The morning call., 1894-05-10

first action taken by the new board be the
levying or All assessment OF $40 per share
on the issued capital stock, and that no
extension of time for payment be granted; !;
that the banks expenses be reduced to
$3.50 a month; that immediate steps be
taken to recover some OF the property,
particularly attorneys fees, of which the
bank has been despoiled; that the action
of attorneys who got these fees be re-
ferred to the Bar Association for nvesti-
Cation.
The report was signed by Ii. W. Hutton.
w. Harris. Thomas Mahoney, Il. w. Nc
Carthy, Z. f. Kendall, A. B. Frace and ID.
D. Pike. 1t was received with applause,
and on motion was adopted unanimously.
j. N. Young of Young & Powers, attor-
neys, said he believed the depOsitors
should 60 to law at once, whereupon
woman in the crowd arose. II have $5O6
in the Peoples Home Bank" said she,
land l don't want to have it in the hands
of thieving attorneys any longer. 1t is
time we protect ourselves. The committee
can look out for our interests without hav-
ing attorneys making money on our de-
posits."
Wallace Bradford added that he thought
taking the matter out of the committees
hands would be a grave mistake. The
committee" he said, ''iS as shrewd, II not
quite so tricky. as the average attorney. L
believe that a certain sensational paper
and its proprietor are as much to blame
for wrecking the bank as Dick Mcdonald
or any of the McDonalds."
W. Is. Latham ID owed that the committee
No do ip
ried.
This should be an indignation meet
ing" said James Barry I'VE should de-
eide here that we will fight to put any one
who is responsible for corruption in that
bank behind prison bars" Applause.]
The committee is with you there"
said the secretary.
why Sonntag and Evans and Black
Bart are angels of light compared with
those scoundrels who have robbed the peo-
pie. Dick Mcdonald is a bad man, and
ano ther who denounces him is Frank Stone.
the attorney who looted the bank.
eff Dick is indicted why should not
Frank Stone be indicted. why not Charles
Montgomery. Hiram 7. Graves and the
rest of the scoundrels who wrecked the
bank?" Wild applause was his answer
Bradford arose In the gallery to defend
Graves and Montgomery, but when his
speech betrayed his purpose savage
storm of hsses and cries of "sit down"
drowned his voice Again he tried to
speak. and again the derisve noises were
hurled against him. An excited depositor
walked behind him, took him by the col
lar of his coat and iammed the obstinate
one into his chair with such force that the
chair was heard to SIN ash. Then disorder
followed Barry called for free speech.
that Bradford be heard, but it was of no
avail.
Another depositOr stood up for Mont
gomery with the result that vote was
carried to have him speak before the meet
ing. Montgomery was not called, how
ever. and in any case the police would not
have let him in.
His life would not be worth dime"
said an officer, IF the crowd grew ex-
cited"
Hutton stated that Swanberg had offered
TO return his securities to the bank on
very fair conditions, and a girl moved that
the securities be respectfully demanded"
and given into the receivers hands This
was carried unanimously.
collection OF S57 % was taken up and
the meeting adjourned until next Wednes-
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