Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-07
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ROSEBUD. COUNTY

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Miles City, Montana, April 18th, 1901.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Journal,
Miles City, Montana. r>
Dear Sir: >.4
In your issue of the 10Th Of January find the following:
In the y. S. District Court at Helena Saturday last
the indictment that has been hanging Leo c. Harmon
for the past two three motion of the
cutting attorney quashed and the dismissed This will
locality who have always felt that whatever technical
grounds there for the finding of the Indictment there
graver foundation for the charge"
Yes, MI. Gordon you correct, only more-The~peo
pie Of this community commencing to understand that
hewas made scapegoa by others connected with the
State National bank, Of Miles City, and allowed
suffer for their sins Lashed under the criticism of the
comptroller the three directors owing that bank upwards
of ST. co. faced the bank examiner and instead of
admitting their responsibility for certain letter the
comptroller their signatures blamed the whole
affair on their cashier, young hardly twenty five
years old.
L. c. Harmon did not learn of these Misrepresentation
for SIX months after the harm done.
The person who was the spokesman that occasion
other than Chas Loud, the judge of this district,
through whose cowardce and lying shielded his head
by making the sub for blame for letter that
he ou afterwards admitted to me- had more to do with
than other director of the bank In my desire find
out the facts in the matter made special trip Helena
and the bank and from him learned the facts
When the bank examiner went to Leo Harmon about
the letter. Leo told him that directors letter. and
was gotten up and signed meeting of the board after
every statement had been fully discussed and if he
had anything to he had better the directors about
that ne signed and was no more to blame for it than
the other members.
When the examiner the three directors referred
Loud spokesman said he only signed the letter per-
functory way knew nothing about the therein
and that the cashiers letter Such outrageous
denial made by who had do with the letter
than any other director, caused all the trouble The
amner left Miles City feeling that Leo had lied him. and
all know the results. Had Loud not been of the
largest excessive borrowers in the bank at that tme
had he not been the instrument of of the crook
ed transactions that passed through the books of
bank his attitude trying to get from under the load
would not have been damnab. Leos greatest fault
his vercondence those whom believed to be his
friends and after had told him time and time again that
Loud twoaced he persisted in his LOYALTY to him
assured me of his sincereity
The facts regarding LIQUIDS crooked transactions in
covering up overdra of 500 at the State
National Bank brought to the attention of the bank
examiner but the statue of limitation had against
It, no action was taken before the o. S. court against him
The facts regarding this transaction would up
pages, and will refrain from going into details now
openly charge that Judge Loud is entirely to blame for
the wrong done my and family and believing in the
Justice OF God, such twofaced scoundre coward and
liar must sooner or later to grief While Loud
attorney tor of the StockgrOwers Ma
tona Bank at salary of 500 90 per month"; persuaded
Leo to consent to the compromise of the claims
the bank Loud could be benefited personally AS soon
as Leo realized that he playing false that he
LIQUID receiving $4,000 month serve placed
the account with Sreve & Porter, collecting in full
Leo reported the whole matter to the comptroller who
confirmed his acton, advising him that he entirely
right This, understand, is the reason why Loud has
adopted such undetermined since then towards nv
son. who was doing his duty the interests of that
Loud should have served with much honesty.
have made full and complete investigation regarding
these matters and have good and substantial proofs to
back up every statement l make. AS National Bank
Examiner has stated-"rhe Comptroer's office will have
mighty SHADY of Tudo T.o,,d