, 1881-11-02

offered t.MM or 10.Ms> shares of tie
bank stuck nt Iii nn Saturday
wul1l,( Ilaye taken II Mt o1lep, 70 confident
was Ut thu so,Inuras or tho bank s,,ui OF
the Integrity Of Baldwin. 1fe was tho ,ltost
trt,stcu financial man X, Newark, ami
poor people use,l To takn tl,clr little
money to hlu, IN keep for them, pre-
fcrrtng 10 trust him rather linn
tho savings hank, lie WINS n kind Of trust
ngcncy III tho bunk. \ inor woutan ralno IL
nc to.lay lit grent trnnf,lc, nnll tn1d ue slle
hal given 1,er bonds III Baldwin rnr safc-
keeping. [ ltoll t,or tint guessed they wers,
Ia tho bank, mil finalty satisfied hcr. that
they wcrc prnlnhty safc.
ri:UrhE tlF rilta KIND
have been running Ia the btntt NIL ttay. Uf
ru,,lsn such trusts nv these ,tn ttnl belong tn
the l,,nnrv Of tho hank, ntnl lnvp 1iu t!o.fht
TINT they will tu fonud MI right. don't
think baldwin would rnb tin l.onr."
allow tlo yo,t ucrount for lilo fall Of Mr..
flndwin?"
81 believe TINT ,e is the victim, Of Ills own
Eoti nature. liz nblisrsl NuKeMt, md.
t'hally, ttio man got hFnl IN Ills
power, ainl lie lla,ln't tho courage to
s|lnke on tlla sulic. nsked Him
oil Sunday why he dill lnl concnnl tell Ills
trnuhlcs 10 his friends, When l,e f,l,ntt TINT
Nngent llntl rolM arnn,( lin. Wr
would 1,aso ,Antto up pnrsn Of half
million to sarc tito bank,
lii moments time. hut wien
wo discovered tho condition OF nlrnirs, there
was no bnnk left to save. Ii was practically
wrecked. tlaldwin dt.llt llnve tie courage
IL tell his friends nf Ills tlsubtc until It was
t00 laic. Had lie trusted us In time, MI
might have ttccm maslc;right."
"Do you think Tint baldwin call bc held
10 account crimInn!ly"'
ave think ~, but, Of course, w emit tell
yet, II Is nu crime 10 l,orrnw ntu,,py, II you
can get It without giving security
fnr til payment. Dut believe that
its IL tcrime to Induce man
10 loan ynr ,nuncy tint tlocs not bctone TO
lin. Nugent know that l.c was getting tho
bamk's molIey. md hu tIscd his powor on
baldwin to f0rcu him TO continue his NIL
tunces. liz mRy llavo believed TINT
he coul.l have eventually replaced this
1argc sum, but If l,e tlld liz
mllst bn n very visionary llau. Tho bank
will certainly .ln Its utmost tn bring tho
knowledge If f}al,lwln's crime to him.
EN7It;tt'E C.AI.EH =. TlTSWORTit,
tho counsel Of Cashier baldwin, says tint
Ills client McalnG Involved tllrttlRll Ills
goo'l nature. lie accommodated Nugent until
liz was unable tocxtrtcate himself. [te said
to Judge TitsworlIl on Mon.tay, "tt l had
lccn IL big thief, antl nbsconsletl with all this
lnol'cy, people wo1,l have respected III. As
It is. nil fool, nint All rcatty 10
pay for my fol1y." :At tic tnectint:
Of the Directors iii Sunday tits reported TINT
one Of them asktal Baldwin If t1le ixan.i,l-
lns Committee Of tie t'oarl ltn'l never ashe,!
him 10 explain why l.o carried 81 largo II
la!nnce tn New York Thu Examining
Committee. Baldwin said, Mt tlle examination
alnn. three weeks agU, wesD careful to count
nlf tho bills In n $40 or Il SlDO packngc 10 SEQ
tllat they amounted tn the sum nnrke,, alll1
they coslntutl all tile gold. hut The $a,00O, ,0t]
reported to tto III New Y0rl, WIS n mere
trifle. anu they did not bothcr their llcads
nbn1t If.