of their secrets. Reyes was
to have been Joined by the Ell Paso and
Laredo leaders as soon as he crossed
the Rio Grande
But as he passed over the river the
word went forth. The special agents,
Win Win bands OF Texas rangers at their
packs. began rounding up conspirators
along the border. All the leaders were
arrested The rank and file had no one
to follow into Mexico. When Reyes
got INTO his country he found himself
iutlon without support At the little
desert town of Linares he gave up his
VISION and surrendered, broken
hearted old man.
often give the special agents OF the
Department of Justice chases that lead
them around the world There was the
case OF customs broker in New York
who had defrauded the government of
large sums on imports He was
handsome. outstanding. gray-haired
man He fled, but by shadowing a
friend of his he was located in Mon
treal He escaped the special agent
and went to London. Here he found
he fed to Paris. There his wife was
found, but the broker had gone. The
special agent on the case offered the
woman's servant girl twice the money
She was getting to take another Job.
Then. when the woman went to the en-
ployment agency for another servant,
Partisan female detective secured the
place. This woman eventually inter-
cepted a letter from the broker He
was In Naples. There the special agent
found and recognized him. despite the
fact that he was disguised as a red
haired hunch hback. His conviction fol-
lowed
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OF late, frauds in bankruptcy pro-
ceedings have been numerous. often
involving inter
Bankruptcy Cases state questions.
Subjected to Probe. eomino ;" 'neredors :, u y E
the jurisdiction of the federal govern
ment. A case has recently been COM
pleted, and the offenders jailed, which
represented operations extending all
the way from Philadelphia to ST. Louis
and backed by hundreds of thousands
of dollars. The plan was for mer-