The New York herald., 1879-02-09

present There fs q defaication. No. ] desire TO
say there Is dshcieney, but Is not
heavy one. ! don't know how IT mas happened
u may be defacation or It may be something else.
We had note Of his fof $4,000 and the entire policy
OF $50Oo assigned to the bank to cover that aud
any possible losses. l cannot tell you what he
wanted those $4,000 for. He wass man who usually
not know that Mrs Barron has not been afforded
facilities IN her endeavors to settle the estate but
she has not been in the bank since have been here
presume that the entries his books were not al
IN his own handwriting. ~ he had clerks.
BAnRoSs ESTATE AND ACCOUNTS.
Samuel Copeland executor OF the estate or tne
late cashier. ON being questioned. said;-''fhe
will was handed to me the day OF
that hs nsd disposed to his heirs OF the
following real estate His home. valued at $1,000;
the Aunt Layhton house. valued at $780, the hill pas
and had given hi. mother !ifs lease.
against him for saoO. for which nnd no
effects. Last May or June. in settling tho
day thar he died the collector claims he paid Barron
5000 on his cash book there is credited
70 the town $3.50; that was paid him about
the collector says that he paid him $500
more. was called upon by the secctmen and tho
trustees 10 settle my accounts with the collector and
found discrepancies until came to the $3.50.
for which the collector said he had receipt. Tho
bank acknowledged that they had the money As they
knew that Barron had paid II out that day for bank
purposes when $3.50 was reached. and for this they
had no receipt. Mr. Crosby the town solicitor. said
rons estate. az IN all probability 1t had been stolen
ATTITUDE BANK OFFICIALS.
They met again In few days. and talked Of the
matter OF Mr.. Barron's account with the bank
They represented to me that there were
about $500 lost and they ,es gave ,h mo bills
must pay. / said to them have nothing In my
possession to show that Mr. Barron owed these bills
and look upon them as bank matters. Then there
was some talk that they would lose about
$9CO. There bond in the drawer
$500. told them that if they would turn over to
the balance of the $4,000 life insurance. of which
they had already taken $4,000. would settle
with them Mr. Abbot offered resolution that the
bank having had $4,000 of Barron's money should
assume the remainder OF the loss. | re-
"'At the best % way, bns Hn Mr. Pro Prouds"rs s" said
NO. shall have 5000 dollars of our own loss be-
cept my proposition. told Mr. Hamilton that it was
a bank matter. and in conversation he told me
that that was the first he had known that the bank
had taken 81. 900 on assignment. They then made
another claim for 1882 IS, but considered this also
bank matter. and told them so. Here the matter
to Mr.. George Hamilton and asked for
statement of accounts He said that he could not
give it to me. Mr.; Bradbury. when I went to
him. gave me the same answer. Again.
two or three weeks after ! went to Mr..
Bradbury. and again he put me off. Then offered
third man. whom would name but he declined to
do this That the last heard abont it until this
claim OF suicide and irregularities in the accounts
made
DID BANxEns INVENT SUICIDE THEORY.
! said to Mr. Abbot while they were examining
the books that should like to be with them. but
he said that I had better not. The whole matter
has grown, think, out OF these claim. II they claim
that he defaufter they cannot x that as fact
without the fullest and most satisfactory examina
ton part. Their theory. as it il now pro-
pounded. is one of the thinnest. II could
their hooks, perhaps might change my opinion
about the defalcaton. but because the smartest
in the country could commit suicide. as Mr.. Barron
Is sad to have done, is evidence to that he did
So don't believe any man has right to advance
that theory without proof. There was rea.
money belonging to the bank. He was very prudent
In his manner of living wearing the planest clothes
and having his house furnished in the simplest man.
ner. He raised and sold fruit and raised his own
vegetables, aud In every way frugal and thrifty.
He was never given to speculating Occasionally he
for the bank, in order to use Its money. When he
died he was not worth more than half what had
supposed he was"
BARROx's CHURCH SUBSCRIPTIONS
Something has been said OF his extravagant con-
tributions to the Church He at first gave $25. then
$50. then $35. then $50. and year 500.
After that time he paid Sc month There
besides this accumulation of testi-
mony going 20 show that Barron's honesty
was proverbal that he could have all the money he
steal the banks funds to take himself OF IN any
such manner claimed by the holders OF the
suicide theory, because he could not
up defcit of the anouxs stated by
lamp Is very conclusive. There smell OF oil
apparent in the vault when opened although
q kerosene lamp without chimney
supposed to have been burning there for Mr..
Barron's use Ia manipulating the machinery with
which he ended his existence. Then the vault is
Dearborn would indicate and IL would be difficult
do all the work attributed to him.