The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-21
MANY RUNORS OF FUGITIVE.
F. NJ. BROWN, WHO STOLE $685.
600 IN MANY PLACES.
Experts Find New Mode of Theft
Stockholders to Submit to
Heavy Assessment.

Cincinnati, O., Nov. 20-TF -~rarts
working on the books of the ..... 49, liz
uOnal bank at Newport. XIV. ... ..
day that they have so far found Short.
age OF $4,000 in the accounts of Frank
NJ, Brown, the missing assistant cashier
There have been all sorts of reports
today about Brown having been seen at
indianapolis, Fort Wayne. and other
points after he left St Louis last
Wednesday, but none of these reports Is
oeheVed here, and the Whereabouts OF
BroWn remain a mystery
NO reward has Vet been offered for his
apprehension. as
New Mode of Theft Found.
Inc clerks of the German National bank
go go aLe working with Receiver Tuck
81 ; experts today discovered another
plan operated by Brown. When a checLr
!" e'S - entered Oct. 81 for So As he entered if
g. 1913, and got the benefit of 5000
~ ~ ne same GATE he put . in front of
an entry of $50 and got 5000 more. The
experts say that Brown repeatedly cred
lleu himself with one two and tbrso
thousand deposits when he did NOT ~
post anything. but took out that an1o,1nt
soon aIterWard. Browns books SHOW
SlVOV IN any of these transa actions
according to dispatch from Fort
w awe. Ind. Brown is now in Canada
De was seen and recognized in FoTt
Wayne yesterday BY Frederick JoIton a.
IutTmdte acquaintance, and the latter last
night said that at $50 o'clock Brown
was IN the Dominion of Canada. He had
Zen IN St johns, as already stated, where
ne was reported to be on his Wav to
SCUM Sou America, but he changed his dfrec-
Ilon and came through Illinois and Indi-
ana and thence to Canada
Stockholders to .TDig.0
The REORGANIZATION plan which the
are to consider at a rect
ms to be held Wednesday afternoon an
pears likely to be adopted The stock
holders are liable to SiOO assessment on
each share of stock. which v-oIiiS he Ol n
toJdl loss, II paid. and the banks affairs
"oLlIu up. Inc plan IS to make the as
66S SIIIeilt SID per share, producing $145-
W., ana using the $50, COO surplus with that
70 wipe out the defalCatiOn and preserve
1ne hfe OF the bank. Bank Examiner
fucker says if this money is raised the
bank can Immediately omen IFS doors and
II IS understood the larger depositors are
willing to have that course taken.
me HrSt suit brought in the case of
the bank was instituted today by Re
ceIver Tucker 1t was in the nature of
q oIanket attachment on all the prop
erty Of Frank NJ. Brown and is to COW
er $4,000 of the shortage.
The attachment garnishees whatever
OF Browns funds may be in the hands
OF Thomas B. Collins and Edward
smith, and they are made parties to
it. Collins is the reputed partner of
Brown in the Fleetwood Dfstiiling
company, and Smith was his partner
IN a patent bicycle lamp.
No action will be taken against Paris
g Brown as bondsman for his son.
since he and his wife are taking steps
70 deliver to the bank directors or to
the receiver portions of their tangible
property.
Tonight Commissioner Leonard on
the afndaVitS of the examiners. issued
a warrant for the arrest of Brown.