Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-30
BATH IS INTERESTED.
Belts Well.known Therc..Probab'y Ovar
S25 600 Of Bath Monty ''lhvestcd.'

Bath. Nc. oct. s9.-The Times says;
Bnth find herself decidedly Interested
in th, news that The members OF me
firm OF }. NJ Fisher 4 co. ot Boston.
mr.. under the suspicion ot the United
States marshars Ollie" in that city ana
~ tho post office department, also that
tho three. members Of the firm nave
been out since representatives oi hCIe
sam have done them the honor TO Wlsh
10 visit them, also that the 'prokaSt
business Of this great concern may
have been nothing more than fraud
although nothing less than a gigantic
fraud.
Bath is Interested for two very good
reasons On" is that an indelinlt"
amount Of Bath money. possibly $4,000.
possibly less. possibly moro. Is IN
vested with the great J. NJ. Fisher
concern. The other is that u. T.. l|"tts
who is one of the members of th,. firm.
Who have been suddenly called called
away Is very we'll known in this city
and has spent much time here, eSpeC-
tally in summer.
Belts has many friends here. He ana
his family spent six weeks ~ Por'am
las; summer with II. T.. Stcts"n ana y.
A. Percy ana their families He is Il
member of the kcnnehec Yacht Club.
as is also VIM. 4. Belts. and owns 4
small steam yacht the tyclop9, in
which he ana some Bath friends had
rather an exciting experience on a trip
from Boston To this port. Inst summer.
The little vessel lost her propeller ANA
Il part of her shaft about /" miles off
Scguin in the small hours IT the morn
ana drifted helpleSsly until picked ny
by a fishing smack bound into tund,'
Harhor.
These friends arr dumbfouutir3 J.,
the startling news that Belts fitn
III disgrace ana h Il fugitive. ana rr.
fuss. Z" believe that there is not SON,
horrible mistake. They maintrln con
ild"ntly that when his side OF IL" ca,.
j. made public things viii look .!if
fcrently.
Bctls married ii Woolwich gin. ~.
several years ago. and thar is how il
hrpnenS to be known iii this locality. II.
wa always liberal ami pleasing, cn
tertain0r when htrt' ANA seemed t. hay,
.5roat liking for ire SIirtnng City.
ast Summer for the benefit oi n
Path friends he used ~ keep them posi-
.d On the stock market by special dil
patches which h. furnished without ~ :
pens" To them. The list was pihli-ht.
in In. Times until the branch Of the Met
rDpoiitan Stock 90. was established
Mr.. BcttS always entertained Bath pea
PIE who visited Eosfnn in Il Pheasant man
ntr. Several Bath citizens vino have dom.
business with til" firm wery = zen ~. !.
reporter for the Times. Tuesday and thtl
al, expressed themselves as perfcrtly
confident that i:.ttS II tail right Their
ar. several in town who claim that tia p
never have lost money ny J. NJ Fisher a
60 but have mad" some 1t is rrnurt.,!
that during thr past month cunNidcrunl,
money i'll this locality has been With
drawn from that firm and that 1t ~.
obtained without any difficulty.
The contrary that men prominent in tn.
business and political affairs Of tho cit
III" heavy investors with til" conrcri,
and that they ar" anxious. II cannot b..
learned definitely. however. Just how
much E1th moner Is in the hands ~ III,
iirnl. 1t is placed ~ s1rne az high \.
~1.n". \ conservative estimate, is that
exceeds f2j.irr. Further tl"y.!ur,rncnt+ ar,
aSait"1 with interest
"A r'pf'-S. utItiv'a Of tho Times in H,~
toil t'i"Srdph"L. this noon. as follows:
a lh'. FISHER offices arc ni.n ANA there
~ no excitement there. Up a. noon non.
fhe he missing partners have. b.ru diS.ny-
CFe,l The clerks claim that the thing i,
tNetEtat"'i. hut nn money IL being paid
a second dispatch received late in tn
afternoon says:
~. NJ. Fisher x Cn. have lust DIV,
the representative" ~ the Times M inter
view. They claim that tn" troIbl,. NIL
ne OVER IN seven days ami that they car
nay dollar ~. dollar that their cunccrr
not bucket shop AMI That every
thing IS all right"