The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16

The result was the affair of Randolph
Mason.
And so 1 hammered at him through the
office rooms. out OF the door and down
| the flag path TO the street Finally. at
the gate, he promised TO so to Boston,
| open the brokers' office as Mason had
directed and wait for the telegram from
GENE he said One might as we'll wait
for the coming OF Arthur. He would take
the thing as a sort OF Gideon sign. If 1t
came he would henoefotth believe In
miracles. and go on with every detail
as Randolph Mason had instructed him
| TO do
was not present at the conference OF
Marcus Gerry with Randolph Mason. He
came on Tuesday evening, when l was
at the Clovordale Hunt German. BY re-
quest from Mason, Coleman Stratton Mr.
Gery's counsel. and that Of the Fifty
eiShth National bank. accompanied him.
have 1t from Pietro that the conference
ran up to. midnight and that half the
books. in the private office were on the
floor in the morning. At Il o'clock Mar
Gus Gerry sent a telegram TO his brother
rected. Pletro took this telegram to the
western Union office on Broadway, When
ne ne ,rI Tetarned m led , he passed Marcus Gerry's
before 1t was required, know accurate
| ~ what followed, On Monday morning
Winfield Eo, Gerry went TO- tho banking
planned to Mr. Bedford what he wished to
do. as Randolph Mason had directed. Bed
lSrd requested Gerry to return the next
morning He then called up the Fifty
eighth National bank by telephone and
inquired about the checks. The bank re-
phcd that Winfield Gerry had no de-
posit there. but that 1T would guarantee
the payment OF his checks up to 5000 600
and to send II all the checks together hv
ADAMS express at the close OF banking
t,o hours on Saturday Badford replied that
tnls arrangement was satisfactory: but
ne required It sent TO him by cipher teIe-
gram and also by letter. which was ac
ccordingly done, The next morning young
Gerry presented his checks, which were
oashed This he continued to do until
on Thursday evening he had drawn ont
$29I 900 and had paid all the creditors OF
ms ins,,id tafners s. old firm Of Gerry & Bedford.
including the two hundred thousand OF
debts which he had personally assumed
ON Friday he closed his office In Bos-
tpn ana came TO New York the most puz-
zied man who ever entered the borough
OF Manhattan
sat SATURDAY evening, the banking house Of
Egan Bedford e Co. sent the bundle OF
OF New York. This bank refused tn nav
inc me checks and returned them. Mr. Bed
ro,Id rord came an, "a, at ono once to New York He
bank to pay the checks but he was rot
alarmed; he held the guarantv az the
y~eaTt Uank IN W,rTltlng; it was one of the
e, ssa, IL was rs solid as the government.
some MISUNDERSTANDING OF a clerk was
S"uhuess the explanaton-at any rate
Mr.. Bedford went to the bank upon
ms arrival, but got no explanation from
any any one one OF the clerical force. An explicit
direction TO refuse payment ON the
cnecks cfHs was all they knew about it, An
eIl2rt 10 secure an interview with the
president, Marcus Gerry brought only an
eepe,ntiment eepe erai con FOR Mr Bedford with the
o'clock '"as' at
otnce OF Mr. Stratton al the Irvi,. IL i.e
OF W. Winheid Gerry who called for me at
quarter before four. we walked oyar
70 the building. Young Gerry was an,ozeS ozes
ho so mo Incredible situation. II was un-
Irna r,a5 rsaSie an me way through. One
at@amc1 or such things on occasion g,,t
ms ms anair had gone on in daylight II
oe,n2,need IN Bardad yet here II was on
a Monday In January, in New YORK;, LJn
WAS under sn almost breaking strain -
see me close OF It We were iaken az
9nce 10 MT Stratton's private Office Fpan
hoa hSediord and his counsel, Judge Hacker
had already arrived. and were conyersins