The advocate., 1894-10-10
THIs Is WHAT HELPED BRING KAN
sAS TO DISGRACE.
a LOud-MOuthed Redsemsr Whose BuSi-
ness Is swindling the Public,
and Who Ought to Be
In Prison.

record Of r. w. Blue, candidate FOR con-
gresham 'st-lsrge upon the republican
tlckst. Being one Of the victims Of the
alleged 'failure" Of tho Citizens bank Of
Mound City, Linn county, Kas., I am
financially interested in the affairs Of
that bank, which was claimed to bs the
very best bank in Linn county, in fact,
q particularly bright star in the constel-
iation Of fin ncisl institutions which
have been persistently pointed to with
pride by our republican leaders and
press Rs being "the best banking system
on earth" We now fad that, notWlth-
standing the alleged "ssfs and conserv.
ntive" character Of the institution with
which we will show how closely Mr..
Blue was connected, it had some pscul-
lar characteristics not set forth in lts
glittsring prospectus. The bank was
organized In May, 1887, and failed in
July, 1893, Mr.. Blue being sin on tho
ground floor" in the start, and safely
"over the fence and out" when the fail.
urs occurred. l was one Of commit
toe OF three appointed to examine the
books. and az each OF the committee was
q victim OF the crash, we had fairly paid
for the information we might obtain, al
though we we're not aware what the de
velopments might be. The bank failed
on June 10, 1893, with $4,000 Of indi-
vidual deposits as one item of their liS-
bility, in addition to $40 400 psid-up
stock, which had also been swallowed
up.
Now, when the bank examiner walked
into this safe and conservative institu'
tion on the sbove date, and put his
hand on the money drawer and safe,
he found, 90 q basis for this liability Of
Sl69,4O0, only B1,57962 In cash, and
about $4,000 in notes. We, as depOs'
itorg, we're assured by the president,
csshisr, and r. W. Blue, director, up to
the very day Of the failure, that the
bank was perfectly safe; and, as one evil
dence Of the confidence we had in their
assurances, based, OF course, on our be-
Lief in their honesty and integrity, we
call attention to the fact TINT there was
no run made or the bank by depoSitors,
a. the statement Of it's condition made
to the bank commissioner on June 70,
1893, one month previous to the failure,
shows $4,000 individual deposits. AS
evidence Of the worse than rotten char
aOter Of the paper lin general, which is
turned over to us as assets by this gang
Of genteel freebootsrs and legsllzsd Dsl
tons, We call attention to the fact that
the names Of the stockholders Of the in
stitution are attached to Sl03000 out Of
the $4,000 in notes, and, rs evidence
Of the share that Mr.. Blue had in the
transaction, l call attention to the fact
that his name as principal is attached
to e8 657.64. he had $1,000 in stock,
upon which he had paid but $500, leav-
ing him liable as stoCkholder, for 5000,
making him debtor in the total sum Of
$12O5764. Now, no one would imagine
for moment that one Of the foremost
"redeemers" Of Kansas, ,one Of the bright
sst apostles of "honest dollars" would
pbligAte himself in this manner to the
citizens Of his own county, his neighbors
and eriends--some OF whom are widows
npd orphAla-Without dspOsiting oollAt-