Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-05
MORE TROUBLE FOR THE CASHIER
OF THE ARGENTINE BANK.
A FUND TO PROSECUTE HIM.
AFTER EXPULSION FROM HIS LODGE.
HURRIED ACTION TAKEN.
He Is Charged with Receiving De-
posits when He Knew the Bank
to BE in u Failing Condi-
tion-seriex of War
rants fo De Served.

City Marshal H. W. Richardson. OF Ar
gentine. left for Turner last evening with
a warrant for George A. Taylor. cashier
of the defunct Argentine bank. The war
rant was sworn out by Meyers Hurley,
charging Taylor with receiving deposit
for the bank wheh he knew it to be in a
falling condition.
Marshal Richardson returned from Tur-
ner at O'Clock this morning. but Taylor
was not at his home. An officer was left
in the vicinity, and the ex-cashier Will be
arrested IL he returns to his home
The warrant was sworn out before JUS
tice ]. F. Trowbridge last evening about
o'clock and placed in the city marshars
hands for execution. The arrest of Taylor
was decided upon after many long and
heated conferences between several of the
depositors. Ever since the closing OF the
bank last August there has been more or
less dissatisfaction among those who had
lost their money. The arrest of Taylor
last fall ar5 the trial before Justice Simms.
OF Armourdale. was far from satisfactory
TO the depositors.
Taslor's strong hold 1t was claimed.
has been the fact that he was Mason in
good standing and the order was standing
by him. This point in his favor was re-
moved, however, by the members of Ben
Hur lodge No. 81, A. (. and A. NJ. at their
last meeting, when they expelled him from
the lodge. This lodge was organized about
five years ago, Taylor being one Of the or
ganizers and an active member. He was
treasurer most of the time until the clos
ing OF the bank and had about 500 of the
lodges money on deposit. This. however,
he paid to the lodge and It lost nothing.
There was a. large number Of the lodge
and as time passed and no dividends were
declared. they began to murmur. Most Of
them had been assured by Taylor that the
bank would pay out nearly II not quite dol
lar Tor dollar IL hasty action was only de-
ferred and he was given a chance to Eek
plain matters and assist the receiver. Tay-
Tor has not been seen in Argentine for sew
eral months and runors have been afloat
lately toithe effect that he had left This
mas served 10 keep the people excited lest
he should escape.
straitened circumstances of a number of
the depositors often caused the feeling to
run high Especially was this true Of Mrs
FuitZ, whose husband was killed on the
Santa Fe railroad last fall.
She deposited the insurance money re-
ceived by her from the A. o. U. w, every
bank at his solicitation, and lost it. She
has large family of small children 20
take care Of and no one but herself to de-
pend on
Another case was that of a Santa Fe
fireman who had his arm torn of last
summer and was made cripple for life.
He had deposited his money in the bank
only a few days before it failed and he
was left penniless. This money he had
received from the A o. u W. and the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
satisfaction of the working people of the
Silver City and as a result his arrest was
decided upon
There is all kind of trouble in store for
ex-Eanker Taylor and his future looks
very gloomy. Men who were formerly
TayIor's closest friends have now turned
>sion. Over a month ago a Arge number
of the depositors of the defunct Argentine
bank. of which Taylor was cashier. held a
secret meeting and decided upon a plan
of action. II was the unanimous opinion
of these depositors that Taylor was guilty
of mismana ging the affairs Of the bank
1t is charged that evidence of fraud was
"A fund was at once started for the pros
ecution of the cashier. and nearly 800
raised. This matter has been Kept Sc
cret, as it was feared that Taylor would
leave the country upon learning of the pro-
posed prosecution
The depositors have retained one OF the
leading law firms in Kansas City. kas., TO
assist the county attorney in the prosecu-
ton of Taylor. All the papers have been
drawn up and are ready to be filed 1t was
TayIor's arrest until next Friday. as there
were two or three of them who had not
as yet signed the complaint
Among the principal depositors that have
volunteered to help pay the cost of prose-
cutting Cashier Taylor are: The Kansas
City Smelling and Refining Company and
the Badger Lumber Company. The last
named company lost about 5000 in the
failure of the bank: The smelling company
was also caught for a goodly sum. The
specific charge which Taylor will have to
answer Is receiving deposits after the state
bank examiner had informed him that he
would have to suspend business.
One of the attorneys for the depositors
stated yesterday that they were in possess
sion of positive evidence to this effect. Sem
sational evidence of fraud Is also promised.
One instance where fraud will be
charged Is in the case Of George Walker.
Some time ago Receiver Perkins. of the
defunct bank. brought suit against Walker
to recover $50 on a note delivered by him
to the bank. The note was found among
the assets. The suit was brought before
Justice Hughes. in Kansas City. Kas.. and
when Walker learned of the action brought
against him he hastened to the attorneys
for the receiver and informed them that
he had paid the note and had Taylor's re-
ceipt for the money. The case has never
been tried. but when 1t comes to trial IL
is understood that Walker will be present
with his RECENT