, 1877-08-30
WHERE'S SPENCER :?
The President Of the State
Savings Not to Be
Found.
Circumstances Which Intli-
cate IIo Has Gone q
P1easuring.
An Awful shrinkage in the Assets
The Canal & Dock
Stock.
How the Bank Was Mi1kea
for the Benefit of Mr..
Spencer.
Scenes in Front Of the Insti-
tution...Tl,e Wrctctcd and
Bcggared Depositofs: .
Another Statement by the AS
signee.--He Is Still Examin.
ing the Books.
The Creditors Not Satisfied with Him
Meeting Field Yesterday.
What Dobblns Has to Say Regarding Ills
Dealings NTH Spencer.
Scenes in Front Of the Insti-
tuti0n..-T1le Wrctchcl and
Bcggared Depositofs: .
Another Statement by the AS
signee.--He Is Still EXAMINE
ing the Books.
The Creditors Not Satisfied with Him
Injecting Held Yesterday.
What Dobbtns Has to Say Regarding Ills
Dealings NTH Spencer.


WHERE Is HE?
has srEHcER GONE ON rLEAsunE-TR1r1
All the Information ohtainablc goes to prove
that David D. spcuccr, the c1-Pfesidcnt ot tho
State Savings Institution, has CONC of sonlc-
where will, bis family on q plcasure-trip, and
that he doesn't intend TO show himself in Chi
cago at my time In the near future. When Air.
Spencer WINS seen BY TRIBUNE reporter satur-
day afternoon, he stated that l,c was going to
Ncw York tho following evening with carpet
bag OF securities, for the purposo Of raising
money on them from tho banks there. sFrc-
aumabiy such trip should be hurried one,
made simply for the purpose OF
visiting Tho banks; but, contrary
10 what ono would expect, he
took his wife along with him on this ,1lt.lc ex-
curs'on. A reporter visited tho house at the
corner Of Prairie md Egan avenues last night,
antl found it In state Of total darkness. Not
light was TO be seen III dwelling Of stable.
Nc servants could bc discovered after An cncr-
gc.lc pulling Of tue door-bcll, and ono Of tho
nclghbofs STATED that the whole family had gono
away with Mr.. Spencer Sunday, and tho n,an-
sion was actually deserted. 1t therefore be-
comes questionable whether yir. Spencer ever
went to New York. at all. or, II ho
did, whether ho went to anr Of
tho banks, OF figured there under
his own name. Inquiries inadc by TRIBUNE
representatives at nil the New York hotels and
nt the banking Institutions
FAILED TO SHOW ANYTHING CONCERNING MN.
II he went there With securities to ru!so money
he would presumably have gono to the Chemical
and the other Institutions with Nh!ch he hal
been in tho habit Of doing business. But ho
didn't 20 there. Ho may hava taken tic sccuri-
tics, but he certainly made no effort to gcaltzc
on them.
It ia more than likely that, when tho deed
Of asaIgnmcnt was dn,wn up Saturday,
and signed and handed over TO Judge
1}cckwttb ME. Spencer knew that 10 wou}d not
return, And It Is ycry probable that, instead
Of telcg.uphtng from New York Tuesday that
10 was unable to raise tho. money. md that,
therefore. the assignment to Col. Taylor must
be handel to that gentleman, It was under
stood bpiore he left that It WIS to be delivered
to the Colonel Tuesday, aud that this postpone.
mcnt waa simply To give afr. Spencer tins to
ta1;c his pleaaufo.trtp to New York and beyond
pundislurbtd and unfno!cstcd. a reporter
cndcayorcd 10 find Judge Beckwith ycs.
terday evening at bis house, With 4 viow
o1 questioning MN eohee1n'ag these interesting
polnts'-as TO "aethef aa haa aeafa from alF'
Spencer Iuesdh3' ana 1ust w"at conversation
he had haul w'th aln' saturday, waen LUG aaslgn'
mcnt wa drawn up' hut tllo inmates Of Judge
bcckwlth's nousa kna" nothing ot his where.
abouts,-dian't Know "heFe no was ana aldn't
know swlen hc woula cou'e honae' lho re-
porter's belief Was tnat the Judge was IN TUG
hoaso A. the time.
4 Journal reporter had an lntcrSle" with
fEaar u. SMITH
Yesterday, Ia which that gentleman stated that
for two years hc had not allowed me acrVanta
employed IN bis fam'ly to deposit thelf earn
tngs Ia tho State savings institution, because no
knew 1t wa conducted BY scoundrel IN ono
instance no nad 'ns'stca on = deposit Of s1,a
be'ns "1thdsawo' als: em1ta ea'd taat Whl!o
spencer wa connected with TIC cook county
National hanks before ha bought the stato
saFla9s laa@ltat'oh' ~ attempted to throw
tho elevator asIn o. deoFgo Armour q;
co. INTO oaasfaptsY, on notc
for vt0,No OF me commission hrm
OF Mum u seoul, when tue COOK County bank
bad discounted. Upon tho trial his (spenecr's)
oath WIS opposed oy saat o. such bankers -
". F.Coo'oaush' Frank stus2es' and sol Smith
and 1t the close OF the trial It Wa ludlcialy do
clsred that spenees's statement could not ba
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