Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-03-11
THOUSANDS SHORT.
ENeter~ Treasurer "Didn't dn
Thyng'' to the Funds.

ENeGFr- Treasurer "biun'I tu
Thyng" To- the Funds.
BOSTON. Mass, March edwin -
Thylr. toxin treasurer of Exeter. y a.. ha-
iu,i bGrn arrested here bv Inspectors Nor
ri--y aud M-Garr 90 the Boston Iurrau
Of criminal investigation. IT, j. charged
with the eWiHfsElrWrGt uf town fgud-,
asgrrratin. about -l4.Hll Hi- ARREST
wa brought about in singular manner.
Auditor Iull-r cot Exeter discovered the
shortage. aud sent word Ia T. 1-tHu that Ihyug
was probable driaultrr auu bee Thought
q would Boz u,.~-uudrr Fuller ram- Go l.'~-
ton 40 once and mldrthe round cot thr hotels
and whit. iu the crowd urur Young
discovered Inyng who was promptly ar
rested. When b" Was brought int" the
office Of Captain buGan ne admitted his
guilt. but disputed the amount which % D.
alleged be has taken. tie wa completely
broken up by his arrest. aud was almost
moved tu tears when his alleged mis-
tOin@S We're being discussed hy the
captain. the Inspectors aud himself. ll"
was not arrested ON a warrant. H. acEUuwi-
edged his guilt. but said the amount had
been oyer-tatrd. H. had but ahDU. sljn iu
cash ON his person. and no bonds or secure
ties. He consented 10 - back Go New liuwp-
shire without fight, and was al once taken
back. There hr was allowed Co - 10 his
home under surveillance, and there i-
strong probability that the ra-v against him
VIII bee settled.
ENErER. y. H.. March s-Ihe news that
Edward :. fhyng. town treasurer of Exeter.
l. short in his accounts came upon the start
led community ~ thunder clap
from a clear SKY. In him implicit
confidence had been placed, and. out
side of "a few officials. NO one had
the slightest intimatiou that the cuuii-
deuce hal been mi-directrd. Mr.. Ihyuc is
80 years old. lie was born ia Exeter. his
family being one of the oldest in the town.
lie graduated from the high school in 1874,
and then went 10 Cleveland, and, entering
the service Of the Cleveland Herald. soon
became its advertising manager. lie re-
turned to Exeter la 1855. his health -Ime-
what impaired, and entered the store Of bis
faith r. Samuel $. Tnyug grocer. His
father died Nov. l.. 1881. and Edwin ).
succeeded to the control of the business
established 80 years before aud of large. pro-
portions. The elder Thyug had been town
treasurer since 1857, and on his death tin son
WIS appointed his SUCCESSOR, aud has since
been annually reelected. He also succeeded
to various tru-tership- which the father had
filled. lie is unmarried, living with his
mother and only sister, in a manner appar-
emily within his means. H. il am lated with
the Exeter Free Mason organizations and
with Dewitt Clinton cumMundtry. Ports
mouth, and was very popular.
Mr. Thugs Irregularities extend two or
three years back. bat the town will no, lose
dollar The treasurer furnished u bond
Tor so 600 his ~Nrntir~ for the past year
being John Irmprtou. proprietor of the
News Letter Arthur I. Cooper. SuPrriu-
trudrnt Of the gu~ COMPANY. and "a large
real estate owner George ". Furuald. r3Il
dealer, aud proprietor Of an Exeter Ports
mouth river packet. and Mrs. Mary Il.
Thyug the trra-urrrs mother. The
surotics for lS9j-gG We're George VI. Per
kns and Mrs. IhynE. Those for the
earlier years of Mr.. Thyng'- term were
Mrssrs. Furnald and rrrkins. Shputd the
irregularities be- found to untclatr th.- year
the old bonds Will bee held for their Just pro-
portion.
Exeter has been hard hit 10y wildcat hank
ing. First came the defr."atiuu~ in
January 1873. Of y. Appleton Shutc,
cashier of the National Granite State
and Union Five Cents Savings bank
for about 5000 900. with when SUN he made
his escape to South America. 1t was fol-
lowed in lss2 by the collapse OF the private
bank OF George T.. Ian" and his S2O.010
shortage As county treasurer, and the recent
wrccking of the National Granite State by
President Warren I. Putnam, now a prison
er at Concord. Never. however. has
the town been more startled than
it was when news OF Treasurer Thyug's
shortage reached the general pub.ic's kuowl-
edge. one of the trusts held Mr. Ihyng Is
that created by the will OF Theodore
Moses of Newmarket, who let $1,000
in trust for his son. William F.. and
at his death for his widow, then to 20 TO
Williams children. William =. died 30 odd
years ago. His widow died chiIdle-- in
1896 and the trust fund i now claimed bv
the UeneNriarios Of her viii. \ counter
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