Show ali cashier of lie ollire of sergeant at aritis skips nc nw im HI ia TO biow 11 ila bat it was hore thin af to lar alioa dac 5 the reported defalcation of 0 F silcott the late cashier of alio olie 0 sergeant at is a topic or general comment silcott was a trusted employee who came here from ohio lla was appointed by leedom BIS years ago lie hid and oooo himself of tho unlimited confide oco of his superior last saturday he notified leedom aba he was gobig to new yorla and would be back on bunday A message w AS received from him dated new borkon monday morning that he had baen detained but would return hit eight A similar reached bis wife that night As he did not appear on tuesday leedom feared lie had been overtaken by bonab accident but to satisfy a rising suspicion be began investigations information that silcott had briwn ins bank baladie deepened suspicions pic ions and inquiry was pu purged rued the enormous safe could not be opened in a moment as silcott bad the combination but when entrance was 11 was found that s nie bet apart t r the use of the paying teller was intact the next inquiry wai made at the treasury department where leedom was informed atiat had called there on saturday and drawn about it was possible for him to draw this large sum without comment as he bad for a long time been wita collecting money with which the salaries of are paid silcott was under bonds in the sum of th s however is an indemnity bond eiven to the sergeant at arms and lajom who is himself bonded to the extent of is directly responsible leedom says sil call have taken hiitt as well A number of representatives were in the habit of keeping individual deposits with the at arms and their losses when ascertained may snell the sum total considerably latr iD formation is to the effect that the paying tellers funds al the bame safe where kept his money were by se lock aud steel door this may explain their preservation what concerns the members of the lloyse most deeply is whether in giving biond certificates to the sergeant at arms on which he ob money from alie treasury they hae not released the government from the liability for their salaries opinions on this point vary |