Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-29
Capture Of an Ahscondlng Bank
President.

HOW THE CASE WAS FOLLOWED Up BY THE ne
PARTMENT OF JUsT1CE-INTERESTING PARTICU-
LARS.
The report Of the agent OF the Department OF
Justice detailed to arrest Stlas NJ, Waite, the alb
sconding president Of the First National Bank
of Brattleboro, Vt, contains some interesting
details. 1t appears that when 1t became essen.
tial 10 examine into the affairs of the bank. NJ:
Waite was called upon By Bank Examiner P.,ce
to make explanation regarding certain oaopr
lodged In the bank as security for money loaaeI:
1. ana nat Waite IRE responded by saying the matter
With certain parties in interest and that he
would go at once Waite lett Brattleboro on the
morning OF the 10Th OF June last. and on the
18th information reached Brattleboro that he
was at Portland, Me-, EN- route TO Europe, Word
was Immediately fOrward'd d to the Treasury de
partment, and letter was then addressed from
that department to the Department OF Justice
asking aid In apprehendtng the fugitive. The
instructions. which have so promptly resulted
Ia the arrest of Waite, were then issued by At
torney General DevenS
Care had been taken by the friends of the AZ.
cused,-and by the accused personally, to convey
the idea that lie was really In Europe. Letters
of the water were exhibited. One of his rela-
tiyes made flying trip across the ocean and
baCk, and the inference that he was on English
ground was In these ways greatly strengthened.
The agents OF tie department. to whom the At
torney General had cOntided the matter of the
arrest were conscious OF the fact, however that
fCgttives from justice rarely advertise their
Whereabouts, and wisely concluded that Waite
was in this country. Meantime a son OF the
abScODder began to loom into Importance by
uansacting some business on his fathers be-
half which he could hardly have known about
Without having recently seen his father. The
son was also talking freely and writing about
contemplated investments I'm Nebraska from
which he expected to realize a sum sufficient to
pay his fathers Indebtedness In full, provided
the officers rerQuishsd heir efforts to arrest tt
father, adding that If these efforts were per-
sisted In this plan for repayment would result
ln failure. The young mans movements We're
closely watched and it was aSceruained that he
was about TO visit Omaha. and that his mail
address In that city would be to the care of Mr.
Truman Buck. Shortly after this q uliet look.
Ing gentleman arrived In Omaha!and took plain
lodgings in the vicinity Of MI. Bucks house
Ills frst days observations convinced him he
was On the right track, and In three days there
after-on the 2lst OF September-the quiet look
ing gentleman, In other words the agent of the
Department OF Justice. was On his way east with
the prisoner Waite. whom lie delivered In
Brattleboro to answer the charge preferred
against him pursuant to section 5209 II. S. L. S.
fllor TO the collapse OF the bank OF which
Silas NJ. Waite was presiden: he occupied an
env1able position, socially and financially In
BTattlebOrO, and was regarded as a leading man
thele He had done much towards the welfare
and prosperity of the place, and had become
possessed OF a fair competency, being generally
tsl1mated as worth 900 In round numbers.
lie was also the head OF a most estimable fam
lily; was In receipt OF handsome salary, and
seemed to lack nothing to render his happiness
complete BY one act, or series Of acts having
one result, the labor and efforts OF nearly fifty
years were swept away, leaving him wanderer
and a fugitive, hoping, as others have 50 vainly
hoped before him, to escape the consequences
OF ms misdeeds: and falling, as so many Others
nave 1a1led. to take himself out of the shadow
officers. - -'S