The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-19
THE DEXTER TRAGEDY.
Bank Examiner Bolster's Views-Mr.
harron's Bookkeeping StrikingIy Ac.
cnrate-The Two Thousand Dollar Note
and Life Insurance Policy.

| A reporter Of the Lewiston journal called on
| Bank Examiner Bolster Monday aud calling
| MS attention to the detectives theory that
| Mr.. Barron committee suicide wished Mr.
Bolster to state exactly what he had ascertain
| ed at his examination of Mr.. Banon's accounts
Mr.. Bolster made the following statement:
II examined his books year ago last
august and they were correct. He made bis
annual return to me in November In Feb
rnary after his death made careful exam
lnatioD; again in Juue, for the scsle-down and
once more IL August to verify the Treasurer
statement to the Court. In all my examine
uo9s inspected the books with great care and
took no figures from an. body which did not
verify by an examination of assets and
records
Now as to erssures. don't recollect in the
snree hundred aud fifty odd examinations of
savings Banks of Maine which L have made
iu my ofhc'al capacity during the past six
yeaIs' tnat nave ever found a years record
gu treasarer.s books wthout erasures and
corrections. l find erasures and Corrections SO
frequently that IL is never an obi ct of remark
lt would be difficult fiLdlng extensive AMI com.
pl'cated accounts, faultess, in any business. II
Is ABSURD to say tina. there is anythipe
suspicious about such thing. Ii is perfectly
clear to when Mr.. Barron made that entry
of the two thousand dollars
When he gave that $4,000 note, he didn't in
teHd to enter t until after the regular hank
examination; for, in my Judgment, he did not
want 10 TO appear IN the public statement, be-
cause OF the inquiries to which 1t would give
rise. He made that donation to the bank be-
cause he felt that the bank Sustained the
$4,000 Leagitt loss, partly through his advice.
ana ne felt he ought to stand 10 the breach to
that extent.
"He knew I was to be there in August to
MAKE an examination; that his statement
would bs forwarded in November He did NOT
make that $4,000 entry until AFTER that date. /
an satisfied he did not make it until January.
lie meant the bank should have it. He calcu-
aed to pay that note. See how it came out.
Alter his death went down to Dexter and ex
amined the bank books. 1 found the note and
tue collateral, the life policy. His books show
ed clearly that the assets of the bank were
what my very careful inspection showed them
to be.
II tell you they are not going to find any de-
talcaton Ia Mr.. Barron,s accounts That Slight
errors should occur or might be detected from a
sible. 'A-p0'
Those Mysterious Tramps.
Dexter despatch says: The stories going
the rounds of the papers about the suspicious
soldier seen at New Portland, Me-, just after
the Barron tragedy give no new information in
the search for the murdsrers. So far as this
man is concerned, this so-called soldier visited
Dexter some time previous to the 22d of Feb
ruary, 1873. He was also there on that evening,
bat his whereabouts we're so we'll known that
no suspicion fell upon him. He might have
Dsen an outside aid to accomplices who did the
work, but cou hardly have been more. He
vas not hnown to have any com psDion tn .re
The other man alluded to by the New Portland
story, who seemed to be following the same
general route across the con ntry, keeping in Sc
cluded places and meeting this soldier ia ne
coliar manner 10 the western part of the State
com 8 as new charac or upon the scene. LIS
SAID bis appearance may shed some light on
other parts OF the transaction Hi, case il ona
that has not yet been Investigated.
Toe report OF the accountant, Mr. Murcb.
mas not as yet Deen received BY the officers of
tue bank. Tue public are curious TO know
what new phase Of the subject it may present.
An announcement is made of memorial SER
vices in houor OF Mr. Barron to be held at Dex-
Yer tne ga INST, which Will be participated in
largely by the Congregatonaists of that part
Of Maine.