Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02
Canaan Bank EmbezzIement
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 Canfeld Hotel, and told him t1atly that there was something wrong in his manipulation of the banks books, and intimated that it looked like embezzle- ment
 On being thus confronted Roger inn mediately confessed to Mir. Ives that he was short approximately $5, 800 in his accounts; that the money was taken shortly after he came here and that he had left Millerton considerably in debt the inference being that he had mis- appropriated the hanks funds to pay his personal debts He stated volun. larily that the amount of shortage was at one time considerably larger. but that he had managed to reduce it.
 MT. Ives immediately communicated the information of the confession to President Fuller, Director J. Henry ROraback and Examiner Coffin. who ar rived Thursday, and the suspended cashier was summoned to the bank Fri day morning, where he repeated the confession to Messrs. Fuller and Coffin, and inasmuch as embezzlement from n
  | federal government the matter passed out of the hands of the local bank officials and became government con- cern. Examiner Coffin sent for the constable and Roger was taken into custody, as related above.
 In a conversation with the examiner, before starting for Hartford, Roger, ad- mitting his wrong doing, expressed himelf as resigned to the prospect Of having to pay the penalty, and was ad vised by the examiner to make clean breast of his crime, to the District Court, saving the government as much expense and trouble as possible in the trial, thus increasing the likelihood Of receiving the minimum sentence of five years in federal prison, where, under the parole system, he might, for good behavior, be liberated on parole, after serving one third of the term inn posed.
 The affair has created a profound sensation i'll and around Canaan, aud the revelation came with the shock of an unexpected thunderbolt. All sorts of stories were soon a1oat concerning the manner and extent of the "'pecula- tions," and the ultimate use of the money abst1aoted. From the infoTma ton at hand, however, there seems to be no reason to doubt Rogers story, that the offense was committed early ill his Canaan career and that his cul- Eability since then has consisted simply in his regular and systematic covering up of the crime. He declines an op- portunity given by The News to issue statement in his own behalf for publi- cation in these columns.
 Much sympathy is expressed for his family of worthy and highly esteemed children and his young second wife, to whom he was married about four years ago, ill the grief into which the revela- tion has plunged them. And there is general regret at the downfall of citi. zen esteemed by mary as d man of at tIactive personal and intellectual parts and rare efficiency as banker and ac- countant.
 Examiner Coffin remained here until Monday afternoon, making thorough examination of the banks affairs, which, although not fully completed as yet, has brought to light no further irregu- larity than that recorded.
 A special meeting of the directors was held Saturday afternoon, at whi, h the temporary appointment of J. Il. Lansing as cashier was made perma- nent. Harry A. Holt is appointed bookkeeper, to succeed MT. Lansing.