Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-08-24
FUGITIVE BANKER IS
UTTERLY MISERABLE:
Il. 8 Green, Dow City Baal<c,
Who Failed and Sled, Writes
Pitiful Appeal.
is ENRou7g TO ALASKA
Eggs s0r a Chance to Return and re,
pay His crsditors Without ecing
10 jsil-ssys He Is End,ls
ins Worse Than osstll.
is ENRouTE TO ALASKA


,lle missing banker, Who is w;tnte, at
bow city on a charge of fraudulent
banking. has written letter to the
county attorney of Crawford county
fiom Vancouver. II. c.. in which he de-
,ares he Will eildeavor to repay his de-
,osiiors If rot placed iii JAIL Green
g.o..iiiiy declares that the law should
he WOULD be shot or killed by officers
OF the law.
Green. Who had been missing since his
bank, the Exchange bank, of Dow City.
was closed April A. 1904. was apprehend-
I'D and arrested AT Winters, Cal. July
%. He had been engaged i'm the hotel
bu siMcss there for eish, months and
hai secured such a good standing in
tbs. community that he was released on
Lis own fevoguizanee, pending the ar
rival of AN Iowa officer. Before the of
ficcr could get to Winters. Green had
disappeared again. He was thought to
have gone To Portland, but no trace
could be found OF him until this letter
Was received by County Attorney lIlink-
er, at Dcnison. Green dates it at Port
land. August 5. but says he mails the
letter from Vancouver. h. @, and init
mates that he is ON his road to Alaska.
The letter is in fun as follows:
Portland, Ore, Aug. s.. Dear Sir:
You will no doubt be surprised to hear
from me. but | wished 10 write YOU a
few lines. First. in regard to the officer
al Winters that let me go: ii was no
fal.i' of his, II was all of the hest people
OF the town that insisted that ! should
have liberty TO go Where pleased, and
no compensation of any kind was ever
Offered Kim.
Tries to Redeem Himself.
Ssoont-I had about come to the COM
clusion that there WAS no indictments
a-@nst me anG was 90 ting started IN
n hotol and was making no secret OF
" here l WAS located and thought With
l.. III work uf myself and family l would
b alb in time at least To pay all the
poorar dopositors and one of the objects
OF living is that mty sometime get
encr;5.l money together that | can pay
every cent that ] justly owe: and how
can | unssibly do anything in that line
II ! am on ttial ami locked UP. God
ONLY knows What the vedct of n jury
would h.. hut know that did all
that mortal n;t!l could do. as | thought
10 protect evelN nlrn that WAS in
febtol To. ;a,l thought in any case of
fixture that my assets would pay all
liabilities. but Mad no idea how things
Wo.ll shrink in value in Il receiver
huids. For instance Il thousand acres
Of ia.ld in western Nebraska that I
votllt nave sold for $4,000 ANA l do
NOT think could be bought for that to-
d;ty sofa by tlle receiver ior sl'.ooo anu
other pieces ar property IN llfopoallon.
9nly worse. ! suiIose me receiver alh
as Wen rs NJ e"l'ia' 1"r everybody llles
10 bNE properly lofcea on lhe market
at h;'lf price.
Cries Out Against Persecution.
One more Thought and ann through:
I DO not SCI, artv reason in Justice why
No law should pursue me. Q3elnenber
ana not finding ANY fault With your
actions Ia have me arrested MS YOU are
only fulalling the duties of Your office
In ;iccor.ipnce With the law.) The only
llsing I contend is why anyone should
want me locked ui, if they cotld have