The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-08

and tore the paper out OF HIS hand
She glanced at the heading, then she
erumpled the newspaper into ball
and flung it to the floor While Hal
sey looking stricken and white. was
trying to smooth It out and read II.
Gertrude had dropped her head on the
table and was sobbing stormlly
have the clipping somewhere, but
iust now l can remember only the es-
sentialss M @&EER
On the afternoon before, Monday.
while the Traders bank was In the
rush Of closing hour, between two and
three, Mr.. Jacob rrautman, president
of the Pearl Brewing Company, came
into the bank to lift loan. AS Sc.
curity for the loan he had deposited
some 500 international Steamship
Company 5's, in total value $S00000.
Mr., Trautman went to the loan clerk,
and, after certain formalities had been
gone through, the loan clerk went to
the vault Mr. Trautman, who was
+ y large and genial German, waited for
time. whistling under his breath.
The loan clerk did not come back.
After an interval, Mr. Trautman saw
the loan clerk emerge from the vault
and 60 to the assistant cashier, the
two went hurrledly to the vault. A
lapse Of another ten minutes, and the
assistant cashier came out and ap.
4 preached Mr.. Trautman He was no
4 ticeably white and trembling Mr..
/ Trautman was told that through an
oversight the bonds had been mis-
i placed, and was asked to return the
following morning, when everything
would be mp 'e all right.
i Mr. Trautman, however, was a
shrewd business man, and he did not
like the appearance of things. He
left the bank apparently satisfied and
within 80 minutes he had called up
three different members Of the Trad.
ers' board of directors Al 1890 there
was hastily convened board meeting,
with some stormy scenes, and late In
the afternoon national bank exam
iner was in possession OF the books
The bank had not opened for business
Tuesday
At 1880 o'clock the Saturday be-
fore, as soon as the business Of the
day was closed Mr.. John Bailey, the
cashier of the defunct bank, had taken
his hat and departed. During the aft
ernOon he had called up Mr.. AronsOn
member OF the board and said he
was i'll, and might not be at the bank
for day or two As Bailey was high
ly thought of, Mr. Aronson merely ex
pressed a regret. From that time un
I'll Monday night, when Mr., Bailey
had surrendered to the police, llttl,
was known of his movements. Some
time after one on Saturday he had en-
tered the Western Union office a
Cherry and White streets and had sen
two kilograms. He was at the Green
wood Country club on Saturday night
and appeared unlike himself. II wa
reported that he would be released
under enormous bond some time tha
day Tuesday.
The article closed by saying tha
while the officers of the bank refuse'
to talk until the examiner had finishes
his work, it was known that securitie
aggregating q million and a quartz
, We're missing Then there was q dis
tribe on the possibility of such a
! occurrence; on the folly OF one-ma
[ bank, and of board of directors tha
met only to lunch together and {
listen to a brief report from the casl
Ter, and on the poor policy OF COY
ernment that arranges three or fou
day examination twice a year. Til
mystery, II insinuated, had not bee
cleared by the arrest OF tho cashle
Before now minor officials had bee
used to cloak the mIsdeeds of me
higher up. Inseparable as the word
Speculation" and 'peculation' has
grown to be, John Bailey was M
known TO be in the stock market. IL
only words, after his surrender. ha
been Send for Mr. Armstrong
. once The telegraph message white
had finally reached the president
the Traders bank, In an interior tow
ia California, had been responded
by telegram from DR.. Walker, q
young physician who was travelli
; with the Armstrong family, sayil
> that Paul Armstrong was very i'll al
unable to travel.
That was how things stood IN
? Tuesday evening. The Traders bai
had suspended payment, and Jo
Bailey Was under arrest. charged wi
ID wrecklng IT, Paul Armstrong lay ye
a. Ill In California. and his only son h
r. been murdered two days before !
dazcd and bewildered The chldrel
!, money was gone: that was b
x enough, though had plenty, II tn
re would let me share. But Gertrud
rs grief was beyond any power OF mi
at to comfort; the man she had chos
is stood accused of colossal embez2
IN ment--and even worse. For In the
IS stant that ! sat there seemed to
ht the coils closing around John Ba
N as the murderer Of Arnold Armstro
70 Gertrude lifted her head at last q
he stared across the table at HalBey
81 why did he do lt?" she wall
81 Couldn't you stop him. Halsey?
80 was suicidal TO go back"
Halsey was looking gt.adlly thro,