The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1896. GRANGERS' BANK WAS SWINDLED, W. Wittland, Receiving i Teller, Stole the Money. STARTLING DISCOVERY. | The Defaulter Is Hunted by De- | tectives, but Cannot Be Found. BONDS OF $10,000 TO BE PAID, The Family Is Wealthy and May | Make Good the Balance to | the Bank. After all, the truth b come out that | keleton in the closet of the | of that institu- has been found nd startling tion’s most tru delinqu ent in his accou defalc; extending back fora consider- able time, are the res | So far, indeed, enough has been dis- | covered from a I ance through the bank’s books to make it apparent that the 1ded out of v by ematic and well-devised p How far this state of | irs may have bad an influence on the bank is a matier of mere conjecture at the vresent tir ince the full facts are not yet know ectors them- in the deepest he bank has suffered 1 the same d ations from its here appears to be little reason for doubt. The def ated during y in the accounts was cre- the period when the bank found its ce to face of | financial deman pressing, and eat deal about men who ¢ the institt ness of sands, helped r the management from g business. Wh I solvent there w the cash. Suspicion of the bank, however, that a short- in the thou- g ahead w sound tringency d to no off States and Canada, so that no matter where he goes in either country he is dis- covered. In this case, punishment ?s certain. The surety companies have their compact, and that is powerful enough to taboo, if not, indeed, convict a defaulter under the ban. Wittland was secured on bonds in a surety company for $10,000, and if he re- mains in either Canada or the United States he cannot enjoy a day’s peace or happiness, for the company’s agents will follow his trail wherever he may be. The amount of Wittland’s bond will be paid to the bank this week, and conse- quently the bank’s loss will not be so hLeavy as was feared at fir Wittland is the son of a wealthy man and belongs to a good and we California family. 3ut, after W. entered upon the duties of receiving teller of the Grangers’ Bank he turned to fast company and looked for pleasure of a riotous kind which constantly called for more mor His companions were ex- travagant and rapid in their living, and with them Wittland lavished money in various resorts, in French dinners and other places around town. H. M. La Rue, president of the bank, was asked for a statement yesterday regard- ing Wittland, but he refrained as far as possible from discussing the matter. “We are secured for the full amount,” said he, “and there is nothing more to be said.”’ “How was it possible that such defalca- tions could have been kept from the man- | agement?” “I cannot say anything about that now; { it might spoil the negotidtions that are | pending to set the matter right—not that It is true there isa | I want to shield him. large deficiency in the books, but the bank is secured against the loss. But every thing is now being settled very nicely, and negotiations are on with the insurance company to make good the deficiency.” “Where is Wittland now?”’ “I really don’t know where heis; I'm not interested in that. We have been try- ing very hard to keep it quiet,and I am very sorry that it got out.” Manager Montpellier shook his head. He could not say anything about it, although i stions he said : “The directors have this subject under diseussion, and 1t would not be right for me to talk about it at this time.” Th rance of such an occurrence. Itwashinted, however, that Wittland's family would not see the bank at aloss through the defi- over and above the $10,000 of the I i y Company. MET IN H cienc ARMONY. The Stockholders of the Grangers’ | Bank Elect a New Board. Bank yesterday afternoon, but al and peaceful farmers brought directors all assumed entire igno- v time was anticipated at the | ng of the stockholders of the | owed the bank §175,000 in HKis own | name, and was a security for other indebt- i edness, amounting in total to $200,000. Mr. Logan had pledged to the bink against this indebtedness 2213 shares of its stock, which were formerly owned by him. Aft- | erward he had transferred 1000 shares of | this stock to another bank, leaving in the | Grangers’ Bank 1913 shares, and it was on | account of this withdrawal that the direc- | tors passed a resolution making H. M. La Rue trustee of thisstock and other pledged stock the bank might have, all of which was to be voted by him at the annual meeting. . The matter, however, was satisfactorily settled among the stockholders, with the | result that Mr. Logan withdrew his re- | straining injunction. | Tresident La Rue stated during the meeting that the directors before the | liquidation of ‘the bank last November | were anxious to continue the bank’s ex- istence, and by so doing be enabled to give the farmers more money, but others were of the opinion that to continue would bor- der on the criminal, and when in Novem- ber only $30,000 was available, continuance | we deemed impossible, and now the | members are anxious that the bank be closed as soon as possible. The financial report of the condition of the bank’s affairs last Saturday is as fol- | lows: Assrrs, 1 LIARILITIES. ns and Capital ants..$776,451 46| _ stock. $605,617 88 | Real estate.” 34,410 18 Dividend No. | 19 (balauce 12,111 60, due) . Due 2.500 00| itors .. Due 459 ln')‘ and ers.. 61,079 28 Interest -$887,012 17/ $887,012 17 The only difference in the status of | finances in the bank to-day is in the | amount of the money on hand, which reads something over $65,000. At the adjournment of the stockholders’ | meeting a meeting was immediately held in the bank by the newly electea board of directors. During this meeting an execu- tive committee was elected, eonsisting of: i. M. La Rue, I. W. Hellman Jr., Seneca er, J. D. Brown and Uriah Wood. The officers elected are: President, H. | M. La Rue; vice-president, F. W. Lougee; cashier and secretary, August Muenter; v, B. S. Pillsbury. . d that the bank would pay at least 50 per cent to the depositors, and after the depositors are satisfied the stock- holders will be atten to. “It is the intention,” said he, *‘of the di- rectors to close out the affairs of the bank as soon as possible. The bank wili pe closed and an office will be engaged for carrying on the business. It may take two or three years to wind things up.” GOVERNOR JONES BETTER, Loa 161 60 hand. Total Nevada’s Executive Head Is on the Mend From Last Accounts. Governor John E. Jones, who has been | very ill for the past few wee! t the Palace SCENE AT YESTERDAY’S MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE GRANGERS' BANK. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] put upon the books in the process of liqu- dation. It was not long before the expert came across discrepancies which soon showed by comparison that William Wittland, the receiving teller, was short to the amount of many thousand dollars in his accounts. Day after day the thousands rolled up until §6000 was reached. Then the bank manager deemed it prudent to notify the president and directors. The surety com- pany that had vouched for Wittland took the matter up and employed an expert of iteown to examine his accounts. Expert- ing was continued until a day or two ago when the extent of Wittland’s shortage or defalcation had reached the sum of $12,000. The surety company placed the matter in the hands of a private detective agency and thereupon undertook the criminal prosecution of Wittland. A search was made for the receiving teller, who lived at Berkeley, but no trace of him could be found. He was not at home, nor in his old haunts; nor had his friends seen him for several days. Wittland had gone, but to what place nobody seemed to know. The search for him has been pushed with renewed activity, until at last the police are now chasing the fugitive cashier, ‘When an employe of any bank or ecor- poration who is insured by a surety com- pany breaks his trust and absconds as a defaulter, the insurance company places him on its black list throughout the United with them the sunshine of their interior valley homes, and things went along smoothly and ended harmoniously. Longer than an hour was consumed | reading the names of the stockholders. ‘When this tedious proceeding was finished a list of candidates for the board of direc tors was read, and by the suggestion of F. ‘W. Lougee the secretary cast the vote of the meeting, which supported the ticket, with no dissenting voice. The following are the directors elected: H. M. La Rue, Seneca Ewer, Uriah Wood, Albert Meyer, J. Dalzell Brown, L. W. Hellman Jr., A. D. Logan, E.S. Pills-| bury, F. W. Lougee, H. W. Llewellyn and Thomas McConnell. Previous to the call of the roll of stock- holders an order of court was served on H. M. La Rue, restraining him from voting stock standing in his name as a trustee. The order originated in a suit brought | vesterday by A. D. Logan, a former presi- dent of the bank. The election was carried through, how- ever, notwithstanding this injunction, al- though Attorney A. E. Cotton, represent- ing Dr. Dickinson, a director, and other stockholders, before the election was pro- ceeded upon, formally objected to the voting of the stock standing under the name of H. M. La Rue. In reply to this objection, Attorney E. 8. Pillsbury explained the reason why the stock in question came to stand in Mr. La Rue’s name. He stated that A. D, Logan Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report vl ABSOLUTELY. PURE Baking Powder ~ Hotel, is now in a fair way to recover. Last night upto a late hour his condition was improving. The eritical period which his physicians have been waiting for is said to have passed, and he is steadily gaining strength. The Governor has | passed 'through considerable hardship in | early days, and has a pretty strong consti- i:“"m“' which it is believed will sustain im, All that medical skill can supply is given him, and his wife has been con- stantly by his side ever since he was taken down. His private secretary, William Hanford, is in constant attendance, and with everybody else, looks forward hope- fully to the Governor’s recovery, Breweries in Federal Courts. An attachment against Kahny & Surgbach of Redding, Shasta County, for & two years' account of #6032 said to be due the San Fran- cisco Breweries, was narrowly averted yester. | day by the defendants filing a bond for§12,000 | with Henry Frickinger, Joe Halberthur, Anton Jaegel, Charles Piftschek and W. W. Williams | sureties. ~ As the San Francisco Breweries (limited) is & British syndicate, suit for the alleged indebtedness had to be brought i United States Circult Court. iy Coburn’s Suit Submitted. The injunction suit brought by Loren Coburn to stop the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County from cutting a road through bis property at Pebble Beach was argued in the United States Circuit Court yesterd ay and submitted to acting Circuit Judge Morrow, Mr. Coburn’s fences were torn down by the county authorities and he appealed to the Fed- eral judiciary for relief. —_— e o Survived the Attack. Tt was reported a few days ago that Louis Hirsch, the CentralA merican representative of the house of Castle Bros. of this City, was yvery low with yellow fever and not expected to live. Yesterday the firm received a message that Mr. Hirsch was at Guatemala City, and that his health had been restored. s Warren E. Price Indicted, The Federal Grand Jury yesterday indicted Warren E. Price, the Market-street book-seller arrested recently for using the mails in con- nection with marketing of indecent literature, Price and F. W. Broback, the Ukiah publisher, will have tostand trial. e P CATALOGUES, books, pamphlets, etc., printed and bound well and quickly. The Mysell-Rol- 1 lins Co., 22 Clay, . GREGORY SHORT IN HIS FUNDS, Anxiety Felt in the River Improvement Asso- ciation, HE WAS THE TREASURER Left Sacramento After the Last Meeting and Has Not Returned, INVESTIGATION IS GOING ON. An Ex-Mayor of Sacramento and Can- didate for Governor in a Bad Light. Eugene J, Gregory, erstwhile Mayor of Sacramento, candidate for the nomination for Governor of California and prominent citizen of the Sacramento Valley, will not be in his accustomed seat at the conven- tion of the California River Improvement Associaiion when that important body is called to order in the Chamber of Com- merce this morning. In fact, Mr. Gregory is not in the State, and this circumstance is causing the mem- bers of the convention considerable worry. He has not been seen for over a year, and neither have the funds of the association of which, as treasurer of the association, he had the care. . Gregory was a prominent member of the association and took the greatest interest in its affairs. No meeting was complete without his commanding presence,and his persuasive voice often swayed the assem- blage when an important question was raised. So great was the confidence of his confreres, who represent nineteen of the richest counties in the State and count their weaith by the millions, that they made him treasnrer at the last meeting of the association held in Sacramento two years ago. . Not long after his election and the ad- journment of the convention Gregory’s business and financial matters got into a muddle, and he left suddenly for the East for the avowed purpose of raising funds to clear up his debts. Time passed, and no word came from him, and the members of the association were forgetting about the matter, when reports came that he was living a gay life in New York, spending his money like a prince and getting the fat of the land. Then some of the workers of the asso- ciation wrote to him to find out when he was coming back to settle, but not a word | answered Gregory; and it became a set- tled conviction in the minds of his fellow- members that he did not intend to settle. Nothing could be done without a meet- ing, however, and no action was taken until a few days ago, when the executive committee of the association met in this City to decide on a place for the next meeting. Then the subject of Gregory’s shortcomings was discussed. It was decided to begin a thorough in- vestigation of the matter and learn just how the treasury stands. State Senator Johpson was appointed & committes to look into the affair. State Senator Gleaves of Shasta, when seen at the Grand Hotel last evening, was at first loth to talk of the martter, but finally consented to say that the officers ot the association knew that Gregory, if not, actually a defaulter, was certainly very derelict in his duties. **We do not expect to see Gregory back,” he said, ‘“for he knew that this meeting ; was to be held, and did not even respond to the word that was sent him. He has certainly made away with the funds, but we cannot say how much the shortage will amount to until Senator Johnson has had a chance to look into the books and re- port. We hope it will not be much, but it may be worse than we anticipate, for we all had the utmost confidence in Gregory and did not question his ability 1n hand- ling the funds or honesty in accounting for them. ‘“‘He is still the treasurer of the associa- tion and will be until his successor is elected to-morrow. I do not know what the association will do about the matter. We might or might not be able to appre- hend him, as he is so far away and no one seems to know just where he is. 1t will depend probably on the amount of the shortage Whether the association will take steps in the matter.”” Other members intimated that the short- age in the association funds was not the only reason why Gregory was making himself scarce. 'Chey spoke of money bor- rowed from friends that had never been repaid, and of other accounts that had been investigated, but the showing was never made public. At one time Gregory, who had served with distinction as Mayor of Sacramento, was prominently mentioned as a candidate for Governor of the State. Being a Native Son he had the backing of that order, and really lacked but a few votesin the con- vention to get the nomination. Previous to bis departure Gregory was well known in Sacramento basiness and social circles, in which he had a brilliant but somewhat inglorious career. In partnership with a brother under the firm name of Gregory Bros., he conducted a commission house which did a heavy business, but did not prosper owing to Gregory’s convivial proclivities. When the house failed, as it did after a number of years, Mrs, Bruce Lee, widow of a prom- inent man in the Sacramento Valley of that name, claimed that Gregory had de- frauded her out of §9000 which she had given into his keeping to invest for her. It 1snot known whether or not he settled with Mrs. Lee, but_soon after he lett for the East where he has been ever since. It is intimated that this claim has some bear- ing on his reluctance to return to Califor- nia, as at one time Mrs. Lee threatened to prosecute him in the criminal courts, Gregory is a large, fine-looking man, plausible in conversation and a favorite with the ladiea. ANENT II YUNG YEW, Circular From Acting Consul-General Fung and an Explanation by Vice= Consul King. Fung Yung Hun, who THE CALL stated in its issue of the 3d inst. had been made acting Consul-General in place of Li Yung Yew, has just promulgated a circular poster informing the Chinese that he has assumed the duties of bis office. | The new Consul-General was formerly Li’s secretary. He gives as the reasons for he change the instructions of Minister Yang Yu at Washington to the effect that Li Yung Yew will no longer be able to devote himself to the task of settling the feud between the See Yups and the Sam Yups, as he has been detailed to ‘‘other service,” and in his place Fung, as acting Consul-General, will try to bring about some amicable termination of the boycott. _In his circular Fung reiterates_the ad- Yice given by his predecessor and Minister Yang Yu, and counsels the Chinese to behave as fellow-countrymen should in a strange land and trade with each other as iriends. The “other business” to' which Li has been detailed is not stated in the circular, but Vice-Consul King Owyang yesterday confirmed the explanation given by THE CaLL of the 3d, namely, that to Li Yung Yew had been assigned the work of taking up again the preparation of the proposed treaty between Mexico and China. The original draft of the China- Mexico treaty was dprepnred by Attorney Lyman Mowry, and Li Yung Yew and King Owyang "both went to Mexico with the document when the former negotia- tions were being made, but at that time the terms of the treaty did not seem to be opportune. Li may start for Mexico at an early date. As to the boycott, it is still being waged by the See Yups, with little promise of abatement; in fact, according to a_ Sam Yup who stands high in Chinatown, it has degenerated into a system of general petty robbery, from which only the Christians seem to be exempt, and the Christians were excluded from the boycott only after a vigorous protest and threats to appeal to municipal authorities. Vice-Consul King explained yesterday afternoon that the great trouble with the Chinese here isthat they are laboring under the mistake of supposing the con- sular authorities have extraterritorial jurisdiction, whereas all the Consul- General can do is to give friendly advice, in the hope of reconciling the two factions. He denied the story published in the Chronicle that Li had been actually deposed. “If he bad been,” said King, ‘“his exe- quatur would have been demanded, whereas no such thing has taken place. It would have been telegraphed from Washington if Li wasdeposed. [tissimply as I talts‘ you some time ago: Li Yung Yew goes to Mexico to negotiate further the proposed treaty between that country and China and Fung Yung Hun takes his place, for, as you see plainly enough, Li Yung Yew cannot be here and in Mexico at the same time. Mr. Li was formerly engaged upon this same treaty and is eminently fitted to resume that work.” TRAINMEN INCONFERENCE Formulating Complaints to Be Presented to the Railroad Company. The Personnel of the Grievance Com- mittee—Daily Sessions Being Held. For the past four days there have been daily sessions in this City of the grievance committee of the Brotherhood of Raiiroad Trainmen, to consider the complaints of members of the brotherhood, with the purpose of laying them before General Manager Kruttschnitt on his return from Portland, which is expected to-morrow. The committee represents the freight conductors and brakemen on all the divisions of the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific Company—that is, those divisions comprised in the lines from San Francisco to Portland, fror: San Francisco to Ogden and from San’ Francisco to El Paso. Its personnelis as follows: J. W. Golden, Los Angeles, chairman; Mr. Bod- man, Los Angeles, vice-chairman; W. M. Keenan, Sacramento, secretary; Mr, Rickert, Oakland ;. press committee; M. A. Melvin, Truckee; J. T. Burn, Tucson; W. F. Graham, El Paso; Lane, San Francisco; Hoffman, Portland; Denton, Wadsworth ; Taylor, Fresno; Ballard, Ashland. Chairman Golden has been in the City ever since the 4th inst. making ar- rangements for the meetings of his col- leagues, while some of the members did not arrive until Monday. The fifst visit of the committee to the railroad building cn the corner of Mont- gomery and Market streets was not made until yesterday, when General Superin- tendent J. A. Fillmore was formally noti- fied of the presence of the committee. It is not expected that any complaints will be presented to the railroad company until Mr, Kruttschnitt is back at his desk. There are quite a number of differences that have arisen between the employes on the twelve divisions and their superiors, and it is to. have these adjusted that the resent session of the grievance committee is being held here. The trouble relates to both matters of wages and to the duties and services of the conductors and_brake- men. Neither side apparently anticipates any serious complications, and the com- mittee expects to complete its work in about two weeks. R There Was No Assault. F. W. Brooks, manager of the Merchants’ Sign and Window Cleaning Company, ap- peared in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday to answer the charge of assault with a deadly weapon, preferred by E. T. Hicks, a private de- tective. After hearing the evidence the Judge dismissed the case and Hicks immediately swore out & warrant for Brooks’ arrest en the charge of exhibiting a deadly weapon. Brooks was released on his own recognizance by the Judge. — e . - Could Not Grade. The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the local Superior courts in the case of tne City and County against A. C. Buckman. Buckman had a private contract to regrade Market street, between Valencia and Seven- teenth, but he was restrained from doing the wark by order of court on application of the City. The City objected on the ground that the work was a public nuisance ana had not been aanutlone‘r by the Board of Supervisors. ————— Maine sent 40,000 Christmas trees to the Boston market for last Christmas. NEW TO-DAY. Loss of Manhood, URED IN TWENTY DAYS DY DR. 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