Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-26
STATE BANK AND TRUST RECEIVER !
ASKS HEAVY DAMAGES ALLEGED
FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER

'0CHy diAu INV 10 ll6 duA3 dHpOAh Il
d, qualified and acting receiver (
he said the State Bank and Tru.
that during all Of sal
ime the plaintiff has honestly. pro-
'rly energetically and lawfully col
lucted the affairs of said receiyershi
ind has applied to the same his ei
ire time except when incapacitate
" illness.
That on or about the 18th day {
March, 1913, at Tonopah, Nevada, th
did, wrongfully and wit
malice, publish and cause and pre-
,ure to be published in said news
paper Of and concerning the plaintiff
herein the following words:
RECALL OR IMPEACH.
Perjury on the part of Fran
L. Wildes, receiver of the Stat
Bank and Trust company, and ais
on the part of District Judge Fran
Langan, appears to have been con
mitted, according to the startlin
evidence placed before the Assem-
bly, yesterday by Assemblyman Ke
liner of Tonopah. Wildes declares
that he had devoted his entire tim
TO the conducting the affairs o
the receivers office when askini
for an order allowing him $1,000
yearly salary, and the court in rul
ing also declared that the sum O
$4,000 appeared reasonable as tn,
entire time of the receiver was oc
eupied in the performance Of hi
duties
What farce
The startling discovery tha
Wildes had drawn salary of $16t
monthly for 16 months from th,
state, after his appointment as re
ceis er Of the defunct bank. Gomez
as a fitting climax to the disgrace
full condition that has long beeI
tolerated. Wildes drew salar,
from both the state and from tht
bank, He could not serve two
masters at the same time, nor coult
he have earned the salary receiv
ed from the state If, according t
his statement and also the state
ment of Judge Langan. that de
devoted his entire time to the banl
receivership."
Judge Langan committed /
breach Of public trust in allowinl
such salary to his appointee Will,
said appointee was under salar.
to the state, and it should be tn
duty Of Langan to Immediately sui
nit a ruling resembling his forme
order. In addition, 1t should be tn
duty of the court to immediatel
remove Wildes from the office h
now holds, and in his stead al
point man whose honesty an
integrity is not doubted
], "The immediate recall of Judg
Langan, or his impeachment, shoul
follow as soon as the law will pc
: nit such action The Bonanza Co
tends that Judge Langan is not
fit person to occupy the bench
a district court, for by the di
closures as made yesterday, his !
n ability to protect the depositors
y clearly shown. 1t is within Il
I power of the legislature to impea'
S Langan, and this action should
L taken without delay. Furthermol
|, the impeachment of the juri
q should precede the appointment
a successor to Wildes, for by Il
q action the depositors can only
le assured Of a receiver who will p
s tect their interests.
Judge Langan has not perform
Of his duty in a manner that wol
OF protect the interests of the
te funct banks creditors. Had
of done so he would have ordered
en- initial report of Wildes forward
in to the depositors, instead Of be
re- destroyed after being printed. ]
as court knows Of the disappearal
nd Of the reports for the matter
IN been given publicity. not only
ue the Bonanza, but in the Goldfi
la, Tribune and also the Reno jour
fff in addition to other state pap
ap- The matter has been discus
'te broadcast 1t is common talk
re over the state. And yet Ju
in Langan has remained inactive.
sth Whatever the motive may
en- that lies behind the inactivity
du-
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