Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-22
CASHIER 'SBIGSTEAL
He Got Alvey With Two Hundrel
Thousand Dollars.
DEPOSITORS WILD WITH ANGER
Delaulting Gathers Operations said (
HIVE Extended over Ten Yoars-nls
WhereHbOut, UnhnDwn,-A Jeal-
Gus Woman Gave Tips.

Cincinnati Ohio, Nov. lS.-CGt.e(
S,q,e Bank Examiner Tucker today
took charge Of The German Naaona
bank az Newport, Kyo and posted 4
notice thslt the bank woud remain
closed pending an examination,
Examiner Tucker also ANNOUNCED
unohicinlIy that Frank N, Brown, the
G-s'Nan5 cashier, was missing and
chat % partial investigation showed
that Brown was short about SCOT.
600,
Brown had been with the bOnk
CigMeen years, was one OF the most
trusted mtn ever connected with lhls
bnnk, and N Is stated by the experts
that his operations extended back "a
far M ten years,
The capital stock Of the company IL
only 100000, Browns alleged short
age Is double that amount and more
than The reserve and all the assets,
including their rcal estate.
While Afford gUt AWAY with $780,
600 in New York, e did II in n large
bank, but Brown did not have so
much TO go on and gems 10 have gone
The fun limit for small bank in
u city Of less than $4,000 Inhabitants,
The First National Bank of New
port was wrecked Two years ago by
Cashier Noutscy and now with the
German National Bank closed New
port has oaly one bOnk left For two
weeks there have been rumors that
Brown WAS short and some depoaIlors
Withdrew their accounts. Three
weeks ago the bank examiners made
n good s,atement OF the bank and the
officers and directors Nllayed suspicion
by referring to the report of 1hi' cX'
and 20 their hast statement.
Last Wednesday Brown left and II
was armounccd that he had gene
hunting on n vacation, lie did get
a ticket for OHM, H., but II Is learned
now thal, he did not 20 there and It
is generally believed that he is out Of
this country with plenty OF money In
his possession,
It Is learned dhNt Brown was sus4
pended lust Tuesday pending an in
veslgation and that experts have
been at work all the past week, while
the officers and directors have been
making announcements that every
thing was all right, Last Friday the
officers and directors published In the
papers Of this city Il Statement that
the bank had been found all right and
that the rumors about Brown were
false. They continued making these
statements to tho press rs hate az
midnight. burt The statements were
not lccelfed by the Commercial Tr.
bune, which exposed NOT only brown
but also the bank officers, and caused
u panic i'm Newport today so that the
bank had to be taken in charge by
ahe examiner, The Widest scenes
were witaessed in Newport today and
troull Us feared tomorrow when tho
officers and directors will b. canlr MT
ed by The people who have hunted
them In vain today.
Brown, II is alleged, was living a
ras, life, with wine, women and gam
bling i'm his repertoire. Ills career
was not cut short by ~my discovery
at the bank till jealous women gave
him away. Brown Is Il wid0wer with
ONE son, aged 10 years, who lives witt
Browns Father, Paris c. Brown, eN'
mayer Of NcwECrJ and one of the
leading business men Of Cincinnati.
Last summer Brown visited Yellow
stone Park ami certain woman from
wanted ITO accompany him,
but this was dInIed her. When she
some Ulme urterward that
woman was with Brown ON
his western trip, the Cincinnati WOO
man g'aNe The bank officials some In.
formation thlt brought about n cri'
sis.
The only farewell letter that Brown
is known to have left was to this wo.
man, whose apartments are ON Ninth
stree5 i'm Cincinnati, and In this letter
1T Is alleged, he admits that he Sc.
cured about all he could get and that
the bime had come to say farewell,
Brown, IT. is Snid, was n great poker
player with the limit never too high
and III is said he had been plunger
on horse races for years. His bets on
the races were frequently too high for
the pool rooms In CoNing,On, Kyo and
he had brokers In both Chicago and
New York.
The officers Of the German National
bank are: president, Harry Weidcnar;
James NJ. Southgale;
cashier, T.. {. Remmc.
All of them are wealthy and rcsp0n-
,ible men and they will be able TO
make the IosseS good, but the fate Of
HE bank is in doubt owing TO the in.
tense feeling among the dcpoSitors.
Among the directors is Paris c,
Brown, the father Of the dcfnullcr,
who is known from pittsburg TO New
Orleans as the head OF the stores for
oont supplies. The cashier Of This bank
Is Also the paying tctler, and Brown
relieved him as paying teller when the
cashier went to his dinner, II was
stated that Brown did most Of his
work during the noon lunch Of The
1alSNier
There was quite n run on the bank
Yesterday, but the usual announce
ncnt was made MS " continued b. he
made to The press PIN after midnight,
lut more Of the Hush Is expected at
he bank tomorrow, even If there has