, 1877-09-25


Mr. Judah sakl his cI.c,ts sought the protcc-
tim Of the Court, and wcre not willing to slo
nnythtng else.
Tic Court said he would take until to.mor-
view Of The additional nominations. AS shinrs
now stott1, nnlcss son1ethfnE was prrscntctl
which he dill not now expect, he would make
the appointment This morning.
JOHN G. II4tINES.
lie nHNEvEs ns couiD HAVE PULLED
THROUGH.
From, the time that MIR. Ilatnes went ont to
Fec Ills counsel until o'clock In
the afternoon hc was not Visible 10
the representative Of this paper, who called 10
sec him. At the hour mentioned he made his
appearance In the place whcro be hail once
relgncd 8uprcmc, but ~herc now the haml Of
The Superior Court Ut Cook County lay heavily,
and apparently without hope Of removal. Inv
passed tlg worst ot It, having croRsel the Rubi-
con, as It werc. ho betrayed less cytdcnve Of
worry and concern than 1o has shown for tho
past month. As he catne In through the low
door leading from the safety deposit vaults
into the bank proper, TRIBUNE reporter salut-
eli him, md the greeting Was returned IN Mr,
lIa'ncs' blandcst fnanlicr. The reporter csr0rt-
cd tho lcposcu hank President buck to tho place
where two counters met anu formed 4 very cor
rect rtght-anEtc. Mr. Ha!nes took Ills posttion
in the extreme corner 50 as to lay both arms on
the contiguous slabs Of marble. In front OF
him stood the aforesaid reporter. ably re-
Inc laIl,cs. Having thus assumed most
strategic position, the representative Of t1lts
paper proceeded 10 take soun,linEs.
ut came sooner than people expected, Mr..
!laiucs." remarked the reporter, by way OF In
''AnI sooner tlian l,nd expected, too" said
Mr.. ftnines, VINO evidently understood 10 what
that little word at" referred without the aid
Of any explanations.
''You will remember. y said the reporter, "my
asking you Saturday night II you had heard Of
Monday morning."
a ss:i ;na nass sssst sy y ssp} dn ;' ssn
to say now TINT haven't leanl ru1u0rs and sto.
bedy la. II heard I them, i take Il. bit
what ! mem t. say Is, that ! knew
Or the appointment of q Receiver being aakesl
for until'D:30 o'clock this morning, wien We
were notified not tn pay ont my moro deposits.
Tint was the first insormntion-f mean substan.
tfal information and not mcrc whispers, stnrfcs,
and runlors-that my of US bud Of this thing"
"Thon you lfd"'t open the eank at iii ttia
"No, we couldn't. We werc cnjoincd from
have been, "a was advised, contempt ut court.
Bcstics, II we lad opened our dooss md then,
after cutting the untcc Of INDUCTION, refused 10
pay out, why that crowd wouis have nlohbcd us.
to lot thIpea take ihoir course. / went
over to Mr.. Jcwctt's office, VIC COLI
suited about this thing, md he went down
to the courtroom to ropseacnt US. No, It was
ahead, and expected 70 DO 90, but ~ Injunction
hna power to stop even savings banks"
"Dou still think that Il ynu bud been given
year OF two 70 rralfze on your securities you
could finally have paid every dopositor dollar
"Wcll, that depends on whether you news.
papers had stopped going for nc OF not. II
had been let alone, could
HAVE ULTIMATELY PULLED THROUGH.
Dut eoul0 Ut tho papctd Wcre continually pitcll-
Ing into INC. Tho Jour7td! advocated hanging
lust week. and tho I7,ass has done that all
along. Well, Wien the pa1'css talk thut way
70 Tic public, you emit expect that they viii
alone 10 work this thng. VIC could hayu con-
vcrtcd our securities ut advantage, and In tho
enc have paid OF crey deposition. Wc have
claimed that all along, md We still claim t."
here as Recover, and working solely for the
good OF tho lcM,sitors, could do tho same,
couldn't he, and tho teposItors mnY look for
ward to u't!inntsly getting all their n'onsyi''
just turned q corner In real estate. 'va arc on
q slslu9 tide, and tho thing looks lxt-
&cr, Now people can placc value on
real cstate. OF course there has been shrink
agu, but IN tho time to come we coulh have dis
pOstsl OF our real estate To advantage, could
have ecu1lEej On our securities, aud paid cvGry
deposition every cent We owe htui. Of course, II
people 70 into tho courts and cn1aln US from,
ap"s wo.s .imp'y nit g.. to to stop TO- Thst. % al 1 H.
ccivcr ought, with sarefal. prudent. honest.
management, TO bring thh thing out oil right,
and pay nyery deposi.or dollar fo., dolfar. w
ciung to tho sasp ~ long as VIC could, and would
couldn't hclp TINT. Nor could wc&void tho
run On Vi. Why, you hluat know thAt
VIZ havo pald out ali enortuors aInount VI money
auring th!s rInn-,Srs =, thsn .hs State did with
:" ftaw much 1aye you paid out since the 1st
sHo, 9o0 than s90o0oa" .,,
q Xbnut saooo,ooo."
" How many asposItora'"
About ,5M."
now :" ,ss xs .bsas i & sSss' to say that you
well, now, how much c.ah have you on
handf'
why mott You took OF cash balance Sat-
urtlay night; It cAn bo gnt a. iu Il few minutes,
aud the public would Ilku to know."
"Ihc bt'oks arc not III INV possession now.
~ AaY " Two there Will w HctGtyEr btfH,
aud he Will give y0u all the Information yn,i
want. Ita out of my hands now, anui aln't
Potng to give yo,l figures now at,A then have
you pitching Into mr. IN uav Or two II the
lteretyer should hapien TO tell you unythiuK
different"
'sDut tho dcposltors want 10 know how much
mt1lcy you hare. Then the! cuu tell what kind
Of q dividend to Look fur. What you can tell US
IL from The to1,ks
AND WILL NJ EXACT,
Surely 1t 10 iHuef, preferable that tho public
shoul be correctly informed than 1t Ia Tor III 10
resort to guesaworiL"
.'Wrll. you'll have to gurss 1t out, guess.
Tho property Is no longer lu .tny Anilds. Tho
Court las possession. alld wlltn the Receiver
colncs In hc viii give YOU tho likures."