Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25
The Derter Murder Case.


4 reporter OF tho Lewiston (Ar)
Journal cAiiod upon Bank Examiu er
Bolster on Monday 10 call his attention
10 tAe ;, ,temon. OF tue detectives "ho Sd-
yocate The theory OF suicide IN tue Bar
ron murder case and refer 20 Mr. Boil
stor's examination Oi the books oi the
Oank As has.y aud careless. Ia response.
MIR. BJistvT said that biz several tG.ni-
nations vi Treasurer BArrCu's t1uS &c
cOuats strongly ielt on him tho impress
sion Of lls prudence and carelu.ncss,
and be didn't know IA more careful Bank
Treasurer among the siNty whose ac-
counts /. has been his annual duty Tor
SIX years 10 examine. lie says: 1t N
perfectly clear TO me when Mr., Barron
made that entry OF the - 600. when be
gave that $1,000 note, he didn't intend To
eutor 1t until the regular bank examioG-
lion; Tor, IN my judgment, he did 10,
wan; il 10 appear in the public statement,
because OF the inquiries TO which u
would give rise. He made that donation
10 Lhe bank because he iet that the bank
sustained The $500 Leayitl loss, pars.y
through his advice. and be telt hc Onf bt
10 stand in the breach TO that extent. /,
first puI in that life insurance policy III
1876 10 cover any losses that might c.
cur. Afterwards b. iouBd the losses 80
great that DO cOu du'l undertake 10 meet
Ihem att gelher, but the Leavit. loss. for
which ne seemed 10 himself TO be pccl-
larry respou sibie, he determined g. pro-
vide tor in the way OF note and collateral.
dc knew was to be there Ia August TO
make an examination; that his statement
would DO forwarded in November. He
did no. make that $1,000 entry until ai,er
that date. | sm satisfied he did not
make it until January. He meant the
oauk should have II. he calculated to
pay that note.
After ais death went down TO Dex-
Ter 10 examine the bank books. l found
The note aud the collateral, the lie poll
cy. His books showed clearly that the
assets # the banks were what my very
careful Inspection showed them To be.
tell you they are not going 10 Ind any
deiaicaiion in Mr.. Barron's account
That slight errors should occur Oh might
be detected from microscopic eXamina-
ton Is Uy 10 means impossible. Eayo
scaled down thirteen savings banks IN
this State, and when we scale down We
have, OF course, found it necessary to
see II the long accounts add up without
discre pancy but OF the thirteen banks
thus examined | have found but one or
two in which there was not some dis
repanGy, taking toe record from The be-
gIntiu,5 ~ t..e close. After the death OF
Mr.. Barr5a | vent over the bank books
il detail. kucw Mr.. BarrOn's system
of accounts. an1 my first aim was 10 see
il there vas any loss by the robbery.
There Xure tour or live days business
which had not been posted. 1 posted
theul n; soii, M pencil, and told Mr.. Ao'
bot that my work cou be erased and
the who g done ia ink by MIR. BIS sue
cessor. Taere wasn't one word said to
me, either in my February or in my
June or in my August examinations al
ter Mr. Barron's death, by any OF the
bank officers, calculated TO excite a feel
ing on my part that there was any sus-
picion against Mr.. Barron. la August.
MIR. Hamilton came to Bangor with the
bank books and looked them over once
more and compared his statement TO the
Court with the record. There were no
intimati0ns that the erasures were any
thing illegitimate. | was never more
surprised than when | leaned that the
bank officers mistrusted things were not
right. do not believe we arc gong to
ind Treasurer Barron was defaulter.