The sun., 1893-10-30
WANT TO SEE PERCY HARRIS.
CONTINENTAL BANK OFFICIALS AZ
TER S1SFORD'S piRTNER.

| A ws,ort that Tc Is In Chicago Svhti His
| I..uy.r-Tbe Sudden Boom In III nrri- "a
| CO.'S Trar.ncuon- ON the Consolidate
No further arrests were made vest crday In
connection with Benjamin q. Santoids en-
| begzlemont OF s53UoO from the Cor tlnental
| National Bank. but it Is limited that there may
| be DEVELOPMENTS In the course o' the next few
| days. so far tho legal proceedtn - have
/ amounted only to a civil suit for the recovery
| of tho misappropriated moneys asa result Of
which Sanford is now In Ludlow street Jail.
| but II is probable that criminal proceedings
Will follow.
Tho bank officials would iike 10 get trnsv
OF Percy W. Harris. who was SaniOfns partner
in tho firm OF Harris Co.. brokers. on the
Consolidated Exchange hut 80 far tn" only in
! formation obiainable concerning MIN 10 that
he may DO in Chicago with T. ii. Har-
denbrook. who is known To be his
counsel Mr.. Maurice Mcudham OF the Con-
solidated Exchange said yesterday that he
had known Harris over since lie began TO
trade. but that ho never knew The man TO
havo any money any backing. The story
Harris gave out that he was buying for 3. V.
White. was absurd.
II always suspected Harris" added Mr.
Mendhau," because he carried his small
At irst Harris could not get any brokers on
the Consolidated Exchange to carry MS orders
and purchases unless lac put MP certified
checks. and even tnen they made him keep his
evidently personal transactions. Harris was
close and caught at an eighth. whereas In his
large sales and purchases he never hesitated
for half point difference to accept an offer or
Mr. Louis p Mendham. who is m mentioned In
the omplaint against sanford as the ma who
holds Harris ~ Co.'S books. denies that he ever
tai Bank cannot understand how the I'LL GERS OF
the Mechanics Bank could have allowed san
ford to keep an account with them whom they
a
ing bank. They look upon it as 1. Jreach
II he asl peope say Emew
Sanford was in the employ OF another oank.
Put tnat shey did not see any tH harn' IN his
Two years ago Sanford opened IN account
with the Umpire State Bank. at Broadway and
noticed the size Of the clerks deposits he told
him he must close his account
street. and was in the habit Of giving big din
ners there to his friends he also had poker
IN open pool games at the billiard halls rf The
city. Ia addition to this he used 20 secul @ tho
In the market. and he owned a steam launch.
All this on S2.2Uo u year-and what he made
.Kudo ph Huben. Secretary OF the Consol-
idated Board. said yesterday:
Board for about a year, They were reg ularly
proposed and seconded 10y two nembo s. ac-
fioor was moderate Until about three II Oh onths tbs
ago. when it Increased largely. good many
memDe asked me- about them at that time,
but so far as know their reputation was ex-
cellent They had small office in our ouid-
ing. for which they paid. think. $500 !, year.
Shortly before Oct. l. 7: NJ Harris wrote to mo
sry hs that they tn n w9uld give up the
and said that we would hold him to his lease,
which does not expire until May ]. Wo were
very much surprised to receive a notice OF tho
dissolution Of their partnership. but they
closed up their business to the satisfaction Of
M. Harris was the member of the Board. He
was an energetic young man OF - or 80. and
he was almost constantly on the floor"
AT the apartments OF A. q. Sanford. b. G.
father at l1S5 Lexington avenue it
was said last night that Mr.. SANFORD WAS at the
bedside OF a dying sister, and could not bo
seen: probably not for two weeks said the
la ughing lady who came to the door.