, 1877-02-27

maxim mating un M ihe g accounts Of tho ucnetal he was
"In whose nama Is II t1cposltcdl"
M..Iohn Macarthur, Postmaster"
~ haye been informed by one Of the hon1s-
men that the bank haa retused to pay over this
Institution, Is thero any truth in Tue atoryl"
II liavc never heard nE II. VIC have not
drawn any clerks on the bnnk for Ioog time.
the for aa9 / ss'po"''b' a'aoFd'"s to our 0ok'
T1Io reporter chartered horso-car With a
punched ticket and proceeded to The Hon
National Bank, on the curncr Of ualstcd aud
Washington streets.
Bald tho newBgatllcrcr 10
GEORGE =. FULLER, TIE CASHIER,
s9ooo Of Tho Posi-: :('tllcc 1npl,ey whtel you re-
iS,s t9 t,n r., oTef hsso,s Gen. MsA,sur Is In
NJ ~ saw st1Sll statement In this mornings
Bank has no claim sgatnst Mr. McArlhur."
khsn ~ nc 1st. doSs + tot 1--WE you anytlltusi'
"llow much money ia there on deposit with
MComc hare and will show you."
NJ Fuller led tho way " the bookkeerer's
e!s ledger stopped whes tha aess account nj q %oSn
Macarthur. Pottrnaster,h was reached. "Thcre
Is 81 That TIE bank .wes thc rostO On'ee, point
Ing tp ihc f1g1tres "s":os."
Office It ia e1almcd that yuu owe s4,l4i.0s."
"Look here. .l!s explains and he turned
over the page. "On Matcl. 10, 1878, the Post:
ONCE account was balanced, and VIC thcn owed
checked down 10 *ft.tS, and that Ialanec has
been standing there since last April"
-" III hfs schedule presented to the Bankrupt
Court Ac says that l'o ts Indebted TO your. bank
slto3 ansecuryl: What docs tbat n'uaut y
holder ia DC l,ank to e. e. extent of 9. .oO. lie
t. '41ssT Ts Sso Sasf SSsf stSss
W coull not. 1T Him have Il. lie borrowed
$1,000 from tho Homo sayings Bunk, and de-
snrlty: This note he gradually paid %. Here,
Mr.: Blake, pleasc show tho reporter the Nc
Iii. Blake, the Cashier Of tho Homo Saving.
picked out a tlemand-!iote from Gen: Macarthur
to the Homo Savings Bank tor, q, goo. 1t was
dated April =, 1s?1; H. O. q; bask was J., AZ in in.
dorscncnt that si.0oo had been paid IN aiAy,
"The fart is," sai; III. Fuller. "wheu tho
| $1,000 were paid the mnncy was raIsed by the
sale of ten shnrcs Of the Home, National, for
which tho General realized $O50.hv
"pld tho Gcncrul keep private account with
Yes, small oae,' ;, and, referring aquu to
chccksi o,t by i lin a. Tustmaaterr' '' S' u
"Whcn his onrial acvoltlt was balanced, the
vouchers up to March 10, 1876, were returned to
him. The checks since that ,1atc VIC iave.'
The reporter returned to tho Post -Otllcc, and
learned At tho bank. iii. Bra.iy thou PRODUCED
4 DANE FAss-uooK.
"Jolin MeAfthur resIin9stsr, 81 M y IT,, ln account With
agreed exactly with those given by Sfr. Fuller.
"Ilow did you come by tl,at 1ookl"
"Nv never saw It iii this Office until 6atur-
day. It. WAS In tic Generals oosscssion.n
Allow do ,you account for the discrepancy be-
tween your books md tlllK bat,k.bookl'
~ presume tic General checked out the
amount, ahd never reported 1t to tho Post
O0lcc. When the youvllcrs weru returned to
htnl With tho pass,book, 10 only tarf!S1 uycE to
thls Office those which had relation to Post Olllcc
no other way"
AZ tlds ,1olnent speclal.Agont stunrt stepped
"Thas's 80. l saw tho General to.slay, at his
lawyers Office, md asked him about II. lie
acknowledged To mo that he ha.l checked ont
$a,1o as ros'a'aster' md sunk 1t ia tho IRON
"Dil he say when he first commenced this
tllegttItnatc ilsa Of the Government money!"
'lie ascrlbcd a!l hia troubles to tho falllre Of
bt'rstsd,it locked up sonc %, ,00 ii the Govern
meht money. Thn General was then obliged to
draw On his private business to carry on tlle
Iost.OIs1ce machinery, to meet tho drafts
4OE tNo puJt4GUt u GH1Il-kuutfHEI0lH MRu
other employees and expenses. THIS crippled his
iron business, and in ID order to keep It going he
drew on tho Post Olllrc 1lc checked out all
that he Ind advanced to kcep tho posteOtl1co
until he hal tor
I" How aru his accounts with
THE auu-THEAsunYfh
There Ia to-day according to the books
balance OF &9o, 80 to the credit Of tho Office
In the sub-TrcAsury."
"1he reporter subsequently inquired Mt the
snb-Ireasury anh found that The amount re-
from Washington, Treasurer Bangs will not pay
any checks drawn on Linn by the Chicago Post
Wcst Monroe street noar Ashland avenue Ia
one of the prett!rst localities In tho city. Step
ping o6 from tho arehitcctura!iy jngged high
way Of Madison ktrgat, with its CONSTANT and
noisy raraao Of vehicles, the quiet and elegant,
thnaEh not imposing, aspect VI Monroe street
OF thn chance visitor, THIS llonlca aro tlosu of
people bt refinement rather than Of oatentatiop.
GEN. John A'ANrNrA
lives at No. 3d. plalf, substantial brick strict
especially noteworthy abovc othcr md similar
houses In the yLcIu!ty. Yesterday eyening,
when REPORTER ascendetl :, tho front
s,sps, aa, ana III Fanpg gso.e,,x the dooes N w
oTerha1Ig the mansion. This windows were
all dark, though It was Just At TINT time IT
night wien partoEs aro lit up 10 thu heigllt of
hrll!!ancy, aul WHEN yUlccs Ut young people
laughing and talking are usua1ly ceiiocd out
upon tic pavement, seadluE pulsat!oas OF llte
through the shaduwy street. Over the way
a0tne kind Of festivities wetv In prokreaa, ana
the strains OF = parlur oschcstra were waited
across tho twilight atr. 4 passcr-by, hurrying
to his late supper, paused a full intnuts and
9uzcd at tho rettyent, gloomy front Of Tic resi-.
dcnce OF tlls sx-l'ost1naatcr.
"CNne Ill.," said tho young man who opoued
tho door, After the reporter had begun 10 d.
spair, "and," ndle1 lie, with the alacrtty OF o
man who knows that he Ia giving wecoinc In
formation, "tle General wtll be down In
Mnute.n
Tbe minute heightened into ten Of the same
slzs before the promise was fulfilled. Tho
parlor was onu OF those rooms which are 20
rarely found noWa1ays-arranKcd With m 15e
TO comfort rather than eleKanee. II was not tho
parlor Of a paryeuu, but tue furniture was ali
MaSaIEe Rn1 rich.
duor at the extreme end Of the apartment
opened nolsclesaly. and Il man entered haatily,
Rto tai tIr f hN