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Show CASHIER STOLE Young Woman Arrested on the Charge of Embezzlement Kaneas City, Jan. 7. Miss Nellie O'Donnell. aged 30 years, a former cashier and bookkeeper for tho Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Beef & Provision company, was arrested last night on a charge of embezzlement of $M0O while in the tmploy of the company. com-pany. According' to the police, Miss O'Donnell ha-s made a complete con fosBlon. The embezzlement took place In July, 190S. A s-hort time afterwards, af-terwards, fire destroyed the branch office of-fice if the company at which Miss O'Donnell was eniploved. Most of the company's books were burned. However, How-ever, Miss O'Donnell's cash book was found only slightly damaged. An expert ex-pert accountant, employed to iuvesti gate the firm's affairs, discovered the ihortage. Miss O'Donnell asserts that she does not know why Bho took the money. The responsibility for the burning of the company's branch, which was believed by the officials of the company com-pany to have been of incendiary origin, has never been placed. Miss O'Donnell denies any knowledge of it. I-Yank O'Dowd. also a former book- keeper for the company, was arrested shortlr after Miss O'Donnell. Tho police po-lice a'siert that O'Dowd has signed a statement that, at various times, ho had received sums of money from Miss O'Donnell amounting in all to $500. With these funds In hand, O'Dowd resigned his position shortly arter the Are and established him-pelf him-pelf in the cigar business in Kansas City, Kansas. Miss O'Donnell also left the company and became his lerk. In her confession. Miss O'Donnell O'Don-nell says O'Dowd did not know that she had embezzled the money. Miss O'Donnell entered the employ em-ploy of the company ten years ago and had been promoted from office girl to the position of cashier. |