Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-07
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By Report of the Committee of the Legislature,
am held up TO the public as the principal person
connected with the large deialcatlon IN he Bank OF
Virginia and, as perceive, they have been led 10
roneous conclusions by those from WHOM tbey derive
their information induced by sense IF justice to
appear in my own Defence and to relate al The crcum.
stances so far as | am concerned, 10 the pubic.
Those who are not conversant with the Interior
apement of the Bank of Virginia cannot readily
ceive the difficulty clerk may be placed u, especially
those who keep the accounts of the private customers
of the Bank who always have as much as they can do
without having extra duties imposed on them. Before
the oyerdraft of Merrill < Green was known TO me, !
had acted as Second Teller for more than ialf the day
for upwards of three weeks (hlr. Archer the Second
Teller being sick, as a reference 10 his books will shew
so that could not pay that attention to The accounts
on my ledger that should otherwise have DONE The
account Of Merrill Il Green considered as that did
not REQUIRE my particular attention. for the following
reasons: that | could not perform extra duties and
keep strict watch all The accounts, there were
UPWARDS Of n thousand on my Ledger, and my atten-
ton was called TO those accounts which were cnns
dered the most doubtful. b. w. Green, at that time,
appeared to have almost unlimited credit at the Bank
of Virginia. and possessed the confidence Of the Pre-
sident Directors, and Cashier, will appear from the
books of the Bank, from the LIST Of Jny, 1893 to 1st
January 1910, his discounts ranged from % TO 10
thousand dollars during that time either directly in
directly for his benefit At the time OF the overdras
they were about completing the Petersburg Railroad
Bridge and expected them TO realize large amount
of money from that source. had been absent from
Richmond nearly fortnight, and my return as has
been asserted with truth, really astonshed when
informed there was an overdraf and such an extent
and must have shown considerable uneasiness real
y felt it. although upwards of $1,000 had been deposit
ed to the credit Of the account several days before
with which could have had agency. went i'm
medately in pursuit of Green and he promised to make
the account good but said it would take time first,
but would make deposes fast as he could pro-
cure the funds, and he continued to do until the
Of 1913 o. which was carried to new Ledger, and
afterwards paid As to the manner in which the ac-
counts were made good, never knew more than did
about Others the depostes made with the Second
Teller in the regular way, and posted them from the
proper book In reference to the assertion made by
any officer Of the Bank of Virginia. that said the over
draft was all made good the day after my return most
unequvocally deny it, there is one word oftruh
in it; and refer TO Mr.. Cowling, who knows he in
qured repeatedly of me about it, and never said it
made good until it was The overdrat was not
kept secret, all the officers in the Bank knew it
with the exception ofthe President and it has been
fortunate for me that he did not know it, as it could
then have been settled Green fully able to set
tie it at that time, and and my family would have
been saved the modification have been compelled to
gard to the overdrat in January, 1885, positively re-
fused to charge the Checks the then First Teller ad
mtted on oath, but he insisted my doing SO, and
said he would take the responsibility. When left my
Office in the Bank Of Virginia, about the middle OF
Feby, 1885, Qeavng all the accounts correct SO far as
knew my resignation received by the Board OF
Directors, and it then my intention to have left
the employment Of the Bank altogether, but
sier situation was rendered me by the Cashier the du