Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18
MATTOON'S
 BONDSMEN.
Suits Were Brought
 Aganist Them.
Watertown Savings Bank the Plaintiff.-It is Said Other Suits Will Follow This One as Soon as Possible.

The latest developments in the af- fairs of the Watertown Savings bank Is a suit against Mr Mattoon and his bondsmen for $2,O0O. The bondsmen are John Taylor, Emil O. Marggraff and MT Mattoon's father Another suit will be brought as soon as possi- ble, perhaps this afternoon. against the town for $14,OO0 and $6OO0 interest The bank is the plaintiff in both cases and is represented by Burpee & Car mody The first suit is to recover for sums aggregating $1,5OO alleged to have been withdrawn by Mr Mattoon, who Is said to have credited them against two or three depositors. It is upon these alleged Notifications his ar- rest was based s few days ago. The second suit is to recover for the large number of town orders and notes which the bank has held for some time.
 .. 5. Mattoon, who is prominently identified with the Watertown Savings bank and with almost every industry in the town, was in Waterbury this morning and held a longs interview with Attorney C. r. Root, counsel for the town, and afterwards with Colonel Burpee. counsel for the bank. @
 It is said thas; Mir Mattoon. treas urer of the bank, began hiss defalcas tions in 1894 and that owing to his off, cial capacity as treasurer of the banK and treasurer of the town he was able to keep his discrepancies secret and manipulate the books of both in such manner that it was almost impossd- ble to detect a fraud.
 The officials of the bank have set about inspecting the books of all the deDositors and comparing them with the entries in the books of the bank to ascertain If there are any more diff ferences between them. The question of demanding another bond from MT Mattoon as treasurer of the bank will be decided at the annual meeting of the board of directors, which will be held Wednesday afternoon, when the annual election of officers will take place also
 Statements now said to have been made by MT Mattoon since this alleged dedication came to light have been stored up against him and will be used in the criminal proceedings which have been instituted. When questioned by a representative of the bank week or so ago in reference to the interest on the orders and notes of the town and held by the bank, he was very evasive. This affair is one of the most singular things in connection with the
 
 by which the alleged discrepancies came to light.
 On the back of the orders and notes was written the usual memorandum showing that the interest on them had been paid to the bank But there was no entry on the books of the bank to endorse or. corroborate the memoran- dunn on~the towns orders and notes. Therefore. if the writing on the notes and orders was true. there should have been surplus of about $5,O0Ot or $6,- GOO on hand unaccounted for. But there was no such surplus, and when MT Mattoon was asked about this by representative of the bank he could not account for it, though at first he said that the interest had been paid, else why should it have been noted Non the towns paper? But why was it not entered on the books of the bank? he was asked. We'll, he said. it was prob ably mistake. He could not account for it. Tn the end he said that it was all mistake. Investigation showed that the bank had nof been credited with the interest.