The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-25
George W. Coleman Was Ar
rested Today
AN ALLEGED DEFAULTER
Examination Of Wrecked Cambridge Ma
tionai City Bank shows Shortage
Of s200oo0-Young Bank Clerk
a High Roller.

Boston. Feh z5.-tsenrge W. Coleman
the missing bookkeeper Of the National
City Bank of Cambridge. who was want
ed for the alleged looting oi the insti
tuition TO the amount Of 100000, result.
ting in the closing Of the bank on Wednes-
day, was arrested at $3.50 o'clock to-day
bv officers Of the United States marshals
office Coleman had been missing since
one week ago to-day, one day before On
examination Of the bank was started.
Coleman was at once taken to the fed
cfal building and was sfraigned before
United States Commissioner Haynes oH
the charge Of iooting the Cambridge
bank OF more than 100000
The prisoner waived examination and
was held IN $4,000 The defendants
counsel srgued for s50.0a0. but District
Attorney French opposed IT, Pending
the seeuring Of the bond, Coleman re-
maIaad h The United States mafshals
office under a guard District Attorney
French viii present the ease to-day to
the grand jury, asking for en- immediate
Indictment
Al thg arraignment, United States Dis.
trict Attorney French declared that the
Cambridge bank shortage could not be
less than $4,000. The only thing Cole
nan said was:
Hell what dc they expect man to
do on sli.A a week."
The report gained credence last night
that Coleman was ii the vicinity and
that he had been persuaded BY his par
ents TO come forward and Be arrested,
but there was friction over the bail bond
It was said
The Banks Shortage
Hasty examination Of tile accounts of
the bank yesterday shows that the al.
legged defalcati0ns Oh Coleman viii exceed
S200Q00 which Is twice tie amount Of
the total capitalization Of the institu.
ton.
AT the close Of his first day 81 inquiry
into the tangled affairs Of the bank. for-
mer eeY. iohn E Bates, acting as rec
eeirer under orders from the treasury
department At Washington. made tie
following announcement last evening:
NO accurate statement 0f value can
be made until after a more complete eA-
animation oi the books. which viii rs
atlre ssxeHal days Inc nfelIm nary a.
AfA83%tANH 4fsAAEMAHA A9REf* 1E H9NHN #4UHs=
ono and liabilities 81 otter s410.000n
Despite his desire 70 BE conservative,
e2soy. Bates, ID predicting that the ia-
hilities would exceed 100000, admitted
that the originally announced deficit Of
$4,000 would b surpa ed.
4 Woman ii the Case?
Judging from common gossip Coleman
always had plenty af ready cash and
WAS higltfoiler n the fullest sense &c
the term. lie IS said to have had
wide Acquaintance among young women
and To have patgonIzed all the fashion.
able cafes af Boston.
Police officials and att others familiar
with Coleman In Cambridge declare that
bis constant companion for the past three
months was Mrs Marguerite Wilson
Taylor 4 young divofees who lodged
with her sister. Mrs. Thomas B. T0Iman.
7# Pleasant street.
Mrs T0lman said yesterday her sister.
who Il 26 and pretty was divorced three
years ago from Frank Taylor I'll gIoFers
viile, N II Marguerite whose maiden
name was Wilson had been Keeping con.
panY with George Coleman and had eane
away Nashingt0n's birthday femafking
that she was going an long trip but
did not tell her destination.
Marguerite. since her separation from
her husband has beer employed ID
miiliner II Boston department. stores.
Tier aunt. MFs. Reheeea Wilson af ss
Pleasant street said She beard Mar
auerite had complained II Georges at-
tention III some other Young woman
of late, biit didn't know WHO the rival
was.