The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-17
HE DID JUST RIGHT
CASHIER @. b. MENKE DID NOT
MAKE FALSE ENTRIES
New York and Kansas City Banks Tried to
Deposit Money in the Hutchinson Ma
tionaI with String to It-Judge WILL
Jams Said Nenke Did Right and Ordered
the Jury to Bring in a Verdict of Not
Guilsy--Eiood of Sunshine Spreads Over
Mrs. Meuke's Face--COusiderable Inter-
est Taken in the Proceedings

The trial of c. H Minke. former
the United States court yesterday
turned out TO be very interesting pro-
ceeding.
c. H. Minke had been indicted for
making false entries in the books OF the
bank and the jury heard the testimony
in the forenoon yesterday.
When the Hutchinson National sus-
pended in 1898 the comptroller of the
currency gave the bank leave to open
if it could secure $4,000. 1t secured
that amount and re-opened for bust
ness.
In order to secure this money A. J..
Lusk, president OF the Hutchinson
bank, gave his individual note for SI0,-
900 to the Hanover bank of New York
and another note for $4,000 to the
Metropolitan National bank of Kansas
! City.
1t appeared in the testimony that the
New York and Kansas City banks had
not actually paid the cash on Lusk' S
| notes but permitted the Hutchinson
bank to use their credits for the
amounts named.
| This amount of money was credited
on the books OF the Hutchinson bank
and it opened its doors for business.
The testimony showed that the New
York bank let the Hutchinson bank this
money on the 9TH day of August and
charged the Hutchinson bonk with the
amount August Sth and asked that the
Hutchinson bank give it credit for &c.
900 on its books.
c. II. Minke. cashier of the Hutcfin-
son bank, refused to credit the New
York bank with the $4,000, which
/ would have squared the account and il
was the dispute over this that led III
to an indictment being secured against
a. J. Lusk. president. and c. H. Menke
cashier of the Hutchinson bank and
! of John Chapman. who had formerly
been president of the institution.
| The case ran along very smoothly
until ii came to inStructing the jury
when il was discovered that Judge
/ Williams had some very decided opin
ions i'm the matter. He claimed that tbs
evidence showed that Menke had charg
ed the New York and Kansas City
| banks with the amount of credit they
had given the Hutchinson National and
on the strength of this credit the Hut
Crimson bank had resumed business.
Judge Williams held that was jus
what he ought 10 have done and tina
he would have comitted an offense if h
had failed to do that. He could no
see the proprlety OF tniS New 10TH dil'
Kansas City bank loaning the Hutch
,inson bank their credit long enough Il
reopen and then withdraw the mex
day after people had been induced 4
ldeposite their money in the bank on tn
faith of this So 600
| 1t appeared to the court that thes
two banks had attempted to put il
money enough 10 permit the Hutchin
son bank to reopen but to have
1 fvin rn fhQV COl1Id
out just as soon as the bank did re
open.
United States Attorney Perry mad
a vigorous fight to prevent this ruling
Letters and dispatches from the New
York bank to the Hutchinson bank q
prove to the court that the cashier o
! the Hutchinson bank, Mr.. Menke, ha'