The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-12-04
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nv York. Nov. as.-The startling
1oee haa hss, disclosed By District At
osrnsy H16s,. OF Kings county. tina,
. faid wss HsaAs last night on the de-
1onst Dsroush Bank Of Brooklyn,
- - importsnt bundle ee Yncrsni-
notfng papers stolen
Aneag the records that have ais
epDearsd are pages ripped from led.
- notes that had been discounted,
pooDs nom note books ahd data
sssv'ng interest payments on fscsiti-
60 neteR
a noes for $4,000 borrowed by
$1,000 Pstrick H. Mccasrsu cannot
b found and II u supposed to be
among the missing papers.
Nsws Of this sensational develop
msnt In the Borough bank scandal
accounts caused q halt In tAs grand
1ury investigation last Monday. Cap
tain Kuhne. head of the Brooklyn es-
7tsctive police. has had force of men
at work ever since trying to locate
the missing papers. and identity the
men who engineered the raid.
The work b attributed to former
o@cisls Of the bank. Not only was
the Mccarren note carried on. hut
cheeks Involving number Of other
ySu knoyR sBNn n anAla.-xith. the
noeed uank ~ere made away with Nas
wen - the book known In banking
circles as the 'tickier." The ''tickier''
- smail index to the loan book
the key to the latter. IN fact and. CO.
incident with its disappearance. It has
been discovered that page after page
Of the loan b,ek itself has been rip
pied out and carried or.
The disappearance OF these records
will have tho effect Of shielding O
large group of politicians and others
Il Il said. whose dealings with the
bank had not yet been taken up by
the grand Jury.
II was understood that the police
expect soon to locate the stolen rec
ords and Identify the men response
BILE for the theft. In which event there
will be more arrests and additional
indictments.
Fresh details concerning the bank
are constantly coming TO light. 1t has
been learned for instance. that on
October 20. the day before the bank
closed. large Withdrawals were made
by William s. Hurley. vice president
and one OF the active managers of the
institution. and by Richard j. Cud-
dihy. big dcbositor In the bank
The assertion is also made that
friends Of the officials OF the bank
were given n notice OF the impending
crash In tirre to get out most of their
funds before the explosion.
Portions OF the confessions made
by os'c,ais OF the Borough bank re-
veal the na mes of at least seven more
men whom District Attorney Elder
expects to indict.
II took nearly three weeks OF day
and night work to get complete
knowledge OF all irregularities and
pisdoings. listing the notes these men
were directly or Indirectly responsible
for and In preparing and having exc
cuted the deeds. assignments. etc. by
which the bank got ownership OF the
properties worth upward Of 100000,
which fully secured the bank against
loss.
Campbell. In his confession. declar-
ed that q loss Of s10.700 on European
drafts bought by Maxwell and
Campbell from 'Pinckney Morris.
was covered up by notes In blank OBJ
tanned from r. r. Shutter and filled
IN by Campbell.
Fictitious notes were put into the
bank I'm the names Of s. 8. G.
Hughes. $4,000: o. J. Phillips. S5.-
900: John Harrisan. $4,000: p. A,
Lyons. $1,000.
Two days before the Borough bank
failed Campbell put In notes In the
names OF himself. J. J. Cunningham
and others. agsregating $4,000.