Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-19
GIRL MAY AID IN
CAPTURE Of SMITH


confiscated his personal correspond
ence and bank books.
Vacates Sheriff's Attachment.
The federal action vacates the
| sheriff's attachment secured by the
bank officials and places all of the
missing mans assets In the hands OF
a. receiver. Payment on bank ac-
counts in different parts of the courl-
try have been stopped. At one bank,
the Danielsville National Bank, of
! Danielsville, Pa, book showed
Smith had on deposit several thou
sand dollars. Other banks showed
deposits and the receiver is now col
lecting this money.
Among other effects in Smiths
apartments were found shares OF
stock made out in different names
for the Home Ice and Products Com
pany, a New Jersey corporation, of
which, according to the shares, Smith
was president.
La Rue Vredenburgh, deputy COM
missioner of banking and insurance,
said today:
1T have been working hard to get
conditions to head where can give
out statement showing the condi-
ton of the face value of the notes
and paper, but although we are pro-
crossing on the work hourly am not
yet in a position to make anything
public However, / expect to have a
statement ready in day or two. I
will say further that I am satisfied
as some of the paper already gone
over doesn't appear good to me, but
I will not venture at this time to name
the amount involved.
He Can BE Extradited.
I'VE are now in a position as far
as Smith is concerned to have
him extradited from any State
wherein he may be in hiding at the
present time. On June he made a
report to the State Commission show
ing that the amount of deposits on
hand and payable on demand amount
ed to S274,000. We have made a
proof of those demand deposits and
find that the true amount as shown
by balances due several thousand de-
positors, having commercial accounts
were largely in excess of 100000 and
Immediately upon completion of that
proof yesterday forenoon a complaint
was made to the prosecutor and a
warrant for Smiths arrest followed.
II have been working night and day
|
.. to be in a position to have evidence
enough to have a warrant sworn out
for Smiths arrest, and we now have
it, The report of conditions is suf
flcient to extradite, and the evidence
Is in shape to go to the grand jury
We shall probably have more evi
dence against him by that time"
At a meeting of depositors of the
bank this morning held in the Savoy
Theatre, at Orange and Warner
streets, a resolution was passed t
draw up a petition asking State Com
missioner George M. La Monte t.
take charge of the defunct institu
! ton until the depositors' claims are
, met, dollar for dollar
Organization Formed.
, Michael Kane, jr., opened the meet
, ing and explained the purpose of call
! ing the depositors together, saying
/. that they did not want to hire an,
: lawyers and go to additional expense
but that they were gathered togethe
for the purpose of asking Mr. LII
Monte to take charge of the banks
affairs H. NJ. Van SAINT, of $40 Fire
I mems building, one of the losers II
3 the bank, was made permanent chair
, man of the meeting and A. w. Endle
: meyer was made secretary.
t One of the interested men in TIN
8 movement, Valentine B. Kane, Offered
D the resolution asking Mr. La Mont
: TO take charge of the banks affairs
and said that 1.-The only reason tina
we are separating from the McEvo.
committee is that we think that w
. were not getting just treatment from
them and that by having two sep
/ arate committees more work could b
ACCOMPLISHED" He further made
I understood that they were not Their
to antagonize the directors and re
marked that Mr.. Lurich, one OF tn
directors and heavily interested il
the banks affairs, was in sympath,
] with the movement. He also sal
thar the idea was to work in harmon,
with any other committees of de
During the meeting Leon Green
berg. one of the committee appotnte'
by Mr.. McEvoy, spoke and said tina
he thought 1t was unnecessary t,
FORM the new committee, as the oil,
one was doing all in its power t.
get things Strengthened out. Anothe
large stakeholder, James Lovett, wa
in attendance at the meeting, blu
when appointed one of the COMMITTEE
Of Ave to present the petition to MI
/ La Monte said that he was affiliate,
with the McEvoy movement ant
would not serve.
The Committee.
] The committee appointed by Chair
man Van SAINT was composed of A
w. Endlemeyer, M. H. Kane, Harr
B. Tower and H. M. Van SAINT. 1t l
probable that others will later be ap
pointed, including several women
The committee will call on many O
the depositors not at the meetin
with a view of getting their sigma
lures on the petition.
The directors of the trust company
at their first meeting, decided to of