The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-15
A LITTLE MIXED
The Condition of DanfOrd's Affairs at
Usage City.

The Condition of DanfOr1's AFFAIRS at
Usage City.
The following in relation to the Dan
ford matter is copied from the Topeka
papers of Friday.
Commonwealth: 1t is charged here,
and we presume the records will show
it, that Danford was quite an inventive
genius. For instance, tax title lot in
some sub division of an addition to Os-
age City figures very conspicuously.
The record of title runs as follows ::
Dosage county to Usage City savings
bank Consideration, 81. Usage City
savings bank to I. S. Danford. Consid-
Grafton, 81. j. S. Danford to John
Smith. Consideration, 81. John Smith
to Sam Brown. Consideration, $4,000"
The lot being mortgaged back for, say,
/ 81, 800. tits said that property valued
at few hundred dollars represents over
| $780, 900 in this way.
No statement of the condition of the
Usage City bank has yet put in an ap-
pearance, Danford being still indisposed.
Capital: Mr.. c. S. Martin, of Usage
City, attorney for some of the depositors
of the Danford bank, of that place, was
in the city yesterday on business con-
was seen at the Fifth Avenue hotel last
night by Capital representative. Mr..
Martin was free to talk in regard to the
situation of affairs at Usage City and
gave great deal of information regard
ing things as they are at present down
there. He says
DANFORD ARRIVED AT OsAGE CITY
from Caldwell early last Tuesday morn
| ing and since that time has been con-
fined to his bed at his residence, being
completely Frustrated physically by the
experience he has passed through dur
ing the ever TO be remembered week at
Caldwell. His illness is nothing, how
ever, from which any serious consequen-
ces need be feared, and he will be all
right within day or two, when, it is
hoped, he will be enabled to do some
thing toward Strengthening up the af.
fairs of his bank, which. TO say the least,
are in condition anything but pleasant
to those who have their money there. Mr..
Martin says the bank is now in the posses
sion of the sheriff, who has had il under
his control since the time it closed its
doors, during which period
THE VAULT HAS REMAINED CLOSED.
When it was suggested that the vault
be forced, to ascertain what amount of
money was locked up there, the cashier
assured the officer that il did not contain
q cent of cash, which fact is looked upon
as little short of startling when il is
considered that the bank received depos-
its up to the very hour of closing. There
ought to have been some cash in the
bank, the people at Usage City think,
and that there fails to be any is not par
ticularly relished by them Suffice it to
say, according 10 the understanding the
depositors have, Il is queer that the
vault should be empty, but, as Mr. Mar
tin says, there are many things about
the bank yet TO be found out
"What Is the feeling at Usage City,
Mr.. Martin, regarding the closing of the
bank" asked the Capital man.
well, there are q good many who
look upon the thing as a steal, but of
course it depends good deal upon how
things turn odt If the depositors get
their money, they'll feel better about
it"
"Wil1 they get their money!
THAT depends"
depends upon whats''
'On the way the assets show up.''
what are the assets and liabilities as
far As known ?"
"The Liabilities are not all known, but
they are in the neighbOrhood of $4,000,
if not more