The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-06
HELD FOR PAY
ROLL FRAUD, He
ACCUSES WOMAN
Declares Graphophone Of
fetal Shortage Is Part Of
Plot to Ruin Him.
DISCHARGED WOMAN
EMPLOYE is CALLED
Police Investigate Sensa-
tional Story Of Man Held
in So, 600 Bail.

+ Alleged to have padded the payrolls
Aof the American Graphophone Co..
and e1nbezzled the known sum Of
5000, John Fl. ziegler, aged 2e. OF 7ss
Judson place, Stratford, the ofiice
manager OF the East End plant of the
concern, was arrested this morning
by Detective James Burns. He is
held in bonds of SIS 600 pending a
expert accountants who will make q
complete report next Monday.
The defendant denies the allegation
of his employers and at police head
quarters this morning charged that
his name had been forged to charge
slips and asserted that his troubles
are due to the machinations OF Mrs.
Rose Forgette, sol FAIRFIELD avenue.
who threatened to rget square" with
him for discharg ging her.
Ziegler maintains that he gave her
notice to resign her position because
of the fact that she was concerned in
a divorce case which in his mind
made her an undesirable e1nploye.
| Capt. E. o. Cronan has summoned
Mrs Forgette, and intends to examine
her.
| Ziegler has charge of the Office of
I y
! the plant In Barnum avenue and SUI
! pervises each day the making up Of
/ the pay rolls. A shortage was noticed
! by officials of the concern which
dates back three days. This discov-
| cry was made last night and account
ants Immediately assigned to investi-
gate.
4 The officials of the company claim
they found $500 missing and they i'm
medfately sent for a private detective
/ employed by the company, who COW
cred Ziegler with a gun, until the ar
rival of Detective John Burns, from
. police headquarters.
tZiegler asserts he personally count
! ed the money that is enclosed in al
, pay envelopes. He does not, however
make, up the pay roll figures, this
work being partly done by Mrs. For,
gette. ziegler claims that he wa.
4 presented this morning with mum
Der of charge slips. His name ap
I peared on them and he denied tina
he ever signed them.
III Ziegler steadfastly maintained h
81 was the innocent victim Of a plot t
! ruin him and he demanded that be
fore he leave the office, the cash b
counted and the exact amount of tn
pay FOIL shortage De made Known I
!. him. He then asserted that Mrs. For
: gette had evidently made good he
threat to cause trouble for him.
,. Mrs Forgette conducts toomin
. house in Fairfield avenue and recent
figured in a divorce suit. When sh
was given her notice to leave as a re
! suit of this suit ziegler asserts, sh
! told him that she had never been dis
charged from a position in her lif
Z and would get even" with the mana
/ ger for discharging her.
II Efforts to obtain bail are being mad
: for Ziegler by DIR. E. w Morey, a der
tist in the Meigs building, accordin
i to Capt. Cronan, who is convinced tn;
: ziegler is innocent of any wrong d.
I ing. Tt Is stated that the defenda1
has brother-in-law who is one of tt
. leading officials of the GraphophoI
!. Co., and a brother employed as a plal
4 engineer is well known in Bridgepor
: The defendants wife is momentari
J expected to become mother and e
! cry effort is being made by his frien,
I i to obtain bonds for him.