Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

pOsltOrleS in other cities.
After the first shortage in the re.
serve funds, the system became more
complicated. The mails which brought
the regular statements and the &C.
counts from the repositories were care
fully watched and held out from the
regular course of business, and it is
said that Coll now has the package of
correct statements on his person.
His Business Connections:%
And this man whom reckless specu-
lation has led to criminal acts, has
sacrificed wide business connection
and influence, for not only was he
president of the First national bank
OF this city, but he was identified with
the:
Bankers National association.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company.
National Electric company.
Milwaukee Trust company.
North American company
Wisconsin Telephone company.
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce.
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation.
Socially he was member of the:
Milwaukee club.
Town club.
Country club.
Deutscher Athletic club.
Positions He Has Held.
He has hean q
Receiver for the Northern Pacific
railway.
Commissioner of public debt.
President of the Bankers associa-
ton.
Candidate for United States treas
urer
Three daughters-Mrs.B Bernard Beck
err, Mrs. Arthur N. McGooch and Miss
Elizabeth Bigelow.
Four sons-Gordon, Tom, Garth and
Lester.
His wife is one of the sweetest, most
lovable women of the city. His home
life was ideal, his charities were most
extensive, his personal habits most
exemplary, his love for the highest
and best so marked that he has al
ways been spoken of as good man"
How then in five months, with honor
high perched on his name, could he do
what he has done?
The Dramatic Exposure.
Breaking the news of the great bank
looting was attended by dramatic
scenes.
When Charles F. Pflster, the Duke
of Milwaukee," called his II fellow
directors into the secrecy of a room in
his hotel and told them, the financiers
were struck almost speechless and re-
fused to believe it. Pfister was the
first director to learn of the defalca-
ton.
A minor clerk, whose identity has
thus far been concealed, went to Mr..
Pfster's residence late Friday night.
Pfster had retired and the servants
refused to awaken him, but. the clerk
created such a disturbance that he
finally was awakened
''Something is wrong at the bank
said. the clerk to the millionaire. 81
have worried about it night and day
for a week. / cannot be silent any
longer" =
.Why haven't you told Mr.. Bige.
low" inquired the disturbed million.
aire, referring to the trusted president.
Somebody Else Should Know.
Because I believed somebody above
Mr.. Bigelow should know" replied the
clerk, significantly. 49,. y
Questioned by the surprised director,
who thought the matter trivial, the
clerk said:
II was told to enter the amounts OF
our cash accounts in the Chicago
banks. 1t was part of my duty. AS.
sistant Cashier Henry Coll stopped me
and said he would attend to it. Mr..
Coll has taken charge of other work
Of mine and changed entries. Mr.. Bige.
low has turned certain other men on
my work." ..>.
On Saturday Pfister> personally. di.
rected a hasty examination of the
books identified by the suspicious
clerk. i - #.>..... u aeff
The false entries were quickly ap.
parent. Other clerks each declared
President Bigelow responsible. s zs=s:
q Staggered by his discovery Pnste1
ran back to the presidents office, burst
through the door unannounced. and