, 1891-11-17

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During the past few days Mr.. Beard
must have been under a severe mental
strain. 1t was to him everybody looked
for assurance of the solvency of the bank
and it was upon his shoulders that the
entire weight fell. The strain began
Thursday afternoon when the telegram
was received from John W. Collins an
uouncing the suspension of the California
National bank at San Diego. Mr.. Beard
then saw clearly that trouble was ahead.
The shock of the California failure would
necessarily be felt IN the Cheyenne Ma
tional. because Collins was president of
both banks. To meet this EN- the
statement which was concluded Saturday
showed that the bank had in actual cash
$4,000. In deposit in New York, Chi
cage and Omaha there was in addition
mia misfortune reached here too late to
call in the Eastern exchanges as the banks
east were all closed at that hour. Mr..
Beard then did the next best thing and
that was to notify the other banks SO that
they too should not suffer through the
the misfortune which might fall on the
Cheyenne National.
THE CHEYENNE BANKS BLINDS
were drawn at a little after IL o'clock
Friday. Mr.. Beard had not slept a wink
during the whole of Thursday night, nor
did he eat a morsel until Friday night.
Throughout Friday he necessarily had
some most trying interviews. He was
particularly anxious to know just how the
suspension was regarded. and closely
questioned several of his ass Jciates and
intimate friends as to whether there were
any expressions of lack of confidence in
him personally. Friday night, be after
ward stated. he had been unable to sleep.
He worked all day long Saturday in the
bank, receiving callers, explaining the
situation and giving assurances. Every
thing was her in readiness for the bank
examiner, who was m~omentarily expected
and his arrival seemed to be most anx-
iously awaited BY Mr.. Beard.
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY.
During the whole of Friday and Satur-
day he received on every hand expressions
of profound sympathy, assurances of
public confidence in his integrity and
proffers of any assistance which he might
need. A few personal friends suspected
that Beard had not saved enough out of
the bank to even meet his living ex-
penses. T. B. Hicks of the First National
spoke Of the matter to him and Beard,
reaching his hand into his pocket, pulled
out two silver dollars and said: There is
the extent of my earthly possessions
now" He was told that any mone7 he
might need would be ready for him at the
First National at any time and to avail
himself OF it whenever he required it.
Among the possessions which Mr..
Beard priced was a little trotting mare
behind which be frequently drove. This
mare has been kept at the cheyenne
stables. The day after the failure be met
j. d. Freedom and told him he wanted
the mare turned uut into a pasture as he
could no longer pay for keeping her 10
town. Mr.. Freeborn advised him to let
the matter rest for a little while until he
saw how he was coming out, but Beard
said solemnly: Jake, | wouldn't drive
about town with that mare now for a
million dollars"
FREE HEARTED OFFER.
OF all the p%roffers OF assistance and ex-
pressions Of sympathy which be received
there was one which particularly moved
lin Some time ago a servant girl en-
ploYed In the city was in deep distress
because a payment which she was unable
to meet was coming due on 100 acres of
land which she had bought in Nebraska
She did not know where to turn for the
money, and it she couldn't raise IL the
land would pass out of her possession. In
her extremity she went to Mr.: Beard and
explained the situation to him. Mr..
Beard placed his own personal note in the
bank and loaned her the money. On
Saturday his mail included a letter from
this poor woman. She said she heard the