Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — CASHIER DECAMPS WITH FUNDS [ARTICLE]

CASHIER DECAMPS WITH FUNDS

I* HeUhnaan,#f Los Anfelei Disappears with •100.000. H. J. Fleishman, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants’ bank of Los Angeled, Cal., has disappeared with a sum of the bank’s money, which Vice President H. W. Heilman estimates at SIOO,000. Fleishman’s property in Los Angeles Is worth $50,000; his bond is $30,000. This leaves a shortage of $70,000 which the bank must make good. Fleishman had been cashier and assistant cashier of the bank for many years. He began work for the bank when a boy in 1875. Fleishman married the daughter of A. J. Harrell, a wealthy cattleman of Visalia, but was divorced some time ago. He is 42 years of age. He entertained lavishly all who brought letters of Introduction to him.