Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-23
BOTH BROTHERS BAILED.
They Claim They Felt Safe After
Getting Dewalt's Cash.
A 100000 SALE OF COAL LANDS.
Bowser, the Second Degree Murderer, Rec
commended for Pardon.
EEWSY NOTES FROM NEARBY TOWNS
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH

rsPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATcH.i
GREENSBURG, Dec. o2.-Upon an IN
formation made bv James Dewalt, mer-
chant of Manor, County Detective Alcorn
this afternoon arrested Bankers P S. Pool
and Elmer Pool at Irwin. The charge is en-
bezzlement The Pools waived hearing,
and promptly gave bail in the sum of s., 600
each for court.
The arrests were accomplished without
any excitement The officer simply read
the warrants and then awaited the Pools at
the Office of Justice Eli Mccormick where
thev appeared few minutes later, and gave
bail in s., 900 for their appearance before
Justice Keener, of Greensburg, next Mon
dav at 9 o'clock. Both of them took it
coolly, and did not appear to be concerned
as to the outcome Dewat was seen this
evening, and he tells the following:
''On Monday about noon / went to the
bank for the purpose of depositing some
money I found Elmer Pool at the desk. L
asked him as TO the condition of the bank,
and he replied that it was all right, and
that they had lots of money. He said that
they had more money than was needed in
their business at that time, and that they
sent the surplus to the Fort Pitt Bank, of
which he said they were about sending
away, and upon questioning him some fur
ther he said that a bank depositing in
bank of another city was just the same as
depositor in home bank. The money was
subject to check, and could be drawn when
needed"
The arrest of the parties caused consid-
cradle comnotiou in Irwin. The general
impression is that there is something radi-
Il L
Peter S. Pool. the senior member of the
firm and father of Webster and Elmer Pool,
enjoys the confidence of the people, and
great sympathy is expressed for him. All
ewes turn to the sons who, it is now
claimed, involved the bank into its present
misfortune
The Pools emphaticallv deny anv crook
edness and have employed able attorneys to
defend them. Touching the Dewalt matter,
they say that they were positive at that
time that they would tide over the difficulty.
The amount deposited in the bank by De-
walt was $40.
Opinions are divided as to the wisdom of
Dewalt's course. Agood many of the depos-
itors think the better plan is TO await the
appraisers report before proceeding TO ex-
tremities At the Pool residence no unu-
snail excitement is noticeable. Whether
other informations will be made is q matter
of conjecture
\ special telegram to THE DISPATCH from
htllCaNsourg says: James r Riddle, "A heavy
deposltor III the suspended Tyrone Bank,
entered suit in court here to-day against
Caleb Guyer, A. B. Hoover, Claude Jones and
Patrick Flynn, the stockholders of the insti-
tuition, to recover the amount of his depos-
its. Other suits are in prospect. Deeds of
transfers Of certain real estate of Caleb
Guyer and A. B. Hoover, the two principal
stockholders, were entered on record to-day.
The deeds are dated over a year ago.
\ special telegram to The DISPATCH from
Altoona saws Recent develoDments con-
cernlng the defunct Tyrone Bank are of a
rather startling nature. Most of the dcposit-
ors are farmers, who have just learned of
their losses. and are crowding the lawyers
offices hoping for some means to get at their
accounts. The liabilities are accommodating
rapidly, and are now known to he much
greater than at first supposed. Many prom-
nent business men supposed to be stock
with the bank. The cashier promises to
make a statement il a few days, but will say
nothing comforting now.