Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-03-12
THOUSANDS SHORT.
Exeter's Treasurer "Didnt do
Thyng" to the Funds.

Thyng" to the Funds.
BOSTON. Mass, March l0-Edwin =.
Thyng, town treasurer OF Exeter, \. H., has
lust been arrested here by Inspectors Nor
OF criminal Investigation. He Is charged
with the emb.zzlement of town funds,
aygregating about SlI 1000. His arrest
was brought about in singular manner.
Auditor Fuller of Exeter discovered the
shortage. and sent word to b )ston that ThynS
was probable defanlter AMI he Thought
a would be ahsc onder. Fuller cam" to Bos-
ton ut once and made the round Of the hotels
and while in the crowd near loungs
discovered Thyng who was promptly ar
rested. When he was brought into the
Office of Captain Dugan he admit ed his
guilt. but disputed the amount which 1t is
alleged he has taken. He WAS completely
broken up by his arrest. and was almost
moved to tears when his alleged mis-
doings were being dis 'ns-ei by the
captain, the inspe' tors and himself. lie
was not arrested on warrant. lie acknowl-
edged his guilt, but said the am )unt had
been oyerstated. He hal but about $3.50 in
cash on his person. and no bonds or securi-
ties. He consented togo back to New Hamp-
shire without Il fight, and was at once taken
back There he was allowed to go to his
home under surveillance, AMI there Is
strong probability that the ease against him
will be settled.
EXETER. N. H., March 10-The news that
Edward :. rhyng, town treasurer or Exeter,
is short in his accounts came up IN the start
led community rs thunder clap
from II clear sky. In him implicit
confidence bad been placed, and, out
side of a few officials. no one had
the slightest intmation that the conil-
dence had been misdirectcd. Mr.. Thyny is
80 years old. He wa, born in Exeter, his
family being one of the oldest in the town.
He graduated from the high school in 1874.
and then went to Cleveland, and, entering
the service of the Cleveland Herald, soon
became its advertising manager. He re-
turned to Exeter in 1885. his health some
what impaired. and entered the store OF his
faith r. Samuel $. Thyng grocer. His
father died Nov. II. 1891. and Edwin y.
succeeded to the control Of the business.
established 50 wears before and of large pro-
portions. The elder Thyng had been town
treasurer since lSS7.and on his death the son
was appointed his successor. an has since
been annually reelected He also succeeded
to various trnsterships which the father had
filled. lie is unmarried, living with his
mother and only sister, in manner appar-
emily within his means. He is affiliated with
the Exeter Free Mason organizations and
with Dewitt Clinton commandery. Ports
mouth: and was very popular.
Mr. Things irregularities extend two or
three years back. bat the town will not lose
a dollar. The treasurer furnished bond
for $50 900, his s,ireties for the past year
being John Templeton. proprietor OF the
News Letter: Arthur +. Cooper, superin-
tendent of the gas COMPANY. and large
real state owner: George W. Furnald. coal
dealer, and proprietor of an Exeter Ports
mouth river packet. and Mrs. Mary Il.
Thyny, the treasurers mother: me
| sureies for lS9j-9G were George NJ. Per
kins and Mrs. Thyng. Those for the
earlier years of Mr.. Thyng's term were
Mpssrs Furnald and Perkins. Should the
Irregularities be found to antedatt this year
the old bonds will he held for their just pro-
| portion.
Exeter has been hard hit by wildcat bant-
ing. First came the defaleations in
January, 1878, of n. Appleton Shnte,
cashier of the National Granite State
and Union Five Cents Savings bank.
| for about 5000. 900. with when sum he ma le
his escape to South America. II WIS iol-
lowed in 1882 by the collapse of the privht'
bank of George T.. Lane and his S2O.O)o
shor age as county treasurer. and the recent
wreck ing of the National Granite STATE by
President Warren +. Putnam, now prison
er ut Concord. Never, however, has
the town been more startled than
it was when news of Treasurer Thyng j.,
shortage reached the general public sknow,-
that created by the will OF Theolorc
Moses of Newmarket. who left 5000
in trust for his son. William r.. ana
at his death for his iiow. thea I" 20 to
Williams children. William =. died ~ Oh
years ago. His widow dial chill Hess in
1896 and the trust fund is now claimed by
the beneilciuries Of her will. \ counter
claim is set up by the num.rolS de renl-
ants Of Theodore Moses. The will l. ex-
cedinSly complicated, and Trustee Thyng
last month poitioned the supreme court to
pass upon his accounts and instruct him a.
to whom aud in what proportions he shall
pay the trust fund, which he declares no"
amounts to $500.
Latest advices say that there Is strong
probability that Thyng can make good the
shortage, in which event the ease will be
dropped. Friends are rallyinE to his
support. and many have offered linan-
cial help. Auditor Fuller believes the
shorta 20 will not exceed Sl4.oO).
Memoranda found with the tr'a,ur-
ers papers Indicate that it is s;3.5Ol.
an extends over four wears 800 IN 1871,
$1,000 in 1895, and 5000 for each Of the Two
past years, The town counsel set the dell
cheney at nearly $1,000. The Moss fund
of about $3j)0, of Which Mr.. Thyns was
trustee, is intact. John Templeion pr'prir-
tor Of the News Letter aa'l one of Mr.. rhrn =
b0ndsmen, has been nominated ~ Treasurer.