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900. which should have been cancelled, had
%oTvsss SSo 'a two hSys YEAR,
ago. Then = purchased the WlllimantiS Elec:
% odrs a q III The @ bonds
sen IsIsvSS e., nsn
been sent 70 the Continental Bank Of New York.
loaned % with Il % as collateral Is not Known ma at pres es
ent to any body. except perhaps to Mr. Dooley.
To cap the climax in the line of swindline, u
came, came out that Risloy had hid. made made away with M
m 1hS who SSd % M been smost
mother to him. Miss Brainerd was at one time
m9nsy she made II In the
MIR. Rlslcy came to Wiliimantic. Mr. Risley
applied to her when he first came and and though
never left her. and always said he never would.
IL al dfsyna that she aa 70.
s's hsi %iA s% s% a%s 70 tim.
good interest; Thes, last money. it is said, she
which Was part Of the estate in witch She s was
interested was sold, and her share was about
Chicago sscursss II he did t Gf there sSs IS no
trace Of IL now and 80 far as has been learned
closure since. the death OF Mr., Risley y
the 59st hEt he had hmsolf
that he ''' Used these whenever there was was
any question about his methods OF banking. He
wros Letters 10 hs: S ssnsa Mr. EGho
rectors and signed Mr.. Eciseiss name to them
Where he got this pssper ,sp is a question, but Il
printed. lie certainly conldn't have got 1t from
Washington, and 4 he had It printed anywhere
printed il must have known that it was not to
he used for any good purpose. He was con-
psnys oiisers assert that he never had any ansthins
| Of the kind printed there.
move In the matter until nearly all OF these
things had been revealed; Then they held a
effort 10 get hold Of whatever estate Mr.. Risley
might have aye left al insurance agent lot IL be
va; known that, when Mr. RisIes came
Po Be he as .se %RsS ssa eo%s
him from a relative Of his mother. The exact
amount Of this is not known at present. but 1t is
T ,s he ss Owned ,Ts ,hEss h1u;s,
Court of Windham county to appoint an ad-
named George +. stiles. They said that II Mr.
Risley's crookcdness had been as extensive as it
OF his estate that belonged to his relatives, and
that, therefore. although the administration of
the family haa nothing to DO With it. 'Ps ProSais Se
Judge Clark ordered hearing in the matter.
s G 6Ts s a
were rsspr,esented, s, by counsel ,,, .,,,. A.,
Adams. and his mother. His sister was present.
Phelps, who it was desired should be appointed
as administrator for the family. and who had
Of 81 !S Ss ss'Sss
previous action was based on a msnnderstand-
ing, and that he would declare it null and void.
latter part of the week. and In place OF the
honor that had been given to Risey's name at
deep It was that the hearing Wond
develop a great deal Of feeling but tha lawyers
ss .Ss f.%y 'S decide. s fa os hf
by e Ss
and one other interes: involved insisted that
two. and that the appointment of two would no.
cessitate .e an unnecessary unnecessary expense. The man who
what interest the deposltors had in the estate,
any way.
ley that they won't have any; that the affair
is not as bad as i is mnde out to be"
take about It. The depositors have"
lie was interrupted here and did not finish
it. lie has all along declined 70 make o. any state
msnt whatever. and all that has como out about
ns ,s ,Ss Of the bank has he
came ouf at ths s hearing was that MIR. Rsley had
assigned his life insurance policies.
as to what became Of Mr.. Risley's money. As
as is known. There are some friends OF his who
say that he aided many business concerns in and
one concern that will admit this and what other
concerns there may be cannot be asrertained.
Mr.. Risley took to his bed he visited a certain
person to ask about his future, and he told this
town out Of a hole TO the extent OF about $50
o0 and 1hg! ri fhe M had bsen
an examination OF his effects as has SO far been
made does not show that he had assisted a
Se
OF All the money Is very deep.
has been disclosed, is this The capital and sur
plus is gone entirely: The stock is subject under
the laws of Connecticut. to an assessment, equal
to be held as follows: The Merchants Loan and
Trust Company. S31,6oO; Rockville savings
c"ishesisf % savings bank. s sa6od; AHf @il@ansic
Savings Institute. q, 900: +. S; Henry; $I.so6:
Anson HrnolS soS and an = toxfi A. ksisS
Rockville Centre, $1,000. 1t will be seen that
the greater part Of 1.-The the stock is held By tho Mer
'" Ro sasf s sSd
hHs be to
ana ,b all those IN who ars assessed psy %c the most
The people who loaned money to Mr. Risley
and took bank stock as security. of course are
out OF pocket. So are the institutions that hold
his paper with bank stock as security. Tho
totai amount Of money that is lost can only be
conjectured. What became of 1t can only be
conjectured. There Is one redeeming feature in
Rlsleys character which Ia often spoken Of in
Willimantic. He did not belong to any church.
He did not try to convince people of his honesty
by hypocritical devotion.
=" 1t was our own fault" said one loser. "Ho
didn't toll us he was honest. We only jedged
so by his appearance an his makeup He looked
honest, an he was always lookin' out to that
nobody cheated him or his bank. Nobody
thought o. lookin' out to see whether he cheated
them. He would never give up q cent. He was
not charitable. But, with all that, the people
believed in him like the gospel, and there are
people yet who say II he was back here he'd
explain 1t ALL"
The officers of the First National Bank
haven't recovered from their astonishment
sufficiently yet to discuss the situation. Only |
one thing is certain, the First National Bank |
won't resume. and his generation OF Willtmantic
citizens will never have complete confidence in
any other man. Before the mothers and the
school teachers hold another citizen up as a
model OF virtue they will see that his accounts
arc examined.