New-York tribune., 1900-03-13

tanned possession of our loan cards and had made
| q copy of them
TRANSCRIPT OF LOAN CARDS.
| When we purchased the State Trust Company IS
| secretary and practical manager was Maurice s
Decker. Decker 1t who appeared In my ofice
! the company on January H. We had discharged
Decker when l took the presidency Of the com com
when he entered my office with General Andrews
S janaaI % s sd se
another trust company: You know we had All the
every damn account acc @ in the bank. every collateral
they had-and they have been asking how the devil
been making some inquiries of this nature the re-
suits of which and what shall We do with them
are now engaging our attention. ,
In fqrtherance of the conspiracy, Bacon ra and
told the reporters most amazing falsehoods. some @
HhSh ou s ns on Of JANUARY to
man with whom he was In conversation. that
have applied m to G the 'n ATTORNEY @ for re
seiyer Did you see that letter of Bacons? 1t will
on February King and Bacon IN conyer ny sco
wRsP h had Tsesivsd Bssos and to the
Pay i gasss We had better let 60 q i now j
to be
I w sa4 hfh Bacon It sSs with 5ns
HSt sS King 5dIn; vas y sns Prao5isai rnr m - ,n
ting from your people".Baeon's. people; the 81 500
IS a matter of dollars m and cents Il have stood
by you Ike s, Dutch general but that is the whole
E3pT Baoon mind dn that ts cant go any said
Keep at least dlgnfhed silence" ' 0~.'
King has kept "a dignifed silence" Indeed he
| turned. But Bacon has continued his activities.
the Superintendent Of Banks lobbying in the Legis.
lature in effort to defeat bill which facilitates
Morton Trust Company reporting back to Mr.
at ne mas at h I yqne OF bd s
keenes office in the day time. and keeping in con-
Perhaps Mr.: Keene viii deny this, Perhaps he will
say that he knows as little as he knows of Davis
Perhaps he will deny the s22 o fu BUT the facts
establish the fact that the attack on This company
With 81 coo 600 Of deposits on its books. What shall
The blow was ended n"f are aena nov o m
Trust t Company and II it had succeeded and people
were bad, the company would have been ruined
81 of tb people pile ruined h With and the real
credit would o. a. have followed That the malign
Talbot ]. Taylor, head of the firm of Talbot
j. Taylor & Co, and son-in-law of James R.
keene, was communicated with by telephone
at his home, in Cedarhurst. Long Island, at
o'clock this morning, and he told The Tribune
that Mr.. Johnston's statement so far as it
concerned his firm absolutely and unquali-
hedly false. Mr. Taylor said he had never seen
Abram King, and all he knew of him was what
he had read in the papers since the State Trust
Company matter came up.
Mr.. Keenes home in Cedarhurst could not be
reached by telephone and he was not in the CITY
last evening.
a reporter for The Tribune saw Abram Killing
last evening at his home No. 14O East Nine.
teenth-st. He said that he had not seen Mr.
Johnston's statement but had been apprised Of
It's contents. Just look up the stock book of
the company he said and you will find that
| have been stockholder since its inception
Ihat answers Mr. Johnston's first statement
secondly never had any dealings, directly or
tndlrectN' with Mr.. keene Thirdly when 1 in
formed the Governor of the condition of affairs
he sent Avery d. Andrews to make an investi-
cation. and things Were found to be as I had
represented. L think that answers every oues-
ton satisfactorily and conciseIy
The thing Cor Mr.. Johnston to do" added Mr
King. lis to explain why he loaned 81 600 OOO-
money belonging to widows and orphans-where
it wouldn't bring in 81 800"