Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-13
TuE mETssoDssT BOOK CONCERN.
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 TAm sRaswzM1 szvHSzsgzsiOa committee of sAR NEEhzEzs GGzE<l C0aference, who anm azkhRrEzs7 ss exxzIne the charges of mznf zwzizs& tAs Methodist Book Con eEEls kF l@z@s 0k szk-coznlttees, have wm.HR sAE fzlsswTz.w discoveries
 ~an4zEx sf the hSm3ey, of which MT. Ha4zzMa km3 ekMEwe for sixteen or sev- SznMm veMz& He zAgwed an amount of wuua3 hMx@ &zxrmred xzy mercantile es- ka1xmEAEr 9k $14 4@S3 @g&lnS4 the bindery, zAxR lz szsezzg co1zEn. which was nev- CT 6&rgE<rs3 Gr corrected, but which HzEnMa- lE 1x eAMrxed concealed by car Evmg SxT. .@AR 0Eer frsm the previous year, Gz1 PuEH1zg z $10aa. which seems to have been Umacc1Zrtsd for. No full se4HEm@nk 0f nuegzEkx for the last twenty yRzr# eMa be k11nn1, and 1t would not be P1aEik1R tS haAxnes the books.
 ThzrR are mzzy things unexplained. The eamzziesEe have no means of know mg why the eoxs of binding the same zzmh@r oE books xhoaL1 increase twenty i've Der eKzs n oae year and fall of rw~lrR per cent the following year.
 MT Owen. a lzy member of the sub- enmlzkxHM and business man thorough r aHa1zzzAe3 with hookkeeping. took the sezn1 sa exF1ziR the state of affairs ss he had Mu1d them He said the accounts wgrR al Mk sea He knew there were CT szs but n1thEnS of their amount. No ef- haEs had eeea Ea3e to s1aighten out the 1nMrA The reports of the Concern made up Co present to the Annual Conferences w~Ea Rsk made fru1 ths ledger, nor did tA&g euEreEpO1d with the statements of tho IS3xwE.
 Ja4g% C0o1@y, who examined the charp- s8 ct fEm1as In the purchase of leather. tozza co11itloa of affairs disgraceful to th& wzl2gS2enk Good judges had es- 0a@eR3 thai Mir. Hoffman had expended @a tho rM1R of 6ffeen thousand dallars a yeAE 10re thAn was necessary m this hrnncA atc1G A we'll known leather deal sR sad that the keeper of a tin store in EeAn street kad sent to him to purchase ss@a le4EAer saftable for binding. Upon sxMl11lng 1t fl was found to be a case of the &n@<& Hnnr0cco. wAich he had import e1 and saA3 t0 Hoffman The tin-wafe dealer Fsfsze1 tO inform him where he got Hs e1k SEla thzt he h@d twice before had kseR of earty doRen each, and had sold tA%@ O1 reporting these facts to Hoff- @Aa sz w1xmlng that he was liable to ct Ez<s troahle. the leather dealer was tAAA Co Ezna hls own business. The skins wSEe wUxsA foTty dollars Der dozen. aad weEe o9exred for sale at thirty dollars. kco2 ISSa tO 1889 there were repeated Ezst11res uf thls kind.
 T@wrR IS also evidence that st one lime He4@Ma sola Oa his own personal ac- sSzz4 F9psr sRzylngs tO the amount of Sa-=ASss zGa IE proof that these were @99 S@@ pRTv&He property of Hoffman ob- 0zaed hy P1rchaSe. the books of the Con- oexa s@sw tA2k m 1Ss6 the amount receiv- s4 tru2 tAES source -was over S6. .OOO. in 1SsI ever $A0o. m lSSS alittls moro than S-uo@ and m 1S6a, after Hoffman had ssE1 rx@Sre3. if w&s over S6, ,OO0. It was Ss11A that th< waste of gold and leaf in S@& oSGN4Exy w&S over twenty-three per ewmA
 ksGscTSPancsSs were found between the xzAS1zeS received by the workmen in the e&2.4e<y. &ad the amounts actually paid sS sAu~ hElaeEy for wsgeS. It was shown tnzG @a1Ry was obtained for payment of s44zx1<z Co psTs0a< who had left the con- Sxx2. and th&s others received less sums SaA2 w&s FResendsd Dr. Carlton. who wa& Prsss11. explained that he had relied Zp1scsEiy wpua the honesty of Hoffman, @zA4 u Ae w@s not honest he CCarlton) was 9a& re=Po1xSh1e.
 Sa@@ members of the old Book Con- EzSs@s see-ed sstOniShed at the presen- sz41aa of facts which Tn all tine weeks of sA<.x 4AorSoxs searchings they had failed e@ dnseuEer, but which few real business .e@ bad reached In a less number of S@x$ tn@z tAey had wOrded weeks.
 TEE NEmrHAxrs Or DAxRrnv Iass tan a zO9kh the Shepaug road will be sRN2s1 t0 Its connection with the Dan- o@Ry & Nc<w2lk road at Bethel and tbe PeNPae of 1Atchfleld and that section of L-zEeAneed eoanfy through which the road R1z1 VII have S Rew communication will, SGHs>aS 2a<ketS Bridgeport has hereto t0Se E0a1pOaIDed the trade. and will not t~1 to E@ke all efforts for its continuance eGG she new route will of course draw the E%ePee away from there. They will ei- t@Sr @ dAEpct tO NoTwalk or at Bethel vii; eN@A Ia D2nhay. The NorwaIk mer- Ss@11s Enderst1nd this and are already in tAe neAd- The Lltchfeld papers. and two SxeedAe9f papers they are. already contain NeTu@k advertising. Now. the question 1Ez@ezs cannot Danbury control this trade9 1y coming to Danbury the people in ques- os1 save twenty miles of travel. over Nor w2lk Our D2nbury merchants can offer 70 sA&@ as favorable inducements as the SoEwaIk ezn- And trains will be run from Bethel t0 D&nbuHy to connect with the Seep@1g trslnS- This is brief statement of the facts.
 VII cur merchants bid for the trade of sAS SAep4ng VaIley.-DaNbNyv Nc,rs