The Washington herald., 1908-07-16
FINDS WAY
Will Use Pass Books to Probe
Building Association.
ATTORNEY DAVIS IS AROUSED
Counsel for DepOsed Official of
Company Whose Affairs Are En-
Miller Is sued by Man who Alleges
Checks Have Gone Astray.

In accordance with the expressed wish
OF William Earl Ambrose. receiver for
the First Cooperative Building Associa-
ton. depositors began pouring into his
Office in Louisiana avenue yesterday with
their passb0oks.
It is the plan OF the receiver to audit
each one Of the available pass5ooks IN
dividuaIly. in an effort 20 find the true
financial status Of the association
This measure was adopted as the only
possible method OF asceTtaining the con-
dition Of affairs, since the records and
various books Of the association cannot
be found
Other matters are rapidly being com
Pleted for the Strengthening out Of the
situation Yesterday afternoon the Office
furniture and other supplies were moved
from the association building in George
town TO Mr.. Ambrose's quarters. and It
IS expected hat actual work viii be be
gun in the next two OF three days
Ambrose Would Jail Miller
Henry z. Davis. attorney for the for
mer secretary. J. Barton Miller. yester-
day criticised the receiver for causing
his clients arrest. and termed the whole
affair an indignIty to Dir. Miller and the
iatter's wife.
M Ambrose. IN defending his attitude
in the matter. said yesterday:
I do not regret the proceedings. I
only wish Miller had been committed 70
jail
The receiver Is stiu skeptical as 20
AIiller's condition Of health and thinks
Miller is not as III as he appears.
Attorney Davis made the following
statement yesterday relative to Mr.. Am
brose's action in placing his client under
arrest:
make no nreteuse Of diss-isinE ny reseatrnsut
4 the action Of the receiver IN visiting NJ Nier's
house and s-l7nittinE him ard his devoted young
wife 20 the iudig-Ity q ye=terday's u-uceeings-
naG personally assured both the receiver and his
counsel that any search q the house would Se
vain. and that ary tax about Mr. lflrr's leaving
the city OF attempting u erade any process upon
him was idle. Z not malicious The receiver was
good enough 10 say that he would accept ny as
slr1nces IN the premises. but I Suppose that he
doubted Mr- MileT's good faith with ne How
eTer that uay BE- the disposition which I have
had from the stsrt 20 Be helpful to the receiver
and the association in the endearo- 70 -urauEIe
rs most unfortunately c1npicated AFFAIRS has ben
seriously affected b. this proceeding and I an al
mos tempted to say that ny inclinztion in the 1nat-
te- is quite reversed
Criticises AmbrOse's Course,
Tressicus indicating some hesitancy or ny part to
respond to the receivers requests The fsct is that
informed the receiver. IN advance Of any formal
cal By him upon me- that any such call would be
useless. and when Monday a. noon be served ne
with written demand fer certain books sud do-1-
ments, of some Of which l had not before heard.
calling for their production b o,cock Of that
Afternoon I was compelled 20 reply that rrior en-
Glgcmeuts. two of them involving nonresident al
torneys. who were in the city on account Of thoss
A.
demand Until the following DAY hy uoon bv which
tine had prepared myself 10 reply. ard did reply
that II ont q M power 20 meet the demand
Alth5uEh did not knew It a. the time the receiver
had applied for warrant Tor M Miller and had
arranged for its service IN anticipation Of ny reply
ard it this warrant service q which was in
sisted upon last night IN the face Of Mr.. Millers
Fhysiczans solemn professional ass1r7nce that his
Tatieut ~1uld be removed from home only Al a
serious risk 70 his health.
Got Combination of Safe.
From the first have shown every disposition n
the direction indicated q being as helpful as I
cruld to the ASSOCIATION and its members On the
very frst morning that I saw Nj Miller in TO
sponse to his request obtained from hin the com-
bination 70 the safe. and spent more than an hour
in Gco--etown in the eudearo- to find someboliy
70 give IL 70. and finally did give Il 10 the presi-
dent. who. at NY request. had been notified b. the
clerk in charge q The comDany's once that would
be accessible At his cunrenience and in the mean
time have done OF said nothing Inconsistent with
the disposition thus manifested.
Under the Circumstances. it Is not wholly IN
natural FOR me 20 feel the resentment which have
mentioned Il Is. perhaps Just well for the r.
ceiTer and those in whose interests be is acting that
I leave ny uiice to-day f1r three months sb-
sence abros3- being thereby removed, for the tine
being. from the feld of operations. / have asso-
cisted with me IN Mr.. MiIler's behalf llr John 2
Izskey. who VIII probably be found more t-actable
than fear I would be were TO remain IN char~e
Miller Is Again Sued
An additional suit against J. Barton
Miller was filed in the District S4,n-ar,e