The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-24
LEWIS WARNER FOUND
ARREST OF A MASSACHUSETTS, BAN
KER WHO EMBEZZIED s64o,OOO.
Captured in Louisville, Where He Had
Been Living for Three H0nths-
Only 81 i'm His Pockets.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 2S.--IIewis War
ner. the defauIting president and treasurer,
respectively. of the Hampshire County Ma
tional Bank and the Hampshire Savings
Bank of Northampton, Mass, and for
whose capture reward of $1,000 is offered,
was arrested this afternoon in this city.
Warner embezzled upward of $4,000 three
months ago. and has been at large ever
since, although he has been tracked by
countless detectives.
A few days ago Captain Sullivan, chief
of detectives, received information that
Warner was here. Ever since the whole
force has been at work. and the depots have
been constantly watched. After three days
fruitless watching, Captain Sullivan came
on the man this afternoon standing near
the corner of Fourth and Market streets.
When captured he had 81 in his pockets and
a gold ring. These were all his valuables.
Warner was taken to the Office of the chief
of detectives and subjected to close exam
ination. There he broke down and confessed
The whole affair. saying he would go back to
Massachusetts without requisition papers
Warner stated that he was an officer of two
banks. treasurer OF one and president of the
other. He speculated freely and lost large
sums Of money, and now is poor. This aft
ernoon he was called on by the mayor and
several members of the Board of Safety.
He talked affably with them, and told the
mayor that he was a Shriner, when he no.
ticed his Honor's charm. For the past three
months Warner has been. in Louisville. He
boarded at 205 East Broadway, and was
known by the name of Frank Williams.
From the Hampshire Savings Bank, of
Northampton, of which he was treasurer,
Warner populated in various ways $500 600.
From the Hampshire County National
Bank, of which he was president, he made
away with $240, OO0 He posed as a man of
some means, and said that he was on the
lookout for an opportunity to invest his
capital to advantage He made a few ac-
quaintances while here, and though of
somewhat retiring disposition, made IA
vorable impression on all who met him. He
made himself especially agreeable to the
newspaper fraternity, and his figure became
familiar one about various newspaper Of
fees. He was in the habit Of calling daily
at the Office of the Courier-Journal for a
copy of the Springfield CIass.) Republican,
whose columns he eagerly scanned Only a
short time before his arrest he had invited
reporter of that paper to partake of his
hospitality at a well-known cafe. His alb
stracted manner at times led many to be-
lieve that he was in trouble of some sort.
VIII BE Taken to NOrthamptOn.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, July 23.-Lewis
Warner, ex-president of the Hampshire
County National Bank, and treasurer OF the
Hampshire Savings Bank, a defaulting Off
cial from both institutions, who was arrest
ed in Louisville, KY, to-day, will be brought
back to this city to answer for his crimes.
Sheriff Clark and Chief of Police Maynard,
armed with warrant for his arrest, issued
by the grand jury at the June sitting, left
for Louisville tonight They expect to
reach there Sunday night, and as Warner
has agreed to return without extradition
papers, they will probably be back in
Northampton by Wednesday next. A hear
ing will be given him in the District Court
on the charge of embezzlement If the funds
of the Hampshire savings Bank and he
will be held for the Superior Court, which
convenes next December.
warmers defalcations aggregate $o4OOC0
the savings bank being the heaviest loser
lie had way of undertaking the liabilities
and overestimating the assets, and using the
funds thus made available for his own pur-
poses He was an extensive manufacturer
particularly in the bicycle line, and was I'm
successful. In the last four months before
his flight he was a heavy speculator and
lost large amounts The discovery of his
populations was made by a simultaneous ex-
animation of the two banks. He fled from
his home on April 70 and has since been in
the West.