Historically Speaking: Harry Hough and Dover s 1899 bank scandal
Fosters Daily Democrat
Harry Hough left town on Sunday, June 4, 1899. A day or so prior to this, bank examiners had arrived at the Cocheco Bank, located at the northerly corner of Central Avenue and Third Street, and discovered some discrepancies.
As assistant treasurer of Cocheco Savings, Hough was responsible for the day-to-day operation of accounts, deposits, etc., and under questioning during a records review on Saturday, he acknowledged that he might have been derelict as to his duties, but promised to make amends. The following morning, bright and early, he took the train to Boston with $3,500 of the bank s money in his possession.