New-York tribune., 1886-01-31
MIR. GARLAND'S MISTAKE.
TRYING TO RELEASE A BANK DEFAULTER.
PARDON THAT WAS ANNOUNCED, DCT NOr
GEANIED.

BOsTON, Jan. 80 (SpccidD = Considerable OK
ctei4cnt caused in Vermont to-day by dispatches
Washington stating That ths President had par
doncd slas NJ Waite who wrecked the First National
Bank OF Il at.eborO IA Tho snhm,r Oi 1879. The Eewa
seemed authentic Tor a note in toe Attoricy yGcucras
handwriting sent to COnsIcssnJn GcOUt as follows
"Gnc President several days ago pdrloued Mr. Waite.
tlnk about mc OF ta!5 letter Ncry truly yoGrs'
THIS s!cntd 4. IT, G9iiiEd.
response earnest protest against tho
pardon oi :! a,o made ! The Vermont delegation. TINS
afternoon the news oi par.o Is coniguGcted Tie
J0Jtf0of CORES pondont tc.cErai he'd rs follows:
"Taerc seem, 30 be something matter at the De-
partncnl OF justice The mint Ol thg AtoracyGcnera
appears 10 be IrcOccupicd The CLERKS at tho Nhiic
House tins morning again carefully searched the register
Oi pardOns, they did last night ~ midnight aud coud
find 10 trace of any record OF the pardon Ol Shas VI
Waite. 1Le pardon clerk at the Department OF Justice,
TOO searched hs record and found nothing to Indicate
tat pardon had been granted. The AttUrneyGcncra!
found ami asked directly as to the
correctness of the statement made Ia the letter IIO
himself TO COns GruLt last gut aud tho Attor-
neg Gcncrh tnaJ the letter was correct ana hat
tho pardon had been granted. Ills attention was then
the the officers in charge OF pardons
at the Wh.tc House ard own department had
such pardon had been granted ana that IN
the document had been mis!ad, there must be "a
mistake about 1t. The pardon clerk then sum
mOncd to a conference, when 1t appeared jhat the par
Gon clerk was right aud the Attorney General was
wrong. There are hie petitions for ana protests
against the pardon"
Tho opposition To WaIte's pardon In that part Of
Vermont most deeply afflicted by his rascality
Is intense. Nato for many years the political and
financial autOcrat or southern Vermont. lie was a
leader local enterprises IN BrattebOro. railroad di-
rector bank president the chief engineer OF thc o de-
partment, and man Of iron Will and mdomtaDie petSe-
veraucc. For many years he ran the Flrst National
ham nd rr,
aud falsihcd accounts. he deceived the Dauk examiner
and the banks directors to its true con-
Gition until compelled to flee by impending
disaster. The dcpo5tors awOko one morning IN
the summer Of 1879 to find tho bank broken and tho
president WJito arrested on rancho In Ne
braska brought back to Vermont tor trial. lie was
indicted by the United states Grand Jury for violation
Of the national banking laws. After repeated delays
one OF the cases charging Him with making false returns
TO the Government TO trial before Judge Wheeler,
the United states District Court which sat at Windsor
in June ISL Waite defended by /" J. Phops the
present Minister TO EnGliud The jury found Waite
entity, aud Judge Wuccer sentenced In to twenty iohr
yeats imprisonment IN the House Of Correction at Rut-
land lie has had Pe''In. roam y,pal "t vr tnf
in his prison home. lie has occupied n
IN that instead Of owing tie bank anything the con,
him 100000. Tho dCpu-lttrs, however, fai
o appreciate monetary Joke and severe in their
dcuuucla,lou OF ne efforts nGbliS Iof ~ parton
Waite ha- per-istruty fought every chOIt Tor settle
his estate ana thdi OF tnc wrecked Ntiih
He Incurred expense toward the last part or his
career In Bfarboro prO-cc uOn OF the BurIette
Estey organ sult which he finally defeated. HIS
specilIa atoms swdmpod the bank, and when the
vault was opened after ms hight only small
amount Of cash discovered. Receiver Price
has succeeded IN realizing little from the as'ets OF the
bank aside from the Hmouat obtained by assessment OF
the -to khodrrs me Bl0ti,j0rJ PbGiT Processes to
reflect public sentiment concerning Ndtes pardon when
II says that he not only wrecked bank under such
method. of arrogant cold blOOIcd y!huy similar
criminal has surpassed; but what Is worse than
tins ever he brought back from ht cowardB
Nfrtf I l,l. I'M 4 IU
toward tuo.e hc 80 cruelty wIOugcd ana has mover
shown the sgn Of conjunction FOR his crimes.