Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-17
A PRETTY GIRL,
4 BANK TELLER,
MONEY MISSING
Miss Mabel PenfoId, Edwin
F. Morse and $4,000
Disappear From Denver;
Books Not Tempered With
(By The Associated press.)

Denver, Aug. 16.-Edwin F.
Morse. 80 years old. first teller at
the International Trust company
here, has disappeared along with
about $4,000 in currency, 1t was
announced today by John Evans,
president of the institution. Miss
Mabel Penfold. 20. a filing clerk
at the bank, also is missing. Mr..
Evans said.
All Of the missing funds are in
currency. Mr.. Evans said. The
young man is supposed to have |
taken everything in sight" when |
he closed his books Saturday |
night, the banks president said. |
The books have not been tempered
with In an effort to cover up the
loss, the president said.
Loss Covered BY Insurance.
Mr.. Evans said the loss was full
ly covered by insurance and that
the banks condition would not be
affected.
Mr.. Morse had been with the In
ternational Trust company as its
head teller for more than three
years, Mr.. Evans said, having
come to that institution from an
other bank. highly recommended
Morse was married but had no
children.
'It Was a Clean Sweep"
1T was u clean sweep" said the
banks president. Morse evident
ly disappeared late Saturday or
early Sunday. 1t is a shock to us
all - the disappearance of the
young woman as much as the
money"
The girl was described as five
feet two or three inches in height
and weighing 10 pounds and at
tractive.
Morse, the bank officials said,
weighs about 14S pounds, is light
in complexion and about five feet
eleven inches tall. He wore
pompadour and walked with a
slight stoop, it was said.
May Have Fled to Mexico.
That Morse and Miss Penfold
had fled to Mexico was the belief
expressed by some of the detec-
tives working on the case today.
j. S. Penfold, father of the girl,
who runs a filling station at Fort
Lupton, Colo, said today he re-
ceived a telegram Sunday filed In
Denver which said Morse and his
daughter had been married,
1t had not been suspected that
the missing teller had a love at
fair until today when it seemed
that nearly everybody remembered
he had been attentive to Miss PEN
fold. The police said they had
known he was fond of the girl.
Tells of Daughters Love.
Miss Penfold's father told of his
daughters love for Morse and said
he could hardly believe the young
bank employe was married. "Why,
he used to visit us at Fort Lupton,"
the father said, 'and he always
represented himself as a single
man. Had I known he was mar
ried I probably would have used
shot gun on him. The telegram
! got from Ed Sunday said he had
been married and that business
had called him to California"
While employed at the Interna-
tional Trust company Miss Penfold
lived with an aunt. Mrs. M. r.
King, at 4435 Irving street.
Mabel is entirely innocent of
any connection with this terrible
affair."" Mrs. King declared today.
She believed Edwin to be single
ever since he commenced paying
attention to her since she started
to work at the bank"
Morse is said to have told his
wife that he purchased a touring
car last winter so he could engage
In the taxi business on the side,
This. 1t was said, gave him oppor-
tunity to spend many hours away
from home.
Said He Had an Income.
Edwin was especially attentive
to my niece when she was under.
going an operation in st. Luke's
hospital" Mrs. King said. "He
had a car and Mabel thought 1,
was strange he could have a car
on his salary but he told her he
had an Independent income from
his family in California,
Detectives are tracing q regis.
tered mail package sent from Den.
yer to Fort Lupton last Friday. II
is the theory OF the police tina,
Morse himself called for the pack.
age.
When Morse failed to appear fol-
work yesterday bank officials be.
came suspicious and began te
check his money.
The shortage was described BY
the police today as the bigges
bank robbery since the wild ives
days. Chief of Detectives Wash
ington Rinker has sent out a gen,
eral alarm over the country in ar
effort to apprehend the teller.
TRAINS AND HOTELS AT
| Ell PASO ARE WATCHED