The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
A KANSAS BANKER MISSING
Citizens State Bank of chautauqua
Closed After Cashier F. e.
Turner Disappears.

The morning of January 3 Kan
sas City bank expert arrived in Chau-
tauqua to examine the books OF the
Citizens State Bank. He found them
in an amazing tumble.
That night the cashier, Frank En-
nest Turner, % years old, born and
reared in the community, announced
he was going to independence, Kas.
He went to Caney by motor car and
has not been seen or heard of since,
Monday and Tuesday, January p
and 26, his wife and the bookkeeper.
a boy of II, continued the banking
business. The morning Of the 9th a
notice was posted on the bank door
announcing that it was in the hands
of the state banking commission.
That was Chautauqua's first inkling
of disaster that has struck hard at
every man, woman and child Of its
three hundred people. The deposits
were not guaranteed. But no word d
bitterness is spoken of the missing
cashier. The heaviest losers declare
it their belief that he did not profit.
Yet with the crash came the discov-
cry that Turner had done more. He
had disposed of forged securities,
chiefly chattel mortgages, in excess
of $4,000, through banks and mort
gage brokers, personally.
The bank is capitalized at $4,000.
It's last statement showed deposits OF
about $4,000 and loans and discounts
around $4,000. If it eventually pays
out on a fifty cent on the dollar basis,
which is doubtful, the bank loss will
exceed $4,000, which must be borne
by the community. NJ. A. Thompson,
special deputy bank examiner, has
been at work on the books for a week,
with expert help. March 1 is the ear
hest date he can promise statement
of the banks true condition.
Not Foot and Mouth Disease-The
cattle illness reported on the Colvin
farm, north of E1dorado, is diphtheria
and not foot and mouth disease. This
was decided by Dr. G. A. Kay and
Dr. H Ritter, federal experts, who in
spected the cattle.
Killed by BuII.-DanfeI Jones, stock
man of Bucklin, was attacked by a
bull in a pasture recently He de-
Tended himself with q cane, but the
bull injured him fatally. He walked
! to his house, half a mile away, and
was found dead there by the family.
Gets Federal Job.-Fred R. Hemen
way of Junction City has been notified
of his appointment to the position Of
district inspector for the Department
of Commerce. His headquarters viii
be at Lawrence. Mr.. Hemenway is
the publisher of the Sentinel, a Dem
ocratic weekly.
Teacher Killed in War-According
to advices received at Pittsburg, Prof
III. W. John, who was a member OF
the faculty at the state manual train
ing normal last year, has been killed
in battle in the European war.
Prison Irvine Cheaper.-At a ses
sion OF the state board of correction
at the prison recently, it was decided
| to sell Irvine at the prison for SCI
a hundred pounds in carload lots. THAI
is 81 a hundred cheaper than las
year. For small quantities the Irvine
will be sold for eight cents a pound
as in the past.
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Fire Chiefs Wife Dies.-Mrs. EldoI
Knox, wife of Olathe's fire chief. dice
recently at their apartments at the
city hall after seven hours Zines:
from ptomaine poisoning.
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Mule Kicked Back Stone.-Manipu
lating his weapons OF defense witt
wonderful dexterfty, a Kansas muI,
recently kicked back stone which
Ben Wright, a Carlyle farmer, haC
thrown at the mule. The stone strucl
Wright's chin and severely Injuries
him.
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One Load OF Wheat, $224.-Foste
Elliot sold one load of wheat at Bloom
the other day to the Equity Exchang'
for $224.75. L weighed 149 bushel
and fifty pounds. The price va
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