Daily globe., 1879-05-17
MASSACHUSETTS pEL1NouENrs.
A Terrible Record of Men Who Haze FatIe,
From Their Hiah Estate.

From Their High Estate.
'Gringo,'' the Boston correspondent of
the San Francisco CAL, writes as follows in
reference to the dishonesties of the day
Edward S. Rand, a lawyer and author, now
in Brazil Lucius w. Pond, Worcester Sun
day school teacher and merchant, now in the
State prison Ezra D. Winslow, formerly of
Trenton, but at present nobody knows
where, State Senator, and reverend of the
Methodist Episcopal church; George B. Bige-
low. upright citizen of Lawrence, but
doing service for embezzlement !;
Col. Henry w. Sibley, once promi-
nent Republican politician, who carried
the Hayes electoral vote to Washington and
made himself too familiar with the names
of some of his friends now at Concord;
Abraham w. jackson, once one of Boston's
most trusted lawyers, who used to act as the
guardian of other peoples money, and for
the use of which he paid high rate of in
terest, but who used quarter of q million
OF funds not his own, and could not replace
it; Stickney, Chase and Hathaway, the Fall
River defaulters, all "men of parts'' and
moving in the best circles of society, but
now in parti-colored uniform at Concord;
Charles Desmond, the defaulter of Mis-
sionary society, yet unpunished: Benjamin
who might be mentioned who have avoided
arrest on account of their former high
standing and influence in society all
| these men whose names have
been mentioned have caused our
| clergymen to deliver sermons on the glaring
dishonesties of the day. But now comes old
| man Pratt of the town of Reading, who as
| neatly managed to clean out the savin gs
bank, of which he had been it's treasurer fol-
many years. Pratt's defalcation is placed
| at $1OO, 900, and the number of depositors
he has robbed is about GAO. Pratt's son
has also had finger in the pie, and the old
gentleman's daughter, o clerk in the bank
has been knowing to the irregular condition
of the books, but she is in no way to blame
for her fathers rascality. It beats all what
large numbers of frst-class defalca
tlons are taking place among persons NOV.
ing in respectable portions of society, par
ticularly here in Massachusetts. This is al
age of defalcation. The courts are over
run with these high-toned thieves. Co.
mont, the cashier of the Eliot bank
who last summer was detected in robbins
the bank, has had his trial put off from
time to time, but now he has got to face tn
music. Conont is in for $4,000, mostl,
lost in stock gambling. A clergyman say
that "Pratt was not defaulter because b
attended Congregational church, but be
cause he lived too far below the teachings O
his pulpit. No man is dishonest because b
is a member of the church. but because h
is delinquent in the performance of thos
duties which he is pledged to perform"
is little remarkable in this connection tha
every one Of the big defalcations and en-
bezzlements that have occurred in this cit
during the past two years have been perpe
trated by members of the church. And
is pretty hard work to convict defaulte
here, just as it is difficult to hang man wh
murders another in cold blood. Let I
await development OF the next big defalcs
ton.