Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-10-08
Saint Narg's Beacon.

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A: NApoLEos oy FfxAsee. Marx
Curran; Of Cheyenne, ssys, We've
got . bank clark mp in-our neck .
woods who some day Yili-give Jay
Gould cards IN the gssne, Of anan-
cierine and beat him TO O standstilk
He's only nineteen years old but
is . hummer. Two or three months
ago, while'the president Of the bank
was away, the cashier was taken
sick and in q few hourssswas IN .
delirious state. The young sEapo-
leon was left in sole charge Of the
bank. Some evH disposed person
started the story one afternoon that
the institution was in q bad way,
and intimated that the president
had skipped the country and that
the cashiers illness was only .
bluff Before night it was evil
dent there would be o run on the
institution the next morning. The
young clerk knew there was scarcely
money enough to last an hour. He
had no one to advise him, but he
acted promptly. He called on tEe
leading hardware merchant and
held o brief conference, Then this
young Napoleon went home, where
he found o committee from the de-
posters awaiting him. He did not
wait for them to speak, but made
this bluff: 4 refuse to discuss
business with you. There will be
$4,000 in gold here in the morning
and there 10 o like amount in the
safe. You may draw out every
dollar you have deposited and we'll
be glad to get rid Of your small &C
counts Thenshe turned on his
heel and left the committee. Bright
and early there assembled at the
bank the creditors. Just before
time for opening the bank an ex-
press wagon was driven up in which
were seated two heavily armed men,
one of them the Waterman Of the
bank. A pathway through the
crowd was made, and the Waterman
began carrying into the band can.
vass bags containing gold coin, as
indicated by the prominent marks.
Some of the bags we're marked
's5, 000, and one or two S10, 900.
The people saw these bags, heard
the clink of the metal, and, believ.
ing the bank was o. X. were about
to move away. Just as the last
bag Of gold was handed into the
door the young fnancier threw the
bank open. The crowd did NOT
make any effort to reach the paying
teiler's window. "Come on now.
every one of you, shouted the clerk.
No one responding he made another
bluff. You must come and get
your money. We don't want your
ID accounts any more. Here
Jim BARLEY, take this and sign this
receipt in full. Here, Bill Wyman,
come and get your dust He in
sisted on their taking the money.
Just at this juncture the committee
came in and begged the clerk to
stop for Gods sake They al
most got down on their knees to
ask the bank to keep their money.
The young Napoleon finally con-
sented, but declared if there was
ever any more id nonsense
he would throw every depositor's
money into the street The crowd
departed happy and confident that
thsIbank was one Of the strongest
institutions of its kind in America.
Their confidence might have been
shaken had they known the canvas
bags, marked 5000 gold,' etc.,
and bedaubed with red realing-wax
contained nothing more nor less
than iron washers which the young
clerk had purchased from the hard.
ware man who had otherwise assisted
in the deception, he being con-
WINGED of the soundness of. the
bank. The two men the young
Napoleon insisted on paying in full
the bahk Ind ling visiasdf ia get
rid ,of,!TTheT st. Louis Globe
Democrat! 4 1fi 10 tHJhit..f I
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