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ADMITS EMBEZZLINGFROM COMPANY HERElt;| Summers Hull, 30,. Confesses He Lost $6,000 Be-* longing To The Eavey Co., By Gambling In Dayton CIub—-Is IndictedEmbezzlement of approxi-mateJy $6,000 from The Eavey Co., wholesale grocers, thi* city, was disclosed with the ar-rest Saturday of Summers Hull, 3D, former salesman for the company, by County Road Patrolman Kenneth C. Barr on a secret Indictment returned by the grand jury last Tuesday,Hull was indicted on throe count a charging embezzlement of $3011. Arraigned before Judge It. L. Howdy in Commnn I*leas Court Monday morning, Hull admitted lie litid loul tno money gambling rind that tlio discrepancy in Ills accounts amounts to nearly $6,000.Ho had been employed as a salesman for llie’company In Dayton tor two years but was discharged January 5 when company officiate-declared they found a serious sliort-nge in Ills accounts.Officiate declined to discuss the case. It is said that although given an opportunity to trmko good tho money, ho showed little disposition to do no.Hull was bonded for $2,000 by the American Surety Co., Now York City, at the time he enteredthe employ nf the Lkivoy concern and the bonding company is understood to have been the more insistent in prosecuting the case.Appearing in court with his eouu sol. Attorney Frank L. Johnson, HulJ agreed tlt; plead guilty to ono of the Ihree counts returned. Prosecutor J. f.L Marshall said he would not insint on pleas to the other two counts.Judge Howdy took the case under advisement with the announcement he would probably pass judgment In the matter sonic time Mon-day. Meanwhile Hull was returned to the County Jail. Ho was not admitted to bond.In a declaration to thp court that ''he mighL as well lell the fncls in the case.’' the salesman told of loa-(lCLEVELAND FAMILY KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTOMOBILEFour Die At Grade Crossing-Several Are InjuredCLEVELAND, O., Mar. 21.— Four members or one Cleveland fwiily Eire dead today, and several other parsons wero more or les3 seriously injured as the result of week-end traffic accidents in the Cleveland area.The dead:R. H. Lull, 36, shipping clerk; Mrs. Mavme Bull, 35, hla wife,fng the greater part nf the money shifting dice at Iho Algonquin Club, SH11 water Avo., Dayton.He declared ho plny-ed as much as two or three times a week, invariably losing, but continuing at the pastime with the determination to recoup his losses.Hull said that when he mad a regular collections Jn his district, jhe held part of the money out un-jtil the following week on the chance he would ho, ahle to square ! tho shortage, and although this method met with indifferent success, ho managed to keep free from suspicion for some time.Hull asked the court for a suspended sentence expressing willingness to obtain employment and j try to reimburse Jbe Eavey Com-jpany and tho bunding company If ihc is paroled.j Hull told ihe court he lias never i been in difficulty before and is Ihe principal support of his mother, Mrs. William Hull, with whom he makes his home at 430 W. Market St.The salesman' said he thought everything could be arranged to Lhe satisfaction of his erstwhile employers, who, he declared, appeared favorable to a parole and that he wits certain ho could arrange to make good the loss of the bonding company.■IIt1
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Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Mon, Mar 21, 1927
Page 5
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