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terprises, and negotiated loan on tClWO
worth oft first mortgage bonds of the New
Haven, MiddletUwn and Willinantlc .aliruau;
lie had the money advanced from the funds OF
the Trust Company. The road afterward came
to a standstil and applied to him to undertake
consented, and took Mills, Rodman, James
ID. Fish, and others then Interested IN
,ne drs, do.pany , ln.o bne oanractors were Co
be paid s265,O00 In first mortgage bonds; and 70
have all the remaining ASSETS OF the road In the
% indpcem m ents ssDn the Towns towns Of Middetown and
Portland, Conn, voted TO give them tS4CW OF
the second mortgage bonds u they would nnish
the road. For convenience sake the contract
was made In the name OF Britto Hcharusnh n
After 1t has been signed he assigned 1t to
Rodman. Samuel :. Warner, a state senator
and lawyer IN Connecticut, held the b3nds as as as
the agent of the two towns and brought them
to this city several times pending the negotia-
tiOns Of the contract. He desired
DEPOSITORY FOR THE BoSps,
! and Mills recommended tho Brooklyn Trust
| Company. He subsequently put the bonds and
| $l,uN0UO OF the railroad company stock INTO
| the trunk already mentioned, and then left Il
| Ia the ONCE Of the company, eXacting az the
same time a receipt that the bonds should not
be touched until the road was completed 70 the
| satisfaction Of the Commiss toners of Railroads
! in Connecticut, when they were to become the
| property Of the contractors. After the death ul
the return OF the contents Of the trunk, on the
! ground that the terms OF the contract had not
! failed to deposit {jD,OO, as he had stipulated
70 do. Rodfuan refused to rellnquish the bonds
! for the reason, as he claimed, that the road had
| been completed, and they therefore belonged 20
the contractors. when the troubles of the
to the care Of 5udse McCue and Messrs. Chaun-
cey an Sanger. They had IL moved To the ofiice
| Of the Brooklyn Safe Company, where IL now Is.
| Is THE TRUST COMPANY REsrONsIBLE7
1t was claimed yesterday that half million Of
| the bonds had been stolen from the trunk 10y
Mills and others while 1t was In the keeping
ceal tho robbery had hitherto prevented II
from becoming known 1t was said that
$1,000 oi the alleged stolen bonds had lat, y
dcrman Ropes, the present President OF the
Trust Company, had been Informed Of the fact
! II was also reported that $500 Of the bonds
! were among the securities turned over by the
! late Treasurer, Sprarue, to Comptroller Schroc-
! der to make good his dcfalcati0ns. The attor-
| ney for the town OF Portland and Middleton n
| holds that II any Of the bonds are misslng from
snme g eh the hrespSohshy fnr tbs T os a Nils m re-
ceiyed them from him as an officer of the COM
p1ny and not a. private individual,
| pie knew that the bonds were to bc used for
the extension OF the railroad paper anoat, and
pose. lie denied that the bonds were deposited
with the Company for safe keeping The road
was virtually completed when he ard Mills
used them. lie asserted that the officers Of the
road had been
TRYING TO GIT THE BONDS BACK
for a long time on the pretence that the roed
| was not completed. The line has already cost
several millions, and sjO,VO would to-day put
the road In condition Of perfect equipment
Rodman pooh poohed the statement that the
Trust Company was In any way Responsible Tor
the bonds.
President Ropes said that the report that Mr.
Warner had called on him to examine the trunk
was false. lie had never seen that gentleman
from the trunk. He said that he had never seen
II, and that he had sent those who made inqui-
ries about It to Judge McCue and Messrs. Sanger
and Chauncey The company had nothing to
IA. NsNNI A In NNsug N IN "a
taken charge Of It in Rodman's behalf, lie con
tended that the company could not be held ua
bic for the contents of the trunk.
PRESIDENT RoPEs's STONY.
In reference to the statement that Mr. spragu,
had stolen some OF these bonds out OF this trunl
lslpposng the same to he the property of th
Trust Company, Mr. Ropes said;
"Shortly before kudman's arrest, and SCOT
after his return from lrvington, Mr. spragu
came to me one morning and said, | got let
ter from Rodman last q ght asking me to CON
down and see him. And went,
" asked Mr.. spraguc how Rodman appeared
and what he said. MIR. Sprague replied that h
appeared To he very penitent. and he gave him
note Of the Long Island CLUB for $1,000 togethe
that he had. These, Mr.. Sprasue Informed me
he had turned over to Mr.. Schroeder. has
pcncd into Mr.. Schroeder's orlce soon after al
asked him about IL, when he confirmed Nj
- And that" said Mr.. Ropes, ais 7 guess abou
all the foundation there is for the story tina
Mr. Sprague stole any Of the contents oi TIL
trunk
WHAT RECEIVER cHAUScEY SAYS.
Mr. Daniel Chauncey said that the report {
/ an interview between himself aud Mr.. John /
Rolrc aud Mills and Hodman In April ast IN r,
, gard to the loantug Of the Trust Company
money on the Niliimantic Railroad bonds wa
= correct. He found the trunk in the office Of IN
| company when he became receiver. He wa
told that ii belonged TO Rodman, and that
had nothing whatever TO do with the company
II sealed up as Rodman's property an
taken to the vaults Of the Brooklyn Safe Depos
! Company. Mr.. Chauncey admitted that he w
! | one OF the gentlemen who had examined th
+. contents OF the trunk, but declined telling VIII,
: ! they were.