Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-27
PACIFIC COAST.
DUNCAN'S STORY.
lie is not Troubled by the Legal Aspect
Of Affairs.
LEWARNE INNOCENT OF ALL
BLAME.
What a Deposition Threatens to do.
A POLICE OFFICER SHOT BY HIS
WIFE.
san FRAyCIsco. Feb. 9G.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.
In an interview with a reporter Dun
can stated that he did 10 desire To leave
the country. He had stopped At three
places since his disappearance; first on
Fell street, then win a friend on jack
SON street, and finally at The house on
kearney street where he VAS captured.
AT the Jackson street residences he sui
fered severely from an attack of pneu-
monia. AT each OF these places he
kept very close, never leaving the
premises. As regards Lewarne, he said:
Il have NOT seen him sine leaving
Fell street, and do not know his where.
abouts. l will say here he had not a
dollars interest in any way in the Pho.
neer Bank, and when we separated on
Fell street he had but Sl2 to his name.
[ firmly believe that LeWarDe was "a
thoroughly honorable man. though he
had no training n aptitude for husi
uess. He, too. was driven To flight
through fear of being involved in the
calamity that bad overtaken me. He
at first wished to have it out, and again,
after leaving Fell street, he wished to
surrender himself, and call for an in
vestigatlon; bur, at The solicitation of
his wife. finally consented TO gotoOdk
land. | have no further knowledge of
his movements. All that he wanted
was a fair investigation of his share in
this most unfortunate affair, and it was
only the fear OF uufair treatment that
induced him to leave. / believe that
Lewarre will return at no distant day,
and clear himself of the charges
against him"
1t will be noted that since the previ-
ou>ly published Interview with Dun
can, he has changed his one regarding
Lewarne, he having previously at least
virtually conveyed the idea hat Lew
arne was responsible for the raising of
the Safe Deposit Company's certificate,
In reply to the question as 10 wheth-
err he feared the result of legal pro
ceedings, Duncan continued: NO;
with a fair Investigation | feel Easy as
to the result. HYDE and Wilson, AS
signees OF the Pioneer Bank, called on
me TO day. They signitied their Will
ingness to avail Themselves OF my
services in Strengthening out the al
fairs of the hank, and admitted that
they did not think so badly OF me as
at first. / showed some items of the
assets of the bank which have here
tofore been overlooked. One Of
| AttIil ~ q iflEA0 tt IthA
estate in san Mateo county worth
325, 600. There viii be assets that /
can bring up, but to what amount !
can not at present say. With the $60,-
900 which | expected soon to receive
from my son with The sales of The
real estate / could have made good
my margins on mortgages that were
pressing me, reduced the u%Surious
rates of interest charged ne, and
finally pulled through without the
loss of IA cent to depositors. But cap
italists specialized on my necessities
and ground me down TO ruin. | have
paid some small depositors, who |
know were in urgent need, out OF
the proceeds of the sale of furniture,
and could in eighteen months,
with liberty of action, pay up
all these cases OF extreme sui
fering by the failure OF the hank.
II is a mistake to suppose that ! bad
80, 900 or any such mount with ile at
the time of my disappearance. | had
only SI,S00 belonging to Hopkins &
Haley. money brokers, which has
since been paid from the proceeds of
! the sales OF my pictures; a very small
additional amount which did not be-
long To the depositors of the bank"
In reply to the question as to his in
tentions for the future, Duncan said:
II intend TO stay here in San Fran
cisco. open some business for which |
am adapted, live down this affair, aud
fight it ont on that line. ! have been
identified with San Francisco for q
years, and l mean 10 live my lie
Lere
David Clark. who deposited $4,000
in the Pioneer Bank eight days before
it closed, on Duncan's representations
| that it was in a sound condition, an
announces his intention of lodging Il
charge to morrow against Duncan of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
He gives the substance of an interview
which occurred to-day between him
self and Brown. late Cashier of the de-
funct Fidelity Bank. and Captain Will
son, the heaviest depositor in the Pho
neer Bank, and one of the assigpees of
that concern, which rather initiates
against Duncan's statement previously
telegraphed, that Wilson was disposed
to hold a good opinion OF him. Will
son said to Brown: You know that
Duncan put you in that Fidelity Bank
to rob people," Duncan states, regard
ing his interest in the Fidelity Bank
which, it will be remembered, opened
its doors a few days after the collapse
Of the Pioneer Bank, and closed them