The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-26
ITS EFFECTS SEIZED.
Tho Fidelity and Columbia Building IN
LII A. in Trouble.

Tho Fidelity and Columbia Building ana
LII A. in Trouble.
On Saturday County Constable Domi-
nick Morris closed the office at 1902 Mar
ket street, and levied on tia furniture
and other belongings, on an attachment
issued by Squire Rodgers on a judgment
for MIRA Annie Hixenbaugh for $3.50.
which she claims to have paid in on q
subscription OF stock. The stuff attach
ed was removed to Squire Rodgers's
Office, and will be sold at the expiration
Of the legal limit. Superintendent Gal.
laher, who has bad charge Of the
branch office in this city, said on
rough estimate the company has about
800 share holders In this city and vicin.
ity. Some OF these have as high 10 ten
and fifteen shares, and estimating on
an average Of three shares per man, the
company has received about S57, 900 in
dues and assessments within the past
three years. All told they had loaned
outof this amount something like =, 900
to Wheeling people, according to MIR.
Gallaher's statements. Within the
past two months the company had
three agents working in this city. AT
times, however, they have employed as
high az eight and ten. Mrs. Lizzie
Discher, Mr.. William Tice and William
Engle, also entered suit to recover back
what they had paid into the company
on stock subscriptions, but it lie doubt
full II there will be enough attachable
property to 60 round.
The concern was a branch OF Pitts
burgh association, which has also got
into trouble. and the Dispatch OF yes
terday says:
Twenty additional informations were
made yesterday at police headquarters
against the officers OF the Fidelity and
Columbia Building and Loan Associa-
tions. The arrest ,of the officials OF
these companies has created sort OF
panic among investors in national asso-
Citations of this nature.
The mayors office and police head
quarters were oyerrun yesterday with
members OF the two associations who
are afraid that their investments are
gone. Should the charges OF the police
prove true in the investigation to be
made. great hardships will result to
hundreds OF poor people in Pittsburgh
and vicinity, who have been paying
into the associations, believing that
they were safe and economically con-
Quoted. Mill workers, clerks, washer
women and all classes OF wage earners
were numbered among the crowd that
flock to police headquarters yesterday
TO see what chance they stood OF getting
back their investments, which ranged
In sums from less than 800 to upward
Of 1900.
Persons whose deposits aggregate
about Sl5, 900 called at headquarters yes
terday and every man or woman who
called wanted 10 make charges against
the companies. The police decided,
after receiving about twenty informa-
tioua, that enough evidence had been
obtained and notified all others who
thought they had been defrauded to ap-
pear at the examination Of the officials
at central station "Wednesday next at 10
o'clock. Some additional informations
were made at the Offices Of the down
town aldermen.
The stories OF the methods alleged to
have been employed by the association
aud its agents. as told by the investors,
at police headquarters, are decidedly
startling. They say they believed they
had lost the hard earned savings OF
years, and when member sought to
obtain loan the officers would find a
lot OF complications which made 1t i'm
possible to secure it. The average
amounts paid in reached about $3.50