Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-03-21
AARON B. SNOW,
A Prominent Citizen Of Jack
son, Has Disappeared.
Many Of His Fellow Citizens are Inter-
ested in Finding Him.
Forgery and Other Crooked Transactions are
Charged 10 His Account.

A special to the Bangor News from
Jackson, Me-, says:
Never have people of this usually
quiet town been in such state of ex-
citement as they are at the presen.
time over the sudden and complete dis
appearance of Aaron b. Snow, one of
the most prominint business men Of the
town, and until very recently supposed
to be one of its wealthiest citizens.
Snow is a much wanted man by
many people and a warrant has been
sworn out for his arrest by c. l.. Aus
tin, a well-known citizen of Brooks, in
which Mr.. Snow is charged with the
crime of. forgery. This is but one of
the many cases against Snow. as there
is no telling how MANY people may
have been victimized by him in the op-
erations which he has been earryin" on
far the past year.
As told IN n Eangor Daily Nawc ro-
porter. ii is a crime of dishonesty and
crime seldom eouallcd vet entirely
on a new ulan and one of ,he most dar-
ing of any of the systems Of bunco
games that has ever been seen in mis-
mart of the State.
Aaron = Snnw tha npcb wantaa
home. tItl
March & and is sunnosed to have haan
driven ia Unitv where he is said ia
have u,ssad :, sbort ,ima Win nna of
his friends after which his dieanua,r-
,nca b,s heon as co,,n,.to ,s ,han.b
the ground had swaiIowea him
Outside of the circle of the victims
little was known of tla case or of tho
axtant az th,. ona,a,inns nf cno, hnt
since then neonla wbo have heen NV
in.. Sno,v IN notes have haap oomira
ia tba front with ,ales of wac maj
show that his Imsinnss in This limo has
ba.n :. yo,,, axtansiva nra ,na has
haen ,.orriaa an y, :, ,,ann., ,ha, has
heen verv rannnara,ivn IA Mr. Snnw
,rbare am n,,nher or naonIo. who y.,,,t
him ard who win hayin antian .gainct
hin, as soon &c ha e,n h.; fo,n5 ana
rat,rnoa 10 tho nl.oa wbare h.. oar,a
fron,
The story OF, the operations of Snow
would be a very long one if written in
full. as there are hundreds of people in
this part of the State who have lost.
all they had and sometimes found out
i,f the end that they had not only given
him notes for more than they had in
the first place: Others have found that
the notes bought of him have been du-
plicated. and in many cases entirely
new notes made with their names for
ged on them for much larger amounts.
Not. only have the people of this vi
cfnty suffered but it is said that sew
eral large concerns dealing in farming
tools and fertilizers have been victim
lied by him. as well as a humbef Of
1t was several years ago that Samuel
Snow died. leaving TO- MS son, Aaron
t. Snow, his excellent farm tools, ma
chinery and weil'stocked wleh some OF
the finest cattle and horses that were
to be found. Besides this. he was sup
posed TO have left TO his son large
sum OF money. everything went 10
show fhat ne dld ana all the people OF
the town thought that sucn was the
case.
Young Snow began to do business,
first in small way in fertilizer and
farming tools. but later he went into
the same lines very extensively and
was known as the leading dealer in
these lines in this section of the State.
He also did a large business in cattle.
which he bought and sold. He was
looked upon as being one of the most
thrifty farmers in this part of the
State and was supposed by his neigh
hors to have n large amount of money.
as but a short time ago it was rumored
that he had inst fallen heir to a large
fortune bv the death of an uncle in AL
ALBANIA. This is now thought to be a
myth hut II was believed by many peo-
ple in this and adjoining towns.
c; ;s , man of tba most exemnIarv
80 ~" r. ,aas n. s,,,nl,a nhov
ia;',,. ~ ,,,,,, n.rd. ona has never
49,, l ,..,o,,,, - ,,a ,,,.,,, fron, home for
,,io,,. f,r ,o,n,. ,.a.rs mill his de-
80 an March He was very
iIa..a r.,,d and thiy with his uood bah-
80 10 ,,,a., ,,ann,o ha,iexa that he
,,s,,et hove al, tho nronartv ,hat had
naa1 ,nft 90 hin, ana nat ha must
,,o,,a ,,oao on,d 1o,l from his husi-
,,ass ,rhus be was lacked mon as one
nt ,ha host hnsiness man of The Mace.
n was ahout last November that his
,rorh,es of a financial nature began.
Ho wanted ia hire ,hont -1SOO to meet
come nrassinp oh,ipation which came
due at that time. He went to the bank
o,,t tho p,opay Soon a ftor the officials