The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-18

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to receive cheeks or anything else thah
money.
A. My judgment is That tue treasurer
has no authority to receive anything nut
money. IL he takes anything else II Us
at his own personal risk. think the
money In the bank would only be trust
tund. me courts nave helu lnul such IL
the case.
George W Llttleheld, being sworn, tes-
ttfsd ne folInws,
o., a., rt..oaotd 4bo oor,r,ittca
Suestioli' ~, 49, NJ CTtn' Mar
ueslIeS 70 KNOW apVu' wv ~ s,' -
pAsseu WIZ {U", VI ~ N,rar aarir
SH s 10 sne ,, 90h" ~ ~ NV Az torrn
alter ne pIaiIVu lui III" III n,n. Mr.
| HnSNtI' ~ NJ ~ Iut5. ~ - ,.,od Ia
hopuluS; Tnuuy Lhe tiuIs nc m1N w, mr.
! tlV"uVSu u'"i I " NY dia, tSn Stotn;s
nc llu ny i1,euu 10 urmuio hondlo5
iunuS, as lily iau py'n , 10 W.
| Dy repupHcHu nahh w ~ IL 1eHEn ~ 10 ne
| d uehloeIatlc o"uA SuouiI nluuir 'ne Sctb
Z ms was On .ne Ma" Eo!hi 70 49,, 49,
leXas, tqiu MN ihaJ "nem ne rt w ne
/ 70 Auslh thal ae suoGu spins w. e. ~
auu We cuu,H pc " s"i "S''n. - ,,,iI
hllh N Tue n"Nlus " uis pulIu NJ W ,I
/ DC glau 20 40 80 nc pIGusut "S ponu
uoMH, anu ! nau II nlcu W ,ta ~ AZ, AZ
| opinion III WIS tue peSl V ~ suat ~ ~
/ Stdtt VI IeNhS cSseI n"u, * Serltlvu Nv
| oe very, prou" OF H. Nuu NV ~ ~ W.
/ golng smoothly uhtll tleE drought uo"n
| S-''VVV ~ sl'NtI NY ~ ~ ~ l"s Va!
! py Whicn We cpuiH IueuLill tIeiu. wv
my teher lnat Deiote Lahlns tue sainu[ az
must elluer huNt ~ MtlEnv" :, !" tuuute ~ i
rue Young iuHh thul 9lousnV ~ uoM N sun u
| II Nould nor auu Wuulu ny l9s ~ VI yo"tI
! it, as ne ala nor haNe the lilne 70 40 y
Dul would see Mr. Nonpths anouV ~ my 9
! Young man came OSGk the neNt uay thu
sNu tnAt ~ we WO,Hu not lAhy IL ,hdt lhc
FIRST National oank Woud. ut; Wul-ham
at that time had become cashier Of the
bank tod them that they Wo9iu hGEe
10 take u phGk, lheh' IN thost uaSs rae
silver was t9,llng snort from one 10 lN9
ana three dollars 2 sack OF one thols3Ad
dollars each. dld not feel IKE 'oslng
htty 10 seNenty-nVc dollars on Datch OF
that KIND. presume that they got II Tor
that amount and wanted " to &c oul nc
that amount. They took i to the First
National bank. Four or five days after
that they sent batch OF Sl2,WO, and
told them again that could not ta6e tie
silver without being. weighed or counted.
They said 1t was all right, and that they
would take It over to the First National
bank. They never brought us any more
business after that. | heard Afterwards
that the reason that Mr.. Robbins quit The
bank was that Mr.. Houghton shouid have
telegraphed to some indemnity surety com
pany wanting TO know whether a State
official could get guarantee without his
knowing anything about It. Houghtln ind
Robinson We're NOT on the bond. but 20,
the two Humes 10 20 on the ,.nni i'm th1 ir
Mace Mr. Robbins told Mr. Inmbv ,hnf
It was an Insult to him, aiId that he
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Manu- nvs von' nfra u Of 10 n ncn i
ISirst NaronsI hank susnendad husinnss I
teid Mr. iIan,hv r. yrite Mr Robhins ana
teiI him II We conld lie Of a1v nssis.,uIc
~ ~, 20 .o,,r,and ,s ~ 49, - a
told mo thst he vas very Ola ~ fbe IN
ncrt,,nItr ond s,ot no yy,pS7nd ~ ~ AZ
tbe ht,siros S' acain ,avo nnnn Sjng
MI NiIatia, &C. -" -, ~ ma ~,
~ thet Ie,sa Ntcis'II S',ueH ,us
disnatch@e go 10 snrofy cn,n,.,,t 80
Ia 80 p, ,hetbo. e,qta ",ti IN
hpet " 80, 1870 ~, - W."'S Mnu
ontae Witbont HE lsr6wie,ye ""''
"i,bee WNa'ny ~, .tS .A,,
soX1 o0t ia't.atho,u uun 49, tutHh tia,
SoV1oND H. ha'hcr litSe th'tt Ui iu"ne!
!" Ae p pmt ~ ny Ma tpe,"on+,r a.,
, lgSn, ST. nv W. nnu tise sna oi3 %
P2 oon ilt" tuv tieeSu Soon 3,V,VvV -
$1,000, nc uepoS'l OF FouV,voV Woull
; nSSNuihall{ NC Shus0u pg slvat huinue'
~ M VI 1S SHilihtns ~ H. the SAM t,luv
7 ~, ueis i ii,5 aiso naVe oeeu ilttle
stuW iu sehuius 'ne ihoney UP 10 tue treas
; urS' 49,. a,.,. -. s,ooooo
~, bo1 YOU thinh mat HluHVVv Is
t I'm suou ovpoSt loi any pank 10 nave
from one source
, A. Yes l. would he a very good deposit
: nv ol cVulsc u Woulu pc SUBJECT 10
CnvSh q, my t,noineht anu Woulu ne dan
. svpbVuSH .Hel-pslt iVL tbbaH reuson'
! ~, Waat was the aa1y balance 10 faYol
OF me S{atS when we treasurer did busl