Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

last evening in kilograms from Washington
received by TIL Journal, and was supple
mented by the statement that the formal
report Of Mr.. Moxey. who has spent several
weeks going through the records. was SO
been INDUCED in that indictments were GER
tain to be returned against D. v. Rieger,
president, and r. d. Govington, cashier,
who were holding those positions when the
bank collapsed. 1t was also asserted tina
two other mel employed in the bank
might be indicted with them, but their
names were not given.
The kilograms and the information they
contained confirm what was f~oreshadowed
in The journal last summer when Mr..
Mickey came here to begin work on the
books. In fact, Mr.. Moxey never is sent
to conduct an examination unless the re-
ports of the examiners who AVE preceded
him and the statement Of the examiner who
was present when the bank closed are such
fraud was perpetrated.
In the ordinary course Of business the
formal order for the federal grand jury
will probably be made early in the week
and 1t will be summoned within two weeks
or earlier. The testimony will be arranged
in documentary form and the jury need
not be in session more than a couple of
days at most.
The reason a special jury Is called is that
the statute Of limitation would run against
most of the alleged offenses before the
Eext grand jury will meet in April, and the
government would thus lose its entire case
against the men. In the arrangements
Mr.. Moxey should come here and get all
the testimony arranged to go to the grand
jury at the fall term. but owing to the
fact that the department. had the fall term
OF the court here marked down for De-
cember when 1t was held in November, the
jury had concluded its work and adjourned
before Mr.. Moxey reached the city. Then
there was nothing to be done but call a
special grand jury and save the case which
the government believes it has against the
ex-bankers. The reason 1t was not done
a: once was that Comptroller Eckels want
ed to wait until he had the official report
of the expert investigation before making
the unusual request at the department OF
Justice.
Shortly after the failure of the bank
President Rieger and Cashier Covington
accepted places with the New York Life
Insurance Company and are now located
at Springfield, Ill. Mr.. Rieger is general
agent at that point n Mr.. Covington is
his cashier. They occupy sumptuous quar-
tiers and are said to be doing a great busi-
ness for their company. Some of their
clerks were formerly connected with their
bank here.
Mr.. Rieger was a widower when the
bank failed, but shortly after he went tn
Springfield he was married to Miss Archer
of Kansas City. daughter of J. E. Archer.
theatrical coStumer Of West Ninth straat
His first wife was Miss Kump. danrhter n
F. H. kump. one of the wealthy and well
known citizeEs of Kansas City. He has one
child, kump Rieger. who is now about I
years of age.
Cashier r. D. Covington was in Kansas
City one week ago to-day on his way back
to Illinois from Topeka, where he went to
give his deposition for the defendants in
ceiyer Wallace against Major Calvin Hood
and C. J.. Lantry, stockholders who have
refused to pay the assessment of 100 per
cent levied on the stock of the bank by the
department to pay the claim of the de-
poeitors.
Mr.. C~ovington's deposition at that time
was one that surprised all who heard of It
here and has been the cause of much com-
ment among bankers and business men of
the city. Mr.. Covington said that when
the stock OF. the bank began to show signs
of depression . syndicate composed Of