The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-29
NEW R0CIIELLE'S B0MBSIIELL
SQUIRE HJMPHREY. THE SivJyGs
BtSk SE,RETiRY. AN fBsCONDER.

B.fSk sEsRETiRr. AN fBsCONDER.
NE Leaves his Mother Destitute and GIVE. hts
| Property TO Two Trustees. TINT u may be
sold 90 1sipuidats his Thens-IIis Career.
After the doors Of the New Rochelle Saw
ings Bank were closed on Saturday last. its
Secretary. William r. Humphrey. abscondcd
II was not generally known until Monday even
ing when Humphrey failed to attend meeting
| OF tho trustees. After the meeting several Of
the trustees called at his house. but he was rot
| to he found. All that his family knew of his
movements was that he had gone 10 New York
on Saturday. saying that ho would be back soon
and had not since returned Then the trustecs
for the first time. began 10 suspect that Hum
phrcy was not honest. although In the village
there were many citizens who had long since
lost confidence in him. Their suspicious
were confirmed when they asccrtaincd
| that he had left powers of attorney
with Conrad Roth, trustee. and Joseph Lamb
| den. authorizing the former 10 dispose Of his
real estate. and turn the cash into the savings
| bank in liquidation Of any deficiency caused by
his thcfts. and the latter to sell his drug store
and other personal property for the same pur-
| pose. Neither Of the gentlemen who had thus
been made custodans OF Humphreys property
had sought or desired the charge and both
tried unavaingly TO shirk the responsibility.
Mr. Roth consulted Counsellor Keogh. and was
advised to accept tho trust for the benefit Of the
deposi;ors. The documents were handed to
Messrs. Roth and Lambdcn on Tuesday even
ing 10y Arthur Yutting. an adopted son Of the
| absconded Secretary. who said that he had re-
| ceivcd them on Saturday, and had been in
struted not to deliver them until Tuesday
ON, Tuesday morning. after the trustees
had become assured that Humphrey had run
away. they posted placard on the door Of the
| aud made arrangements to have members of
their board present Mt certain hours to receive
turned in. and yesterday the trustees received
| llity orsiNty. Some Of the. women dcpostors
| refused 10 deliver up their books unless upon
the receipt OF trustees known to them person
ally, nnd thus caused no little trouble and delay.
II was IN vain 70 explain that the affairs Of the
bank could not be settled until the pass books
were compared with the ledger the women
had been cheated once. and declined to run
any iurthcr risk There are about i5O dcpos
itors. and II will not be possible to arrive nj the
exact amount Of Humphreys -teallngs until all
one Of the first books compared with the
banks ledger was that Of u Mr.. Lynch OF Pol
hamyillc The pass book showed the deposit on
ledger i was found iiat only sioo ii had II been "n
credited to Mr., Lynch. In one case deposit
having been transferred to the ledger. Alan
hnslnSer; lquor dealer, deposited sl.00o. or
found, although his book wus n'lcd in in Hum
phhr..y's Handwriting. J. McNamara's account
II =
OF the way in which Humphrey pockeied the
cash of confdins depositors.
Humphrey. Mt the meeting Of the trustees on
Friday night last proposed that the bank pay
twenty-five per cent. 10 drpositors There be-
ing opposition to this scheme he said he would
,mohbed.' President Penfeld and Treasurer
d sbrow insisted upon full and thorough in
and tho vote stood For the payment '' Of fU%gy tweb
ye oih AGAINST psr SsnI i PgmR55ey UGsDr9Ek and
Id
Humphrey owned real estate valued at the
faf Hs EJElses W. s22 s,2S.ax ,2Sa III hYs sIo55e,s In
street. one LOT in West New Rochelle. three lots
and one or two mortgages on good local proper.
~. As far as can be asccrtained his real estate
property included his drug store In Main stre"t'
dollar store tboth well siarkedl. and the fur,
rrc to Mss Alice Yurtns m 'A'ih his ne si6pts5 I5ans
naushter prior to his departure. the chattei
Mr. Benjamin Badcau. the village P"stmnsn,,yrr D.
ana also tire notary public. executed the dnru.
mnents inet i is said. although he did not Know
Humphrey quilted New Rochelle on the POO
tram on Saturday afternoon with Arthur Yut-
he bade the lad good-hy. and told MIN tn -,
nome at once. intrusting ~ him the powers 81
attorney already mentioned. Humphrey is sun.
posed 10 have gone first 10 Piattsburg. AMI
thence TO Canada. where he has relatives II
was rHmor.i last evening that be- had boon nr-
rested IN Montreal. but no confirmation Of the
rninor had been received up to n latn h.,iir
Hnmphrey'- dclalratlon IS cstimnted a, from
s35 TO $4,000. but until thorough cXani,
nation shall have been made there is no means
81 even approximately arriving at the amount
II is certain. however. that the amount dii. H.
positors. instead Of brng ii6. 200 as was shown
hy the cooked-up statement presented To- th~
uu-'nrs on Friday lust. is probably nearer
President Penncd Treasurer Dsbrow. and
Mr, h"oSh their counsel, met Assistant Bank |
teriay and held long conference rnla,iv1 -
me affairs OF IN bank. 1t was the wish ofthe
OF the institution should be accOmplished 6y n |
null ul brought by dcpositor friendly To H. but to-
the he Acrnav r i SnGTa a~HrTI hc d Ths + G.G for
rles cas", and cannot be settled in the way Won |
proposn. II scNrr'ied that the Attorncy-tirn. |
eral Will take ilnmcdiae nrtion. The officers |
oi the bank resolved last evening to olrer no re- |
sistnnee To- the suit to be- brought 10y the Attor. |
ney General IL is said that Mr. Edwin VI.
Tumpkns IS to be named rs the receiver
One OF the worst phasl in the career Of
mother and his adopted daughter. Mrs
humphrey ls " years Of age and in her dotagn
;l.,1.; Mis3 A'ce lnting. whom ihn gossips were
house for him. She was len without a cent
She s h2p"i i9 be nhle 10 place Mrs. Humphrey in
return to her friends in Platt,hurg
Neither n" Secretary nor the Treasurer. who
nmhnIna a., thr money OF the bank. were re.
=. II waS said last evening that the officers Of
ne nanh' knowing that there was shortage Of
the item over from year 10 year and Ind f,i,.J
T. e, max" Il good until after Humphrcy's flight
up before them III" penalties made ana bro.
vldcI Tor such neglect. and they managed TO
Humphreys career in New Rochelle has been
2 varied one. He was first n gardener. then n
brewer of English small beer Che brewcd in n
kettle at home and pcddlcd il himscl1 thnn
kept candy store. In which he made money in
ihc q war tins- and was elected Justice oi tho
Peace in 1864. and opened n drug store
recently he was elected President Of the village
Bol"rc tnlH he was z 'arpcntnr and n builder
anu erected several houses. He was a nlrmbrr
Of the Episcopal Church.