Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-09-30
Arrest OF a Dishonest Scounderl.


An Omaha dispatch of the list says; \
decided sensation was created in Omaha to
day hy the arrest Of Sila, VI. Waite, all
ScOnding president Of the First National
bank Of BrattlcbOro. VT, whose defalcatiOn
amounts To ~4jOOOO. He was arrested at
the house of his brOthrr-in-laW, Truman
Buck. Il well known and respected citizen.
the arrest being made by W. II, II. Lew
cllyn and W. II. Shields. special govern
mrnt agents Of the department If Justice.
At the time Of the arrest. Mr.. Buck and his
family were away from home attending
the state fair. The house was surrounded,
and Waite ran into the cellar and tried To
make his escape through the back door.
When caught he threatened suicide, and
precautions were taken tu prevent any such
result. II is said that during the last three
months he has made occasional visits To
this city. always stopping at his brotlcr-in-
laws house.
When he fled from BrattlrbOrO. In June
last, it was quite generally supposed he
had gone to Europe. but i'm time II was dis
covered that he was still in this country
and the government took hold Of the case,
As he had committed an Oilrnsc against the
government in his various transactions.
He was traced via Duluth Ia Wimrpeg
county, thence to Wyoming. where he had
intended to start a cattle rancho, and had
already begun 10 carry out his project. II
is suspected that during the past eight or
nine wears he had quietly invested money
in Nebraska or elsewhere, having sent
money here quite frequently. His transac-
tiOnS at BrattlcbOrO consisted principally
in forged paper, embracing Ncrmilyc S
Co., New York, for S75,OOO: c. j. Amidon.
llinSdac, Slj0,0OO; Taunton Locomotive
Works. $1,000; Frederick Billings. $4,000
Lyon Il llcaly, Chicago. S20,000; w. Park,
SlO,OOO; Connecticut River railroad, Sj0,-
900. Springfield and Boston banks were
heavy losers on this forged paper. The di-
rrctOrS of the BrattrbOrO bank offered
Si,ON reward. The officers who arrested
him claim quite a large sum was tcle-
graphed him here from New York by his
son, and that ii Is now here and can he re-
covered.
blue FISH QUENELLEs. Boil the
fish, and do not overlook it; take out
all the bones, and chop: then put in a
mortar and pound smooth; il too dry,
add q little milk; take good big slice
Of bread, dipit in milk, squeeze out the
milk, and add the crumb to the fish in
the mortar; chop bunch of parsley as
fine as possible and place in the mortar;
season with pepper and salt, 1t too
heavily, add one-eighth of "A pound of
butter if the fish he, say, of six pounds; /;
beat up too eggs quite light, apart and
add to the fish. The whole secret of
making quenelles properly is that the
compound shall he perfectly smooth.
Take the mixture out of the mortar
and, having dredged some sifted flour on
a board, lay out the paste on it, making
ii uniform as to thickness with knife;
dredge -four on top; now have sauce
pan with water, which you bring up to
a boil; cut your paste in strips of about
four inches long by three broad; roll up
the paste into quenelles, and drop them
one by one in the water; they should
cook at once and use; they should be
taken out in about three minutes or
they will fall to pieces. Never have
more than three or four quenelles In the
water at once. Serve with little but
ter and lemon juice.