Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-15
Personal Sketch,
The Minneapolis Tribune of last evening
contains the following sketch:

Mr.. Keen explains that he has been enabled
to carry tho constantly-increasing deficit
through unObserved by a variety of means. Mr..
Jockey visited Minneapolis and the Northwest
ern National bank in August, 1878, since which
time the affairs of the insti ution have not been
regularly examined except by the committee of
the directors who published the statement of
the business on the 18th of June last. Mr..
Jockey found at that time the cash all right,
but was informed by Mr.. Keen that in reality
it was three or four thousand dollars short at
that time, but he secured that amount of cur
rency from tho other banks and was able to
present a correct cash balance by that expo
dent. But of the entire deficit some 1886, 600
is in
THE NEW YORK ACCOUNT
of the bank. Mr.. Keen had been in the habit
of receiving and opening the mail of tho bank,
which included a monthly statement of the
condition of the credit Of New York exchange,
and had deity raised the amount and passed
it to the book keeper, who duly entered it up.
and upon it's face it was all right, and no one
besides Mr.. Keen had opport unity to know of
the change. The remainder of the shortage
was carried by the
PADDING OF THE PILE OF BILLS
duly labeled with the amount contained, n
thing easy of accomplishment where, assis-
tant cashier and custodian of the funds, Keen
Packages of bank notes alleged to contain
say $1,000 really contained less than that
amount, and THOUGH they might be packages
fully as large as $1,000 of large denomination
bills, bills of small denomination were inter
jected to give them the requisite fairness This
expedient was resorteG to and the still further
one in June last, when the committee of the
directors made the examination of making
temporary loans of currency from the other
banks. The statement published in June last
at which time Messrs. Welles and Dunwoody
examined the bank, showed that there was on
hand about $4,000 in currency. This Mr..
Dunwoody passed upon, enumerating tie
amount by the labels the packages, without
actually counting 1T, and Mr.. Keen escaped dis
closure at that time
THE FALLEN CASHIER,
Mr.. Keen has resided in this oitv seven wears.
and came to this city from PHILADELPHIA to ac.
cept olerkship in the Northwestern National
bank when it was organized. He brought the
Cooke & Co., and other Eastern gentlemen Of
the highest financial standing. He proved
himself attentive to business, remarkably Ca
pable, and so won the confidence of the
cashier, Mr.. Neiler, that he was promoted
to the position of teller, and later-within
q year and half past-was promoted to
the more responsible and honorable posi-
ton OF assistant cashier. He was universally
popular official, inside and outside the bank,
and was devotedly at tached to his wife and
family OF three childr IN, the eldest of which
Is put SIX years OF age. He was man of mod
est habits and style C living, and himself
states that the whole OF the immense sum alb,
sorbed has gone into he speculations, There
was no blemish upon
HIS REL CITATION,
and the announcement this morning of his