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Show - lU Then It Was Discovered That He -Had Em- bezzled, $17,000 Chicago, Aug. 3& Lucius A. Steve-ly, Steve-ly, who was known s a "good fellow" -around the leading cafes in Chicago, Is under arrest jrx Dubuque, la., on a charge of embezzlement preferred by the Patent Vulcanite Roofing company com-pany of this city, for which concern he was- cashier. " His employers allege that an examination ex-amination of his books- shows a shortage short-age of $17,000. Stevely served 'a- term in Joliet penitentiary for embezzlement, having hav-ing been discharged'' in December, 1907. "After Stevely had been here about a year he showed up one morning In an automobile," said 'John Logan, vice president of the company, Jast night. ""We knew He did hot earn enough money touy. ono.and asked tiim-where hegotoriL He said it belonged be-longed to a friena who could not drive well. Hexplnlned that he 7Jrove 'the-friend 'around In the evening even-ing -and the friend gave bim the privilege priv-ilege of using tho car during the day. We believed him "One evening last summer his wife drove down to the office in an electric elec-tric brougham. We asked him where she got it He said the machine belonged be-longed to one of her friends, who permitted per-mitted her to use iL About the same time he' acquired a huge diamond ring worth $1,100. He said It belong-ed belong-ed to his father's estate. He also said that he was receiving a regular allowance from the estate. This explained ex-plained to us how he could live so well. "We raised his salary three times and when ho left he was receiving $200 a month. We never suspected anything wrong until nearly a month ago when we called In auditors to examine ex-amine his books. They came in the morning He left before noon and he has not been back. "Mrs. Stevely -voluntarily turned over the automobiles " |