The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-03-03
LOSS PLACED
AT $4,000
Amount Said 10 Have Been
Stolen BY Coleman
UNDER ARREST AT BOSTON

HELD IN $50 ooo Bonds 70 Await Ae
ton Of Grand Jup--Lhs Appears
10 rsye Been a Song For oefauiier
ard His Friends--Repor; That Ne
viii gsrose Gamblers Who Got
$40, 900 From Him
Boston. FEB q George " Cole
man. bcokkeeper Tor the First Ma
tional bank in Cambridge. was arrest
ed in this city upon his arrival from
the west lie was taken in custody
by Inspector Nielan Of the Cambridge
police, who Was In company with
United States Deputy Marshal Ban
croft and John ] Cronin, lawyer
First taken 10 police headquarters
10 Cambridge, the bookkeeper later
was driven In carriage TO the feder-
al building in Boston, where he
was arranged before Commissioner
Hayes. and held on a charge OF max
ing false entries. involving not less
than $3.50 000 This was SIG zoo
more than the amount FIRST announced
by National Bank Examiner Pepper
He waived the reading Of the com
plant and the examination and was
held in $50. 900 bonds to await the ac-
ton OF the federal grand jury, which
is now sitting.
After arraignment. Coleman was
taken back to the cage In the mar
shals ONCE. 10 be given time 10 pro-
cure ball None was forthcoming. so
the prisoner was taken TO Charles
street Jail
Under the federal statutes. the Of
Tense with which Coleman is charged
is characterized as misdemeanor, and
the penalty is not less than Ave years
and not more than ten years impris-
onment.'
Coleman was searched by Bancroft
On his person was cash amounting TO
1888 AZ. a bunch of keys. card case,
pocketbook and an automobile license.
These and his gold watch were taken
and placed in charge of the district
attorney. karat and a half dia-
mond was worn by the prisoner, and
this he was allowed to retain.
Revelation follows revelation con
corning the manner of life which |
young Coleman led while bookkeepei
OF the National City bank and TO judge |
from what has come to light It Is easy
to see how the Sill 81 a week clerl |
disposed of the money that he is
charged with having taken.
According to lawson Lockbart there |
were some hilarious times In the |
rooms of the National City bank after |
hours. The doors were closed after
o'clock, following which II was
no unusual thing for friends Of Cole
man TO drop in. women calling oc-
casionaly, as well as men While |
Coleman was working on his books
doctoring them as II seems now
there was boxing matches, singing
and drinks for those who cared to In
dulge from the bottle of whiskey
which Coleman had on hand.
One of the heaviest individual losses
sustained by Coleman was In the Bos-
ton mayora election. Firm In the be.
lief that Storrow would be elected
Coleman snapped up bets right and
left, with the result that when Fitz
gerald was elected. the young book
keeper was about $40, 900 out OF pock-
ct For another thing. Coleman dab
bled extensively In stocks.
Around town, Coleman seems to
have been prince of good fellows
For some time he had suite Of rooms
In the Hotel Lenox, besides which he
provided rooms for friends He gave
stag parties. in which nothing less
than champagne was worthy the
thiNt of his followers, and 50-cent
cigars topped on
Promises TO expose gigantic faro
bank swindling game, by which
prominent men have been feeced, are
made. II Is said that Coleman will
tell of the faro bank that got the
as well as countless thousands
from other bank employees In the vicin-
fly of Boston.
Coleman. already desperate, II Is
said, because OF his great shortage,
was an easy victim, and IL Is believed
that $40 600 Of the banks money
dropped into the faro swindlers
hands after they had gained his conf
ience and made him believe he could
iouble his money In an hours play
AS In the case OF every victim, he was
taken TO New York and lost his money
lnder the belief that he was In a con
spiracy to cheat through the treachery
IL trusted faro bank dealer.
Cambridge, Mass. Feb. 2S. ELLIS |
5. Pepper, the national bank exam.
liner who went over the accounts OF
George w Coleman, bookkeeper OF |
The National City bank OF Cambridge
last December, and failed TO detect
The shortage. was suspended by Con-
troller Of the Currency Murray, who
In Washington that he
proposed to make an investigation tc
determine why Pepper did not dis
cover the false entries in Coleman's
books and learn the exact condition OF
he bank.
Samuel NJ Mann, 0 national banl
examiner Of Baltimore. has been in
strucied to proceed to Cambridge and
make an examination OF the books OF
he National City bank.