Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-22
A THIEF MADE EXECUTOR
TRAPPED IN HIS VILLAINY HE
TAKES TO HIS HEELS.


Having Exclusive knowledge of the
Combination to the Safe of the Bank OF
which he was President, he Keeps it to
Himself and Leaves the Directors In
Such a Quandary as to the Condition oi
the Institutions Affairs that They
Close its Doors.
ALBION, n. Y, Aug. 21.-This morning
the following notice was posted upon the
door of the First National Bank of this
village: "Owing to the absence of the
President, the Board of Directors have
closed the bank until an examination can
be had of its affairs" When President
Warner left town on Wednesday, kug.
13, he stated that he was going to St.
GATHERINGS, Ontario, and from there
would proceed to New York. He being
the only person in possession of the CON-
bination to the lock of the inner vault, the
exact condition of the affairs of the bank
is not known. but no alarm is
felt in regard to the ability of the bank to
pay the depositors. The door to the inner
vault will be drilled tomorrow. A bank
examiner who was here in July reported
the accounts and other matters of the
bank to be all correct. Wsrner was ex-
ecutOr of the estate of Roswell Burrows,
amounting to several millions. Mr.. Bur-
rows died in 1879, and the executors have
never filed an inventory or made a state
ment in regard to the affairs of the estate
up to the present time.
CAUSE OF THE FLIGHT.
W. R. Calkins, of Rochester, and later
of Boston, was sometime ago employed by
X. w. Burrows, one of the heirs, as con-
fidential business agent and filed a petit
tiOn in the Surrogate office of Orleans
county tor an action to compel Warner to
file an inventory of the estate. An order
was issued that for purpose, making neces-
sary the filing on or before Aug. 1S, but
Warner not filing the inventory the Sur
ro9ate issued an order revOking
the letters testamentary issued to
him. An investigation shows that
Warner has disposed of his property here
as follows: Real estate to w. A. Parmely
for $1,000, by deed dated July 26; his resi-
dence to Alex. Tytler, and certain indebt-
edness; two deeds dated Aug. 5, to Geo.
A. Newell for $l,450; mortgage on a
skating rink and stables to secure a note
of $4,000 to Fl. II. Warner, of Rochester.
Warner is Secretary of the International
Bridge Company, which owns the sus-
pension bridge across the Niagara river.
YOUNG BURROWS POISONED.
Boston, Aug. 21.-A special from AL
biOn, N. y, to-day, announced that A. S.
Warner, of Albion, had disappeared, and
that the National Bank of which he is
President was, IN consequence, obliged to
suspend. This announcement throws the
first light upon mOnstrOus plot that for
weeks has bafled BOston's District At
torney, grand jury and her smartest de-
tectiyes. The conspiracy was successful
to this extent. William r. Burrows, one
OF the heirs to $5,000,000 estate
living at No. 1888 Beacon street, this city,
was being systematically poisoned until
the diabolical work was discovered lust
in time to prOlong, but not to save, mis-
life. lie is still alive, but it is living
death. suspicious were expressed of
poisoning, and upon an investigation by
chemist arsenic was found in the
stomach. The patient seemed bet
ter, but on May 7 the bad symptoms
returned. From that time it has
been evident that the young man must
die. The matter was brought to the Dis
trict Attorneys attention and
laid before the grand jury, but insufficient
evidence caused a pOstpOnement of the
case from time to time. Upon these facts
the Jo7trHdl builds theory that Warner
was instrumental in causing the poison
to be administered to Burrows, because
the latter had called for an accounting of
Warmers stewardship as executor of Bur-
rows fathers estate.
THE NEWS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2I.-In relation to
the closing of the Fifth National Bank of
Albion to-day, a Rochester dispatch saws:
sit was ascertained that President A. S.
Warner departed from Albion last Wed
nesday; taking with him the combination
of the safe, and that it is likely that his
absence will continue for some time. The
condition of the bank cannot be ascer-
talned until thorough investigation is
made and the safe can be opened. Great
excitement prevails in the village"
1t is learned in this city that early in
1879 Roswell S. Burrows, one of the
wealthiest men in western New York,
died, leaving an estate estimated to be
worth between S5,000,000 to $4,000, 900.
The executors were his wife, his son, Will
liam K, Burrows, his sOn-in-law, Alexan-
der Stuart, and A. 5. Warner, and it is
thought that there has been considerable
crookedness in the management of this
estate on the part of Warner, and that
fear of exposure and prosecution caused
him to leave home. Warner since 1879
has had almost sole charge of the estate.
lie has speculated in stocks, and is sup
posed to have lost considerable money in
Wall street. Some time ago efforts were
made to Oust him as executor, and a legal
decision effecting this was rendered last
Monday. Nothing is known as to how
much of the estate is left.
A PUBLISHER ASSIGNS.
Schedules in assignment of Charles W.
Green, publisher, were filed to-day. They
show liabilities of $20S, ,S23, nominal assets
Of $lS1, ,473; assets of $3,441. The liabiIi-
ties comprise prOmissOry notes amounting
to S26,051, open accounts $40, ,046, ani
promissOry notes and drafts indorsed by
the assignor $153, ,725.