Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-10-14

so-cailed appropriation OF S2f 900 amounted
TO this and no more: received no money
Whatever. 1t was only book keeping mat
ter connected with the settlement of q mat
ter in the Probate Court. also say that
lost no private funds for any one
81 am charged with having sold stock to
the extent Of $1,000 TO a Cumberland man.
This matter occurred some fourteen wears
ago, and the stock was sold BY another per
son. had nothing to do with it whatever,
but did think i, might be judicious in
vestmenf. and so il was, and at this time the
stock is all right.
"The losses | sustained were the results
of the death Of one person. the misconduct
OF another. At the time Of the suicide OF
Mr.. Wood met with my first loss was
| square with the bank at that time de-
cline to give the name of the man BY whose
misconduct lost heavily never specula-
ted in grain at all. had not speculs,ed at
all for many months before my arrest |
had taken for many months no money out of
the bank, for speculative purposes. | had
taken It for investments, and those invest.
ments were of the most solid and legitimate
kind. of kind that are paving we'll say
that, TO my best Judgment as business man.
had | been let alone for only FIVE weeks
longer, should have repaid to the bank a
very large portion Of all the money due it.
! say again that | was investing. not specu-
laiing, and in one year more | could and
should have paid almost the entire sum due
the bank
al do not attempt 10 apologize for wha, |
did. and you know that | have no, tried to
evade the punishment. bu, while it was all
wrong il was not the fault of the head bu, OF
the heart. But do not say tina, did not
mean to do wrong. looked upon it much
this way for long time that owned as
much as owed. There has never been a
time for the past twenty or more years when
haven't had from 10000 to $40 900 OF
property. | stood ready at all times 10 give
up that property if discovered. gave up
all | had TO the bank, except one COW and
that has been advertised for sale, and hope
some one in want Of a good COW will buy
her. gave up my library TO the bank, end
even the furniture of my house was given
up, and in addition | transferred all the
other property had TO the bank. so YOU see
that have slready conveyed 10 the bank by
way Of restitution a considerable amount o.
property. and more will follow from the in
vestments spoke Of, all Of which have
assigned TO the bank. | have given up'ail
! had, now Whist more can DO save this
am now doing'
This talk Of nv having expended $50, 600
on nv house is absurd. and as to The furu,-
ture in it. With the exception ofa very few
articles, the furniture was exactly the same
that va. in our old home. Almost all the
report. that have been circulated aDou, ne
we're false. was not trapped INTO return
ing home from New York while was there
knew IN general way tha, the Director.
had discovered that the account. we're not
all right. No telegram was sent to me re
questing me to return. \ letter sent,
and was returned to me from New York
after had reached Portland | did NEE,
some gentlemen IN Boston. wired them
from New York ,ha, would be in Boston a,
6 O'Clock, and as a matter Of fact. / va.
there q, $40 Of the ndicslsd evening.
prepared the best statement tha, possibly
could under the circumstance for the use OF
the directors"
Here Mr.. Gould paused, and with evident
emotion said M, wife proved herself to
be more than heroic. When | told her a.
the srI Thing she said was that che va,
.lsd came home. and that | would have
killed her had run away. She was educa-
2 tcC III Abt QuastI BphIpH- ol l4SI
father, General Dow, and il Was she who
was the first TO propose that We give up al.
we had. She felt that it just that We
should make all the restitution in our pow
er. She gave up much ,hs, had bern
bought With her own money. She never re-
gretred the doing Of i. /, vas right aud
that was enough for her 10 know
Being asked fit ~as true that some o:
~. a.. -.
the defsiea,ion, Mr.. Gould said "Yes, ,h.,
is true. bu, stepped on that plan. 1, was
something that seemed 10 me to be al!
wrong. Where would my Independence ss
man have been | could not have looked
those men in the face. No; It would have
been escape from justice and from the
terrible puni.bmen, OF the newspapers, but
how can q man escape from himself may
be wrong; | may be obstinate | may be
even what man called me, a most consum-
mate ass, bu, could not have allowed that
TO have been done under any circumstances
II would have been done had consented -
Speaking Of the sentence, Mr.. Gould said:
ii might have been defended by lawyer I
great distinction in his profession. Tie had
interviews With me and gave me some ex-
cellent grounds for . defence. knew. my
I self, that there might be a defence made.
but felt that il ought not to be. As said
there were some things in those indictments
that |, without making an examination Of
the books of the bank, could not say wheth-
er they we're true or false. but there were
things in those indictments that were true,
and was obliged TO plead guilty"
Mr.. Gould, did you hear OF plan 10 re-
tain General Butler for your defence p
asked The reporter.
No. replied Mr.. Gould, Il do not reco!-
lect now that stch plan was proposed.
might have escaped 10 Canada" continued
Mr. Gould, after pause. Il could have
gone before my return here, and also after
returned. The papers made NE say that
had terrible struggle over the point wheth-
er should stay al home and face the music
or leave for Canada. There was no struggle
Of the kind Had left should have re-
turned. | could not have staid there.
Friends made me acquainted while | was al
nv house, under arrest on a civil process,
with several plans for efecting escape; one
plan was to take me in boat to q vessel
outside. / never thought of such thing
| simply said that is not my way of doing it.
There would have been no difficulty a5out
escaping had wished to-
"Mr. Gould, did you believe what you
preached p
God knows did. am here to-day on
this train going to prison because believed
in my theology. had preached the doc
trine that all ain must be punished, that it is
right that it should be punished, and felt
that could no; preach the punishment of
sin. and then try TO escape that punishment.
| knew that had sinned, and felt that il
would be better for me to 60 to prison than
10 live in defiance of Gods law.
at took Mr.. Hadlock three da,s to figure
out the fact that l was making it a matter
of conscience, not of law. Then he said that
was making mistake. replied, it does
not seem so to me. and alone am RESPONSE
Bile. must take my own way. You may
not think so, but to me thi. going to the
prison at Thomaston is the light part of it
all. If all the punishment could fall on me
alone should be happy, indeed. | am hap
py now in the thought tina, am at las, do
ing right. know that my course since my
arrest has had the approval of my wife and
of my father and am satisfied"
"Could you have got bail ?"
"Yes, believe could have got million
dollars of bail. did not want it. l was
freely offered bail"
PLEASE briefly define your position, Mr..
Gould"
"The implication of others would not
I ~;n Ill 4