Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 1, 1908, Page 3

—— A special grand jury has been to investigate the action of the mask mob which tarred and feathered Edi- tor Edward Rockwell of the Farming- ton (Iowa) Herald. Many prominent witnesses have been subpoenaed. Samuel R, Wingfield, who is said to be a member of a well known Balti- more family, was found dead in his room in New York from poison. Wing- field, after taking the poison, wrote several short letters, in which he de- scribed his sensations as the poison overcame him. Lack of funds and loss of employment were the causes given for his act. Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. N HCA sO Half Million Dollar Loss and More Than a Score of Fire- men Are Injured. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME — IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ON FOREIGN SHORES BRIEFLY TOLD. FIERCE GALE FANS FLAMES Hotel _ Florence Destroyed — Another Fire Causes $75,000 Loss in Wholesale District. Accidental Happenrngs. Canned goods killed one and seri- ously poisoned three other children of Dewitt Roach at Dandel, W. Va. Ten miners were severely hurt when Washington, Director North of the census bureau has asked the house committee on cen- for an appropriation of $14,000,000 su to defray the cost of taking the census of the United States for 1910. a cage fell down the shaft of a coal Responsive to numerous petitions |mine at La Salle, Ill. Two of the in- from Western commercial organiza-|jured men may die. tions, Representative Kahn of Califor- Elva Babcock, aged seven, daughter nia has introduced a bill to provide for |of Eugene Babcock, a merchant of the defense of Pacific coast ports. fowa City, Iowa, was struck by a Rock Surgeon General Rixey of the navy |!sland passenger train and killed. has asked the house committee on na-| One priest was injured and another yal affairs to recommend an appro-|was overcome by smoke in a fire priation of $1,500,000 for the construc-| which caused $10,000 damage to St. tion and equipment of a navy hospital |Mary’s Roman Catholic church at Ev- ship. ansville, Ill. ‘The aeronautic board of the army| Two men were injured and consider- 2l corps threw out all the recent |able damage done when the Pittsburg bids for dirigible airships as unsatis-|Fulminite Powder company’s building factory. It is understood the designs |at Fombell, Pa., blew up. The cause submitted were deficient in speed re-|of the explosion is not known. quirements. New specifications will Fire broke out in the commission be drawn up and new bids asked for. /house district on Elk street, Buffalo, Secretary Root has strongly urged |destroying property valued at $125,000 on congress an appropriation of $50,-|before it was gotten under control. 000 to enable the government of the |The Waddell commission house is the United States to be represented in | principal loser. the exposition to be opened at Quito] Anton Wilding of East Lebanon died Aug. 10 next, to celebrate the 100th |at the city hospital at Lebanon Pa., anniversary of the independence of | from injuries sustained in a fall. Walk- Ecuador, ing in his sleep Wilding stepped out of William Chandler of the Chandler-]a third-story window and fell forty Dunbar company of Sault Ste. Marie | ‘eet. has agreed upon a quit-claim deed| Three trainmen were killed and two with the war department and the de- perhaps fatally injured at Corydon partment of justice whereby all obsta- | tynction, Ind., when an engine plunged cles in the way of the speedy widen-|rrom a ninety-foot trestle, turning a ing of the canal locks at the Soo ar€|complete somersault in the air and removed. dragging down with it two freight cars Senator Dolliver has introduced @|and a caboose. bill to erect a new building in Wash- Fire which started in the attic of a ington for the use of the department | oottage of the Missouri colony for the griculture to cost $1,750,000. The feeble-minded and epileptic at Mar- amble of the bill states that the|.nan, Mo., did damage amounting to . Chicago, Jan. 29. — More than a Score of firemen were hurt and as many more escaped injury or death after thrilling experiences in a fire which destroyed the Mayer building, a seven-story brick structure, and the Hotel Florence, 163-167 Adams street, shortly after 3 a. m. yesterday. The loss will amount to half a million dollars. One fireman is reported miss- ing. Hotel guests and night workers fiel scantily clad into the blizzard. Fanned by a forty-mile gale, the fire scattered burning embers about the southern portion of the loop district. Twenty guests of the hotel were roused from their beds by policemen and firemen. All of the inmates are believed to have escaped. Skyscraper Stands Test. Adjoining the burning structure on the east is the partially completed sixteen-story building of the Corn Ex- change National bank. The new sky- scraper was given a severe test, but with the exception of some temporary woodwork resisted the flames success- fully. The fire started in the rear of the second story of the Hotel Florence, Before it was discovered it gained considerable headway and_ shortly after the firemen arrived the second and third floors and a portion of the rear wall fell. A six-story building adjoining the hotel on the west caught fire and was partly gutted. It was occupied by six printing and two tai- lorimg concerns. Two hours after the first alarm had sounded the flames were under con- trol. r number of employes of the department $40,000, imperiled the 125 patients and has inereased from 1,100 to 2,100 since |threatened the destruction of the en- the building now nearing completion |jj,e institution. was commenced. \ From Other Shores. Archduke Ferdinand IV., grand duke of Tuscany, died at Salzburg, Austria. Sir John Lawson Walton, M. P., and Firemen in Collision. Fire in the wholesale machinery district last night caused damages of $75,000. The flames were confined to a five-story structure which housed half a dozen firms. While driving at full speed to the fire the horses of an engine and truck company collided. The drivers escaped injury by jump- ing, but the engine apparatus was,so badly damaged that it had to be te turned to quarters. - GLADYS VANDERBILT MARRIES. People Talked About. Rear Admiral Frank Courtis, U. 8. N., retired, died in Washington, aged ate years. He w tive o: ixty-three years, Heiwae oneal attorney general, died in London. wee Acute pneumonia was the cause of Betsy Bennett, ninety-five years of death age, daughter of Obeju, chief of the tribe of Ottawa Indians, is dead at Sandusky, Ohio. Col. John I. Handley, supreme vice president of the Federal Unfon of America, died of appendicitis at his home in Denver. James Bigheart, ex-chief of the Osage Indians, who it is claimed was the richest Indian in the United States, is dead of paralysis at his home near Bigheart, in the Osage Na- tion, O. S. Sisson, one of the leading Grand Army men of Wisconsin and known throughout the Worthwest, where he for many years acted as pen- n agent, is dead in La Crosse, aged sixty-two years. Rey. J. W. O’Bryant, who has, been or of the Hyde Park Methodist ch at St. Joseph, Mo., has resigned to become a street car conductor. He says he can make more money as a conductor than as a preacher, Six men were killed and twelve oth- ers seriously injured in an explosion of firedamp in the coal mine at Charle- roi, France. Count Zeppelin is working on an enormous dirigible airship with a car- rying capacity of 100 people. The air- ship is intended for the German army. Being refused permission to marry, a man aged eighty years and a woman aged seventy-two eloped from a home for aged people near Lake Constance, Switzerland. China has placed an important ur- gent order for quick-firing guns in Pa- ris. Whether the guns are purchased owing to the acute relations between China and Japan, or on account of in- ternal troubles in China is unknown. The censor at Berlin has placed the pan on a_ burlesque of the play “Gretchen,” which has had a run of several months at Vienna. The scene is set in a home for reclaimed women . and deals with the methods that have At the end of fifty years’ continuous |)een adopted in Germany for instilling service, during which time he neve? |into them better ideals. had a wreck, Lawrence Gagin, the old- est engineer in point of service in the employ of the Chicago & North-West-| genator Jeff Davs of Arkansas has ern railroad, will retire on a pension.| ceived an offer of $3,000 a month John Ball, seventy years old, said to|from a New York vaudeville manager be a descendant of the brother of the |to appear in light vaudeville, but will first president of the United States | not accept it. d one of a number of heirs to the] , new amusement park is to be Joseph Ball estate of Philadelphia, opened in Chicago. It will be located which is said to be worth $100,000,000, at Forest Park. Nearly $1,000,000 dropped dead at Hartford City, Ind. will be expended in the construction Dr. F. M. Michaels, an oceulist of | of the new enterprise. national reputation, is dead at Bing- George H. Meyers, an expressman hampton, N. Y. Several weeks ago Dr. | or gan Diego, Cal., has received word Michaels partook of tainted chicken that he has fallen heir to one-eighth and ptomaine poisoning resulted. This interest in the $300,000 estate left by developed into tuberculosis, termina-|his father, a farmer of Sandwich, Ill. ting fatally. eee : John A. Macy, one of the editors of as ote 3h ure cee re ebb? ae the Youth’s Companion, emphatically governor of Nebraska and for many | denies that his wife, who as Miss An- years a prominent politician, died in nie Mansfield Sullivan was for some Omaha of paralysis. He was a mem-j z ber, of the Nebraska constitutional sient tage ara ot Helen Baten, 1 convention and cast the deciding vote eco EP ae which made Nebraska a free soil| Franklin H. Ward has been appoint- state. ed guardian for his father, Henry Clay Ward of Pontiac, Mich., one of the leading millionaire lumbermen _ of Michigan. This action was taken after a sensational ten days’ hearing in the probate court. Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassa- dor, expects to leave the United States for a visit to his home in Rus- sia the latter part of May, returning in the autumn. The ambassador has not made a trip home since his ap- pointment to this post. Among those who obtained licenses at the new marriage license bureau in the city hall in New York was Will- lam Brooks Mason, colored, who gave Hungarian Nobleman Carries Off One of America’s Wealthiest Heiresses. New York, Jan. 29.—Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, daughter of Mrs. Corne- lius Vanderbilt, was married to Count Laszio Szechenyi, a young Hungarian nobleman, in the Fifth avenue home of Mrs. Vanderbilt at noon yesterday. The wedding was probably the most brilliant that has taken place in this city for several years. Although the number of guests was limited to about 350, mainly relatives and immediate friends of the two families, there were included Baron Hengelmueller von Hengervar, the Austrian ambassador to the United States; James Bryce, the British ambassador, and several of the prominent members of New York society. The wedding ceremony was _ per- formed by Mgr. M. J. Lavelle, rector of St. Patrick’s cathedral. Many of the most prominent mem- bers of New York society were among the guests, while outside the Vander- pilt residefice a great crowd of the cu- rious public thronged the sidewalk and street. Following the ceremony .a wedding breakfast was served. Count and Countess Szechenyi went to Newport in the afternoon to remain for a week at the home of Reginald Vanderbilt. Domestic. BOIES IS IMPROVING. Former Hawkeye Governor Expects to Soon Return to Waterloo. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 29.—Former Governor Horace A. Boies. of Iowa, who arrived in this city a day or two ago after having been taken seriously ill while en route here from his home, is improving. He is living in a cot- tage at the beach and will return to Waterloo, Iowa, as soon as his health will permit. Crimes and Criminals. Casimir Duzicki, a Polander, was killed in a street fight at Detroit, Mich., when two groups of foreigners joined in battle in the street. William Brown, a youthful bandit, confessed that he shot and killed Po- liceman William R. Mooney of Chi- cago. The confession was made‘to Chief of Police Shippy, and it clears ap one of the mysterious policemen: murders which confront the city force. The jury in the case of the State vs. Anthony J. Crowe, charged with as- sault in the first degree on Charles: sé Moe at Billings, Mont., returned a ver2|i8 occupation as “minister of the gos- dict of guilty in the second degree anqi{Pel” He made an affidavit that he recommended that he be sent to the is'136 years old. He said he was born penitentiary for five years and pay a! in Havana. His intended wife is Miss fine of $2,000. Ella Haynes, who said she is twenty- One foreigner is dead, another is |°!sht. dying, while a third is seriously injur-| Frank A. Gotch and Hjalmar Lundin eq and seven men are under arrest as | wrestled for the heavy-weight cham- the result of a race riot at Lorain, | pionship of America at the opera house Ohio. A new saloon gave away beer |at Lowell, Mass. Gotch won, getting and many foreigners became intoxi- |two falls in succession after a grueling cated. Rioting followed, which ~as series of twists. finally stopped by the police. Join to Test Cows. Menomonie, Wis., Jan. 29—A cow- testing association has been formed at Colfax in this county, with S. S. Si- vertson, president; G. Hammer, secre- tary, and Sidney Knapp, treasurer. A lively interest has been awakened in the object and many dairy herds are being tested with surprising re- sults. * Mortgage Is Burned. Fergus Falls, Minn., Jan. 29.—The $3,700 mortgage which has encumber- ed the M. E. church property here was burned with fitting ceremonies Sunday. Special services had been arranged and the church was crowd- ed to the doors. Eight Hurt In Wreck, Stafford, Conn., Jan. 29.—Kight per- sons were more or less injured in the wreck just north of here of a passen- ger train. The accident was caused by a broken rail. | panies engaged in TELL STORIES OF AWFUL BRUTALITY Witnesses Testify in Investiga- tion of Illinois State Reformatory. TORTURE CAUSES BOY'S DEAHT Hung Up by the Hands for Hours and Then Left Paralyzed on Reformatory Floor. | Employer Has Perfect’ "Dect Right to Dis- charge Man Because of Union Affiliations. Washington, Jan. 29.—The constitu- tionality of the act of congress of June 1, 1898, prohibiting railroad com- interstate com- merce from discriminating against members of labor organizations in the matter of employment, was called into question by the case of William Adair vs. The United States, which was decided by the supreme court of the United States yesterday favor- able to Adair. The opinion was by Justice Harlan and held the law to be repugnant to the constitution. Has Right to Fire Man. The court held that Adair, as mas- ter mechanic of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad company, had a right to discharge an employe because he wasamemberof a labor organiza- tion, just as it was the employe’s right to quit such employment be- cause of his membership in such or- ganization. Such a course the deci- sion added, might be unwise, but re- garded as a mere matter of right there could be no doubt. Congress could not under the constitution au- thorize. a violation of contracts under the guise of protecting interstate com- merce, Justice McKenna delivered a . dis- senting opinion favorable to the law, in which he said the court’s decision proceeds along very narrow lines. Lower Court Overruled. The case came up to the supreme court on a writ of error from the United States district court for the Eastern district of Kentucky, where Adair had been fined $100 for threat- ening to discharge from the employ of the company a locomotive engineer named Coppage because the latter was a member of a labor union. In his decision Justice Harlan held it was Adair’s right to serve his em- ployer as best he could, so long as he did nothing forbidden by law as contrary to public welfare. Justice Holmes also expressed the opinion that the law should be con- strued as constitutional. He thought that the right to make contracts had been stretched to the limit by the court’s decision in this oase. That congress had a right to so legislate as to encourage labor organizations was another suggestion of Justice Holmes. Pontiac, Ill, Jan. 30.—Members of the board of managers of the Illinois state reformatory in this city, at a session that lasted almost throughout last night, heard stories from the lips of officers of the institution them- selves. of brutality and torture inflict- ed upon William Hamlin, an inmate, whose death and the conflicting ex- planations thereof have raised a storm of criticism. Tortured Twenty-two Hours. Admissions were wrung from offi- cers of the institution that Hamlin was chained up to the bars of the “sol- itary,” his wrists held by handcuffs to a point even with the top of his head, for twenty-two hours the first day of his punishment, for sixteen hours the second day, and that the third evening he was tied up, with every indication that he faced a simi- lar period of torture, but his endur- ance gave out’ after five hours, and after he had revived from a faint he either tried to commit suicide or es- eape. Being chained up again, he climbed up the bars of his calls proba- bly while in delirium. He fainted the first day of his tor- ture, and the third night, and for long periods during these fainting spells, he hung by his wrists suspended from a bar of his cell, his legs too limp to support his weight. Left Paralyzed on Floor. The “cold water cure” was applied, quart after quart of ice water being thrown over him to make him “quit shamming,” and once it was poured down his throat until he choked. Aft- er he was injured he was left lying on the concrete floor of the “solitary,” with only a blanket under him and an- other over him, his back broken in three places and his body paralyzed, all but the arms, for twelve hours be- fore the reformatory physician was called. These assertions. were made to the CZAR OF RUSSIA IS PLAINTIFF. Sues in Manitoba to Recover Money Stolen by Former Treasurer. Winnipeg, Jan. 29. — One of the most extraordinary lawsuits that has been instituted in Manitoba has begun in the prothonotary’s office in Winni- peg. The plaintiff is the czar of Rus- sia and he is suing for an immense sum of money taken from his far- away province of Turkestan by the erstwhile treasurer of the department of the interior of Turkestan. The alleged faithless steward of the ezar is Stefan Proskurekoff. During his tenure of office he received sums amounting to 340,000 rubles and over, or over $160,000, and stole or embez- led and appropriated che, money for his own use. son, farmer of the institution, WRITES A RED-HOT MESSAGE. President About to Startle Country With Rap at-Predatory Wealth. Washington, Jan. 30. — President Roosecvelt has written for transmis- and most emphatic message of+ his term. So warm is this document that some of his friends and advisers have BEST FAIR PROMISED. ing it, but whether they will succeed is still a question. The rumors which bring out this much information do not state the oc- casion for the message. But, whatever the vehicle, if the message goes to congress it will be meant to act as a sufficient warning to the people against the dangers which threaten free government from those described by Mr. often-quoted term,’ “the predatory wealth.” The president is Big Stone County Agricultural Asso- ciation Promised. Clinton, Minn., Jan. 29.—At the an- nual meeting of the Big Stone County Agricultural association, held at Or- tonville yesterday, the following offi- cers were elected: President, John McCallum; secretary, M. I. Matthews; treasurer, J. H. Erickson; assistant secretary, J. C. Pender. Vice presi- dents were appointed, one for each township. The constitution of the as- sociation was amended changing the place for holding the annual meeting from Ortonville to Clinton, A three days’ fair will be held here the latter part of September and it promises to be the best ever held in the county. The association now has a member: ship of 250. holders of profoundly im- believes that to let this form of piracy | again get the upper hand in national | affairs, may endanger the safety of as he is understood to have drawn it, goes into the field with such degree | of frankness as may well startle the | country: If the message goes to con- gress at all, it is likely to go within a comparatively few days. There is a hint also that the docu- ment, instead of going to congress, may reach the public in some other way. UPRISING IN sONDURAS. State Department Hears Rumors, but Details Are Lacking. Washington, Jan. 29. — Rumors of an uprising or invasion in Honduras have reached the state department. Details are lacking, but it is believed that the leaders of the movement are persons who were driven out of Hon- duras into Guatemala during the last revolutionary outbreak. The revival of the attempt to overthrow the gov- ernment at this time is believed to have been inspired by the fact that the elections for president are to be held to-day. PRL Te Sa aS FELL DEAD IN STREET. D. J. Hennessey, Montana’s Wealthy Merchant, Victim of Heart Disease. Butte, Mont., Jan. 29.—D. J. Hennes- sey, president of the Hennessey Mer- cantile company, a pioneer of Mon- tana and considered the wealthiest merchant in the Northwest, dropped dead in the street of heart failure. CUTS DUTY ON WEALTHY WATER ment Is Concluded. Washington, Jan. 30. — The presi- tion announcing the conclusion of the Franco-American reciprocity arrange- ments drawn under section of the Dingley act. Under it America con- cedes a 20 per cent abatement in du- ties on champagne and sparkling ines imported into this country, and France confirms the minimum tariff rate now accorded American prod- ucts. Other important provisions are made, including the creation of a com- mission to consider possible amend- ments to the trade regulations in France. Steel Pays Same Dividend. New York, Jan. 29.—Quarterly divi- dends of 13-4 per cent on the prefer- red stock and one-half of 1 per cent on the common stock of the United States Steel corporation were declar- ed yesterday. These dividends are unchanged from the last previous quarterly dividend. Eleven Drown in Storm. Philadelphia, Jan. 29.—Belated re- ports to the maritime exchange bring information of mishaps to barges with the possible drowning of eleven persons off the New Jersey coast dur- ing last week’s storm. Banker Is Arrested. Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan, 29. — John E. Godding, president of the de- funct Bank of Rocky Ford, Colo., was arrested here yesterday on charges of receiving deposits after he knew his bank was insolvent. Nevada Police Bill, Passed. Carson, Nevy., Jan. 30.—The Nevada police bill passed the assembly by a vote of 31 to 7. It already has passed the senate. | | Franco-American Reciprocity Agree- | dent late yesterday issued a proclama- | board of managers by Ulysses A. Wil- | sion to congress the hottest, strongest | been trying to dissuade him from us- | Roosevelt's | pressed with the present crisis. He | the republic itself, and his message, | BIG FIRE LOSSES IN TWO CITIES Packing Plant of Nelson Morris & Co., Is Damaged to the Extent of About $500,000. Chicago, Jan. 30.—The third disas- trous fire in the business district of the city in as many days caused a loss last night estimated at $1,200,000 in the almost complete destruction of the building at 144 Wabash avenue, occupied by Alfred Peats & Co.; the building adjoining it on the south, ce- eupied by John A. Colby & Sons, and those in the rear, fronting on Michi- gan avenue, occupied by Gage Bros. & Co., Theodore Ascher & Co. and Ed- son, Keith & Co. The interiors of each of the buildings was burned out. The fire started in the engine room of the Peats building and raged for three hours. The work of the firemen was witnessed by at least 15,000 per- sons, who, attracted by the glare, which could be seen for miles, throng- ed the streets in spite of the cold. $500,000 Loss at Kansas City. Kansas City, Jan. 29.—Fire of un- known origin started in the canning department on the second floor of one of the twin main buildings of the $27, 000,000 packing plant of Nelson Mor & Co., on the Kaw river, in Kans City, Kan., last night, threatened de- struction of the entire plant and caused a loss estimated at $500,000 before it was controlled. All efforts to save the east main building, in which the fire started, and the box factory, was abandoned within a half hour after the flames were discovered, and the firemen devoted themselves to the work of saving the other build- ings. The fire had gained great head- before the fire department ar- rived, and the heat was so intense that it was impossible for the firemen to make any progress in checking it except to prevent its spreading. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 30. — Fire ilast night in the Coburn warehouse, 213 to 233 West Georgia street, de- stroyed the building and caused a loss estimated at $500,0v0. PROSECUTIONS FOLLOW INQUEST Hints of Graft and Admissions of Neglect in Theater Horror Mystery. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 30. — Sugges- tions of graft and admissions of ne- glect, which it is intimated may re- sult in prosecutions, marked the open- ing session of the inquest here yester- day in the horror of the Rhoades opera house on Jan. 13, when 169 persons lost their lives. It was brought out that the main exit from the hall was blocked by the box office and that the stairway and the point of exit and entrance was but three feet one inch in width, and that Harry Fisher, the operator of the stereopticon apparatus had received |but two days’ instruction in the meth- ods of handling the calcium light and that he operated the machine in pub- lic for the first time on that fatal |night. | Suggests Graft. In addition to this, Dr. Thomas A. |Rhoades, the owner of the building, declared that the building had been inspected and passed by a state fac- tory inspector after he “had given a contract for fire escapes to a Reading man.” He added, in reply to a point- ed question put by District Attorney Dunn, that the factory inspector told him who he should buy his fire es- capes from, that he placed with the Reading contractor and that the inspector passed the! building. The lessee of the opera house, E. C. Mauger of Pottstown, who admitted he did not know the location of the | fire escapes on the building, said that he never saw the factory inspector ;but had been told his name was Bech | tel. No Doors to Fire Escapes. It was learned from his testimony that there were no aisles along the’ 'walls and only two narrow aisles to | separate the seats into three divisions, |and that the chairs in the outside sec- |tion were not fastened to the floor, so ithat they fell and caused many to stumble and fall in their rush to get ‘out of the building. Mauger admitted there were no red lights to show where the fire exits were and no doo through which to reach the fire es- ‘cape had been cut in the wall. DOG SAVES MASTER'S LIFE. Pet Is Killed Arousing Household in Time to Escape Flames. Great Barrington, Mass., Jan. 30.—A pet dog jumping upon the bed of John E. Pell awakened the man barely in time from him to escape from his burning home, together with his son and two servants. The dog perished. Freezes in Lonely Home. Fergus Falls, Minn., Jan. 30.—Arne Gunderson, an old resident of this city, was found dead in his home here yesterday by a neighbor. Gun- derson had been living alone. The weather turned bitterly cold, the mer- cury falling to 11 below zero, and the man had been partially frozen during the night, exposure causing his death, Herd of Cattle Condemned. Waseca, Minn., Jan. 30. — Twenty- three out of a herd of forty-two Short- horn cattle belonging to A. S. Hawkes of this county were condemned as af- flicted with tuberculosis and ordered to South St. Paul to be slaughtered. Bank Closes; Cashier Missing. Enid, Okla., Jan. 30. — The Alva Bank of Commerce was closed yester- day and Cashier Lou Westfall is miss- ing. He is charged by the directors with looting the institution of practi- cally all of its deposits.