Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-28
IN JAIL
Publisher J. ". Ketchum
Unable to Furnish
REQUIRED BAIL
Says His Account at The Bank
is All Right

Vergennes, May % - Late yester-
day afternoon Lieut.. Governor M. F.
Allen who was arrested on the charge
of aiding and abetting Cashier D. H.
Lewis in fraudently securing a loanfrom
H.W. Ward, treasurer Of the Burlington
Trust Co., without the consent of the
| directors of the back, secured bail to
the amount of $4,000 which was fur
nished by his neighbors at Ferris.
burgh
The indictment further sets up
that Mr.. Allen converted the above
mentioned loan to his own use with
the corrupt and fraudulent intent to
injure the banking institution and
that the loan was paid from funds in
the bank and that Allen was benefit
ed by this amount and that he did
wilfully counsel, persuade and abet
David Henry Lewis in so unlawfully
and fraudulently misapplying the.s sum
of IS, ,025.
In regard to the discrepancy Of s10,-
900 between his claim of what the AL.
lenS owe the bank and what has been
published that the bank claims they
owe $4,000, Mr.. Allen says that it
will be satisfactorily explained when
the time comes to do so.
The lieutenant governor stoutly as
serts his innocence OF the charge pre-
ferred against him. He also stated
that lsyer to bis knowledge was he
bencn-ssu by the money obtained
from the Burlington Trust Company,
but would not say more as he did not
court newspaper trial.
The lieutenant governor has been
the recipient Of many messages from
all sections Of the state expressing
sympa hy with him and the hope that
be would be fully exonerated from The
unfortunate conditions in which he is
placed.
In response to an inquiry as to
whether he had said that II his &C.
count was short it was due to false
entries in the books of the bank, Mr..
Allen stated that it was so. He fur
ther said that had he h d any desire
to compromise the matter to the least
degree he never would have been ar
rested. But being state official he
feels that it is his duty to undergo the
fullest investigation in order that
even a suspicion shall not be left
against him and the reputation Of the
state be left untarnished.
1t has been rumored here that H.
w. Leroy of New York, brother-in-
law of Col. Scranton and who holds
s12, 900 Of the stock, had made an as
signment. This rumor has not been
verified but it is stated on good au.
thority that the directors of the bank
understand that Mr.. Leroy's finances
are in such a condition that he can
not meet an assessment On his stock.
This Of course ,cripples the resources
for the depositors Of the bank by
Sl2, 900.
Burlington, May %. - John w.
Ketchum,. indicted for alleged COM
plicity with Cashier ID. H. Lewis in
embezzling the funds Of the Farmers
Bank at Vergennes, spent last night
in jail here being unable to furnish
the required bail Of $4,000, and he is
still In jail today.
When told in the afternoon that a
rumor was current that his account
was found to be short $40 900, he said
"It isn't my account that the scrap is
over it is the Allen account. My ac-
count is all right" When asked II
he made the figures in the bank books
which raised Lieut.. Gov. Aliens &C.
count $3.50, lhe admitted that be
did but SAID ~ didn't do it inten.
tionally."