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Show STOLE MONEY TO START BUSINESS San Francisco, Nov 5. An ambition ambi-tion to become the moving picture magnate of the Pacific coast is alleged to have led Wallace J Polland, until three weeks ago cashier of the San Francisco office of the International Harvester company, to embezzle $S4,-000 $S4,-000 of his employer's money-Judge money-Judge M. K. Greene, attorney for the Han ester company, caused Pol-land's Pol-land's arrest yesterday on the specific charge of having embezzled 51.500 on October 3 Judge Greene said Pol-land Pol-land had admitted thi3 peculation and that admissions of other thefls had brought the total up to $S4,000. The peculations are alleged to have begun early in 1911 and continued until un-til early in October, when Aubrey E. Ambrose, traveling auditor for the company arrived In San Francisco and began an Investigation of Polland's account. ac-count. Polland is held at the city prison in default of $50,000 ball. The accused cashier was first employed em-ployed by the International Harvester company In Chicago five years ago, in a minor pooitlo . and rose rapidly. He came to San Francisco In 1909. According to Judge Greene Polland Invested money in n number of moving mov-ing picture houses and in a San Francisco Fran-cisco saloon, which was elaborately fitted up. ' There is no evidence of Polland having spent money In riotous living." said Judge Greene, "but It generally appears to have been a case of desiring desir-ing to obtain sudden riches." Polland Is 2S years old, married, but has no children |