, 1880-11-13
uACEENSACK.
Till: l}I,f)EES 1tASEY,
lIFI4 1F5lfJHIsAF 1*2k.SN9t
Spftfat DftIsufth to The tshtetgn Tribune.

GPfctat bttputcH 10 Inc LHafH41 lf4DHnts
NEW YonK, Nov. la.-lIackensaek, NIL,
lu's been tc'nporarily Uninterrupted by tic
dishonesty of John Jacob Berry,
Cashier Of The bunk nf 1irrgcn
County and Treasurer Ok tho Bergen
County Savings lalk, the only two tI,sti-
:utions Ut tho kind in town stree
Congressman Charles II. Vooris's
lefalcatlon swept tho First Nat!ona
nnl tho l1aclseusack Savings Bank
ont Of existence Il year ago, Tllo latter was
q petty affair compared With tho calamity
which hus just brrn brought = tn
Hight. Tie tteu1sits did not atnu,nt to
moro tllan sc, 100 in Vnnrtfss' ctsc, while In
Berry's, over sam, 400 are lnyn1ycd, Including
nearly MI tho available finds Of tho towns
people. Thu fact Of tho fnilura was tele-
grapl,ud you yesterday. Sucli Of
Tni: orlf1:n D1Rl:cTtRs '-
as were visible to-tlay admitted that they
were not in Tho habit or Rivlng more
t!lan cursury Inspection Of whit
was golng oil. Among these wsre
several EentlDnen Of rronity ant grent
wealth, and their, names caused tho
Institutions to bc regarded with the
utnlost confidence by thu people gell-
orally, despite the suspicion attaching tn
sone Of their associates. There was mt n
nlalf, wn1,la,,, or child III the Town
OF ilaeIehsaeE With money to dc-
poslt TINT did not hive II intrnstcd
to one or tho other. 01lu OF tho directors, III
acknowledging this fact this evening added
that he did not know Of
hit ONE PERSON IN THE ESrlnE TOWN
wl1o lind cent deposited III any nttier bnik.
Trust funds hctonglng to widows and.
orphans, the llfe Savings OF tl'a poor
a'nl tho nvaf!ablo cash nf tito we'll
tn-tsn Wero all there. 1io Bank of Bergen
Col'nty was also tho custodian of
llie county md town funds, md
the funds ot tho lncal cl,,rclles
ministers. lawyers, cstates, and associations
OF all klmls. Tho announcement, tllcsy-
fore. Yesterday thai both banks
Ind closetl, ca'ne, ~ onc of tho
hepuslsors to~.lay described 1t, like
ctap Ut tlInn'tcr froM aclear sky. 1t WIS not
believed ut first: hut. as tho fucts wern grad-
ually brnught to Eg',t. Indignation nf the
must tntcl1su description was nrousctl, anl
tue tnw,, WIS nttl IL still filled with yiulent
tlonuncIatlons Ut
llEn,:r
alnl the other officers OF tho two hanks.
Several Of tho officers al,t DIRECTORS say
TINT, un 'tucss!ny night, at tlte regular
weekly Directors meeting, when It WIS
sHpp,set tint S5U,0c0 W0ntlenhb!e tho Coun-
ty Hank tn continue, tel OF them agreed tn
mt Il, s5,0oa apiece, md hush up tie
u,l!bpzxoment, fur tilt l,onur of 1Enc|,cnsack
mid Berger, County. Yhls sul.cllle WIS ul,n,.
.lnlie.t, hnwayer, Thursday Mt 11t,o,I, when,
tin DIrpctur, claI,u, 1T. hecau,e mr.
parent fur tic HIST .!inu that III,
n,,cl, 6lt.l wa.t!.t bu sult1siynt for thu p,,r-
pose, al.tt then both banks wrrs formally de-
.,t,.
lfuupd to reeu!ye t,.positp, u,,.l
several excited gentlemen, wuru
fund In llpcRpusack Today who wcro
threatening n!t aorls Ut yeugca,lcu nulcss
tl,ay wpro slyci, buck mt once tile yums they
Ind handed In u, Tuesday, "Wednesday, anil
Thursday mornings. This tic officers refused
to do fur tho present utl.lur legnl .n.lslec.
TIT: cnuSsEr FOR THE llASK,
II, describing tho situation, saIl TINT IIcrry
first robl,eA tic Bergen County IhsDk, un-
Ill te completely burst 1t, a,ul tllen