The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-28
GOV. M'KINLEY
lot the Indorser But the Maker
Of the Notes,
And Was a Partner With Walker in
SINE Of the Enterprises.
ever Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
worth Of His Paper 0nt--A PennsylvA-
MIA Coal NeIture Collapsed, aud
THAT rreclpltated the Big Crash.

CoLuNEUs. o.. Feb 2s.--Lixe thun-
derbolt from a clear sky came the news
that Mckinley had been made bank
rupt through the treachery Of friend,
man named Walker, who was en-
gagged in various enterprises, who had
induced Mckinley, This old neighboE.
TO indorsc for him and, failing, had
dragged the governor down. Tbs gov,
crnor, so the story went, was an limo
cent and abused party.
He had relied on his friends honesty,
had never kept account Of bis indorse
ments, but had given them as freely anc
rapidly as they were asked
Now comes a second chapter. 1t is q
story that is being whispered aboa;
among few who claim To. know, and il
puts things In a different light
1t puts the governor in the attitude Of
a man who was not simply an accom-.
mediation indorser for fricnd-a suf
ferer by that friends treachery. but .
man who knew exactly what he was
about.
The idea Of going to the governors
rescne financially by the raising Of .
fund among nll classes Of the public
willing TO contribute will now no doubt
be abandoned. 1t may be stated, too
that the belief has been expressed that
there is no intention to use the separate
estate Of the governors cstimable wife.
of which Myron Herrick, the Cleveland
err, has been made trustee.
The story goes that Gov McIkinley's
liabilities, instead of being Sis, 900. are
nearer 500, 900. and the governor is not
merely the indorser of the notes in
volved in the transaction, as first re-
ported. but the maker of these notes,
which are floating about the country
in amounts ranging from $1,000 70
$1,000.
These notes, it is claimed, were made
by the governor to Robert Walker, Of
Youn gstown, whose recent fixture
brought on the crash, and represented
thousands of dollars used in coal mine
venture near Connellsville, Pa, in which
Mckinley and W s4lIsiT we're ssa Jointly in
terested.
The notes in question have been rum
| ming, ii is snid, for four or five years,
and the wonder has been among those
aware Of the situation that the crisis
was not reached long before it came.
Viewed in such light as that thrown
around it by the story now told, the
whole affair puts the governor in the
position Of man who ventured and
lost, not that 81 a man who was over
taken by misfortune through the fault
| of others.
There Is another story to the effect
that an individual named Andrew ].
Duncan, who formerly lived in this
state, but who is now in the far west,
and who claims to be brother-in-law
OF Gov Mckinley, was q partner with
the governor and Walker in stamping
mill project, but was frozen out Of the
/ firm.
/ YOUNGSTOWN, o., Feb 2s.--In regard
to the story about Gov. Mckinley loss
many notes have been found which bear
J, The name OF GOV. Mckinley as principal
AMI Walker as an indorser.
/ The friends Of Mckinley, who are try
4 ing to make the governor pose as vic
tim Of friends treachery, say in ex-
1 PLANTATION of this that the governor
signed the notes that way SO that it
would be easier for Walker to get
| money.