Show cashier admits theft money all gone bank official tripped up by vacation embezzling made a fine art BALTIMORE the story of how a 44 year old bank cashier turned embezzling into a fine art was told here by the FBI the FBI operator said that hugh lett A golt of dover del man aged to make away with close to over a period of 18 years and it was was only while away on vaca tion that he was found out but golt admitted sadly that he t a single penny to show for or his 18 year stretch of till tapping golt Is the father of three chil dren and long respected as assistant cashier of the farmers bank of dover federal agents seized him as he returned from his vacation they said he readily confessed to having stolen the exact sum of 95 23 between 1927 and 1945 played market FBI agents quoted the middle aged bank employee as saying it all started when he began playing the stock market and lost he had to embezzle more to cover his earlier shortages he said fi nally he broke the embezzling habit two years ago but it was too late the damage was done during his recent vacation a de came to the bank to have an interest entry made on his bank book all of the bank s records for the customer were missing from the files flies bank officials called in the bank examiners and the FBI who erad ered the amazing 18 year record of the assistant cashier how now he ile worked it FBI agents found that when golt accepted deposits from customers he often pocketed the money as well as the deposit tickets then be he would manipulate the bank s rec by posting the deposits to the customer customers s account after hours he said he hid the customers ledger cards whenever he heard the auditors were coming golt also admitted taking some of the money from cash drawers of other tellers he pocketed both the i money and the deposit tickets taken by the tellers sometimes he took as little as at one time again he took as much as 1600 1 besides the stock market deals he said he bought himself a boat and a new car and had bis his home repaired the money has all been spent |