The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-22
MORE BANK PRESIDENT.
Crookedness Feared About War
Il ner as an Executor as Well
as Banker,
with Poisoning Introduced.

that President a. , warner 0epar>
ted from Albion last Wednesday,
taking with him the combination Of
the inner safe, and 1t is likely his
absence will continue for some I
time. The condition of the bank
cannot be as certained until
a Thorough examination is made and |
the safe opened. Great excitement
prevails, as 1t is feared the epoi
tors Will lose. L. is learned thst
early in 1879, Roswell Burrows, enc
of the weaithiest men in western
New York, died, leav ng an estate
estimated al $5,000,000 to 3d. 900, goo
The executors were his wife, his on, |
VIM. r. Burrows, his son-in law
Alexander Stuart and A. S Warner,
snd it is thought there has been
considerable cr0okedness IN the
management o: this estate on the
part Of Wsrner, and that fear OF
ext osuIe snd resolution caused
him to leave hnme Warner, since
1879, has hEd al most sole charge OF
the estate He hiss specu ated In
storks, and is supposed to have lost
considerable money in Wall Street
some time ago. Efforts were made
in the court to oEst him as the ex-
ecu!or, and a legal decision to this
effect YVES rendered Monday. Moth
ing is known as to how much OF the
estate is left.
Boston, 21.-A special to the
Journal from Albion. n. Y, an
nounced that R, S. Warner, OF
Albion, had disappeared, and
that Tho National Bank, OF
which he is the president, was In
consequence obliged to suspend.
The announcement throws the first
lightiupon a monstrous plot that Tor
weeks has baff1sd Bostons' district
attorney. grand jury End her
smartest detectives. The con
spiracy has succeeded to this
extent. William r. Burrows,
one of The heirs to a S5,OOo,UoO
estate living at 3S13Bescon stree, IN
this city, was Systematically p5is-
oned until the diabolical work was
discoveries just in time to proiong
out not to save his life. He is eIill
alive, but 1t is living death. Susp' cions
were;expressed of poisoning and upon
, investigation, arsenic was fou Q
In his stomach. The patient seemed
better, but on May 7th the bad
+, sympt Ems returned, and from this
time it became evident the young
3 m IN must Gle. The matter was
]. brought to the district attorney
attention and laid before the grand
ilry, but Insufficient evidence
cau.e a pos:ponement of the case
/ from time to tine. The sleE
. man was taken il the lattel
, part of May to SCI Beacon street
4 and later to the Hotel Oxford. anC
n last week he was removed to New
= York. The motive for the poisoning
= Ia unknown. He Is now suffer
ing from paralysis go that he csr
. move but one muscle OF one arm
2 and death only can relieve him. 81
. the will OF Burroughs father hi'
:. estate remains undivided To-
s time. The executors ar
n A. S. Warner. Of Albion
\ VIM. R. Barrl WIS, the n, Mrs'
n Mary Elizabeth Stewart, Of AlbloI
o the widow. Warner is practi-
+ cally in sole control of the est ate
d William has been dissipatei, anC
y owing to his physical condi ioI
4 has done little more thar
!. dabble in business for a yea
4 or two past. In November, 1882, b.
o made the ACQUAINTANCE OF william
R. Caulkins, in Rochester. In
following year they entered lat
business in this city. Burrows
with his wife and two children
:. went t. live with CAulkin
It and in Novembe-, NJ 8. Burrows
y with her children left her hu band
y Burrows remained at Canlkin'
u house, except on an occasional ab
Z sence caused by Dissipation II
' left Csulkins February, 18th, az
3e did rot return till carried ,her
"a quite sic K from 8 house in Hudso
% street, April Z. Whie nck 8
. Caulk!ns house, The patient w.s 81
% tackled with vomiting spells an
a. partial paralysis, and grew Ispidl
as worse. About this time Wafnel
as Roswell L. Burrows, OF But
IS. faIo. and Mrs Stewart, cam
re to Boston, and consulting phys
u clans were called INTO the case.
is over question Of property tbs
there is the greatest dispute. lhel
ia no doubt that Burrows place
an confidence in CaulkiEs, while he
in decidedly out with wa
III, ner. In justice TO Caulki1
ng family, it should be said no dire
to evidence has been found at en
en- time againat any one in the
ce house. In recent intervie
We Caulkins ssid to Journal report
a. that he had not the slightest doul
that arsenic was administered
Burrows; and il was simply que
ton Of how 1t was administers
General Coggs, who will act couns
~, ~ for Caulk rs, was present
,i the interview. He gave
"e the only theory be c9n
= offer ss to the 21ssib
q. motive ia the case, was tina II q
he managing exeoutioDer of the e:tat
o who was a notorious speculate
al should be called upon to accoun
'1' ing, he might be afraid to maj
Tor such accounting. for which reas(
20 there might be a m
u, tive for putting the your