The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-02
This Opened Account on Which He
Would Draw.
THE CASHIER HEsITATED,
Required Furtb Identification,
Which the Stranger Said
Would Be All hight, but
He Did Not Re-
turn to the
Bank.

President Sands and Cashier Hill, of
the Arnerican National Bank, had a
rather unusual experience yesterday with
wtlat purported TO be (. cert'hed chech
for s1,5oo.
They refused TO allow q man giving
tho name of John T.. Hall, who presented
the check as !, deposit Sor collection, to
draw on the account for 500 ''ift'i MS
identification was made satisfactory, ana
nm tn the close OF ranking hours this had
not been done.
1'f,, check was drawn on the Merchants
National Bank Of Baltimore. IN faVor VI
Hail.: bore the name OF j. r. filrsh a
CO.. as makers and was stamped o.
marked as certified by L. II. thomson,
cashier Of the Baltimore institution
FIRST VISIT To BANK
Thursday afternoon, according ITO the
hank officials. a we'll dressed stranger
annearad All the American National BANK
and presented his card to Cashier ftlll.
He represented Himself to be John r.
Han manager of the branch or the
p,toIasale house of J. f. Hsrsh u CO.,
dry goods, Baltimore. he was uesi' ol.'
of opening an account WITH tIie Ailiet l.
can National and presented letters oi
Introduction purportlnS 10 iia'e SotItI
fron, T T, Hirsh & Co., and from +. ~.
17,ome0n. cashier of the Merchants Nd
tional Bank Of Baltimore. Inc Mer-
chants National is the Baltimore CORE
snort,ent. of the Richmond institution
referred to- o,,
uall was presented to Mr. Ollver j.
Sands. president of the American Na
tiona,. and to him related the same st'fs
that he did TO the CASHIER ne 'ieo e
gagged with Mr.. Sands IN general -
yersat;on. in which he showed his int
mate knowledge of the details Oh tiie u
goods and notion business
NAMES OF FORMER OFFICERS
The letters of introduction were ad
dressed to Mr.. j. w IorkWcoo, the
former cashier of the American National
Mr. Hill also ascertained that MI Ihonl-
ca, vas no longer identified with the
Merchants National, but had rss;sheo
his position as cashier of that institute
about the same time that MI Lock"ocu
severed his connection with the A1sle.i-
can. ,
The fact was also brought ont that the
check. of which J. E. Hirsh & Co. were
the D1,rported makers and with WIN
Hall desired to open his account WsLS
marked certified by Z. H. Thomson, as
cashier of the Baltimore banking house
Hall, the officials sny, stated that ne
intended opening his place OF business al
no. l205 East Main Street He was en-
gagged in putting the store-room IN CON
dition and preparing his stock Ar'
Sands sent clerk to investigate, out
the latter did not find any preparation
in progress.
WANTED TO DRAW MONEY
When Hall presented the certified chech
fo,. derosit he left with it a request that
the bank have ready for him the s0oo
rynich he wished to draw in bills and
change. naming the amount O. each ana
Denomination OF the bills he desired.
The local bankers, however, lts-'ormeo
Hall Yesterday morning when he called
that he would hive 40 be further ldetiel-
fed before the money would be PAD over
to him. Hall it is claimed, stated tnat
This was all right and th:t he would eau
Later
In the meantime. telegrams had been
cont to Hirsh & Co., and to the Mer-
chants Ma .lonal Rank, of Baltimore, m
ouiring as 10 the paper presented ior o.-
ncsit here. The former wired IN rel!iS
tbat thew had made no such cheek "hile
the hank denied that Hrsh & Co mad an
account with them
Hall had not called again UP to the close
of banking hours.