Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-10
HUGO STILL MISSING
CEDAR RAPIDS THEATER MAN
AZ
AeER FAILS TO APPEAR TO
FACE CHARGES.
MIDDLE IN ACCOUNTS
CONTINUES TO INCREASE

Reported to Have Been Seen in
Waterloo Passes to Pay Cur
rent Store BilIs-Thsatsr company's
Bank Account short-Debts Unpaid.
Cedar Rapids, Dec. 10.-Vic Hugo's
disappearance is the talk Of the town
and the speculation mostly conferred on
whether he will come back" His
friends-and he has many-say that
he will. They say they would not be
surprised to see him drop into town
any day and confront his accusers
with statements and showings that
will be hard for them to disprove. But
into the affairs Of the Majestic theater
IS conducted by Hugo are inclined to
the opinion that he is still increasing
the distance between himself and Ce-
dar Rapids
Was Seen ii Watsrioo.
No one knows I'm which direction he
is travelling, altho 1t seems to have
been ascertained that he was in swat
erloo Wednesday afternoon. And it is
now believed that he saw George Med
hurst walk from the Perpetual build
ing, where the latter made his con-
fessjon, to the office OF County Attor-
ney Linvffle He was accompanied by
Detective Mcclure and one Of the
Pinkerton men, and after he had
signed statement in the office of the
county attorney he departed from his
home. He had been there only brief
time when there was a knock at the
back door and Hugo walked in. After
the interview between the two in
which Medhurst told Hugo what he
had done, Hugo left, and it was not
long after that when he was seen go
ing out Third avenue west.
Medhurst Really Got Little.
In behalf of Mr. Merhurst the state
i,ient was made Thursday tt!;:a: the So
900 or $4,000 he received as "hush
money" from Hugo had little to do
with the building of his elegant home
in Ridgewood He was well-to- do, it
issnow said, before he ever went to the
Majestic theater, and he has made
money in real estate transactions
Those who are best posted say that
while he erred in allowing himself tc
be influenced for evil, he has been and
still is honest at heart and that they
would be quite willing to trust him
now.
Began. on Small Scale.
Had the money been held out on the
large scale Of the past few weeks it
would have reached $4,000 and per-
haps more. But Mr.. Medhurst stated
Thursday morning that four years ago
when they began 1t, the amount taken
was light. Hugo, he said, began light.
but kept Increasing the amount, until
during the past few weeks the amounts
taken have been very large.
Those most interested in finding Mr..
Hugo say that so far they have have
been unable to find him. The best in
formation is that he took his big auto
mobile out OF the Russell Motor Com
.pany garage at o'clock "Wednesday
afternoon. chit out" on A avenue and
hasn't been seen since. There are a
few persons however, who claim to
have seen him later than that, and
there are one or two who believe that
he still is in the city.
Up to the time Of going to press no
arrests have been made. Aat the coun-.
ty attorneys office it was stated that
there was nothing for publication. But
here are persistent rumors that papers
are being drawn and that Something
will break" in the very near future.
Investigations Disclose Much.
Interest was centered Thursday on
the new discoveries made by attorneys
accountants and bank officials, also by
who have been going over
their books to see how much Mr.. Hugo
lis indebted to them. Every hour
brought new discoveries and it was
stated that it might be some days be-
fore all the devious ways in which the.
business was managed had been un-
covered and made plain.
Bank Account Short.
one Of the first things discovered
was that the company's bank account
is not so fat as it should be.
It appears that at the close
OF eacn days business Hugo and
Medhurst agreed on the amount that
they would hold out. Some days,
when the business was not so good
the amount would be comparatively
small. When there was big house,
and especially If Hugo thought the
members of the company ought to pc
fined" for too much Interference, the
amount would be larger. Then Treas
surer Medhurst made his reports in ac-
scordance with the understanding be-
tween himself and Hugo. But the
banking was not done in accordance
with these daily reports. TWAS done,
in odd sums and at odd times, so that
the bank deposit book could not be
checked up with the daily reports
Once a week, however, Treasurer Med
hurst made a detailed report, showing
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