Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-08
fIA1K LIKELY to hE ll|
LOWED BY BOND COMPANY
Bank COMMISSIONER Gives Official NO
lice Of Law Violation.

Deputy Bank Commissioners w.
Watson left At noon for Topeka afte
l four days work with the affairs 3
~. Az Flhck, defaulting cashier Of tn
Abilene State bank. 1.-THE bank Il al
right" said be, "and the only EhinI
left is to get Flack." Before ieagInI
Watson officially notified County AT
torney Rugh that Flack has YloIatei
the state banking law and d Iiabl,
to prosecution. It is presumed tha
the county will now try to find hin
land some persons think II was
mistake to let, him get away.
i. r. Phister, resident agent Of til,
Title Guaranty Surety CO.. Kansai
City. arrived today and Is checking
up the claim Of the bank on it's bond
for $4,000. "The bank has d good
claim" said he, but what the com.
pany will do toward getting FIacI
II am not prepared to say 1t II I'M.
derstood that 1t will try TO locate
and arrest him. 1t was notified last
Saturday and may now have know
ledge Of his whereabouts.
Flack was the administrator of
four estates in probate court "All
are less than $4,000 each" said Pro-
bate Judge Anderson, ''and we are
checking them up. In two Of them
there were bond company bonds and
in two Mr.. Hallam was on FIack's
bond. SO the estates will lose moth
ing"
The estates with which lie was
connected as administrator are:
Estate Of Ellis I.ucken5augh.
$1,000; bond in U. s. Fidelity and
Guarantee company.
Estate Of Lloyd Metz, 1880; bond
in same company.
Estate Of Inez Fritz. $500: bond
signed byI. s. Ha1lam.
Estate Of D, q. Hart, $4,000; bond
signed by /. s. Hallam.
Last night the new home he built
with the banks money was guarded |
to prevent any of the household goods |
being taken. The house was stripped |
Df clothing and valuables by Flack |
before he left. He took two trunks
'ull Of material and 1t is believed
hat he had plenty Of money. He
lad three quarter sections OF land
n western Kansas and the bank VIII
Iecure thesea The total shortage will
reach over $4,000 with
property and bond turned back toll
ring it down to less than 10000.
While 1t was going on for two
ears It was discovered only through
he other banks finding that bis
RATS were protested The examina-
Ions made BY the state were always
Complimentary as he took from the !,
ecords enough deposit slips and led
err leaves to make the total Of the t
eDoslts as shown by the books corr q
sspcnd with the figures in his state 4
tent. .
One Of the odd things he did was !.
J borrow from County Attorney +
ugh, neighbor, a trunk In which b
pack his articles when he left
wn. The county attorney Is dis
,sed to think this was exceeding
3 limit. A woman who saw him u
Enterprise Saturday says that be 8 a
ID big roll Of new bills and that i
went immediately to the Enter Ii
Use bank Of which his brother is 50
shier and borrowed 5000 more. Il,
ri
A deed ana Dill OF sale went ON
cord today to J. L. Kruger as trus-
} for the directors and an attach y
mt for $4,000 covering everything
the house and known to be pos se
ssed by Flack was filed last even ca
!. The deed and bill records are an
John A Flack and wife to ]. L.
iuger, trustee, lots 50 and 81, North =
b street, in s. & A. add; lot Q .
blk. 4, R. & A. sub. R. & A. add.
d lot in Henry, Hodge Reeds s.
b. Of lots 2, A, 8. 8, 10, Third street
t. & M. add. Abilene.
John A Flack to ]. L. Kruger, Sc
lres Of stock Of Abilene State Bank, 4
Q Masonic Temple building bond
10 for $500. real estate mortgage
,cuted BY John G. schrader and
e to the amount Of s4SOo.50 and
) velie touring car No. l2s. model
subject to claim Of 7. " Prem
'sast Of $3.50.
new developed at the bank
ay. Anew minor discrepancies
deposit accounts have shown up