Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-07

the bank. issued brief formal state.
ment. as follows:
wv. A. Unger. who was confden.
tial secretary to Francis Il. Reeves. |
chairman of the Board of Directors Of |
tn" Gtrard National Bank. disappeared |
last week, and after his disappea rance
1t was found that securities belonging
TO Board Of Trustees. Of which Mr. |
Reeves was treasurer and Unger az.
sistant treasurer, were missing. The
amount involved is not known. The |
Girard National Bank is not con.
cterned in the matter and has lost moth.
ing
Mr.. Randolph added that he had gone
through Unger's papers in an effort TO |
determine how much had been taken. |
but had been unable to learn anything.
Bank Funds Untouched
Mr.. Randolph declared with much
emphasis that Unger had not stolen
a cent from the bank itself 1--WE |
have checked up on everything he |
Mr.. Alker explained how his name
came to be connected with the .case
was dumfounded today when l
read the newspapers and discovered that
Inger had been dealing in such huge
sums he said II knew him BY sight
through connection with the same build.
ing ana loan association. the Edgely
Is. and L., which meets in this Office
at lfio Land Title Building. had
not given him permission to use my
name as forwarding agent. and did
not know that my name appeared on
the DER books.
1T is true. / believe. that Unrcr
forwarded letters to this office. The
girls tell me that not many letters came
mere, but he started forwarding letters
IN the days of J. Levering Jones, who
died about u year ago when our Offices
were on the seventh floor. How he
cam" to use my name ! cannot under.
stand. Many Of our clients who are
travelling or who have not regular places
of abode have their letters forwarded
to this office. and Unger's letters went
through in mechanical manner.
Unusual in Appearance
II do recall having seen him once or
twice at the building and loan meetings
and ! recall him especially because OF
his appearance. He was so tall and
thin that he would attract attention
everywhere.
II knew nothing of his fnncinl ar
rAngements, but as matter of fact !
always assumed that he had nothing.
He came into this Office occsiOan-
ally, acting as a messenger between Mr..
Mr.. Reeves and Mr.. Jones, because. as
l understand 1t. all checks on the funds
had to bear the names of the treasurer
checks from Mr. Reeves for Mr.. Jones
to sign. and if he could not find Mr..
Jones he would hunt up Judge Beeber or
some other trustee.
Mr.. Reeves retired as head of the
Girard National Bank number Of
years ago. Until recently he went to
the bank several times a week. On
account of his feeble condition he has
not left his home for more than a.
month. First news of Cngrr's disnp
pearance completely unnerved him. and
is permitted to see only immediate
members of the family.
Mother Unstrung
In the big gray Unger home at Bar
mouth Mrs. Unger. utterly unstrung
by the shock of her sons disappearance
and the circumstances attending it. lay
i'll in her bedroom on the second floor,
denying herself to callers. while her
daughter. entertaining relatives in the
sun pnrlor at the front of the house.
answered all rings at the dOOrbell
"Oh. we didn't know what Walter
was planning to do. she said. 'or we
would surely have stopped him before
he could do such n dreadful thing
We didn't even know that he was going
away. The first we heard about it was
when we got letter from him, mailed
here after he had left. but he did mt
say in il where he was going or what
he intended to do The letter was very
short and didn't say anything that
could give us any clue.
My mother has been i'll from the
shock ever since she continued. Nv no
would mt be after having such an awful
thing happen? ! feel as II we were all
disgraced and will never be able to
hold up our heads again, and the girl.
overcome with shame covered her face
to hide her tears. crossing quickly to
the other side of the room in an effort
to gain control Of herself.
Sees Family Disgraced
Il don't believe III ever get over
the shame of this she went on after
moments pause. Suppose ] ever
want TO get work. Why. no one will
ever employ me, because they'll remem-
awful TO talk about. We haven't seen
. Mr.. Reeves representatives yet, or
heard anything from them, but my
: brother il going TO see them soon. ]
I don't know what they intend doing
7 about il.
" There are Two brothers in the family
besides Walter. a third having becu
killed some time ago in an automobile
accident. The family Is we'll known In
the vicinity, but news of Walters dis
appearance, has not yet become general
property ahd residents Of yarmouth
were yesterday In lgnossnce Of ytsA fac(