Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-10

missed By the brief replies or the ouSy
bank officials to her eager questions.
Something was wrong. She knew
this with q wOman's intuition. what OF
Cashier De Barril; why was he missing
from the bank? Finally they told her.
De Barril was a defaulter. She shud-
dered and turned pale. Ii was stun
ming blow, but she bore it 6ravely. She
must see President Wolff; she must
know the sum De Barril had stolen
from the bank.
No, she would not go away until she
knew; knew just how many dollars,
how many cents was due the bank.
President Wolf knew. There was a
memorandum handy that showed the
financial extent of Charles De BarrlPs
disgrace. The anxious woman was sat
isfied then.
She went away, but before the sun
went down she was back again and had
paid to President Wolf every dollar
that had been stolen.
This woman was Nina De Barril, the
defaulter's noble sister. The next
morning this personal appeared In the
morning newspapers:
ARLIE-Everythin is settled satisfacto-
rily; let me hear from you. Nina.
To all inquiring friends she has said
that her brother has not needed her
appeal and that she has not the slight
est idea where ne is. Her tear-stalned
face confirms her statement. II the de-
faulter knew the depth OF her griet ne
would come home If he has any man
hood left.
Nina De Barril has borne al this sor-
row alone, not even cOniding In her
mother and brothers. Although one
brother lives I'm the same house he knew
nothing of the defalcatiOn until last
Sunday, and the other only knew that
there was some difficulty at the bank
and that Charles had gone away.
Among those who have searched most
vigorously for some trace Of the de-
faulter is Mat NOOnan, who keeps a sa-
loon in the Bowery, and until two
weeks ago had another az the corner of
Thirty-ninth street and Sixth avenue.
De Barril was his client partner, and
had been more than kind in lOaning him
bank money. They were almost insep-
arabic friends, a0d NOOnan still has a
locket dangling from his watchchain In
which is a portrait of De Barril and
lock of hair. The latter was given to
DeBarril by his betrOthed, who was
killed by being thrown from horse.
De Barril thought so much of the sa-
loOn-keeper that he gave him the lock
Of hair.
NOOnan and De Barril were driving
Jlesy vr- WV Ovfvro Do B0rrh ran away.
The latter must have known then that
tLoFts Mould soon no foun1 ont for
he was in a very Respondent mood and
made NoOnan promise that II anything
happened to him, Noonan would "be
good to mis- friends" The morning
after De Barril disappeared NOonan re-
ceived letter from him telling him he
was in trouble and lntimating that he
was going TO kill himself. A similar
letter was received by a Mrs. Powers.
As soon as he learned that De Barril
had fled and that he was q defaulter at
the bank NOOnan sold the Sixth avenue
saloon. He paid the bank $1,000 the
day following De BarrilS departure.
He says he will take up two more notes
at the bank to-day.
IL will be interesting TO hear Charles
M. PrestoR'S explanation OF the rotten
condition i'm which the stockholders find
the affairs of the LenOX Hill Bank. Mr..
Preston is State Superintendent OF
Banking and he is supposed to keep
sharp watch over the management Of
every bank in New York that is not I'M
der the immediate jurisdiction OF the
National Bank Examiner.
One would naturally suppose that Mr.
Preston would have been unusually vigil
liant in his official supervision of the
LenOx Hill. Almost from its inception
there had been corruption OF some kind
associated with its management. The
gang of thieves into whose hands it fell
i'm 1889 are now serving long terms in
prison. Even since Conrad j. Gordon
raised the bank from the dead and toiled
day ard night to put il on a sound fOun-
datiOn il has not been free from scandal.
Although Mr. PreStOn'S examination
Of the bank took place since Cashier
De Barril began 70 steal--the World
told the story of his defalCation exclu-
sively yeSterday-Mr. Preston makes
no mention OF crOOkednesS in his report,
nor does he refer 10 the loose manner
in which the funds OF the bank were
loaned. The official examination ought
70 have disclosed what is now known 10
be a fact-that most Of the securities
were almost, II not quite, worthless.
Mr.. Preston was not in the city yes
terday. Lee Wolf, President OF the
LenOx Hill, could not be found either.
Even when he admitted to q World re-
porter on Sunday that Cashier De BaTril
had robbed the bank he insisted that
the sum of the defalcatiOn had been
made good 70 the bank, the depOSitOrs
had been paid in full and the bank was
only closing out its remaining assets be-
fore winding up its career forever.
Mr.. Wolf could not even be induced
70 place an estimate on the amount the
stockholders we're likely to get after the
assets were cleared up. When asked il
they would realize as much as IS cents
on the dollar, he said that such state
ment had been made when the bank first
went into liquidation, but he diSclaimed
having authorized It.
Mr.. VOLTS situation is unpleasant.
lie must face Mr.. Jordan, who took so
much interest in the welfare OF the
bank. When the il-Wallaek-ClaaSsen
CLIQUE wrecked II two years ago IL was
Mr.. Jordan who gathered together the
fragments and put the bank on
its legs again. But for him hun
dreds OF poor shopkeepers would
have been ruined. Every asset and
most o. the capital would have
been swept away had not Mr.. Jordan
bolstered up the bank with his own cash
and reputation. When he reOrganized
il in February Of last year he became its
President and induced q large number
of his intimate friends TO subscribe for
the stock. They took IL more to Oblige
~, than ANYTHING else and because Of