Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-03-24
Cashier Work Indicted.

| intends TO stick by the Maverick National
Bank defaulters until the guilty ones are all
| landed Cashier Work Is the last to be
caught in the judicial net, two indictment;
having been returned against him by the
grand jury, one Of four aud the other OF
thlrty-fiye counts. 1t is alleged in the in
dictments that Work allowed "Nervy'
| Evans to draw various amounts
on certified checks when there was nothing
standing to his credit in the bank, and that
the cashier made false entries in reports tc
the comptroller of the currency and alsc
many false entries in the books Of the bank.
The first count in the second indictment al
leges that Work on March 6, 1891, reported
| That the bank on Feb. %, 1901 had in its pos
session In legal tender notes $780, 400, when
the entry should have been sl06O00. The
third count alleges that Work swore that or
| Oct. 9. 1891, the bank had s3ll ,9i5 in got
coin, when in fact there was not over S62,'
600. Count five charges that on March 4
1891, Work swore that the bank had in it
possession 5000 900 in gold certificates, wher
the amount in bank did not exceed $500 900
| Count seven alleges that on May s, 1891
Work swore there was sS96,000 in golc
treasury certificates in bank, when ,ht
amount did not exceed t590,O0O.
| In view Of what is alleged in these indct
ments against the cashier, 1t seems pertinent
Does this official rely wholly upon the state
ments made hy bank officers, or could he, il
he felt so disposed, get at the real facts by
investigation? may not be well Informed
on such matters. but so far as my o6scrv =
ito: have gone it is always n case of locking
the barn after the horse is stolen. Bank cx
amners don't seem TO find out a great dea
until after the crash comes.
The Legislature.
| Our legislators seem TO be getting down to
work, and 1t now looks us though many im-
| portant bills which have been hanging fire
for several years will be wiped oil the calen'
| dar this session. Among these will be the
bill releasing the province lands 10 Their
present occupants. These lands include the
greater part of Provincetown, and have long
been held by the state.
| The senate has rejected the bill to protect
docked horses with netting against llies and
orable senators, it is to be presumed; there
fore they are unable to sympsthiae with the
horses shorn of their fly dispensers.
| The official ballot will remain unchanged
the Wocott- IIamlin experience Of last fall
to the contrary notwithstanding, and the
Prohbitionists will have no favors shown
them.
| The bill to wind up the endowment orders
Is trembling in the balance. Certain of the
honorable senator's should give one ear ia
| the public and not both to the endowment
lobby.
Liquor legislation, as | predicted last
week, will not seriously disturb existing
conditions. Licenses will not be sold by
| auction, uor Will the Commonwealth 20 into
the saloon business on its own account.
The Street Railway Syndicate.
Another street railway deal is said to have
been just consummated. It's stated that the
East Middlesex Street Railway has been alb
sorbed by the Phisdelpha-New York syndi
cate controlling the surface roads north oI
Boston-the Lynn Il Boston and Belt Line
Of Lynn, the Naumkeag Of Salem, and the
system extending from Winthrop to the
Point of Pines, skirting Revere Beach.
| The East Mi1dleseX has sixteen miles
| of track extending from Woburn through
Stoneham, Maiden, Chelsea and Cliftondalt
to Revere Beach. The road has $500, ,OOt
authorized capital stock, and Is very mpor
tant to the syndicate, as it forms a connect.
ing link with Boston and an extensive sub
urban area. An interested Boston capitalist
says that the lease OF the road has a deeper
significance than appears on the surface
The West End will eventually be included
without doubt,
The Death Rate High.
Boston's death rate was very high the pas
week, being 246, an increase OF % over the
previous week, and making 1t 27.2. There
were "a deaths from violent causes, In
Guiding four suicides 40 deaths from pneu
monia and q from consumption. Much Of
this mortality no doubt could be traced tc
the bad condition of our streets, as they have
been in horribly sloppy state for severa
weeks past.
A Youthful Firebug.
Young Wright, who has confessed to hav
Ing set fire to the big Hathaway building or
Atlantic avenue on five different occasions
is the suspected author Of several other con
fiagrations OF recent occurrence here
Wrights idea Of fun Is rather an exalted
one, and II 1t Is proven that lie has beer
guilty of starting any of the other fires which
entailed such loss OF life and property, hi
dulge his funny propensity on such an ex
tensive scale. He Is but II years old, is no
regarded as In any way tough and Is the sor
OF respected and worthy widow lady, wht
is heartbroken over her sons confessed In
cendiary acts.
Ifyoung Wrights completely in the recen
great nres can be established he will have
record Of having caused u property loss o
some four or more millions OF dollars, th
death OF II persons and severe injuries /
some 80 Others. He does not seem to realz
the enormity Of his offence, aud probabl
was not actunted by fendIsh motive.
An Architect Suicide.
The recent suIcI 10 offs. J. y. Fhhyer rc
calls some curious facts In regard to severt
Of the big fires IT, Ros'Jn. Mr., Thayer at on
time was the leading architect here, and dl
an extensive business In the erection of DR.,