, 1877-09-25

| tnauiaitot sonld venture. Two hardened mem
| bers Of the crnft callctl him to one nf the win
dors for the purpose Of trslng their luck aenln
! To request to know at,ont the cash IN hanl,
Mr. tla,ncs returned the all, cid answer. and
when told that the object Of asking the question
being declared, rrpiic,l that lie supposed II
would not be long before the s1cpusitors gut
something. stcaerc M tho information wns, It
had to suffice, Tor isp went the ~ndow, nnrl
could on liz, account l.c dupcL into holding fur.
thcr !ntcryicws with the reporters.
Along about 4 oriuck one Of the hoys con.
ncctctl with the bank rushed In anil met Mr..
llalncs, Mr.. Smith, ind others will, the cx.
ctanatfon tint he had some goott news" for
them.
scs. ,.,s ,s.,' s.r: asked Mr. Smith" oervo''s'y'
"judgc Moore a'n't going to appotnt my
Receiver. Tho dcposttors canc III AMI said they
didn't want anybody to run this bank but sIr.
1latne*."
must be some mistake aho,t IT, ~ for Mr..
Ilatncs. Ic was to0n afterwards scon to !cnr0
the place With loo Dixon rs nu escort, ami tho
presumption was TINT he was healing for Tho
court.
Ono Of tho nlr.rtprs, Mr. Frank T. Tohey,
was appealed to for information. Snw Ar.
Tpbcy Is q most nb1iCinG gentleman, but IN this
ocraston, anil this OCCASION only. he had lecI,tc,l
mot t. say TSo' THSn'sng % M the ,, "%k ta ",s @
however, that he had small amount Of stock
tu the ttlatitutton.
And now for tho plccss Of int.,rmation which
rctiecms Mr. Smith from the otherwise ccrtain
verdict whkl, tho Reporters were ready u pro-
.'slnce against HIN. to.wtt: that of lciG an III
dIyitlnal wi.Dae pcntllnnt scents to bc tn knopk
the bcst-a!d interviewing schemes ln thc1lcad
u all Gang about sn t!is way: Tho reporter
bruthcr srr,bc, wleu Mr.. S,nlth came along and
joine.l in the conversation.
"Tllcrc is ono thing" snlt1 he, "that can't be
said about john Z. liatncs. 1tclsas not bccn dis
honcat. 'Tharc mayhave brcn crroranf judgment,
tnAtscrctions ynn might perhaps csll them, but
the man doesn't live who can bring against hIm
the charge Of dishonesty Il llas been snt'l that
Ills all Is in this bank, and know II to he true.
As early as the 10Th OF September, John G.
Ila,ncs decided all his property, Ills homestead,
everything, to this bank. lie owed the bank
some n0ucy,-somethlng for AraFt OF his stuck,
Tor wh!cll he had Efyun h!a note and some other
money which he got from the bauk Subsequent
ly. When ho saw that personal sacrifices were
needed. hc drew up decd Of all his property TO
the bank, more than enough to secure llsA 0blt-
gntlona. and the decd wns to have bcon recorded
thIa morning. and woud havu been recorded
tton and thu appointment Of a Receiver. Why,
they fully cxpcctel TO 60 on With business US
usual this morning. and would have gone on II
:ney ,an't been stoppod by The lnteFfsFs''co Of
Tho reporters assured Mr.. Smith that tho
public admitted nj. Ilaincs' honesty to 10 utl-
iMpcachabtc, md weru convinced TINT Ills MIS-
fortuncs were wholly uwlun To stjrinkago in
valura, and perhaps rntler Tad errors Of judg-
n,ent Ia making III tnysstmentE.
nThcy arc I'll Eoncst,, replied tho little old
man, who Ind been rnther unconsctously, ia
himself, drawn into making statement TO
sur, to ssnrenI en-. "Ycs. sir. cycrv ot,e ~
'cm Is honest to tho inckbonc. WHY. do ytti
Know what Charlie Iiairlcs did awhile pro1 1Iis
mother llae n sayjnrs acronnt hero uf $I,WW,
Wei. when He run cotnmct,rci and was tllo
chief tonic Of conversation ayerywhcrc. Sirs.
IIa!nos ouu day said to Charlle, sWhat shall
DO With nv money, sou; draw it uutl'
Never 1Wtthcr Keen Il there. md II Won
want II. tako yuur placo IN the limo along with
tho otI,et lep5sItors. It sliali never nv said oi
vantaee S ~ Tho posion BE- oupo '04H n % hs
Mo Lu a.nw et 1es i ~ sa
thcfr chances in tho ordinary vaY. No. Keep
Ii thcru. nother.' Aud Il ii thcfo to thla ilay,H
Auu tho above Ia only another fnstattyo Of the
stsrtng yIrnc q n9ns:ty y %9d hoqor whs & Is
With I,b earnest advice TO q mur icpositor
on Saturday not to sell hcr ua,lK-hook,
whatever she did, hut to keep IL OF
81! hazetsls: n that " Of alylee l,e eacciua!y
Gers werc trying to buy 10 clatlns, and prnctI-
t1lly assurei tho public that Ills only il.tcfcsts
wero tho depository interest, and hs only MIN
to prcserYe and ma1ntaln Ills character for up-,
rlatt, honest, manly bearing. There hn't q d.
posi,or IN The whols 1850. OF more, who feels
{lIo weight OF thls great public calaniity any
more deeply than Mr: Hailtcs' sons. Every in-
tercst they tail II, tho world was to mako tho
bank pull through, and they still believe It
could laYo been done Il the institution hal been
allowed to Tuu On,
Tho reporter hung about the place until
nh0tlt & otctnck. whrn cver7boftv ir{t errot,t
tic guardians of tho vafcty-leposIt vaults, who
remained at thcir accustomed plares and woro
pcesed at By ',s .ns curious on oyes Of The gaping
than TO bo allowed TO 70 la and ret Al lie treas-
DunNo Tun nvExlNo
occasional 1oWds u anxious deposHols were
9 nrt,s eno 1sosea avoss ~ ne
Inc cxnrrfsnr.s. at,a viii, tSc hnna of ontau,f1,
cuasolation. They weru not permitted To Te-
ma1n 1nnE at time, for policeman was ever on
,I Masla VIII taa petenrtory otlef 20 "5ioYo on."
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III. 49,.