Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-20
ABILENE.
4 Full Statement of the Recent Bank
TrOubles-L0cal and Personal.

TrOubles-L0caf and Personal.
| Special To the Gazette.
Abilene, February 10 During the
absence of your regular correspondent
from Abilene, conflicting reports OF
the Bank of Abilene troubles have
been sent the GAZETTE by its friends
here; ana now he Will attempt to give
an account of the affair such as will dc
justice TO all parties concerned, and as
accurate as can be obtained from a
hearing from all sides: Among other
citizens who did business with the
Bank OF Abilene was Dr. j. l.. Gar
trell, who had Kept an account with
that bank for year or two, and had
had dealings with the manager of the
bank, Col. Kerr, somewhat discon.
nected from his bushes us manager of
the bank. but il seems TO have been
the understanding between Col Kerr
and DR.. q, r.rell That the latter was 10
nave credited to him on his
bank book any balance that be-
came due him by the former in
their semi-priv tie transactions. Thus
The matter continued to run on for a
considerable time, and DIR. Gastrell
overdrew what he nad actually deposit
TED, some four To five thou
sand dollars, perhaps, but claims
That he WAS entitled to credits for
actual deposits not allowed him, and
also to credits ON other accounts sufii-
cient to lar over balance the amount he
mad overdrawn as appears Oh his bank
accounts. Col. Kerr, on the other
hand, claims that after all just credits
are given, DIR. Gartrell still owes him
about $500, while the latter claims
that Kerr owes him about that
amount. The counter claims ON both
sides are partly uniiquidated, and this
winter does not presume to express an
opinion rs to which of the two parties
Is the more nearly correct. Apart
from the accounts between Col. Kerr
and DIR. GartTell the wife of the latter
had 5000 i'll the bank placed to her
separate account, and on suspicious,
whether well founded or not | not
say, hat the affairs of the bank were "a
llttle "shaky," she made demand for
The - 600, her right TO draw the same
not being disputed by the manager of
the bank, AT that time. Col. Kerr
claimed not TO have an amount on
hand sufficient to pay the check.
W hereupon, proper ground being
stated 10 her attorney, an attachment
IN favor of Mrs. Gartrell was
advised, under which the
bank was closed; aud then
several other attachments were gotten
out 10y different creditors. 1t is un-
derstood that Col. Kerr will reeonvene
Tor damages against DR.. Gartrell In the
SUIT OF Mrs. Gartreli, denying tina. the
~ 900 was her separate property. The
plaintiffs, however, claim that they
VIM have no trouble In proving that II
was separate property, and that the
ground Tor attachment was real and
can be substantlated. There is prom
Use that several interesting suits will
result from the closing of the bank,
Coi Kerr has sued Dr. Gartrell for the
amount claimed to be due him, while i
me latter Will recouyene aud claim
hcavy damages for attachments sworn
Dut by the former. The straight OF
u Is hard to arrive at, and the above
y gwen for what IL is worth, with the
intent 70 mlsrepresent neither party.
ne wiz stories rumored about that
Ioi Kerr was made TO disgorge by
some OF his creditors at the pistol point
appears 10 be not well founded, nor
iNos y appear to he true, as published
NAT the sympathy OF the entire com
iunily is with Col. Kerr. True,
mere Is some sympathy for him, but
ikewlse some Indignation against
suit OF 81 900 for damage to u lot Of
hesp being shipped from California
o Texas will be entered for the Aprii
erm of our court for delay between
~eetwater and Abilene during the
ate storm whereby heavy losses re-