The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-10-24
WEAK MANS CONFESSION.
hathaway, One or the Fail River
FOrgers, Telling How He Was Led
IN

Boston, Oct. II 4-George T. Hatbs.
way, ,one of the three great embeZ
ZIers, whose acts have given Fall
River so much DOtoriety during the
last few mouths, was brought before
Judge Gardner in the Superior Court
at Tsnutpn to-day for sentence.
When arrsigued 8 short time ago be
pleaded guilty TO three counts OF the
indictIdent brought against him /;
that pies satisfied the District AttOr-
ney, and all tuat remained was to
pass sentence upon him. Hathaway
was brought into court and given
seat within the rail. His face was
pale as dRstb, except for the red spots
aDJus his eyes and nose, which ind.-
cate excessive weeping he ITEM mbled
as he walked, aud there was q con-
tipu4l twitching sbOus his chin, his
Whole appearance being that of 8
broken man. After the preliminary
proceedings the prisoner trembled
like a leaf; made long statement OF
his case, which wss interrupted
several times Dy weeping. He began,
ne said, his career in Fall River as q
clerk for Casce & Mason, in the Mas
sasoit FIGURING Mill. Chace had
already been held up to young Hsths-
way a. a model mAn, and he so re-
gardsd him. He afCeTwsrd became
boOkkeeper in the mill, which was
from the outset losing speculation.
The first year ne was connected with
lt $40, 600 were sunk, aud the second
81, 900. Cnaco and Mason were liv-
ing all this time like princes, and
Chace, In order tn keep up his credit,
was reporting an income of $40, 900
year Tney were continually draw
ing money from the concern, Mason
rs high ~ Sl50,000 at one time, and
Chace $4,000 Dr.. Ourfee owed
$40, 900 and Holden B. Durfee $50, 900
or $4,000 He drew $50, 600 or $40, 900
from the concern to invest in the
Slads and King Philips Mills stock.
Some time sfterward Holden B. Dur
fee called his attention to It, and then
il was arranged between them that
the stock could stand half in the
name of each. Chace, however, did
not make the transfer in the books OF
the Slade and King Philip Mills, and
when dividend day came around and
the prisoner calleu his attention to 1t,
he said that it was all right, that he
had only intended To do enough to
satisfy Durfee.
In 1872, Hathaway continues, the
mill owed S50O,O0O People used to
come to Chace and lend him money
for Investment. Hathsway's father
did so to the amount Of several huu-
dred dollars. During these years his
living expenses we're Sl5, 900 q year.
Passing on to the time when be was
Treasurer of the Border City Mills,
Hathaway described the first step
which he took toward his ruin. On
December IL, 1872, said he, Chace
came to the Border Mills and said he
wanted to borrow s., coo, that be
would return it In q few days. He
had confidence in him and let him
have it. Chace came again In q few
days for more, and with q smiling
face assured me that il would be all
right. He kept coming until the sum
was very large. Things went on in
this way 30 that before We had made
r YEngfh Es hSd Sd f!St6 sSt 6Ssr As 800 C6@ses @
finally threw of the mask AID
showed to his dupe his real self.
Hathaway went on TO say that in
January, 1874, at the time Of the an
nual meeting of the Union Mill, he
was out on a visit, and upon his re.
turn ne understood that an attempt
had been made to get another man IN
Chace's place az Treasurer. 1t was
finally settled by arranging that be
should remain three months and
then resign. Hathaway tried to get
money from him, but he said that be
could no nothing then, but would
right it all by and by. He asked how
much he owed to the Border City
Mills, and Hathaway told him 1t was
500, 600. He then said: "If resign
from the Tressuryship of the Union
Mills shalt De ruined published TO
tile world as an embtZZler and
sent to the State Prison, and
you will have to &C too" He
then told me that it Was his only SAL
vatiOn to get control Of the Union
Mills so that he would not have to re.
sign. This was in March, 1874, and
it was at this time that blackmailing
began. He said, with tears streaming
from his eyes, that he went to Chace
an honest farmers son. He declared
that for fifteen or twenty years Chace,
Dr.. Durfee, and his son lived without
regard TO their incomes, and he was
Indignant because in the
worst OF the trouble Chsee gave large
sums of money to his church. On the
night before Chace's notes went to
protest, Hathaway and Chsce were ad-
vised to leave the country, the prisoner
the message about midnight.
He declined to do so. Hathaway
says that Charles Z. Stickney, the de-
faulter, does not owe q dollar to the
Border City and Sycamore Mills. Hts
were in another direction.
The Court sentenced Hathaway to
State Prison for ten years, the first
day to be solitary. He Is a weak
looking man of about thirty-five
years. Chace, his leader in crime,
was sent to the State Prison for twelve
years. DIR. Durfee died a few years
ago his sOn il still alive