Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-12
The Disappearance of Treasurer Walker of the New Britain
 Bank Scares Depositors
s15O,oOo IS MISSING
Other Banking Institutions Are Help ing Out With Loads of Coin-No Trace as Yet oi the Missing
 Banker.

\
 New Britain, Feb 12.- A high off,
 cer of the savings bank s>ated this
 morning that there was a big short
 age in the accounts of William F.
 Walker, the missing treasurer of the
 bank, and that the banks own audi
 tors up to noon had discovered 8
 shortage of $15O,O00. The examina-
 tion of the banks affairs will con-
 tinue and this official says that the shortage will be found very much
 larger. The remaining locked vaults
 in the bank were entered to-day and
 the above amounts in negotiable se-
 curities were found to be missing.
 The same official said this afternoon
 that offers of the loan of $1,000,0OO
 had been received from presidents Of
 banks all over the country, but that so far the New Britain institution
 had plenty of money of its own. The disappearance of Treasurer Walker occurred soon after Bank Examiner Kendall of Windsor Locks made visit to the bank last Thursday. At that time Mir Walker said he was too i'll to work and asked to be excused. He did not return to the bank and the next morning went to New York and from that time all trace of him has been lost to his friends in this city.
 New Britain, Feb 12.-Besieged by a crowd of depositors numbering into the hundreds, the Savings Bank of New Britain. of which William F Walker, who disappeared In New York Sunday was treasurer, was kept busy all day to-day paying out de- posits. the run on the bank which started yesterday being increased as the day wore on. Long before the hour for opening, g o'clock. the line formed at the bank and Of the pig number of eager depositors, many Of whom were on the strength of wild rumors concerning the stability Of the institution, nearly all were for eigners. To-day, Lincoln day, Is a bank holiday in Connecticut, but 1t was the busiest holiday ever spent by the regular force of employees at the savings bank and 1t was also the directors busy day, as nearly all or them spent it at the bank supervis- ing the handling of the crowd and watching the payment of money. The Hardware City Trust company. the New Britain National bank and the Mechanics National bank came to the rescue of the savings bank this morn- ing and shortly after the doors of the latter were opened, officials from those institutions carted great bags of coin and deposited them on the counters of the savings bank. The savings bank had plenty of money on hand anyway. an official stated to-day, to meet the demands of a long run. However, the money from the other banks was accepted.
 One of the directors of the savings bank stated to-day that if the run continued and If the depositors were paid on the average the amount they were yesterday. to-day's run should result in the withdrawal of about S1OO.OOO. Yesterday about $70.0V0 was taken away by worried deposi- tors.
 It was stated to-day that all but one of the vaults in the bank had been opened and investigated and that everything had been found ir perfect shape. The unopened vault contains a large amount in negotia- ble securities and required an expert to break into 1t. One had been sent for and got to work on the vault to- day. It is thought that the bank will be able to go over It's securities stored in that vault later in the day.
 No news of the whereabouts of Mr Walker had been received at his home up to this afternoon. nor had former Senator Andrew J. Sloper, the miss ing mans brother-in-law, any new details which might lead to solving the mystery of the bank treasurer disappearance. The family of the man. 1t is said, still holds to the theory that MT walker was suf- fering from a temporary derange- ment and that he has wandered on some where ip New York city. There are several matters in connection with the case that are proving sources of discussion It vas learned to-day that card was found In pocket of the coat. which with was sent by express tc sloper last night from Ne~ York. The garments belonged to Mir and on the card was a re- quest that the finder of the clothes send them to Mir Walkers brother in-law In New Britain The writing on this card was to-day positively Identified as that of Mir Walker. The writing on the dispatch filed with the Western Union company in New York and signed by ~E R. Nerrf- man" and announcing that Nr Wal her had bsen Killed by the cars. is Identical with that on the oufsfr wrapping of the package vhich CO., fnluod Mrs Wa1knx'a e1nfha nnA