Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-11
ALLEGE FILE ADMITS
SS,4OO SHORTAGE IN
HIS ?. 0. ACCOUNTS
Officials Say He Told Thsm He
Took the Money to Cover
Margins.
WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST

Samuel J. File, charged with the cm-
bezzlement OF sS,400 from the money
order division at postoffice, where he
was cashier, this afternoon admitted
he had taken $4,000 TO cover up A
marginal account, when questioned by
Postal Inspector Sentman, Postmaster
English and Marshal Money at his
home. according to these officials.
File. who has been critically Ill. ad-
mitted the entire affair to the officers.
the latter said.
The dates and the amounts taken
are MS follows: August /, $4,000:
August 2. $500; August 8, $1,000;
August 4, $1,000: August Ia, $500;
August 2l. $500, and August %, 5000.
making total of $S,4o0. These fig-
ures agree with the result OF the in
vestigation made by the postal au-
thorities.
When questioned today. File, the
officers stated. said he expected TO
make a killing" while he was on his
vacation and In this way return the
money! without II being discovered
He went away on his vacation August
26. Postmaster English said It was
impossible for the shortage to be con-
cealed any length of time or for the
money to be returned without It be-
ing discovered.
The officers visited the house to sec
IL the man was In condition TO be re-
moved. Marshal Money had the war
rant for his arrest, but did not serve
t. He viii await instructions from tho
physician in charge. before 1t Is served
Files condition is considerably i'm
proved, compared with what II wac
and the warrant may be served thi,
afternoon. 1t was feared that to serve
it when the officials visited his home
would result in setback for File.
A warrant was issued at the request
of United States District Attorney
James II. Hughes. Jr., for the arrest
of File, who is S5 years old and lives
at 1927 West Third street
According to Postmaster Eng
lish the method used could not
have lasted long as 1t would soor
have been discovered. File has no
.been at the office since last wednes-
day afternoon. lie collapsed or
Thursday and since that time hs'
been critically Ill. The shortage wa.
discovered when an audit was med'
and File is said to have collapsed wher
the search came near him. As mat
ter of fact. he was assisting In the in
vestIgation. which was conducted b!
J Postal Inspector Sentman. who 4
located in this city.
The investigation discloses that mos
of the accounts were falsified durinl
the month OF August The postofiic
will not lose any money. as the amour
Of the shortage is covered by the com
pany with which File was bonded. !
was said today that the bonding com
pany will not lose anything. as the,
will be Unidentified by relatives OF tn
=. accused man.
y, According to statements made by IN
, mans family he had been investin
money in the stock market. II ha
, also been reported that the man ha
been playing the races" When tn
shortage was reported to Postmaste
English. the latter reported the mat
ter to L. S. District Attorney Hughe
!, File has been employed in the post
Office for about seven years and wa
highly regarded by his superiors. II
: is married and has one daughter. Th
! family is prostrated over the affair
= When seen at his home today Fl
was in bed. He went into a state ,
, coma last Thursday. but has gradual
+, recovered from ii.