Here is a photo of he and his wife Mary Helen Denszek.
Below you will find newspaper articles about Nelson. If anyone has anything more to add, please contact me. The articles have been transcribed so that the search engine will pick up the information.
The articles were sent in from jwaldo @ nyxinc.com James Waldo.
CHARGE LOSS TO TWO TREASURERS
BIG RAPIDS BOOKS SHOW DISCREPANCY OF $4,116 TO DATE
BIG RAPIDS, Mich., June 28. - The shortage in the books of the city treasurer, which are being audited by Walter L. Schultus, was found today to be at least $4,116. Of this amount, $1,300 is charged against Ernest Franck, and $2,760 against N. E. Waldo former treasurers.
Franck showed up at the city officw today with the much desired bank books, and spent most of the day figuring in an effort to prove that his accounts were all right, and that the accountant was wrong. He still maintains that everything will be straightened out when he finishes his work.
It developed today from statements made by the bonding house representative that thw bonding house is held liable only for a definitive time, usually six months after the official leaves his office. Therefore the company could not be held for the Waldo shortage.
Mr. Waldo stands ready to settle with the city, he says, as soon as the auditor completes his work and finds out the exact amount of the shortage.
IS JAILED ON FORGERY CHARGE
Big Rapids, Mich., July 11 - Deserted by the host of friends who supported him when he was found to be short in his accounts as city treasurer, Nelson E. Waldo, aged 23 years, is in jail charged with forgery and unable to procure bonds for his release.
The complaintant against he former treasurer is Mrs. Ida Bolanger, widow of the late Napoleon Bolanger, who claims that Waldo defrauded her of $2,300 by forged notes on which he borrowed money which she received from her husband's insurance policies. Waldo is said to have admitted the forgeries and to have promised to make good.
In addition to this complaint Mayor Hopkinson declares that he will lodge a formal complaint on behalf of the city, charging Waldo with the embezzlement of $2,500 from the municipality.
CAUSES ARREST OF EX-OFFICIAL
WIDOW ALLEGES BIG RAPIDS MAN DEFRAUDED HER ON A FORGED NOTE.
Big Rapids, Mich. July 12 - Nelson Waldo, thirty-three years old, formerly city treasure, has been arrested on a charge of forgery preferred by Mrs. Ida Belanger, a widow. She charges that he got $2,900 on forged notes on which he borrowed money she received from her husband's insurance policies.
Waldo recently paid to the city $2,400, the amount of a shortage found in the city books by Accountant Walter Schultus, of Grand Rapids. He is married and has one child. No prosecution followed the discoveries of Schultus.
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FURTHER RESEARCH ON NELSON WALDO BY JAMES WALDO IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2019
