La Junta tribune., 1915-01-02

uDerty oi ushtnS you 10 meeS me befe
before the hank 0isneti"
lis anything wrong:'. asked MeiIen
me of the directors
i nin Sorry 10 say there is."
With the hank 3
Yes
What N ii:''
MIR. E,,ierhy hns .mbezxled sidO..
10 for SPECULATION iurs~es aud Is
short just tbni niuch.-'
Good heavens exclaimed the vice
president THAT will ruin the bank
when Il gets known"
-.Cnd0ubtedIy. answered Judge
Beatty nmid the great perturbation Of
tl,e other directors III rests with you.
gentlemen. however. ms to whether Il
gets known or not"
with us:'
Certainty. The bank IL fne busi
ness proposition for small town. yet
such . dcfal,atiou would seriously
cripple II. and n run following would
ruin II. Now. II you gentlemen want to
save the bank and protect your dcposi-
tors Il can be done"
"You haven't called ns here. sm
sure said the vice president hopefully.
without having something in mind
What In ii:''
This" said the Judge ''Enderb.
has u number OF friends here who are
willing 10 back M their friendship for
him with hard Lnoi,ry. n you gentle.
men will guarantee to keep the thing
absolutely secret among yourselves
and to refrain from prosecuting Etsder-
by. who will. of cour~e. resign from the
presidency and the directorate and
move away. his friends will raise SjO.
OOO In cash. and they will place the
amount 10 your hands today"
III We should accept this Offer" said
the vice president. amid n general muir.
muir of excitement. and the ten OF Us
who are here should each put M
| &s.UO. the d.fnication would be mad..
go,si:''
III would" said Judge Realty
promptly. The bank would he on n
sound financial basis once more. and
the x-OOo would b- PAID hack from
the profits which nr. certain under ju
I 'iicious management
And " we don't accept this onerr'
asked Williams. IN. cashier.
The bank :v,.s TO The wall. you lose
at least xlUoO0 cold cash nni what
! ever .ls~ mi:b' is involved In n dis
| nstrous and expensive liquidation and
! the small i.i'ositors -ufYcr terribly
I'm other words. you are Offering Us
"a cents on the dollar remarked ID
rector Taylor
''Enjcrby promises to make good the
! dcfalcation: he has certain matters
pending ~ little ,alu. now. but which
may bring 10 large r-inrns ! am not
ablc to .ay lust what they viii be. but
he has put the mati-r In my hnpds.
and u the returns eosne In ~ be ex-
,scis and as expect. too. ! will t~
quick 10 turn over 10 the hank enough
4, make g,ssi the i"faication."
Whist c,id~ne~ have We got 81
/ thaty' asked thu vIs~ president
My word ~ bcnor. SIR .
"tsut aren't We all compromising =
felony s.ks~i pir,rtor Williams.
We'll" answered the lawyer. Il sus
| afr,,hi. II you ssk for = legal opini'n
on that Nr'ipi. that we are. For my
tart ! don't n.ind telling yen frankly
that ! nm doing II to save the drs-'~i
orr Ia ihl. tank
MIR. vic~ President. said = dire.
I 81
Bcntty's oner In i-'balf ~ EBsicrhy
1nd " he wiiI turn over Ia us S:s.tss'
10 cash w- Jointly and se,~raily agrs~
io say nothing so sny Que aiout the
.k-faicaiion. Hbd thai We further agrss.
io make n,s-i the amount over aod
ahove the s,id s-sDssO ahd to ueor.
gnniye aud curry "p The hank under
new rbaDsv-iD-nf.
Z SECOND The motion. said the cash
ter
y supi~y.- there l. n",hinr to do bni
put the moil.n. said the vice pr,-i
dent Are yon read, for the question
e"ntl-nmur
And thereafter the nrtlon was lD,iis.-
diai.Iy adopted unanimously.
Beatty t.ok fr"ip hi. saf- the xiso.os'
la hills Which En.ierbs had handed him
the night bs'fvrr. the wrappins~ nnsi
anything -i.s that would have ideati.
he'd IL ns having -on- frum the bank
having bs-b DESTROYED
"G"nil-m-n. o. said. There IL your
non.,. uete ai-o is an agwcmrat
which I bs,. dr,w0 up -tnbcsising the
sui,-taocc ~ our arrangement. which
,on viii b- n.si enough to sign
'G-nil-n-a. " said the vice president.
n d-'um.ui u ihi. Kind you Will MI
.isn with the. ani. Judge Beatty.
think svu had bssicr sign II too"
'crstaIuly.- .sid the judge. As
am 10 bc n. custodian. I hare no oh
lection"
THAT 10 all. ! take ny asked the
,ice president.
THAT I. att answered the Old ~.
iorDey. and. while legally our action
is distinrtiy impr"prs. think We haze