The evening world., 1890-01-31

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cidedly. There IL no probability that 4
can. As soon rs possible a receiver viii
be appointed and It's aflaiIs will be wount
up"
HE LOSES sQ7, 900.
One old gentleman who deposited
A27, 900 in the bank only two days befor,
its suspension, drove up to the door IN
his carriage, and seemed TO bo In q state
Of extreme nervous excitement.
He shook aud trembled all over rs he
stood in front of the door trying to gnin
admittance, and when he was finally in.
formed by a clerk inside that he could
get nothing to-day he looked as II the last
spark of hope had been extinguished and
his $27, 900 was done for completely.
cLAAssEN's STATEMENT.
Peter J.. Claassen. of the Sixth Ma.
tional Bank, made a brief appearance in
Wall street to-day, and made the follow.
ing statement:
1T Is not true that I was a member OF
the Syndicate that purchased q controlling
interest in the Sixth National Bank. II
is not true that l made loans TO my
self in said bank.
On the contrary, / have checked on my
other personal bank accounts in this city
and have deposited to my credit in the
Sixth National Bank and have not checked
n cent against II.
The first tino that / ever snw Mr..
Leland wns IN Jan. 20, ut IL A. n. Certi.
Dol Al.Aal $780, 80 ---l A. zE1 --A-A-
by HIM, amounting to S65O, coo.
lilo deposited them with the Union
Trust Company. Hence l was o q
member of the purchasing syndicate. All
terms and arrangements were agreed
upon before | met him.
After this Leland procured tho resig-
nations, soriniim of the old Board of
Directors. The new Board took their
places.
On the morning Of the 23d, by ran
ment with Mr.. Leland, 1 met him between
10 and IL o'clock, ut the National Park
Bank vaults, and there he turned over to
mo the securities.
Either the samo afternoon or the fol-
loving day. in conversation with the
the bank lacked cash means. and he
suggested and / concurred with him. that
II would be well TO dispose If say
$500, OC0 to 5000. 900 OF the high. premium
bonds and have the cash there for for the
use of customers.
=" The directors fully conourred in the
plan, and | was requested to lntrust the
sale of these bonds by those gentlemen TO
Messrs. Pell, Wallack d Co., who re-
ceiyed thereupon. $622. 900, the par value
of the bonds to bo sold, for which they
gave their receipts TO the bank, which /
duly turned over to the cashier,
subsequently 20l OF these bonds were
returned, $50, 900 in cash was paid and
for the balance Messrs. Pell. Wnllack &
Co. gave checks, mostly certified. TO the
bank.
About $500, 900 of these checks wero
certified by the banks upon which they
were drawn.
l had no proceeds from these bondst that
/ did not accouDt for. andthe checks thus
far not recovered by Pell, Wallack 4 Co.
are still due to the Sixth National Bank.
1T will, therefore, also be seen that the
t hanks ,soS assets we're s5et5 mot u sssit to purchase ta .ss
that i am not a director nor
Vice President of the Equitable Bank OF
this city, nor am / such In the Lenox
Hill Bank"
wALLAcK MISSING PROM HOME.
At President Charles P. Wallack's
house, AZ West Seventy-fourth street, an
WORLD reporter WINS told ut 2 p NJ
to-day that he had not been home since
20 yesterday morning.
pELLE FROM THE CLEARINGHOUSE.
Fifty-one banks were represented at tho
clearinghouse meeting this afternoon.
and by resolution expelled the Sixth
National.
They also adopted q resolution for
bidding any bank not o member the
privileges Of the Clearing House.