New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-02

The mother Of Miss Benedict, singer at eho
Casino, had $4,000 in the Sixth National ana
was at first much alarmed for its safety. Inc
report that members of the" Gondoliers" com
pany had money in the Sixth was mistake
Henry e. Dixey, James G. Duff, Mrs. George
Drew BARRYMORE. Marshall p Wilder and Richard
Mansfield are all said to have deposited in the
Sixth. Klaw & Erlanger have about $1,000 or
$4,000 in the Sixth and brother OF MIR. hiaw
has small deposit in the Equitable.
p. J. Claassen, who was for rev DAYS . inc inc
President Of the Sixth National Bank AFTER ms ms
Deputy Marshal Bernhardt, was taken yesterday
morning to the Federal Building, and at 10 o'clock
was taken before S3si1s over bs
arrest His counsel, General b. Il. Foster, who
was for many years an assistant United states
District-Attorney, met him at Commissioner
' George II. Pell, who is indicted for completely
with Oaassen In embezzling money from I'm tne
eral Building about l 0 o'clock. The two accused
men met in the corridor and greeted each other
pleasantly. They spoke to each other for mo- 10
Ypent and then each was led away by the deputy
marshal, who had him in charge.
Claassen remained for only few moments in
the. Office of the, Commissioner: The ne
Sii his counsel It is substantially
the same form as the one made by Bank Examiner
Hepburn against Pell, except that the latter Is
charged with aiding and abettiDg in the embez.
the bank, while the direct embezzlement is charged
against Claassen c,o..s.. os
the latter frequently visited the Federal Build
ing. while General Foster was Assistant DISTRICT
Attorney Assistant DistrictAtt9rney fo se o ng
General ss,e '' Foster said that there was no
good reason for any bail esS 0s onns C mat
asked of Pell, who was held In s?s,ooos O0 onn
missioner Shields said that the amount OF S30,oO0
did not appear to him excessive, ana nc oAeo jail
at that sum. -, ,-.., c...o.
the bmiiding. lie and Pell remained there
throughout the day. and many OF their Irie mas
visited them there Ex,Judge Charles Dom ,,OnoS
that he would appear as counsel lor the accused
broker. Several of the friends OF poth OIL t,,e
arrested men offered Themselves st On as s TCuS
amonnt of property in their own names to furnish
sufficient security. A.. ,..or 1,orso
Marshal Jacobus who was at the Astor H louise
town again at 5 o'clock yesterday. lie dld not
allow the accused men to 60 out OF MS sighu
except in the charge Of ms moss rrus 80 remain ali
night in the Astor House while fel was kept IL. IN
Ludlow Street Jail was that Claassens couhseI
sesrch bv the deputy Marshal, If he were not
compelIed to pass the night in Ludlow Street
Jail. Deputy Marshal Bernhardt was ,,t on tne
arrested him. but the Marshal thought that it
would save risk of failure. il he accepted the
proposition, as Claassen would be as sale IN the
Aston House as in the Jail, The Marshal knew
Claassen as an officer in the war, and he had
great confidence in his truthfulness. deputy
Marshal Bernhardts failure TO arrest Claassen
that the warrant, of Commissioner Shields did not
constitute sufficient authority for making an arrest
in Brooklyn, which is out OF the commissioners
Claassen's examination was set for next Wednes-
day at IL o'clock, before Commissioner ShcIos
.sClaassen and Pell were taken to Ludlow Strefe.
T., Lot ~, fbo offa "a
not furnish sufficient bail. The federai oihclals
went home and said that no bail would be re-
eeived last night and probably not until Monday
morning.
Early yesterday morning depostors OF the
Equitable Bank were at the building expecting
upoS SS result suit Of the banks suspension They
were greeted by notice which told them to
bring around their bank books, so that the bank
rosltors more thoroughly This caused a furry
Of excitement among the anxious deposltors ana
there was great hurrying to get In the DOCKS as
Bank Examiner Preston, who has charge OF the
investigation of the two State banks now eiosed'
did not know that the bankb0oks OF the deposi,
TORS of the Equitable had been asked for until
he was told by reporter. No such order had
come from him and he could not understand IT.
Later in the day the notice calling dGr she
worked ali day Yesterday, but did not have a
statement Of the condition of the bank ready
last night. They said that the statement might
The directors of the bank among whom are
s. T. Meyers and Charles Gerlach, say that Jhe
depositors. will lose nothing LII II ,os shey
day they determined to do all in their power
to put the bank on its feet.
Men and women formed little groups yesterday In
front Of the Lenox Hill Bank at Seventy seconds
q. and Third-ave They would collect there and talk
about their misfortunes for while, ask few
mournfully away Henry c. Covell, chief exam
liner of the State Banking Department, was busily
engaged all day examining the books Of the
after & O'Clock Mr. Covell announced that the
work had been completed, that he would prepare
his statement and submit it to State Snperintend-
emit Preston on Monday morning The deficit,
he told Tribune reporter, would be about
100000, which would wipe out the entire capital
stock and $4,000 Of the DEPOSITS sdO s,o How fs S8fh
National would appear in the report of the eX-
animation Of the accounts OF the latter lnsltu-
ton Mr. Covell was not willing to say whether diiI
Bank or whether the deposto-s would recover
any part OF their deposits, but his manner indi,
Gated that there was prospect that they would
President WallaclS has not been seen at the bank
since Thursday. nor has any one been able TO lind
either him or Mrs. Wallack at their home, No.
249 West Seventy fouYth.st. since that day. No
one seems TO know where either Simmons or Wal
lack is, and the impression that they have ned
from the city has become an almost positive con,
viction. A Mr.. Anderson who conducts real
estate and insurance business in Third-ave., near
Spventv.fOurthSt., was accustomed 10 navy coii-
siderable sums on deposit in the LenoX Hill Bank.
One of his clerks told a Tribune reporter that
Mr. Anderson had withdrawn all his funds from
the bank two weeks ago in consequence of having
received tip The clerk refused to say
whether this fortunate information came. from
the old or new officers of the bank. MI Ander-
son himself could not be fonnd.
Philip Curry, liquor dealer. who had certi-
fed check for 81 600 on the Lenox Hill Tsnk IN
his possession called at the Office OF District
ATTORNEY Fellows Yesterday to see if that official
could not begin criminal proceedings against the
officers of the bank. The cashier would not pay
Jnrv was in session Mr. Curry was referred TO q
Police Justice as the official who might grant
warrant.
WHAT CONTROLLER LACEY SANS.
Washington, Feb. 1.-Mr. Lacey, Controller OF th'