The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-12
THE MCDONALD FAMILY
DR.. r. II. Still Lingering at
Carlsbad for His
Health.
R. H. JR. TALKS IN JAIL.
Frank DweIIs on an Oriental Island.
Peoples Home Stockholders
Liable.

The Legislature at It's last session
amended the law creating the Board of
Bank Commissioners, with view of con-
ferring greater power on the commission.
According to reports which are believed to
be authentic the Commissioners will re-
quest the directors of the Peoples Home
Savings Bank to levy an assessment on
the stock holders of that insolvent institu-
ton.
Depositors, whose deposits in the aggre-
gate approximate $700,OO0 have assigned
to the Safe Deposit Company their books,
and this company. acting as their agent
for the collection of the money, is presum-
ably pressing the Bank Commissioners to
act in the matter.
The capital stock of the Peoples Home
Bank consisted of 10000 shares, but the
holders have paid in only 80 per cent.
How much of the stock was held by DR.. Nc
Donald. Dick Mcdonald and Frank Nc
Donald is net known. Men who have
facilities for obtaining inside knowledge
assert that 5000 shares are held by persons
from whom no assessment could be col
lected, as they are not men OF means and
property. Several stockholders are known,
however. to be possessed of worldly goods,
lands, money, ETC., and they might be
reached by the assessment.
At last accounts DR.. Mcdonald was at
Carlsbad, but the waters of that famous
resort had not restored his health so as to
enable him to venture on return journey
to the United States. He wrote recently
that it was his purpose to remain longer in
Europe and try other resorts.
Frank Mcdonald is on an island some
where off the coast of Asia. He went there
via Japan, and has found the surroundings
agreeable. He has not advised his family
or friends of desire to return to San
Francisco.
Captain J. M. Mcdonald, ex-Supervisor,
is still standing at his post of duty to pre-
serve all that can be saved from the wreck
of the Pacific Bank. He has in his
possession the details, data and plot to
write drama on the financial schemes of
his brother, DR.. Mcdonald, but he has no
| leisure time to dramatize the story, even
| if his inclinations should prompt him to
present the history of the bank wreck in
| stage form,
| In speaking recently of some of the
transactions which plunged the Pacific
| Bank into ruin the captain said: "The
bank loaned or put $780, 600 in a coal mine
called the Cedar River Company. The
story now comes, but do not know how
true it is, that the mine was located on
| Northern Pacific Railroad lands"
II am not worrying about the future"
said Dick Mcdonald, when seen in the
visitors room of the County Jail yester-
| day. His manner seemed to belle his
words, but then the ex-president of the
! Pacific Bank always was of a nervous tenn
| permanent and rather jerky in his move
| ments. But his face corroborated his
statement He gained flesh since his con-
| finement, a thing that cannot happen to
one who worries much.
81 am letting the future take care of it
| SELF" he said. eff | get as good jury as
I did the last time everything will come
out all right. If notch, we'll, as | say,
am not worrying. l am going to take
things as they come. If pleasure, joy
| comes, well and good. 1t the other, why,
well and good also. When a man worries
1t is because he lacks philosophy.
~ do not know where my father is. I
have not heard from him for over a year.
Oh, no; I cannot say that we are on bad
terms. Why has he not secured bail for
me2 Well-ah-ah, you see, [ haven't
worried about bail. can wait.
Gam writing book? Well. you can
say that you called upon Mr.. Mcdonald
in his room here The did not say cell, but
ROOM and that he said he did not care to
discuss matters until after his trial.
"But that would not answer the question
about the book" was pointed out to the
prisoner.
"That is so, it would not. Well, you
see if have written a book, or if I am GO
ing to write book, the public would only
think of me as seeking after notoriety if /
were to talk about it now"
"Then you have written book?" was
asked
eff I should write a book it would be
something uncommon. 1t would have the
finest kind of illustrations and would be
published handsomely"
"Have you finished the book?"
alt might be better to publish it as a
serial or in one OF the Eastern magazines.
have thought of letting Harpers Maya
zine or the Century have it. 1t would be
written in the finest kind of literary style,
something that would command attention
from the intelligent and educated classes.
| would not be vindictive. | am not that
kind of a man. would rather go to the
penitentiary myself than be the means of
sending any one else there. | have seen
so much suffering here-not that I have
suffered myself But / have seen others
suffer- Therefore, I would not do any,
thing to send any one to the penitentiary.
"But man, however wicked he might
be, could not wreck bank all by himself
mean to say, you know that could not
have wrecked the Pacific Bank all alone
you UNDERSTANDINGS unless | had used
dynamite. There is nothing revengeful
about me. In q book, or whatever I
might write-if have written or am going
to write-I would draw economic truths
from statements of fact that would be
interesting And I would have it illus
trated; the very best of illustrations I
wish you would say that Mr.. Mcdonald
does not wish to talk about himself at this
time"