Show COLLECTOR IS ISA ISA A HIGH ROLLER I Wine and Women and andi i j Laughter f t FORTUNE EASILY SPENT NO CLUE TO SAN FRANCISCO EM EMBEZZLER EMBEZZLER EMBEZZLER Q AN FRANCISCO Calr Cal April 27 i iNo SAN 0 No clew to o the whereabouts of Edward J J Smith the fugitive fu tax collector of or this th city lt has ha been ob obtained by the pollee though Captain of Detectives B Burnett may have hV gone to Honduras Hondura to escape ai rest and extradition The full tull amount arnout of his defalcation will not noi be known the I experts Expert now jiow no examining the books of ot othis 3 Ills his h ls office have completed d their then work but the Ule loss Jogs to the city cit should It not exceed will m be made niad good gO 1 by bythe b t the surety company which his hI official bond The manager of this says y that Smiths previous l of which was made good by b his brother wag a never brought I to Iti Ita it notice Hard to t Unravel The methods used by the tax coHee collector tor to conceal conal his operations are ile le to have ule been many labor on the part rt of f the accountants who ho are endeavoring to toU U trace trac them Huml After their th report has lias hachen hen made to the board of supervisors that body b will wi take action acton on the sus suspension L pension pen on of oC Smith by Mayor Ma or Appo of this suspension Q Is 11 e l Int nt to a removal remol from office The Thema mayor ma or then will wil have the appointment of f a successor to the defaulting official offie cial e iI iIi i The rhe grand rAnd jury jur now nov no in lii session l s staken staken I taken notice notie of the matter mater and probably ably tion lion will wIl make a thorough h Investigation Amount at Least It I is estimated by the experts en engaged n 1 age in examining the books bok of oC the tax lax collectors that Smiths dt ri will UI amount to at least 6 JOO M 0 They discovered today toda one oue it Im m of 10 which had not been entered and i ial also al detected several smaller The police believe belve that most meet mot of lh th money taken t from the city was s s1 out nt ut utby by Absconder Smith for the benefit of AV women omen friends frIend one of hom whom is alleged i to have accompanied him on his General Checking Up UpI j It I is il i the intention iut of those examining into the case esie to make a full ful examina examination I tion of the books of the thE county treas treasurer and probably of others who vho have haye havee e the Iho handling ef or public pu bie funds Deputy Dept r abe at present in change of or the tax collectors office devoted most mo t of today toda to going over the delin dehui delinquent del quent tax lit He Me 1 in hi n un the 1 arger larger delinquents to ascertain whether I f or not net they the are reAlly 11 delinquent He n found th three large Irge quickly four e e taxpayer er Et o had pid Jd d Smith sums sum totalling over oer 70 but hut he had not credited them theu with these th amounts amoun showing sho shio n ng them still sti delinquent on Of the books of oC his bi 1 J office Other similar ca Ca s 8 were discovered as the Ute day dA wore on Smith Got the Checks In every ever rase e the tale was ws similar to t that of oC the th Southern Pacific Railway Smith mith had received d the checks but iu iii 11 ted stead of depositing them to the credit he had deposited them to his hig ow own n credit relt or had hd received the cosh cah The city attorney has taken the pre steps to recover as much as us possible from the tho th residence and property belonging to Smith in ells tiis city Ity suit sui having havin ben been tiled me today to uJ Th The Ti surety furel company which hll is i on bond will wll make up UI any ny deficit Mayor said Maid today that an 0 x 3 pert ert was making an In examination of or the Ue otc n which he ho declai dehu d there thre evidently ha hs been grow careless aele J St Referring to the fugitive fu tax rot iol lector hector tor the mayor eald M k Two Fortunes in One Year In iii round numbers Smith sot ot away wih with 40 of pf Southern Pacific tax tac money the 1 on the check Devoto Devoti cashed ta he for him and smaller amounts from individuals else elsewhere where re bringing the total up Ut to about ROUt 60 Beside B ke that there wa wa was the taken take last Jut year two fortunes fortune really In Ina a yer that Smith has embezzled embezzle The most moat mot charitable view that I 4 have yet heard of the matter mater is that Smith is ls i insane No s ne man Inan could have acted acte aa he did di even when in InfatuAte with wIt a woman Actress With Him HimA A former atrel to whom he paid much attention is ls reported to have ha n ngone gone to China and 1101 there ther is a suspicion s that he aio II may b be travelling toward f the Orient Orient At a special meeting this thi afternoon the supervisors Mi formally removed Smith from the office onice of tax tx tx collector According to the Bulletin when hen Smith mith l Itt ft this city eit last lat Wednesday he was Wl accompanied by a woman who whon I cm n Ii the previous pevious night had bad said sid she was i going to Hot Springs Ark to meet mee meeta day a 1 man who had made 50 in one |