| Show CH CHEC CK f THE ALLEGATION William C Sullivan Under Ar Arrest Arrest Arrest rest on Charge of Embezzling Embezzling Valuable Paper PaperWORK PaperWORK PaperWORK WORK LONG IN lN PF GRESS CLAIMED STEALING HAS BEEN I GOING ON FOR YEAR William C Sullivan a well known young real estate man was arrested shortly before midnight by Detective Schultz He is charged charge with the embezzlement I of over In checks from Wheeler 8 Harman proprietors of the Good Luck bar 50 West Vest First South street for whom Sullivan was employed a few hours each week as s bookkeeper Sullivan has admitted the endorsement on the checks as his signature but thus far has declined to make any further ex cx explanation explanation of the affair The alleged embezzlement extended over a period of nearly nearl a year During that time Sullivan worked for a few I hours each Sunday on the books of the saloon While making his entries in the thu books Sullivan is believed to have held out certain checks which had been cashed during the week wee I for patrons of the place These checks were for the most part pay checks chocks which wh cI ranged from IQ 10 to Sullivan is charged with stealing some of these checks endorsing them and obtaining tile money mone at the banks on which the checks hecks were drawn Checks Are Missing There was as no accurate check on the books of the saloon men so that the al alleged all alleged l ged shortage was not discovered until yesterday Sullivan came to the saloon I as usual and did the work on the books book Af After ler he had gone It was discovered that some checks known to have havo been in the safe just before Sullivan had come to the place had disappeared This caused nn an investigation The police were noti notified notified fied fled and suspicion at once rested on Sul Sut Sullivan livan Ihan Some of the other checks cheeks were looked up and it was learned that some sonic of the canceled paper which had been returned to lo the firms Issuing it bore Sul Sullivans Sullivans livans signature as endorsement Some of these checks were nearly a year old Has Good Reputation Following the discovery of f the signa signature signature signature ture of Sullivan on the check he was ar arrested arrested arrested rested at his home in the Brown flats He was taken to the police station where he identified his Ills signature on the checks He was locked up on the charge of em embezzlement embezzlement embezzlement and remained in jail over overnight overnight overnight night His bail ball was not fixed last night The exact amount of the alleged embezzlement embezzlement embezzlement could not be learned since there was no way wa of checking up It was esti estl estimated estimated mated however at 1000 Sullivan has been In the real estate business for the past two years Recent Recently ly he has had his office in the Deseret News building His reputation is said to have been good up to the time of his ar air arrest arrest rest He was married a year ear ago anil has been be n living In the Brown flats His HI friends say the amount is grossly exaggerated exaggerated exaggerated M |
