The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-08
ass OF THE MISSION FUNDS.
~ NEwBoLD's STEALING GOING
on FOR TEN YEARS.


a.. Claims That He Was Obliged 10
r,be the Money 10 support His
,,r-e and Expensive FnmiIy-HiS
pegcit sIo.OOO-He Asks for Glenn
me-, on the Ground of His Past
s.r,ices-ProsecutiO Not Certain
Yet.
,-s,- York. March 7.-Gen. Wagner
e-avne. president OF the American pro
IAN. EpiscopaD Church Missionary So
..--,. made the following official statement
...- afternoon concerning the dispensing
II, that society with the services of Henry
oakley as treasurer, and the Rev. VIII
lam 4. Newbold as assistant treasurer
AID secretary. Il was present at the meet
.., NJ the executive committee, March :.
,s- and voted in favor of the resolution
eliminating the relations of the treasurer.
,rr. oakley and of the general secretary.
v- Newbold. with the society. The action
If the committee was unanimous. With
ante fun knowledge Of the facts. deem
II TO have been. as to each Of the persons
referred to. just and mild, and necessary.
The ground of the committees action
Vas. as to each of them, a separate ac-
soIntability for moneys with which the
o-rer was not involved. Action was taken
only after repeated and solicitous confer
ence with each of them, extending over a
considerable period and with every oppor-
tunity and invitation to each of them to
relieve himself and the committee from
the sorrOwful conclusion TO which the
eommittee must otherwise be driven BY
tre facts After the report Of the sub
committee on finance had been read, a
written attempt at exculpation on the part
Of Mr.. NewDold was also read to the com
mittee. and the fact was disclosed that
llr. oakley had already made partial
restitution. Enough remained as to each of
them to make the action taken, in the
Judgment of those present. unavoidable"
The alleged deficiencies promise to be
brmful of scandal The deficit amounts
TO some $4,000.
The chairman of the finance commit
tee. George c. White. made a statement
this afternoon in the matter When he
concluded it he declined to say whether
or not proceedings would be instituted
against the alleged offender.
Mr. White said: I'm comparatively a
now member of the executive board. and
iu January last at a meeting of the board
] was put in as chairman of The finance
committee. Immediately upon looking
into my duties L found the books called
for a large cash balance in the hands of
q trust committee. / was informed by
the treasurer of the society, II. A. Oak
ley. that there was an error in the ac-
counts, as he had no such money in
hand. l was afterward informed that
the general secretary knew that there
was a discrepancy in the accounts some
months prior, but did not inform the
board at the January meeting. The
treasurer was at once calleu on by me
To produce his books of account and his
own, and to show where the difference
existed. Also, in looking over the books,
! discovered some matters that seemed to
be irregular, and / at once put an eX-
pert on the books. ] brought him to the
Office and introduced him to Mr.. w. New
bold, who was the general secretary, and
directed him to produce all the books,
vouchers and papers he might ask for.
There appeared to be several items in
regard to Mr.. Newbold's accounts that
required inspection. At the end OF
few days, Mr.. Newbold finding
the temperature of the Office getting
too hot for him, sent his keys 10 the
finance committee and announced that he
had severed his connection with the So
cicty. The result of the experts investi-
cation showed that Mr.. Newbold has over
drawn from the society the sum of about
$1,000 over and above the amount due him
for salary, and furthermore, that moneys
received from interests and other sources,
TO the amount of about S7.001, he has failed
10 credit on the books, and the checks for
the same were not deposited in the So
cictys bank account. Mr.. Newbold has
confessed to four different members of the
society these defalcations, and we also
have a letter written by him, confessing
his crime and pleading, on the score
OF past service for leniency, and claiming
/ es.Ua. = fg IONA n
support a large and expensive family. Mr..
Newbold lives in fine place at Montclair,
y. j.. which he states to the press he es-
Inmates TO be worth $4,000, and also keeps
horses, a COW and carriages. Mr.. New
bolds statement that he was al
lowed 81 1000 for travelling expenses
is incorrect. as all his travelling expenses
were a proper charge against the eN-
pense account The house is mortgaged
for about S11 600 and he has expressed
his willingness to deed whatever equity Is
in it to the society He has been secre-
tary for twenty-siX years, ana mas always
been most implicitly trusted by the Oh
fcers and members OF the poaru, ne
expert accountant has ascertalned that
for certainly the past ten years, ana now
much longer we don't know, he has been
Systematically robbing the sacred treas
ury OF the society
Mr.. White would not say who the mem
berS of the society were 10 Nnolii 49,"
is alleged to have confessed nor W9ula
he produce the letter which he sald hau
been received from Newbold.
Rev KinsOlVng of Brooklyn, VINO
has been appointed secretary pro tenn
was present while Mr.. White made ms
statement. At its conclusion he said;
Put down Rev. A. z. Kinsolving' who
has been appointed secretary pro tenn
as believing the above statement an
solutely."
Treasurer Oakley was present at pri-
yate meeting of the board this evening.
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