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Show CALIFORNIA BANK CASHIER DECAMPS WITH SIOO.OOO. Trusted Official of Farmers' & Merchants' Bank at Los Angeles Steals Big Sam. H. J. Fleishman, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants' bank of Los Angeles, has disappeared with a sum I of the bank's money, which Vice-President H. W. Hellman estimates at $100,-000. $100,-000. The shortage was discovered Monday. Fleishman has not been seen since 9 o'clock Saturday morning. At that hour he was at his club. He notified noti-fied the bank people that he was ill Saturday morning and would not, be at his duty., Nothing was thought of the matter at the time. When Fleishman failed to report Monday his accounts were gqne over and the shortage discovered. dis-covered. The exact amount has not yet been ascertained. Fleishman had been cashier and assistant as-sistant cashier of the Farmers and Merchants' bank for many years. He began work for the bank when a boy in 1875. He was under bond with a surety company for $30,000. In addition addi-tion to this he had real estate and per- sonal property in that city sufficient, in the opinion of Mr. Hellman, to protect pro-tect the bank from the loss of a dollar. |