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Show PIOUS DEFAULTERS. A FATHER AND SON SWINDLE A RE-LICIOUS RE-LICIOUS PUBLISHING HOUSE. Falsification of the nooks Have Keen Coing On for Years The Old Man Turns Over His Property but the So Skips the Country. St. Loci?, Dec. 1. It has just been discovered dis-covered by the Concordia Publishing company, com-pany, printers of religious books, that Martin Mar-tin C. Bartkel and Martin K. K. Barthcl, father aun ion, two of its most trusted ra-ployes," ra-ployes," are short in their accounts. The peculations -will be very heavy. Falsification Falsifica-tion of the books has been going on for a number of years. Martin C, who has been manager of the concern for twenty-five years, admitted his guilt, tur-ng over $50,000 in real estate to cover the shortage. The son has disappeared, disap-peared, and no trace of him can be found. The officers of the company say the property turned over more than secures the present j defalcation. |