Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-15

so far failed to discover any man who
was In his intimate confidence.
Pitney. Hardin & Skinner. as law
yers for the closed trust company,
have attached Smiths garage in East
Orange. and all his other assets that
could be unearthed.
The writ was issued in an action
entitled "Roseville Trust Company.
corporation. plaintiff, VS.. Raymond E.
Smith. defendant" The accompany
ing affidavit Is as follows:
William Fairlie, of full age, being
duly sworn according to law, on his
oath, deposes and says that he Is a
director and vice-presldent of the
Roseville Trust Company, a corpora
ton organized and existing under the
laws Of the State of New Jersey. the
plaintiff in the above enlisted cause,
and the agent of said company, and
as such agent is duly authorized to
make this affidavit; that Raymond
E. Smith owes to the Roseville Trust
Company. a debt in the sum of three
hundred and five thousand dollars
(s305,000) as nearly as this deponent
can ascertain: and that deponent
verify believes that the said Ray
mond E. Smith absconds from his
creditors and is not to deponents
knowledge or belief resident in this
State at this time"
Had Expensive Apartments.
Neighbors of the missing treasurer
say that he moved .into his three
roomed apartments in March and
kept bachelor house there. The rooms
were extensively furnished. They
were used frequently for bachelor
parties and on the nights when there
was such gathering. Smiths piano
player was used continuously.
There was q crowd about the closed
bank during. the night. At 8 p. m.
woman rushed into the Fifth pre-
cinct police station, at Orange and
Sixth street. two blocks away, and
cried:
"A depositor just shot himself on
the steps of the bank"
Three or four telephone calls to a
similar effect prompted the lieutenant
to rush the reserves to the building,
The policemen discovered that moth
ing more than the flashlight of a
newspaper photographer was respon-
sible for the excitement.
Fidelity Not Interested.
It was admitted by vice-President
Frederick w. Egner, who, in the abb
sence of President Uzal H. McCarter.
Trust Company. that a delegation of
the Roseville Trust Company direct
ors visited him yesterday, but more
than that he declined to say. From
other sources 1t was learned, how
ever, that the Fidelity has not one
cents worth of interest, directly or
indirectly, in the Roseville institu-
ton, and it was said that yesterday S
conference had to do not with the
present or the past of the defunct
company. but with it's future. In
this connection there is a story that
the Fidelity may be asked to take
over the closed company, after 1t has
been liquidated, and conduct 1t as
its Roseville branch Mr.. Egner
would not discuss that suggestion and
directors of the Roseville company
were noncommittal when they were
asked about 1t.
A. r. Jennings, a teller in the Rose
VILE Trust Company, resigned from
that position about two weeks ago.
| That fact was not public property
until today A man who saw the
resignation in the possession of
| Treasurer Smith said that Smith
spoke of 1t as a resignation under
pressure. He also said that Smith de-
scribed Jennings as occupying posi-
| tlOn eQulVaIent 10 tndt u tdSIileE- MI.
Jennings, who lives at 26 Hilton
street, East Orange, said:
up to about two weeks ago / was
employed at the Roseville Trust Com
pany. At that time / resigned, but
did so of my own free will
Were you aware of anything wrong
| In the bank? Had you heard any
thing said in the bank that would
lead you to believe that anything was
! wrong?" he was asked.
IT never knew of anything wrong in
the bank" he replied. IF there was
anything wrong. the man besides
Smith who would be apt to know of
| it, should judge. would be the lead
| ing teller, Mr.. Thompson.
II never heard anything said in the
bank which would lead me to believe
| that everything was not all right. ]
did hear things told outside. There
was a lot of talk going on outside the
bank that was not of credit to it,
did you have any part in calling
| the examiners to the bank?" Mr.. Jen-
nings was asked, because a friend OF
| Smith had said that Jennings was
| responsible for that.
"No: they came in the regular way.
he said. ''Their visit would not have
surprised us month or month and
a half ago. Bank examiners do not
| come around at stated intervals, but
| the employees get to know when they