The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-18
ALLEN IN CUSTODY.
President of Broken Bank OF
Tacoma Twice Arrested.
TAE FIRST TINE At CHeHsLiS.
Taken TO Tacoma. He Gives Ball. Comes
TO seattle tn Consult His atf"rney'
and T. Arrested Here.

,v-,.or,a SEM. -speciAf--W- r. Allen.
..re~sgerf ~ fgr decrrYct Bank - Tacoma
syas arrested At ChehAlLs tala morning -
Gnarf~ Parker 0r Pierce c2Hiitst
-, tnr charge o. receiving money ~ ne
tsarb vasn he knew g waS lTaoIYelA- -
warrant was served a. s@e o'c3'e a tIa
residence OF ". AlleTTs fsfhFr-if-iaN' -
State Senator Henry T Long. ihFte i'''e"
from Cheaails. re-. -
two chfiaren. ard Sheriff Parker. arrived
nere on the Portland train a. -, IMP
evening The pArfy Was quickly 1t4F'A
- tho court house. where the prisoner Us
arrarsYsed before Justice 0f the Pe4ce -
l. McMnrray. ..-.
hatlse vnen Il became known early in me
afternoon that Mr. AfIen had been arrest
81 In the court room were Lumoer oI
ere bankers friends The prisoner waived
me reading Of the compliant h3s attoF-
usv asked that the case be contluUeo one
week 50 that NJ could cormunicate Vim
.sssFssel FOR the defense and prepare tHe
ease This the eoart granted The justice
rxesi the amount ~ bond al &.ss. am Y
was signed by Martin 4 Isll0n. who VAS
chief ~ police under tse Esce aaasinsgts-a-
ION, r. j Davfs. formerly assistant CASH
ier OF the Merchants SaftSnat Bank,
George ~ PuTdou. real estate de9ier
tractor, and " = Brown Dillon quail
fed in the full amount or the bond. Davis
end piIrtlon IN $50 each and Brown n
g. go. After the bond bad 1eeu Fixed Den
MY Prosecutor Davis came In and asked
mat hal be Get AZ $1,000. Tbs vas denied
by the court
Tho arFeat nf President Allen on z Grim
fnsl charge - the last and most sensation
al lnchient IN the failure Of the Bank Of
Tacoma. The complaint ~ sworn 20 ny =.
W. T0une4oB, and charges thar Allen re-
eeiveG depozlt Of 81 a. on August r.. ls1J.
az the Bank ~ Tacoma knowing al The
time that the institution was insolvent II
Is believed that the attorneys for the re-
ceivers have other and sraEer charges 20
b. Iaid AKA ast the prisoner. and that they
VIII bring them cut IN due time
To the Post-IufelligenceT representative
the prisoner said 10 ala not wish 90 make
sny statement whatever. as 20 tho charges
against him tn he had consulted his al.
torusy.
dian OF $751; 80 ID securities Of the bank
placed in bis hands by an arrangement be
tween the finance committee and Allen e
year ago 90 partially secure the City's de-
post OF s22sfs1 The city treasurer Is
keeping tight hold on them. but Receiver
Titl0w II making preparations 10 ask tho
court for an order 10 the city treasurer
compelling him 60 turn the collateral over
10 the bank. The oniy question that will
likely come up will he whether the city
can realize on the securities to better adj
vantage than the receiver. u is presumed
the proceedings viii be OF 4 friendly ma
ture.
President Al'en was arrested in this city
ri the Flyer dock last night on the ar
rival Of that steamer from Tacoma az 9.}0
o'clock The arrest VAS made by Chief
Bolton Rogers and Detective Cudihce in
response ia a telegram from Sheriff Par
ker. OF Tacoma. stating that he held
warrant Tor the arrest Of ". r. Allen on
the charge Of receiving deposits OF money
while president Of the bank after the
bank had become insolvent. After the ar
rest had been made Allen was placed in
the custody OF Detective Wells, and while
not locked up last night he was securely
guarded. Aliens attorney. r. :. Jones
met him at the dock just as the arrest
was made.
When Allen WAS seen hy a reporter no
was seated in the rear room at police
headquarters in company with Attorney
X. :. Jones. Attorney y. e Richards
who had accompanied him from Tacoma
and Detective Wells he appeared rather
worried than east down by the arrest. He
said The theory Of my being engaged
In an attempt "a escape Is absurd When
| was arrested yesterday morning In Che
halls. ] was with my wife. my two Httle
children and ms witcs sister We had
been down on visit to my wfe's father.
ex-senator J. II. Long. who IS an old ana
wcll-kn0wn citizen Of Lewis county. I
had not had a vacation for three years.
and We were tust down for a little plcas-
tire trip. and had made 4 visit al several
days, We Wero just starting for Tacoma
when the arrest was made. Whom We
arrived az Tacoma yesterday afternoon
lHH 4hsI4
late. ] went AZ once 90 Justice NIcMur-
rays court and gave bond for $500 haX-
ing four names attached as slIretles on the
bond. ] then tcicphonrd Mr Jones. who
II my attorney ~, replied by saying that
he could not come over IL Tacoma. ana
advising mo 10 come over here Nj
Richards who was formerly my attorney.
came with me. When We arrived At The
dock VAS arrested"
The essential points IN Mr. Aliens story.
were corrohorated nv AR. Jones ana NJ.
Richards In addition u rehearSlrr tho
story OF the correspondence AMI the ar
rest Mr. Jones said ~ has been a
month since the hank failed During that
time AIR Allen has not sought 20 conceal
his Whereabouts and thst lapse of time is
pretty Eood guarantee that hc was not
meditating escape. And as IL hts attempt
ING it On this trip thr circumstances an
contradict such theory Ilc asked nv, "a
come over % Tacoma for consultation T
replied thst could NOT. sul advised hin,
- com" over here he d.l $50. ARA was sr-
rcstrd
-Nee." 'ntorposea Aurn v.fh -auicr
grim pleasantly. "o.G tFe ~fNt tf-r
shall he q Itiie slower i7 tRk.r~ Il I'm
Ner's advice about what "a Do"
Ntr Jones stated thIt .hss morning Nlr0
would probably ra back io Tacoma. o.tns,
- give another bond Il required. mp o. 49,
new tho other io whichever shape the law