Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-11-12
NOTE TELLER ALvoRD.
Life of Official Who Robbed New
York's First National Bank.
USED TO BRAG ABOUT HIS WEALTH.

Ball by Wearing Diamonds Valued
mt alphabetically Furnishings o.
His Mount Vernon HOme-His TrOu
bile With u Church.
Cornelius l.. Alvord, Jr., the $5,00(
year bank note teller, who robbed
the First National Bank OF New York
one of the oldest and richest financia
institutions in the United States, OF
100000, maintained the most luxuri
Gus establishment in Mount Vernon
the home of many very rich New York
business men, says the New York
World. lie lived at the rate of $780, 0C
a year. His magnificence has been the
talk of the town ever since lie went
there to live, six years ago.
He made no effort to conceal his eX'
travagancc. On the contrary, he
fiaunted it before his fellow townsmen.
He did not regard the leaders of Mount
| Vernon society exactly with contempt,
but they were not often invited to par
| take of his lavish hospitality. He was
q princely entertainer, and his guests
| were usually people from New York.
Occasionally he would invite the may
or of the town, Edwin X. Fiske, to
banquet, also some of the members
of the City club, the fashionable organ
ization of Mount Vernon.
Alvord was in the habit of talking
somewhat contemptuously about his
salary. He said to one Mount Vernon
friend: at it only flea bite to my liv-
ing expenses, but the position of note
teller is valuable one to ME. 1t
throws me into contact with people
who give me valuable information
about Wall street and enables me to
make about $4,000 year"
To others he often spoke Of the finan-
cial interests lie had outside the bank
and frankly said they brought him
large sums yearly. All of his friends
Regarded him as a successful Wall
street operator, a man accustomed to
dealing in hundreds of thousands. His
trade was sought by the shopkeepers
with avidity, and he was regarded
Throughout the business section of
Mount Vernon as the most desirable
customer in the town. His credit was
never questioned. He ran big bills. but
always paid promptly whenever pay
ment was requested.
There are many outstanding accounts
with the tradespeople there now, and
when the news of the defalcation reach
ed them they became badly worried
Mrs. Alvord usually paid all OF the
bills contracted with the local people,
She had all account of her own in the
Second National Bank of New York
and paid the bills by check. Mrs. AL
word is big, snowy looking woman of
3S or 40, with yellow hair and a fine
complexion. She has grown stout in
the last few years, but is Il fine looking
woman. Alvord weighs nearly 300
pounds and is so fat that he walks with
some difficulty. He is tremendous
eater, fond of the richest of table deli
Icacies and has always drunk cham.
pagne at dinner. The Alvords have
three children Helen, aged 8; Harry,
aged 5, and Gladys, aged ?.
The home In Mount Vernon is not
any finer OIL the outside than the neigh
boring houses. 1t is at DOT Summit |
avenue, in Chester Hill, the fine resi-
dental section of the town. All of the
property in that neighborhood is re.
stricted. The Alvords went to Mount |
Vernon six years ago. He bought the |
land on which the house stands for Sc |
600. The plot has frontage of 100 |
feet and depth Of 100 feet The house
cost originally $4,000 to build, but its !
Interior has been changed and elabo-
rated from time to time. Much money
was spent on the dining room which is
paneled with expensive woods.
The villa Is three story affair paint
ed white and yellow and combination
Of the Queen Anne and the colonial in
architecture. 1t has a broad piazza In
which are eight big, comfortable loung-
ng chairs. The stairway leading from
the entrance hall to the second floor is
broken by big square platform in the
middle. On the wall above this plat
-orm Is long distance telephone The
telephone service of the local COMPANY
vas too restricted for the sumptuous
lote teller.
There are several good paintings on
he walls of the front drawing room
ma some costly bits of statrmry about
he apartment. The sideboard in the
lining room glitters with cut glass and
llver. The barn attached to the house
one Of the finest in Mount Vernon
nd ab2lt the biggest. Alvord gloried
II having the finest equipages in the
own. His wife had a victoria and Il
'rougham, both of the showiest and
eWest models, and different team
or each vehicle. Alvord was always
rlven to AMI from the station in a
drawn by third team. His
hlldren nave horse and a blackboard 4
IN all, the $4,000 year bank teller
ept seven horses and employed
oachman anu groom, in addition to
lfee house servants. One of the car
age teams cost him $1,000. and he .
ana 5000 for q silver plated set Of
rougham harness. He always bought
he best of everything and never bag.
lei over price. The Summit avenue
roperty and all of it's contents, in.
udlng the stable, vehicles, horses 4
C., are in the name of Mrs. Alvord.
hese are worth in the aggregate about
$1,000
He gave Mrs. Alvord diamond lew
ry which is worth between $4,000
I'd $4,000. This accounts for nearly