Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-25

/ ls located is also an important con-
sideration 70 the bonding companies.
Movie cashiers rarely efnbt zzie. but
goyd deal of money has been lost
on people associated with musical
comedies. There is something hbout
: musical conedy--pr0babiy its gay.
carefree atmosphere of wine, women
ana song-that seems to pave the way
~ easy embczzlement.
II is also interesting 10 note that
IN the new, rich sections Of tho SOUTH
vest, particularly IN Texas and OKLA
homa, where fortunes are often made
tand losD IN night. there IL much
more embezzlement than IN the north
eastern states. whore money making
y hard and slorg business
The files ~ the large bonding com
panies contain many strange and 70.
mantle stories of the rise ana fau n
embezziers. Some day. perhaps. the
movies viii realize the screen possi.
bilities Of such material and buy fhs
movie rights 10 = bonding company's
Mes thereby turning poor risks into
good ones. What could be- more
moyiesaue, for instance. than thi.
meiodrama with happy ending re-.
lated by Mr.. Joyce of the National
Surety Company?
One day a young teller In a small
Middle Western bank missed four 81
oVV bius from his cage. Fie searched
an over the place. took everything our
lot the safe, checked and re-chackaf
his figures, but the four thousand dol-
lars had completely disappeared After
worrying about the matter for a
couple Of days he went 10 the prs~i-
dent of the bank and told him ~ ma
loss. asking for a little time In vhf,b
to find the missing money.
| The president scoffed indignantly
az the young mans story and rtuirf
ed him that when four thoure,,s 49,
lars vanished into the air. the ios.
couia usually be explained. Either YOU
VIII VIII make L good" said the president
or you VIII go 70 the penitentiary 3
Ihis terrible threat was not carried
out however. The teller was ner.iv
discharged, but the stain on his ebnr
aeter made II difficult Tor him ~ 80,
work IN the vicinity No other hsrb
or business firm would emninv hir,
and ne was compelled 10 do manual
labor.
Pen years later the hank DECIDED
70 remodel its interior. behind \ t,,.a
panel in the wall of tho TELLER. e....
the missing 81 600 bnir wore fo,,,.a
was the teller's npportunitv 49,.
righteous retribution and 10 foot -
vantage of it, Having lo~s IA. i,b
land reputation through tho afisrts.,r,,
CONDITION of the banks interior -.
brought suit for defamation ~ cs..
acter and received great deal roov.
than the missing four thousand AL.
4ats. Ihus, as Mr. D. w. Grimm
would say, was manly virtue reward
ed
For movie comedy material tbera A.
ne case ~ a young clerk aiso \, !,
Middle Western bank. who ,y,g tt.
patched to the railroad station ,.s.t.
4oVV requested by q wealthy daposito,
"he was passing through the town
- was breezy March dav. and a. tho
C'efk waited for the train he stroda
brlskiy up and down the platform,
Whistling and tossing the bills iat,
me arr Suddenly they were rsupbf
N the wind and swept down the rsii-
road track. A hog foraRlnR hunprtlv
along the track shifted tha money ana
swallowed IT, The poor clerk went a.
search Of the man who owned che hov
and bought it. Then he had II butch
cred hoping that its stomach womb
contain fragments ~ the money thar
would be redeemable az the Treas,,r,,
department. But the hog mad rnastt-
Gated too efficiently. The $500 "a,
ruined, and the surety compapv baa
&c make good the banks loss.