Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-29
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
ANOTHER BANK PRESIDENT SHORT.
President Warner of AN Albion, New
York, Bank Disposes of his Property
and Disappcars-The AFFAIR Con-
nected with n Poisoning Case.

ALBION. y. y, Aug. 2l.-This morning
the following notice was posted upon the
doors of the First National bank in this
village lowing to the absence of the pres
ident the board of directors have closed
The bank until an examination its affairs
can be had" Mr. \. Warner. the presi-
dent of the above bank left town Wednes-
day, August 3. stating that he was going
TO st. GATHERINGS, Ont, and from there
would proceed to New York. He being
the only person in possession of the com
binaton of the inner vault, the exact con
tiition of the affairs of the bank is not
known. The vault will he drilled
tomorrow. Warner was executor of
estate of Roswell Burrows, amount
ing to several million dollars Burrows
died in 1919 and the executors have never
filed an inventory or made any statement
of the affairs of the estate To the present
time. Sometime ago w. X. CaulkinS of
Boston. confidential business agent of w.
X. Burrows one of the heirs, filed Il pcti-
tion in the surrogate Office in Orleans
county to compel Warner to file an invcn-
tory of the estate The order was issued
for that purpose making the date for
filing August Is. but the inventory was
not filed An Investigation shows that
Warner has disposed of his property here.
4 Base Plot Revealed.
Boston, Aug. 2l.-The announcement OF
the disappearance of President Warner of
The First National bank of Albion, y. V.
throws the first light upon Il monstrous
plot that for weeks has batlled Boston,
district attorney, the grand jury and the
smartest detectives of the city. The plot
was successful to this extent, viz: William
IN nf no bni tn
800 estate, residing at 3S3 Beacon street, il
this city, was Systematically poisoned un
til the diabolcal work was discovered JUS
in time to prolong, but not to save his life
He is still alive, but it is living death. II,
now suffers paralysis SO that he can now
move scarcely Il single muscle and onl,
death can relieve him. BY the terms o
Burrows will his estate remains
undivided until the death of hi
widow who survives him. Warne
had practically sole control of tn,
estate. William K. Burrows the son and
heir, made the acquaintance of w. r. Caul
kins in 1852 and the following year the,
entered business in this city. Burrow
with his wife and two children went t.
live with Caulkins and in November Mrs
Burrows took the children and left he
husband Burrows remained with Caul
kins until February l3, when Ii
went away and did not return I'm
til carried thereon April 9Th. II
was soon attacked with vomiting
spells and partial paralysis and grew RAJ
idly worse. An investigation by Il chemiS
revealed that there was arsenic in wha
came from young Burrows stomach. Tn
matter was brought to the attention q
the district attorney and laid befor
the grand jury, but insufficient evdenc
caused II postponement of the case frol
time to time The sick man was remove
last week to New York. Gen. Coggeswel
counsel for Caulkins, has said the onl
theory he could offer as to the pc,
Sible motive that in case tn
managing executor of the estat
who was notorious speculato
should he called upon for an accountin
and be afraid to make one there might i
II motive for putting the young man. VIII
made a demand, out of the way. Til
affair is very mysterious and seems destil
ed to become Il sensation