St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-04

/ ii"'i' 'Stbn. lllt amount bI NlllClI ID,
raised t" $3.50. 1t is stated that one
"i the state street banks has taken the
I preliminary legal steps toward brinuin.
I" Justice certain parties who il i> al
legged had discovered Win>lnw to hc Il
ior%cr and had condoncd the crime
HIS step has been taken from Il sens.
"l duty. and measure of protection
against the repetition nf such an offence
against public security. and that LOYALTY
winch 1t is claimed ought to exist he
tween hankin" Institutions.
InSlow's mode of operation with the
han rs WAS peculiar if not original. tie
made 1t Il point. wherever he obtained
genuine note or ind"ISrd signature. tu
llrSl exhibit ii to aS many bank officers
iS possible to fImiliariZe them with the
lHct that y. B. or &. had loaned him nr
gwen loI value his name. When hc
| placed the note for discount Hc contriv
rd I" have the cashier. president or :,
director call upon the party and see
!, hat his signature was all right. Th,
! l,e,c iView thus bror ght about would
call forth some such conversation aS
this: wv hat about this WinSlnw ," Il
believe him to Ice II smart. energetic
man. bound to succeed" The imdorS,I
couldn't. at least. consistently run him
down. after showing h, his r,cmd,d
act tina! he had confidence in him. The
| bank officer would not hr likely To for
get Winston OF his indorSrr. or at least
then connection. after such an inter
/ view. \ similar experience rxtcud,d
| I" the officers of several ten or twenty
| banks would place him on footin"
of credit and confidence with them. eS-
/ pcciallN when new Endorsements of notes
/ 10y the same parties would indicate Il
continuance of their former cNpus>cd
| faith in his capacity and integrity. And
thus WaS opened Il rich field for fraud.
/ lo make his po>iIien still stronger.
/ W nl>l"W Wa> ia the habit of exchanging
checks and notes with well known bus
| mess men. \ chcck from another might
/ naturally mean Il transaction with that
/ pcI>on to that extent. while his own
check cmld h,. t.NclIaur,,I i'm >urh =
I WAY ;I> tu make the other pa\ for if. In,
this manner he created an Impr,>Siou
/ that his transactions were LARGE nu,,
genuine. when they might hav.. hr,,.
/ purely fictitious. 10 ulillI. the credit
at the hanks thus acquired In ms p,cII-
/ liar WIN MAS IN easy and Vet Il difficult
matter. II Wis easy to yet = uut, with
familiar indnI>iu.r names di>,o,iI,t.d
but it WIS not ail,aN> ,,l>\ tu pI,,i,I,.
/ that none "t them should 90 to- protest.
which would have been fatal To hi,
>chrm,~. lie W"uld. Therefore. while
/ forging >rlrlll nam.>. obtain = ",uuiu.
~lyuatmr ia addition. of y nrntIruar,
/ " in might h,. uNcl-prl>la,rL l., th,
the names his was to I,. ,.:i~,n,i,rrd with.
Thus. in ra~,. ut acrId,,r h,. had one.
"ruiliuc plrt, In fall hack unnu vh,
cnuld h, prr>ira,Icd rn rive hi, name,
,..,iu in nrL,., lam ,.n,,.,II, r,..,,.,.t.,IJ,.
rnupau\ i'm nI,I.I. to L.,,,. the. ,IL maize.
taken IN ON m,IIui;, To MAKE. tL,.
,.nuulIII,t iudrr,,.i ,,,J s.,t,. r,,lI,t,.-,I
ia TN, >h.lp,. of fnru,d uot,.. u, d,uht -
fL stock WnuId hr ui,ru him in liberal
urrmIiiir~ lie never Nrnt to- th,. >:lu,.
bank with the new note. lie selected
th.. different names To- :trcnuuJIN tIr.
new iuduI>,.mcni of tIIr u,uIIiu, in
d"l>"l with special rctrrrur" to the.
bank IN which The note WIS In hc pl.lc-
cd. and thus. while covering hi track
hc lett his record At The bank. holding
III" inst n"ic """d tor Hn";hcr raid of
ll' >Iir' rii.iid't'I. W here. h"NcNc!.
h1>iiau>aCtI"n> hcCimc necessarily large
- in the c.lsc WhcIc he had {" Iti>,.
luu.uh IN cash tOr the purchase ni tn,
Ii"~t"u Post new >rapcI. he was com
prilcd t" play II heavy game. utilize ali
hdukiu" and oth.l >u"rcc> "t >uppi, .
aud mlkc collateral where hc did m"i
have il. Ii i ~upp">cd that i greater
Il.
action WIS nhIainrd "n forged mnlc- and
collateral. \ Slight stratum nt genuine
names uudouitcdIl ran Though i POI
tluE of his prpcI. Bul tn the prompt
u"~> with which he c"u"!Edc'l hi u""o-
rlnrIou> tni lhc property. and the t",ma
tl"n "i - company with u capital stock
ni uc.ulN doHilr the amount he paid
tuI it. which cuInic', him &" u>, :! lII "c
r"Iti0m of il to sell AMI ~ r"llIrcIal. hc
Wa> indebted for being saved from calli-
cr exposure 10y obtaining means Ia ir-
place much that WAS spurious lay "ruu
ir,r representatives of value.
Mr. Win>lov'> last public ;,puca,Iucr
~ a preacher. WIS ni Auhuindal, or,
Sunday morning OF last week. when h,
delivered Il sermon which i ,ir>.lihrd
hN these who heard il a> 4 ma-t,rt,
nin,lurtiuu. full of riouururr. rlthn.
and hiyh moral sentiment. lis theme.
| bcin" the "nnd that i Ia hc toiIn;l
among men. the nnhlcnrSS oi human
nature. and the duty of men to their
fellow men. In the afternoon he ad-
dressed the chiI,hcu of the SUNDAY
school on their duties To each other and
tn their God. liz, last appeared at -
puhlic dinner at the, annual dinner ot
! thr AthCniau club. when h, r,suo,d, al
| very humnruuSl> To the toast of ..Ori"i-
nal sin" For several wears pnst there
i said to have been Il growing f,cIiur
.r J;..,t i-f,.,i,,, .,u,,,.,r fla. ,,r,..,,.L,,,