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Show DEDERICHS' VACATION . COSI HIM $50 A DAY Mining Man s Comb Horn to : . Find His Bookkeeper and $1800 inissing. ' For each working day of his vacation of six weeks,- Joseph Dederlchs lost 150. . Upon his ' return yesterday from .his pleasure trip of six weeks' duration, Mr. Dederlchs learned that his trusted bookkeeper,-' John McKenna, had ' left his desk, and that 21500 had vanished with the bookkeeper. Further investigation investi-gation showed a further shortage . of $300, and Mr.' Dederlchs 'believes that the story Is not yet told. - The whereabouts of McKenna Is not known to Mr. Dederlchs. He left the city two weeks ago,, presumably, for Twin Falls,. Ida., under telegraphic in-, structlon from Mr. Dederlchs. ' When Mr. Dederlchs left for the coast six weeks ago he made arrangements for his daughter to sign all checks for him. .... - With this exception, all business details de-tails were left in McKenna's hands. He was supposedly a reliable and trustworthy trust-worthy man. and had been in Mr. Dederlchs' De-derlchs' employ -for two and a half years. ' Mr. Dederlchs telegraphed to McKenna McKen-na two weeks ago to go to Twin Falls, Ida., and examine the company's books. He left at once, supposedly for that place, and has not been heard of or located. lo-cated. While examining his accounts yesterday, yester-day, Mr. Dederlchs discovered that during dur-ing the first month of his absence 21600 had disappeared. He discovered that the money had been checked out of the bank, and now says that several of the checks are forgeries. Today he discovered discov-ered an additional shortage of 2300. Mr. Dederlchs declines to discuss the matter, further than to admit his loss. He has Instituted no . legal - action against McKenna. McKenna came here several years ago 'and for eighteen months was employed em-ployed as Instructor in mathematics at All Hallows college. - - He had no relatives here, and his aged ' parents live ' in Pennsylvania, while one sister Is on the stage in California. Cal-ifornia. . - , ' |