The Portland daily press., 1886-12-02
TIE BLACKSTONE CASE.
No Discoveries Have Yet Been
Made
AS to How the Frauds Were Perpe-
trated.

In conversation with one of the directors
of the Canal Bank last night, that gentleman
said there were no new developments in the
Blackstone case. The directors up to that
time had failed to discover any Irregularities
in the affairs of the bank Mr.. Peters, the
paying teller, had gone through the deposits,
and they were all right. Messrs. Gilkey and
Barrett of the board of directors, were at
work comparing the note and loan accounts,
assisted by Cashier Somerby, and that was
necessarily slow process. A few days ago
the collaterals were looked over, and they
Tailed exactly with the record. Notices had
been sent to the banks in Boston and New
York with which the Canal Bank has de-
posits, and answers as to how these accounts
stood would probably be returned today.
The gentleman said he did not apprehend
any Irregularities there, because the drafts
were signed by the cashier, or the president
acting for the cashier.
1t was this gentleman's belief that the
sums taken until very recently had been for
comparatively small sums, few hundreds
OF dollars at time, which Mr. Blackstone
could carry with little chance of detection.
He thought a large sum, perhaps half of the
full amount that Blackstone admitted he had
stolen, was taken recently, and the clerk,
knowing he would quickly be detected, alb
seconded.
The director was asked if he believed in
the theory that was gaining ground in the
city, that Blackstone was laboring under
hallucinatien, and confessed to a crime he
had never committed -~r.err
To this question the gentleman replied
thathe should have more reason to believe
in the theory If Mr.. Blackstone had notified
the directors how he committed the frauds.
1t is certain that there are many business
men who believe in this theory that Black
stone has not committed robbery and that
he is crazy. He was great friend of Mr..
Gould's, he had read his methods, and as
Mr.. Gould gave deed of his house to the
First National Bank, so has Blackstone. 1t
is said by several who know Mr.. Blackstone
best that lately he has seemed rather queer,
as they now recollect, but then they gave
the matter little thought, as they thought he
was troubled about the Wrench Company
There are three bondsmen for Mr. Black
stone. held in the sum of $1,000. The three
are his ldbHeT, m6SSTS. EuWlu mdTTeIL anu
w. G. Twombly. When called upon Tues
day night by reporter for the PRESS, Mr.
T"ombly said he was not one of the bonds
men, but yesterday he remembered he did
sign as one of the bondsmen.
The only deeds recorded ON the books at
the Registry of Deeds from Mr.. Blackstone
are quit claim deed of some property on
Chestnut street, in which he had an interest,
of one-half part in common and undivided,
to his father, dated Nov. 10th, and recorded
Nov. oath, and quit-claim deed to the bank
of the house and land in Deering, dated
Nov. oath and fled NeeFv.- seth at $50 p. m.
as far as this latter deed is concerned, there
is slight informality, in that Mr.. Black
stone did not personally appear and ac-
knowledge the deed, but his wife did and
surrendered her right of dover. This in
formality, it is said, while it would not affect
the validity of the deed as between the par
ties-the bank and the Blackstone family
might not be as against third parties.