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

ms. hast mi ~ v .la Ever come down TO
coming upi
- - ~, siI.
! M, Rih 9bWS in el actual cash was due to
a. have no idea.
Y; WAS not the bank run principally
Oh the states money!
a "A, can not say that 1t was The
pp" nh mn1 Vther resources outside The
/ , 1,,n@ y'uiu nave run without the States
D. Was there any actual cash in the
p re e cSr have gotten on abe day the bank
Oh =, i, IKE oouIu nave gotten $4,000 to $780,
oo8i How dld you come to take the $751;.
wy 9 ,r me treasurer,s onlcel
thnr, ne nank examiner would not accept
trssasrT,er and got credit for them. ''s
Az, has ms been the manner OF con
q, Yes, sir
4 ~ has me state treasurer always kept
ms account In the same wayg
O. TOT a Whne they had two banks,
James H.. Raymond 4 Co and the First
| Nuiohnl bank, and they would alternate
I fYery month This was before Mr.. Rob.
Dii,s term Of office.
" Why did the bank want the treas
nrers business Has the states deposit
/ oesn q , hnsereSt or hfneht 20 ~
Is supposed ,e, 70 be doing the business. The
Siit business has not been OF Interest
I 10 iite Dunks nut suppose IL mas Dpcn upt-
! fllEertal to the bank.
q Did the bank examiner ever ask any
qiistioue about the states account pre-
vioiis te this examinationi
! A. No sir
| q Why did the bank want the States
depcslty i
| don't know. Suppose that, they
always do With deposits.
q. You say that the bank wanted the
denesit Of the Stqte SO that they could
! A. They We're bound to loan somebody's
! deposit.
Q; DID You , treat TIE States deposit Just
] A. Yes, Sir.
this deposit Of the treasurer
| \. am sure that the bank did not.
Or. R. J. Breckenridge. being duly
sworn testiaed as follows: .t
| First National bank since Mr. Robbins has
| been state treasurer?
/ A. ! was under his first term Of ofhce.
g. What was. the custom Of The hank?
kent the account there / don Know VII I
ers Of Raymond & Co. bought me out
! Before that time the ordinary custom WAS
] for the. treasurer, Governor Inbhoc6 an
| AMI collect them and settle every o.u,r
month.
- Dld not the Dnnk MADE money Hnt
Of handling the States business?
A, No, sir. 1t only cost US money o
change, which we had In the, other banks,
| National bank
a. One hundred thousand dollars
/ g; What do you know about the custom
A. / don't know what his custom was
! While he was doing business with us ]
was not an active business man. Wh le
40 n ~
the bank by request aud then they one ID
TO buy m ystock, and sold out; ~. i.
| on the states fund?
! A. No sir
q, DO you think that the hank 90 I'd
they could, Probably in the conditi n
I In which they ran they could not have
dune without the States money, II thev
they would u have run the bank accord
Samuel r Evans, being duly sworn, tes-
tired as follows
Ftyst National hank?
nm he typewriter and collector
4 a. Did Won have ANYTHING TO do fyl ,
! inc bringing of money up to the Office o
Tho STATE Treasurer?
i. Sometimes the bank wanted to make
\ n payment nj the treasury AMI wanld
money a
Know much about the states accpln, III
I the bank
"a 10 Won know how mucn money the
y Stste MA TX the boukp
NJ sir can NOT say how much
" ,vne Or snvthinr about IT,
iTow oiten ia Won make these pay
,nents ~ mo trensnryY
n 40 no. SNOW know eNnctly Some.
pn1os onco 4 month. ami sometimes oftenec
rno,sih,, ~ +,.ice or three times month
y q D{d Won know What these payments
4 n,cre for3
"a NJ sir
q Conld any ono else In the bank c0-le
4 70 mo transury and mike these navm
without vour knowing ANYTHING aho Il Il
Yes air They did moi always ca
"a no Vyhan tho others in the bank were
huse generaIIv went | never knew
what mo 1nayments were for. but | olly
tnads the nnyments
a Sou say Won were the stenogrlph y
and t,.newrIter in The bank
"a 7 v'as the tvpewrIter used "a
no s,enoSra nher
~" IL Won tnow ANYTHING ahoM ang
roI,es pondence of this bank and the ~
thcrtiies et Washington with reference
/ to no status Of the bankl
" Wy NJ sir -
i ~ ~ ''i
80, Trarts Henderson ~ Lamar connty
,cl IN 40 Follows.
W. NY, n, "s genderson have Won had any
! conversation With Mr.. Robbins, the STAT