Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-18
A RASCALLY QUARTET
Taylor and Tunley, of South Dakota,
Blossom Out as Princely
Defaulters.
Dover, N. H., Comes in a Close Sec
ond, with a Dishonest Cashier,
Who Suicides.
Last and Least, North Carolina Adds
a Thieving Postmaster to
the Quartet.

a Thieving Postmaster to
the Quartet.
CHICAGO, Jan. ia secret conference
of the bondsmen of w. A. Taylor, the
defaulting treasurer of South Dakota,
was held here today. Ex-Governor Mel
lette of South Dakota, J. F. McChesney
of New York, William Taylor OF Lafay-
cite, Ind, and G. H. Vinton and G. F.
Howard of Redfeld, S. D., we're in the
city in conference. The bondsmen are
very mysterious. 1t is rumored that
Taylor was to meet the bondsmen, but
this is emphatically denied. Late this
afternoon Mellette consented to talk
about the case. He declared that he
never expects to see Taylor again unless
he is captured. Taylor, he thought, took
about 100000 when he disappeared.
"How will the disappearance affect the
bondsmen" Mellette was asked.
lit will simply affect them by prac-
tically taking every cent every one of
the bondsmen has"
As to the result Of the conference the
ex-governor refused to give any informa-
ton.
THE INVESTIGATION.
PIERRE, Jan. l3.-The investigation
=, of kthe Offices of treasurer and commits
sioner of public lands will begin tomor-
row. A strong effort will be made to
make the inquiry secret, but it will
likely be defeated. The state officers
are all anxious for a thorough investiga-
ton of the affairs of Taylor and Ruth
and Public Examiner Myers. The two
first mentioned are regarded as having
conspired for two years to rob the state.
Myers was appointed as Taylor's selec-
ton and Taylor worked hard for his con-
tirmation. The investigation will prob
ably implicate other prominent men.
ACTION OF THE STATE.
PIERRE, Jan. l3.-Attorney General
Crawford has served attachments
against the property of Taylor and his
bondsnen in eleven different counties.
INFRINGEMENT.
PIERRE, Jan. 13.-The house commit
tee on appropriations has decided to re-
port in favor of closing the state uni
versity at Vermlllion, the school Of
mines at Rapid City, and the Spearfish
normal school because of Taylor's steal.
Another Treasurer Goes Wrong.
HoT SPRINGS, S. D., Jan. l3.-Renja-
min Tunley, for four years treasurer of
Custer county, is short in his accounts
$4,000. This is the second time the
county has suffered, the last treasurer
being behind $4,000.
Still another. 81
DOVER, N. H., Jan. 13.-Isaac F. Alb
bolt, cashier of the Dover National
bank, a defaulter to the amount of $780,
GOO, killed himself today. The bank has
suspended business until it's affairs can
be Strengthened. Intense excitement
prevails, as Abbott was a respected "iti-
zen. He was also cashier of the Five
Cent Savings bank and city treasurer.
Depositors will lose nothing. Abbott
has been cashier twenty years. He had
an elegant residence. He shot himself
just before he was to be arrested this
afternoon. He left in his brothers pos
session a statement of his defalcations,
in al envelope addressed to Examiner
Dorr. That gentleman promised to
make the statement public, but SAID,
after due consideration, he would not
give it out. He said, however, the state
ment was not detailed, but only left
clues for him to follow. It is limited that
Abbott has not been a thief in the com
mon sense of the word, but made the
first inroad on the money belonging to
bank to help out a friend. He would
not state who that friend was. There is
every reason to believe that the true
facts will come to light before the ex-
animation is over. The first suspicion
Dorr had of any defalcation was the
discovery of a note for S10,060 among
the banks resources, signed NJ. Nelson.
This led to the questioning Of Abbott
on Friday night with the result that he
locked the vaults, with everything in
side adjusted so it would not open until
today. The name of Abbott's young
h~ousekeeper is Miss Mertie Nelson. It
was her signature that is alleged to have
appeared on the note.
And Still Another.
AsHEy1LLE, N. c., Jan. 13.-G. w.
Cannon, postmaster here under Harrison,
was arrested today on a charge of en-
bezzling over $4,000 while holding Office.
Lost Vessels.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The Benning-
ton returned this morning from San
Francisco after an unsuccessful cruise
along the California coast in search of
coast-wise vessels overdue. These ves-
sells are now given up for lost.