Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-05
A sANkER,s eLuNoeR.
It Was Embarrassing For the lawyer De
fore II Was Kectllsd.

IL Was Embarrassing For the lawyer De
fore 1t Was Kectlnsd.
Although bankers arc presumed to be
the most careful and exact Of all men IN
business nintters, they occasionally make
grioyous errors. Tho following narrative
tells OF n blundcr committed by the head
OF ono Of tho first banking Institutions IN
tho city. He mislaid letter containing
$1,000 worth Of checks, and but for tho ao-
oidont Of finding it two weeks later might
have got Mr. Il. Il. Carter Of K.rlwood,
Mo, into an embarrassing predlcament
As It was, tho mistake scared Mr. Carter
pretty thoroughly and has made him pom
der dcoply on tho treachoiy Of oircumstan.
tlal evidence
Mr.. Carter is a lawyer and has his homo
at kirkwood. He comes TO ST. Louis
very often. Upon tho morning Of Jan.
10, just as he was boarding tho train for
the city, one Of tho leading physicians Of
the little town handed him mn envelope,
asking him to leave It at a certain bank
ing Institution In St. Louis Mr. Carter
readily consented and asked no questions
as to tho contents OF the envelope, as noin.
formation about Il was vouohsnfcd by the
owner, When no reached tho city, he at.
tended to his friends orrand, placing tho
letter into the bands Of the president of
the bank
Hero is n letter from DR.. - Of Kirk
wood, J." said Mr. Carter
Tho banker took it, read the address
and remarked.
"Thsts ali right"
Mr.. Carter thon left
That snnlo afternoon tho lawyer ran
across tho physician In circuit court room
No. ..
Did you leave that letter at the banki"
tho doctor inquired rather suspiciously.
Yes, with the president himself was
the reply
We'll, :" returned the Doctor "the cash
Ter said ho had seen nothing Of It, but l
presume tho president has not turned it in
yet,
That settled the matter for the time be-
ing, and neither of the mon thought any
thing moro about II until Jan. 90, whom
Dr. - went to tho bank to draw check.
Tho teller was very polite, but he informed
tho Kirkwood man that he had ovordrawn
his account 81 goo The doctor was nat.
urally nonpusod, and no Immediately
madc inquiries about tho letter he had
given to Carter This had contained
Sl,aOO worth Of checks, and he now began
to got anxious about IT, Tho cashier told
him he had heard nothing OF IL Tho
president was then interviewed, and no
declared as positively that no such letter
had over been turned over to him Car.
tors character began to cloud up consider
ably in tho ductOr's mind despite his Of.
forts to prevent IT,
with view to Strengthening out the
mnttor, IL possible, the physician hurried
right out TO Kirkwood, and so great was
his haste to soc Carter that no ran into tho
back gate and through the kitchen to reach
him. When confronted, Carter stuck to
his story that be bad given tho lottor TO
the president, and 80 an Arrangement was
mndO whereby tho two were to visit the
bank tho following day.
This they did. Tho banker was found
in his oflcs
Do you mean to say" began Carter,
addressing his rumarks to tho finnncier.
that on Jan. 10, botweon 9 and 10 o'clock
in the morning, did not leave with YOU
a letter Enclosed In white envelope ad-
dressed to your concornt"
II do, sir"
''Dld you not take tho note and lny it
aside On your desk'"
You arc mistaken altogether You
never left such note with mo.
MIR, Carter began TO got angry and lit.
Ito bit frightened as we'll. Ho realized
what q ticklish position bo was in. Rails.
ing bis voice and pounding the spot where
no had seen tho banker lay tho note, he
demanded that a search DO mado for the
missing paper
Rather contemptuously tho request was
complied with, and there, suro enough,
was tho cnvslopC, JUST as Carter had do.
livcrcd it, still unopened
The mllsing checks were Of course found
inside.
Now, what havo you to say to MOI"
demanded tho recently suspected man.
The banker went on to apologize and OK.
ouso himself on the ground that go many
papers and letters Of all sorts woro hrourht /
TO him that he could not pay attention to |
them all.
Carter was somewhat notified, but over
since ho has hoen thinking about how .
close ho came TO very serious trouble. His .
vile who was greatly alarmed Mt tho turn .
ahnirs took on tho day Of tho physieian,s /
call has advised him never again 10 10. |
relve letters without knowing their con.
tents
Tho names of tho banking institution
and OF the physician arc withheld at MIR
sartor's request st. Louis Post. Dis
patch.