Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-04
DEFAULTER DANN'S END
Belief General That He Com
 mitted Suicide.
DOCTORS TALK OF APoPLs KY.

They Think the Post-Mortem Will Jus tify
 Their Opinion-Story of the Emhr zIe-
 me"t of Halfa Million Dollars--The !ase
 in Court Yesterday.
 BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 4-The death of the notorious defaulter Edward S. Damn last evening, has created a sensation here, and the generally accepted theory as to the nature of the mysterious illness is heavy dose of morphine or some other poison. The physicians who attended hlm declare, on the contrary, the ir belief that he suffered a stroke of apo plexy, and confidently predict that the poSt-mortem examination will confirm their theory.
 Damn died at 7 o'clock. He was pro- loundly unconscious at the time of his death, having been in that condition for 49 hours, the attack occurring on Satur- day evening at 6 o'clock.
 Edward $. Damn stool high in church and social circles. When the bank ex- aminers found that there was shorta ge in the accounts of the bank and recom- mended the arrest of the trusted secre- tary and treasurer, the trustees could not believe that the examiners were right in their conclusions. They had trusted him implicitly for over 20 years-ever since the bank was started.
 He had been looked upon as a model of talthtulneSs, industry and integrity He Was always first to arrive at the bank and last to leave; he was the custodian of church funds, and widows and timid women came to his bank because they had so often seen his silvered head bowed in prayer at the altar. He never took a vacation, and always balanced the books himself Such an attentive officer the trustees thought could do no wrong.
 The examiners hinted that perhaps Damn had reason for working personally over the books and wearing the cloak of sanc5ity- But the trustees scoffed at the idea. However, private detectives were called in and Damn was put under arrest. dc was cool when confronted with accu- sations, and said he could explain all if time and access to the books were given him. The examiners said they could fig ure the books without him.
 The news of his arrest caused great eX- clteinent when it was made known in Jn 0. He was not locked up like a com mon criminal at first, but was allowed to go to and from his house under surveil- lance of a detective. Then it was that Dam made his first and unsuccessful at- tempt to take his own life. He swallowed 20 morphine pills. His stomach rebelled, threw off the poison, and he lived on in dis grace
 The examiners found in column after column of figures distractions running back for a long period of years, and con tlnuing up to the day he was apprehend ed, when he stole a package of SIG, 900 deposited by eX-Justice Charles Daniels of the Supreme Court. The shortage at first was stated at $1O0,OO then at S2OO, GOO; then it was said to more than reach the bank s assets
 The trial of Damn, ex-Secretary and Treasurer of the National Savings Bank, on l6 indictments for felony, was to have begun yesterday or to have been avoided by a plea of guilty.
 At 1O:10 DistrictsAttorney Quinby said:
 Il desire to move the case of the people against Mrs~Dann.
 1t the court please" said Mir. Hoyt. Dann's counsel, q shall be obliged to ask that the case % over for week. have here the certificates of two reputa- ble phys. cians to the effect that Mr. Damn is ill and unable to leave his bed"
 He then submitted the certificate of Drs. Harrington and Hopkins to the effect that his client is ill q critical con iition.
 No objection was made by the District Attorney and Judge Titus postponed the case for one week.
 The eases of Dams accOmplices, Arm strong and McGrede, were then called.
 Il next desire to move the case of the People against Armstrong;" said MT. Quin- by.
 Attorney Ksselburg, for Armstrong, objected to this oil the ground that the presence as d witness of Mr. Damn might be an imperative necessity for his clients defense, and for that reason desired the case similarly put over until Mr. DAun's recovery.
 The request was granted.
 The case of McCredie was next moved, and his attorney, Tracy C. Becker, also made application for adjournment, pre- senting certificates from physicians that McCredie is suffering from chronic alco- holism, which has impaired his mental faculties so as to prevent his being able to make defense in a legal proceedings
 Counsel desired a postponement for an indefinite period until McCreilie could i.n- prove and asked that the case be pat over the term.
 The District Attorney objected and Judge Titus postponed the case for one week.