Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-04-13

business there, and urged his wife to mako
the trip with him. He left thn train Of
Greenfield and went to Nashua via the
Fltchburg road.
10 none outside his family has tbo
blow come with such force as Mr.. Scott's
associates in the bank. When the first
dispatches came they declared that there
must be mistake, and even when the
Iull statements were received at The
fh4nlN Office they were hardly convinced.
MI SCOTS term of service in the Yer
mont national bank began nine years ago.
Aller serving a comparatively short time
as Dookkeeper he was promoted to the
lellershlp, at the time Mr.. Dowley was ad-
Vanceu from cashier to president, and Mr..
AVerill became cashier.
In all his relations with the bank Mr..
scott has always been a model official.
working diligently, and never showing a
tralt that had the semblance of dishonesty.
lie has been generally regarded as a
young man of ability, and outside the bank
has served in positions of responsibility.
lie was for term of years clerk of the
Universalist society. AT the present time
he is the treasurer of the Creamery asso-
citation, while he has been treasurer of the
Nermont Wheel club from the date of its
organization over eight years ago.
While everyone has been struck with a
feeling of surprise on hearing of the pro-
ceedings at Nashua, there comes a still
greater feeling of sorrow, not only for the
| young man, but for those closely connected
| with him-his elderly father and mother,
. than whom no people in Brattleboro have
/ ever been more highly esteemed; his
brother and sister, and his wife and her
/ family all of whom stand on the same
footing as his parents.
Mr. Scott friends say that the story in
the Telegraph in regard to his investments
in the New Hampshire trust company can
not be correct, and that his holdings of
the company's stock did not exceed $500.
They are not aware that Scott had engaged
in speculation, but it is not improbable
that the fact will be developed that specu-
lation was the cause of the young mans
downfall. He is known to have held prop
erty on which he could quickly realize
from $1,000 to $500.
Had Mr.. Scott wished to use money be
longing to the Creamery association or tn,
Wheel club he could have done So but the
balances at the bank are all right.
SCOTS habits have always been eXem
plary, and he has lived modestly, and well
within his means. Those who know him
imost intimately say "IIe must have beer
Hinsane." 1t is evident, however, that tn,
crime was premeditated, as the severa
checks must have been prepared befor
Scott left Brattleboro. ItwOuld seem tina
the object must have been to raise none,
and then leave for parts unknown; or tina
Scott thought that he could realize a Ger
tain amount and then return to Brattle
borO, covering his movements so that hi
crime could not be traced. The fact tina
he was leaving Nashua for the north woul
indicate that he did not intend to return t
BrattlebOro.
The books of the Vermont national ban
were carefully examined by the presiden
and cashier last evening, and they are sa
istied that his accounts are correct.
The checks which he used were sample
from a Buffalo company which had bee
', sent to the bank, and had laid in his desl
for long time. For some reason the con
pany had neglected the usual precaution {
marking them sample
Later developments are giren on dnotb'
page Of this paper.