The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

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The cashier suddenly found that he had
business outside" ana il is said thae
money was put into circulation at a neigh
boring r~efreshment stand. although this
part OF the story is not clearly substan-
tiated.
XXX
When I was banking in Sullivan, Ind,
some years ago. said VI. b. Wilson. presi-
dent Of the Capital National Bank, Il had
a singular experience. ] always locate my
stories on the banks OF the Wabash so that
people can't tell whether l am stretching
II or not. One day a rustic-looking fellow
came into the bank and handed me a draft
on New York, made out, we Will say. to
John Bell. 1 was not exactly certain that
knew the man, but his appearance was in
his favor and / cashed the draft. He could
not write, so l had him make his mark. The
draft was forwarded to New York Tor COL
lection and liz about a week or ten DAYS il
came back to US with the statement that
the endorsement on the back was A forgery.
Ine letter from the New York bank that
accompanied the draft said John Bell, the
man Tor whom this draft was intended. is a
travelling representative for a local patent
medicine house and, while he admits that
he was in the town of Sullivan on the day
tne draft was caShed he declares that he
ala not get the money. Bell further says
that he can read and write very we'll
l sent tor the farmer, whose name WAS
John Bell also, TO come to the bank" con-
tinued Mr.. Wilson. 'and when he came l
showed him the draft and the letter from
the New York bank and asked him hon it
came about that he cashed that draft
which was intended for another man of the
same name. Well he said, III tell you
how il was. There was a Teller in orr
! nelghborhood a couple of weeks ago selling
tickets in a lottery for a dollar apiece and
L bought one OF them tickets. When | came
ID town the other day | went to the post
office to get my mail and they handed me
a letter with that there draft in it. | Jest
supposed ii was returns from my lottery
a aG5e Got a4 nd so 1 prousht the draft to You
Il could tell by the old mans face and
name mn that he was telling the truth and
l LOOK ms note for the amount of the draft,
Whlch he had spent in the meantime. and
hXed the matter up that way. He paid the
note, too, eventually"
XXX
when I used TO work in the Meridian
National Bank, which was afterwards alb
sorbed by the Merchants" said another
bank official, Il relieved Albert Kopp. the
paying teller. one day during the noon hour
while he went TO lunch. An old farmer
came up to the counter with a check for n
hundred and some odd dollars that he had
received in payment for some hogs he had
brought to the city and sold. 1 looked at
the name or the payee written on the face
OF the check and then at the man before
me, ana said: L don't know you, my friend,
you VIII have to be identified He gave me
81 tAAAONShl SNoAE VI SulDIlSc, ana. Iedcn-
ing into his pocket, said: How much will
that cost, mister?'"
we once had as one Of our depositors an
unsophisticated but very good old Ger
man. said another banker, and one day
his account was overdrawn for an amount
that was not very large, but we sent him
the customary notice of overdraft. BY the
next mail we received a check on our bank
for the amount of the overdraft."
Way back in 1876, when the civil war
revenue tax was still in force said NJ. B.
wilson, "a country depositor came into our
bank at Sullivan and asked me for some
stamps. saying he expected to have use for
them pretty soon. What denominations /
asked; Wall he replied. 1 am a Methodist
now, but my family's all Baptists.' He had
ton used in any connection other than re-
ligious."