The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20

his 0ut1eS-alWdyS WOIhlnS Iol ny
interest of the bank. Thomas is all
rioht-as honest as the days are lOnS.'
Questions: will the bank resume
Answer: mo.
Question: Did either Of the parties.
apparently, appear oAbe living De
You'd their
Answer Mr.. Hart was a good
liver. but then h could afford to 90
so as he received a good salary, ana
besides. he had handsome incomes
from his farms. Mr.. Hussey ppear-
ed to be living within his salary and
made no outward showing Of mgr
living
Question: Were either Of the
Answer: Not to the knowledge OF
the bank ottcials.'~
Question: How will the stock
holders and depositors fare
Answer: Cant answer thai queS-
ton intelligently until the affairs OF
the bank are gone over by the eA-
aminer.'
aminer didn't get INTO his job soon
err"
Answer: when too late we found
tina the cashier kept two ledgers ana
when the examiners would come
around Hart would produce the doc
tored' one. with the transfers made
to throw off suspicion. For six years
or more Hart pulled the wool over
the eyes Of h bank officials. OF
course I would nave staked my life
on the bank being safe and sound.
Only a short while before the bottom
dropped out l made a deposit my
self"
Question: What is the amount
Of Mr.. Harris assets. in his own
name"
Answer: He has a farm that
$1,000 in favor Of his wife; $1,000
to estate and $4,000 accident; his
real estate outside OF ncumbrance
would sell for $1,000
1t is the impression in Tarboro that
he had planned to be killed by his
auto.
Hussey Still in Jail.
Up to II o'clock today Saturday
Braxton Hussey was still in the Gus
tody Of Sheriff r. B. Hyatt, unable to
furnish the bond fixed at $4,000.
1t was the intention Of the writer
to go to the Jail and interview Mr..
Hussey, and was given permission to
do so by Sheriff Hyatt, but when in
readiness to accompany the sheriff
was informed by him that the de-
PENDANTS counseI objected to any one
talking to him. H. A. Gillian, Esq,
has been retained to pull the miser-
able man out Of his deep trouble.
Heard ON the streets
On the streets, around hotel lobbies
and at the depot the one topic is the
suicide of Luther Hart and the wreck
ing Of the Bank Of Tarboro.
Both of the misguided men seem
to have the full sympathy Of the
whole community, and not one maj
was heard to say that the money
T. %Io{ 49,
intention Of both to replace tit be-
ing the opinion Of many that they
were tapping the wires"
One depositor was heard to say: "If
any man a come to me the day be-
fore and said that the bank was shaky.
or that Hart or Hussey were any
thing but honest, upright gentlemen.
1 would have put down such a one as
an escaped lunatic.'
The general impression of all be-
fore the crash came that the Bank of
Tarboro was one among the stronges
institutions Of the kind in the county.
The Shortage Grows.
The Tarboro SouthHner Of Friday
last says:
1.-The bank examiners are giving out
nothing to the public but as their ex-
animation proceeds the defalcatiOn
takes on alarming proportions. And
until the last passbook has been ex-
amined and the securities appraised
the extent of the s%tealings cannot be
old
yesterday the Southerner on the
assumption that Cashier Hart could
not take $4,000 without his assistant
Hussey knowing Of more than half of
the amount and he only knew of s25,-
900, he said and we believed him, fig
ured that the bank might even have
its original capital intact and that
the depositors were assuredly safe,
but not SO today. The bank people
find false booking to an alarming ex-
tent. The overdEafts aggregate S23,-
900. This was less than street pre-
How insufficient are the Sc
curities they do not yet know. but
some they do know to be verging on
the worthless.
But the serious feature Is the fail.