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Show COMPLAINT ISSUED AGAINST SODERLAND Assistant Postmaster and Chief Clerk of Eureka CJiaxged With Embezzlement. A formal complaint was Issued yester day agratnst Edward Goder and asuUtant postmaster and chief clerk at the Eureka poatofflce charging1 him with the em bezzlement of J 900 of the postal and money order funds of the postofflco The complaint was n ed w th Un ted States Coram eg oner C arles IL Ba dwln by As s stant D strict Attorney Dav d S Cook. Soder and was brought o bait Lake yesterday by Postoffice Inspecto s Frank , P Pra v ey and Frank Hamilton He m mediate y wa ved prelim nary examina tion before Commias oner Baldw n and was bound over to the United States dls tr ct court. He is confined In the county Ja la default of $3000 bond When Soderland d scovered his short age he acknon edged that his accounts wou d not balance He den ed however that he had any know edge how the -shortage occurred He a so Btated ac ! cord ng to federal au hor ties that he cou d not account for t. He den es em phat cal y that the m ss ng money was taken by him but the government in spectors are incl ned to bel eve that h s accounts were so tang; ed that he did not know how much governn ent money he real y squandered They express the op n on tl at T W Redmond the post master is honest but unfamiliar w th the cond t ons in his office Accord ng to Postoffice Inspec or Frank Ham ton Soder and s shortages resu t ed from a systen which he has used for several years wh le act ng as banker for fe low Fin anders many of whom are emp oyed in the m es near there It has been learned that Soder and has had ! various sums In ha custody for several years averaging from $2000 to $4000 or more The Finnish m ners turned the r savings over to him to keep for them at the postoffice as they m strusted the ban s I According to the postoffice invest! gators Soder and had the reputat on of i be ng a v Uage sport and they have i ev dence that e spent some of the money i and covered up shortages with money taken from th s private bank fund About ; a month ago he made a mistake in send lng cash to the t easury depar ment and gave h mself cred t for about $1100 more than he sent This m stake was caught by the aud tors and they asked Soder land to deb t h mself that sura in h s ac cou ts The Inspectors account for his inab ty to cover up the shortage by ex p a n ng that in the meant me a number of the miners had withdrawn the r sav ngs amount ng to severa thousand dol lars and had gone back to Europe Robert Homer of Eu eka has been ap-po ap-po nted to succeed boder and as ch ef c erk and assistant postmaster |