Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, w. Va, February c.
The following is copy of a deed of
trust taken from the court records Of
Wood county, and is creating quite
feeling in business circles, where the
matter is now generally known:
e THAT whereas the said w.
II. Wolfe has become liable as accom-
mediation indCrser and otherwise on
certain notes and obligations of GER
tain corporations and individuals now
held by the Second National Bank, of
Parkersburg, West Virginia, and in
view Of the recent losses sustained by
said bank, and in order to aid it and
10 make safe and strong these secur-
tiles of the said bank on which the said
Wolfe is liable. he has proposed to
secure the whole amount of such in
dorsements and liabilities, as provided
herein, and the board of directors OF
said bank is willing to accept this Sc
curity."
The following property IS conveyed
by general warranty TO the trustees:
Two lots on upper Market street, lots
in Tefft's addition, lot on Hanover
street. lot on Ownes street, lots in Bent
ley's addition lot on Swami street, lot
on Court street, lot in T. A. Cooks par
tition, farm in State district, land in
Walker district, Whitman farm in IL
CART district.
The deed is signed William II. Wolfe and
Joanna Wolfe. and grows out Of the recent
defalcation of the old Second National
Bank. of which Wolfe is president and
cashier. and of which Lee b. Mcfarland
is paying teller, through manipulation OF
the individual ledger in the past six years
succeeded in securing over S43 900 worth of
the banks funds.
The deeds of trust are 10 W. n. Miller,
trustee and are TO secure to the said Sec
ond National Bank the payment of seven
negotiable notes of $1,000 each, in T. s. u, 10,
20. "a and Is years after date
cashier Wolfe is interested largely in the
Park City Street Railway Company of
Parkersburg and has always been active
in all the business industries started here
of late. and capitalists always consult Mr..
Wolfe in matters pertaining to new enter
prises coming this way.
The facts, when given to the general pub
lie will no doubt cause great surprise.
A writ has been instituted in the Circuit
Court by Lucy L. Berry against Lee Nc
Farland and Geo. b. Mcfarland for the
recovery of $500, the amount due on ne
gotiable note The note was given by Lee
Mcfarland on February l. 1895, with his
father as indorser. It fell due on Febru-
airy l. 1897.
Miss Bidde Hayden holds a note Of the
same character, and It is said there are
several others who have loaned money on
the same endorsement.
L. S. Commissioner Talbot O. Bullock
was instructed tonight to prepare a war
rant for the arrest of Lee B. Mcfarland,
the defaulter of $43 900 of the banks funds.
The bond will probably be $4,000 and Nc
Farland's friends are engaged in an effort
to secure men for bondsmen who can quail
ify.
Several have agreed to go on the bond
and others who have been approached
have declined.
1t is bleved that enough can be found TO
secure his release from imprisonment.
rumor which cannot be verified is
current tonight that Mcfarland, who is
now under nominal arrest, had attempted
to take his life. No particulars Of the
manner in which he made the attempt are
to be obtained.
1t is said by his friends that the effort to
make good the entire shortage has been a
failure. About $4,000 of the defalcation
of $4,000 has been made good to the bank.