| Show ACCUSED BANKER CONFESSES S. S F. F PAPER ASSERTS I 4 I Cashier Says His Downfall DO 5 Due to Investments and andr r t. t Extravagance 0 ance f p f t t. t San at April 30 Frank W-Frank Frank A AI I Brush Corm forms former ca cashier of the Santa Santar r Rosa RosL National bank one of ot tJI the four Cour I m men n indicted d In Sacramento for tho alleged embe embezzlement of 8 OS from froni the bank was quoted as saying aIng he would pJ guilty when arraigned ned tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow morro In the federal court at Sacra- Sacra mento flento in in au alleged signed statement published today In the San Francisco co Dulle Bulletin tin Brush Fernando Somoza son in of nf the lat lat lat-j former President Sierra Herra of ot 4 Honduras William mam C. C Grant and II IL K r ou herr asui tant cashiers of oC tho the thor 1 bank ank were Indicted In Sacramento r I April 22 2 Brush BruEh was char charged ed In a sep sep- 4 arato rate indictment with the embezzlement embezzlement embezzle embezzle- men ment t of oC 4 L Little Tin JioiE Ilex 1101 I E Brush Brust In the thc statement was quoted as 18 8 saying hi hIi alleged peculations were made cap easy pf l by the use in tho bank of oC ofa ofa a ua little tin Un box and the loo Jooe c leaf ledger er which made it K possible to sub sub- sheets Ho tie said sahl his losses loses were in In f The statement continued 1 One Unc of ot 11 my ambitions was to construct construct con con- the finest business bustnes block In So Sonoma Sonoma Sonoma So- So noma count county My M total losses looses out of ot this building Investment In exceeded 00 OO My ty next biggest Al loss JoSs was in my mr Investment n m the electric railroad My 1 ty orl original Investments In plus plu the loss of I interest plus JIlIs ass assessments would come close clos to St Sets oc RnY In Clouds My h next biggest loss Joss or 01 expense I was in hi my family expenses and nd extravagances extra extra- and an then my friends s and sOon so soon soon on down the line But summing up I what hl have I left I t have ha left my life liCe wife and children and andI 1 I have loft m my I a few Ce f friends not many ln very eJ few n I j i i have hs left the tile future just L a raj- raj LU ui VA hope Lope j Just st aray of sun sunshine If all aU the property rt which I have in the tho world which I turned over free nd nd voluntarily will wUl t pay a the debts I I to me the owe owe this this result would bring most happiness and contentment and peace of mind of anything I could hope to ee see Pinched Jy hy iy Panic The panic of ur OS 1207 further In- In my financial The Tho raising of oC tho the Interest rato rate greatly added to the heavy load of debt I was carrying I know kno well weB enough now that that I should have bavo avo stopped short In 1910 or th thereabouts Notwithstanding the two to hel heavy losses I a have havo received d I believe c that 1 was still till solvent then could have stopped with nd anyhow anho honor because It was an act of God or rather an net act of the devil U that and there was not a i had lad ruined rr-o rr blemish a against my record of any kind up to this date The Thic tin bo box and the loose leaf 1 ledger d er were the chief factors in my downfall The Tho little tin box boo led up to toI slump Into an nn method od I of or keeping accounts The loose leaf lea ledger edger made it po possible to remove e a balanced balanced balanced bal bal- leaf eaf and leave lea c nicely when the examiner came around Didn't Jno Know Knorr Status Just whit what iten items went i Into to the box hox boxI i I 1 never knew w And Anil 1 I may m add was tho the cause of my tn downfall for tor I 1 never real real- Involved ed until i ed how de deeply I was bubble burst m my of the 1 I f never took a dollar out I hank bank in m my life liCe except upon checks r drawn against m my account or represented by debit tags chargeable to m my i account The checks may have hive gone goneI thrown w Into account or r J I direct to m my J 1 I the tho tin box then some som other change j attended attended attended at- at never t I made to offset Yet I J have c details tended to any of or those I |
