The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-07-15
A ST. Louis Savings Bank,
MulCted by a Cashier,
Closes its Doors.
vast Numbers at FRO, idcnt
Poor WAY Goose All ~
IaCn savings.
How Thcy seek to BuN Jurors
Ia Chicago The price
Thry Oncr.
IaNMcII. thc Murderer ot Frct-
Ter. sentenced Ia he Huns
the 21th OF August.


ST LouIs. duly 1.-The rroyidcut
Saviug- bank closed it, doors to-day
and IA, made nn assignment. Al
muud H. Thompson, the cashier. lhs
abscondcd. Tue liabilities exceed the
assets hy $4,000 Thompson b. II
graduate of Harvard college. aud
,i,luu in this city hc has been re-.
gardcd ~ a man of sterling integrity
llcis president ot the Harvard club,
ot this city, and u prominent Knight
Icmulnr. lie announced hi- utcn.
tion, the latter part of last wrck, OF
accompanying the Light Cavalry to
the state cucaiupmcnt At sweet
Springs, sud IL was GENERALLY sup
posed tnat hc was there. Adyicc-
from that point, however, state that
he has never been ut the camp, and IL
is supposed that hc ha, joined the
army of dctauitcts In CAuAdn. No
other cause for his dedication can be
assigned. than fast living, for hc
has not been known to speculate.
\ director OF the bank. Mr.. Adams,
of the firm OF Bullc, Adams n Me-
Ncighan. has filed with Judge luhkc.
for the bank, for Charles Grccly, "a
heavy deposition The petition states
thut Cashier Thompson has not been
at the bank -iucc July l3th, and he.
/ (thc pctitiuucr.) believes that hc does
not intend to return To his positions
/ that partial examination of his
/ books show dcticlt of over $4,000
and thHt they believe u lulicr inyc,ti
l CATION will swell the amount to d
much larger sum The president ui
/ the bank hn, been absent from the city
/ for about sis months. aud the cnshirt
has assumed his duties us well ~ u-
own.
The bank -,a'rmou, wa. b. iol
low
Assets: cash r,-,g,s "a; rrd g.,
tntr. So a.3 10; stocks and bonds
i3S1Uiu.OU. balances with oihct
bank, S23.5u} 81. accounts, elud5u9
81: bills receivable mud accounts
S925,oid su: toinl. $Ll6s,s.H59 Liza
bilitDs: current deposits : i~@. .136 29
time deposits. Si26,6i9l1; cashirr'
.cnccks. Sly I1g H.; unpaid dividends
SllO4uU. other Indebtedness, $50,
.nnu, uuur,vu'" i"d tt.4ur-s, S'N'.
So nv iltNi.NINl = W CIV
hanh state they will not be
able to rcalilr un luoir nymrcn
assets to their iull cNtcut, b,
la large sam. The court gran e.,
application tor u receiver aud np
pointed " II. Tnomp.on, oi Tia,
Bank of Commerce, 10 that position
IT. wa. not Imagined fora momcH
that the bank was embarrassed an,
mo run wa, made Oh IT, I'm iuvc-ti
cation I'm, been under way sine,
tuesday morning. and to-day th,
directors decided to close the doors
A., soon ~ this action became knowi
throughout the city u largo crowd -
dcpOsiturs cuugrcgatCd around ia
bank anxious To know the nature m,
cNtcut uf the embarrassment aud call
ing upon some one To inform then
No answer came, aud the cNcilcmcn
increased until it became necessary 1
call the police, VINO appeared on TIA
scene 10 qucii any possible disturb
ancc, Their services, however wrr
[ not needed. The largest NUMB r ,
. dcpositors are clerks, and poor me
: aud women; SO TINT thy failure wi
not affect. to amy great Ntcut, con
mcrcial interests OF the city, hut wi
entail much d!,trcs, aud suffering %
IA largo number of very worthy pee
ulc