Evening star., 1909-01-19
New York, Expecting Him to
Appear, Is Disappointed.
PITTSBURG IS SURPRISED
Gave Himself Up There Yesterday
and Gave Bond on Charges.
HE MAY BE IN THAT CITY YET
Lawyer Declared He Had Started for
Metropolis Last Evening-But
Has Not Been Seen Since.

NEW YORK, January 19.-P. ]. Kie
| ran. president of the Fidelity Funolnl
| Company of this city, who surprised TN
| Pittsburg authorities yesterday by sur
| rendering himself to them and giving
bail to the amount of $4,000 to appea
| in that city to answer to charges
| larceny by bailee and converting to hi
| own use notes given by a Braddock. Pa.
church, was expected to arrive in New
York this morning.
When the train on which kieran lef
Pittsburg reached Jersey City no pas
| senger answering Kieran's description
could be found. The train conductor ant
parlor car conductor declared they had no
seen Kieran on the train.
At the office of kieran's former coun
sci no word had been received from hin
up to 9 o'clock. Nor had Thomas r
Gilroy, jr.. receiver of the Fidelity Fund
ing Company. received any Information
as to kieran's whereabouts.
The Fidelity Funding Company wen
into the hands OF the receiver on Oc
tober 80 last. Gilroy has stated that tn
liabilities were upward of $3.5OO,O00 will
assets of about $5OO,Oo0
May Be in Pittsburg Yet.
PITTSBURG. January 19.-Considerablt
surprise was occasioned here today when
it was learned P. J. Kferan, president OF
the Fidelity Funding Company. had no,
arrived in New York this morning.
When Kieran unexpectedly surrendered
himself here yesterday and furnished
$4,000 bail to answer to two charges pend,
ing against him. his counsel announced
that kieran had left for New York to
take up his affairs in that city.
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or that he stopped Off at Philadelphia.
The bankruptcy proceedings against the
Holy Name of Mary Church OF Donora
Pa. were explained today when 1t de-
veloped the action was brought by the
Peoples National Bank of this city
Charles H. Hamill of Chicago and Ed.
ward Boisseau of Toronto. Canada, II
order to prevent Judgment being en-
tered against the First National Banl
becoming an absolute lien.
In order to set aside judgment 1t was
necessary to file the petition yesterday.
The church trouble is an outgroWth OF
the financial dealings with the Fidelity
Funding Company Of New York.
Herman Gives Himself Up.
Kieran arrived in Pittsburg yester'
day, gave himself up to the distrfc
attorney of Allegheny county, and later
presented himself to the police depart
I1ent. 10 each Ht pTeSeifNCo JULIUS VI eiS
United States Fidelity and Bonding Com
pany to cover his troubles here.
This done, he wandered into the Fort
Pitt hotel, took early dinner and took a
compartment, his attorney says, on tht
evening train leaving for New York. He
had bail bonds In every pocket.
To District Attorney Blakely he said:
II am going to New York I will reach
there tomorrow morning and will take Up
the tangled threads of the Fidelity Fund
ing Company business and other small
matters which appear to have gone
astray during my enforced absence"
In Jersey City Early Today.
The Pennsylvania railroad people say
Kieran left on the st. Louis express,
which pulled out Of Pfttsburg at 7:1O last
night, and should have reached Jersey
City at am or thereabouts.
C. A. O'Brien, the attorney who en-
tered all the suits against Kieran. was
called up by telephone by the loca. firm
of Diamond & Zacharius and told that
Mr. Kieran was in town. was then really
within hearing distance of the Telephone
and was ready to give all bonds necex-
sary. Mr.. kieran wanted to meet O'Brien
in the Office of the district attorney at G
o'clock last night to have all these bonds
certified, SO that there should be no come
back.