The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-05
AS to Gang Of Faro Artists
Who Trimmed Him
DEFALCATION IS GROWING
Developments Coming Rapidly IN the
Cambridge Bank andal-Impor-
tant Witnesses Rounded


man, the Cambridge bank looter, has
been examined to-day BY District At
torney pelletier, as to the activities
Of the gang Of faro swindlers, who are
alleged to have trimmed New England.
ers ont Of hundreds of thousands oi
dollars IN the last few years Other
officers 81 The wrecked bank win also
be examined Bank Receiver Former
Governor Bates refuses to give out tie
amount Of colemans defaleation until
after submitting bis report to Comp
troller Murray Of the treasury, but Il
is believed it will exceed s200000.
Late yesterday afternoon Frank b.
Won Blarcom, manager Of the curb
brokerage firm Of J. Thomas Reinbarl
81 Dsvonshire street, and Frank L.
Crocker, clerk for the same firm, were
served with summonsos to appear Be-
fore the United states attorney in the
federal building for examination ia con.
nection with the case.
They were cl0seted with Assistant
United States Attorney William II
Garland from 4.3o to o'clock Charles
Fl DeWoodY, special assistant 10 the
United States attorney general. took
part IN the examination Of the two
men, and Special Examiners Risley
Brown and John D. Fernsler were pres
ent AT the conclusion Of the exam.
ination the men were dismissed.
The summons for Won Blarcom was
served By Deputy Marshal Frank A.
Young, and TIE summons for Crocker
was handed to him hy Deputy Mar
shall Charles A Bancroft The deputy
marshals remained IN attendance an
I'll the two brokers were dismissed
after the examination, and it was
generally understood that the matter
of an arrest hinged on the statements
made By the two men.
No bail has been furnished for Tie
release Of Wilson Lockhart, who had
assisted Coleman in keeping the books
at the Cambridge National City bank,
the amount ot bail having been sec
at s50so00 yesterday
AH Important Witness.
Next ii Importance to the rraiqnmeut
Of f.oekhart was the unsupported intro.
dnetion into the case AZ 3 witness, ST
Harvey S. 6albraith Of "a Jay street
formerly employed as a mes
senser at the deiunct Institution fog
savings.
Galbraith Is at present employed as
time clerk at the plant Of tie Carver
Cotton Gin works in East Bridgewater
lie received q summons at his lodgings
ia that town at I o'clock Thursday night
to appear early yesterday at the federal
building and was on hand al 3 o'clock.
tie didn't know about The arrest 0f Lock
hart II the ease until he read tue morn
ING papers On the way to Boston
aalbraith i said 70 be one 81 the gov
ernmeats most important witnesses Ia
the case they are weaving about certain
persons and be has been sworn to secrecy
since the lengthy conference he had with
Assistant United States District Attoi
ney Garland and Examiner Charles + I
De Woody Of the department Of justiee |
following Lockhart's arr8igmeHt
Last November Galhaith evered bis
l0uneetion with the National City Baak /
1f Cambridge where for three years lie
had been employed ats messenger. While +
" the bank he was intimately acquaint
81 with Coleman and Lockhart, who was
employed az messenger AZ the bank for
about IS OF So 4 week before Galbmith I
got the position ID 1906
Ga braith was closetsd with the All /
.horities for heurs yesterday and everv
word Of his examination was taken down
8y stenographer
Tive Of the secret service men who
have been detailed on the ease bv the
federal government visited the bank yes. +
.erday morning and after short con
terence with Receiver Bates called on
two Cambridge young women A story
was current that Che arrest Of one of +
hese women might occur during thc aay
butt the Cambridge police ard the deputy i
we're withdrawn temporarily (
rom the ease at 8 O'Clock last night.
without having made an arrest