Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-15
DEFAULT AND DEATH
4 Dover, Now Hampshire, Cashier Short
Some $4,000.
SHOCKING CASE OR SUICIDE,
The DefauIter Blows His Brains Out on
the Approach Of nm Officer to
Arrest Him..

DOVER. y. H., January ft--Isaac +.
Abbott. cashier of the Dover National
Bank, is a defaulter. and the amount OF
the dedication is estimated to be about
5000.
'rhe discovery of the defalcation was
made by Bank Examiner Dorr, OF Somers-
worth. who began an examination OF the
hank last Friday. He asked Mr. Abbott
certain questions. which the cashier said
he would explain next morning. Wheh
the Examiner came in again SATURDAY
morning Il was found that the safe couid
not be opened. AMI Mr.. Abbott failed 10
appear. lie was at home, and said mat
he would explain all Monday. The re-
fusal of the cashier to say anything WAS
brought to the attention of the oflclaIs'
and Examiner Dorr at once declared
Abbott A defaulter. When the vault was
unlocked Bank-Examiner Dorr posted Il
notice that the bank had suspended Dusi-
ness until its affairs could be Strengthened
out.
Mr.. Abbott was also cashier of the
Five-Cent Savings Bank. and was city
treasurer. The dcpositors will lose no.
thing, but their money Is tied up.
SAVINGS BANK ALL RIGHT.
Statc-Bank Commissioners Lyford and
Hatch arrived to-day and took charge
of the savings bank. They make the
statement that that bank Is all right.
Mr.. Abbott was born In Dover. and has
been cashier nearly twenty years. lie
was n clerk In the bank before that. lie
has an elegant residence here. The Dover
nj. l.. Aft. ,, ill fnLfifHf.nV
The capital stock Is $4,000. and the
surplus is $4,000. At a meeting Of the
directors. held last week, Abbott was
himself elected a director.
Later-At 2 O'Clock this afternoon, just
before United States Marshal Campbell
arrived at the house Of Isaac 7. Abbott.
the defaulting cashier Of the Dover Ma
tional Bank, to arrest him. n brother 81
Abott's heard the report Of "A pistol. and
rushing to his brothers room. found him
living on the door with his face shattered
and covered with blood. Life was extinct.
STATEMENT FROM ABBOTT.
DOVER, y. H., January li-Defaulter
Abbott. of the Dover National Bank. who
committed suicide Just before he was to
be- arrested this afternoon, left In his
brothers possession n statement or MS
defalcatlons. in an envelope addressed TO
f.AdtllNtT IyIl. mat S'hi' ih'h
to make the statement public. but sald'
after due consideration, that he would not
give It out. He said. however. that the
statement was not detailed, but left only
clues for him to follow. He would not
state the amount Of the shortage, but
It is stated BY some insiders that the
amount Is not far from $4,000.
II is hinted that Abbott has not been
a thief in the common sense of the word.
but made his first inroad on the money
belonging TO the bank TO help out a friend.
He would not state who that friend was,
but there IS every reason 10 believe That
the true facts will come to light before
the examination IS over.
HERE'S THE WOMAN.
The first suspicion that Mr.. Dorr had
Of the defalcation was the discovery Of q
note for $1,000 among the banks re-
sources, signed VI. Nelson. This led to tho
questioning of SIR. Abbott on Friday
night. with the result that he locked
the vault with everything inside, and
adjusted It 50 that it would not open
until to-day.
The name Of MI. Ahbott's young house
keeper Is Miss Mirtie Nelson, and it
was her signature, it is alleged, that APP
peared on the note.