The Cashier Who Fled to Canada
A defaulting cashier, retrieved from British Columbia to face seventeen counts of embezzlement, finally enters the city prison.
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Florian Waldeck, the defaulting cashier of Eshelman & Co., who was brought back from British Columbia, was booked at the city prison last evening upon seventeen charges of felonious embezzlement, the complaints charging embezzlement in the aggregate of $5,000. Judge Lowry today set the examination for Tuesday next.
“Florian Waldeck, the defaulting cashier of Eshelman & Co., who was brought back from British Columbia, was booked at the city prison.”
This case highlights the enduring difficulty of local law enforcement in recovering suspects who flee across international borders. The 'defaulting cashier' trope is a classic staple of 19th-century white-collar crime reporting.
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