Show CLERK WAS FOND OF I James A Boyd of the Public Health and Marine Marin Hospital Service Under Arrest for the Embezzlement of a Large Sum I Al ASHINGTON Sept IS James A ABod Avy WASHINGTON vy Boyd Bod a clerk in iii the public health and marine hospital service was WIS arrested today on a warrant sworn out I by b Chief Clerk W V P Worcester of a that office charging him with wih embezzlement The dIscovery of facts leading heading lead Ins to the charge was made last Thursday in Boyds absence and the amount ab abstracted abstracted abstracted will wH according to Boyds own confession confes on roach reach not less les than How He Worked It ItU It U was wa Boyds duty lUty to prepare bills bis bistor for tor the tha approval of the surgeon general and when checks were signed they were delivered to him to be mailed to the persons for whom they were intended It I is charged that he manipulated the bills bis by erasing ersing the dates dato and amounts amount of duplicates left lef in the office and that he secured the time money on the checks by endorsing on them the names of ot the firms to which they timey were issued The alleged defalcation has been in progress for Cor the time past three years year but Boyd Bod was not suspected until a recent illness compelled him to be absent and made it necessary tot for someone else to assume his duties dutes When his desk was opened si a I number of suspicious docu documents documents ments meats were found This discovery led ledI to an an investigation by Surgeon General I Wyman V man and Chief Clerk Worcester with the result rosult that the case ease was placed pla ed edIn in the hands of the secret service op up erB tv who made the tIme arrest arest Property belonging to Boyd Bod valued at about has been seized 00 Fond of Boyd has been been in the public DubUc health service for tor about twelve years and was wai appointed from Vest West Chester coun coulm county ty ly New York He vas was well wel known about town and especially espe al because of oC oChi hi hi his fondness for He Ho was drawing a salary of ot 1800 a year His family is said to be traveling in Europe When taken before United States Commissioner ll or Boyd Boye waived a aI I hearing and and was wa held hele in ball bail bal Bo Boyd d was later hater released d a guaranty I company going gain on his hits bond |