The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1900, Page 12

12 FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1900. Geo. Knight and LafePenceMix Up in a War of Tongues. New Document Ad-| mitted Which Bears| Sylva’s Signature| and Causes Tha Witness to Shake in His Testimony. |- wild per Introduced. Adolph Syl former eathless break in the $200 livered to wn house at her first visit »and fon of her | oner avers that t which Sylva Breaks Pace. for the commit t on its face purports to yiva and its date | tioner was scated in the witness' MURDER THEORY - @ - . . . e - & . @ . kS . © * ® nd had the paper executed e to him during ight. He said that jog his memory he s information to Lafe Pence. For this n Sylva will be recalled when he re- s from the tiring effect of playing a star engagement on the wi and. Battle of Tongues. ¥ might_furr n, again who read- the peti- chair. resp and once occurrence. Sylva had that he gave Mrs. Craven sowledgment of the would not swear yester- terms that this was an viva on another former testimony tions of jury | lva could not | 40> O-- 04>+ S *b e >o-0b B S o i ATTORNEYS FLING INSULTS WHILE MRS CRAVEN IS ON THE STAND. OO0 -0+ +0Q | Several questions were propounded in re- ard to the yellow document which Mrs. Craven identified as a paper given to her the day of her first visit to Sausalito—at | Teast, it was her best recollection that it | had been handed to her at that time and | was meant pt_for the $200 which | she had given Sy Knight was at the | helm, and he did not like the way the ship | w £oing. Why did you go to Sausalito?” he 3 ed at the witness. vas advised by Mr. Dunand, my at- torney, to employ Mr. 8ylva to look up the records,”” was the response. “And it took you from 1892 to 1899 to realize that you ought to have a protec- tion of the solemnization of your mar- and that you owed It to the con- our daughter to have this sol- came sneeringly from the lips. attorney’s This provoked a ready and voluble re- sponse that started the engagement of | words. ACRIMONY OF FAIR CONTESTANTS ol BREAKS OUT IN FIERCE INVECTIVE [ Reasae ac ool ol e o ne omd @O+ 000000t e>e00 £ e aaa s -4 B e e i SR SECSR SR = “You knew it, Mr. Knight, when you | walked down the street with me, arm in arm, and sald, ‘Have patience and you | will get the $500,000 compromise as soon as | the ‘trust business is settled.’ Lloyd came to me driving a bargain for $250,000. You told me you would cut my throat.if 1 exposed my secret.” Here Knight's patience, temper and self-control whistled down the wind, and with the memory of the-arm-in-arm two- step prodding him, he ejaculated: “'Forgive me for that.” “Me, too,” cried the witness. “‘Oh, I never feared you. but I did your daughter,” shouted back the attorney. | and at that remark Mrs. Craven craved | the protection of the court and demanded | “Whom are vou laughing at?" shouted Knight. “We'll make a circus of you be- fore long and nall the witn to that trip at Sausalito, you can bet. Symposium of Apologies. Then the court was brought into the battle and in mild speech Judge Troutt adjured Knight to restrain his impetuos- ity and hold the peace. But it was only a’lull in the storm. Everybody was look- ing for apologies—the witness, the court and attorneys. The tempest broke out with renewed force a moment later, when Lafe Pence arose to_object to one of Knight's questions. Referring to all the | other attorneys on _the Fair side and | snubbing Knight, Pence provoked the | latter to say: _ “I don’t propose to be insulted by a fugitive from Colorado. I want to apolo- gize to the court and I will exercise my privilege, sir.” “We do not doubt the duty of it.”” said Charles Pence, and then the court took a hand in the game, spreading oil upon the seething waters. When Judge Troutt had inished and the session was finished, Knight, with his apology, begging for utterance, arose for the last time. He admitted that his remark about Lafe Pence and the refugee insinuation was unwarranted, as It was without founda- tion, but his ardor had not yet cooled and led his tongue into another tangle. *I re- gret that I said Mr. Pence was a fugitive from justice.” This was as far as Knight got. ““Had you said that,” replied Charles | Pence, u would not now be making | apologies. Then irate Mr. Knight went into an ex- planation of his motive for apologizing, impressing the fact that it was not for any other reason than a deep respect for the gracious court. The tempest in the teapot had simmered over, ending with a call from Mrs. Craven for an apology. which Knight, with a stamp of his foot, flatly refused. Pence offered an apology to the court and sald henceforth he would look upon Mr. Knight as an attorney. Mrs. Craven then iterated her demand | from Knight, but all she Never, woman, as long as I ive. The case adjourned at noon and will be continued at 2 o'clock to-day, when | | out of his hand he And Mr. | % 00D A W HIDDEN UNDER 4 BEDSTEAL ADVERTISEMENTS. et NEW GOODS. Frederick Jacksen Has Ex- citing Experience With a Burglar. —— The Intruder on Being Discovered ! This week we will have on sale the following lines of NEW GOODS. Pulls a Revolver and Threatens | to Kill the Handbook Man. | Al e Fred Jackson, who earns a living by | making a handbook on the races, had an exciting encounter with a lone burgla: early yesterday morning. Shortly after midnight Jackson went to his room on Mason street, near O'Farrell, intending to go to bed. After 1eaching his rcom he | picked up a copy of The Call which was lying on a table in his apartments and started to peruse it. He was smoking a clgarette at the time, and as the butt fell proceeded to look | SILK GINGHAMS, for it. Failing to find it Jackson' looked under the bed and was surprised to discover a man who pretended to be in a deep sleep. Suspecting something wrong Jackson tarted to call for help, when the burglar suddenly drew a revolver and threatened to_kiill Jackson if he made an outcry. 1 SILK AND WOOL FRENCH CHALYS, SCOTCH AND IRISH PRINTED DIMITIES, SILK TENNIS FLANNELS, ALL-WOOL FRENCH PRINTED CHALYS, FRENCH ORGANDIES, GENUINE SCOTCH TENNIS FLANNELS, Jackson after entering the room had taken out his bank roll. amounting to several thousand dollars, and placed it on the table. When the desperate burglar commanded him not to make an outery | ITE F ENGH ORGANDIES or_suffer the penalty of being made a subject for the Coro 1, who s | noted for his gamene: went to the table and picking up the money start- | ed to leave the apartments. | The burglar promptly ordered him to | 11 out’” or take a chance of being sent | AND MERCERIZED PRINTED COTTON FOULARDS. to the Morgue. With rare presence of | mind. Jackson pleaded with the nocturnal | visitor not to shoot. and. catching him off | his guard, he quickly left the room and | disappeared down the street Evidently | incensed at Jac: ape, the h-)ll]| es crook cut up a new suit of clothes and a | recently purchased hat belonging to the | brave bookman After waiting turned to hi some time, Jackson re- | room and found the burglar | gone. An exs ion_ disclosed that he had got away a lady’s gold watch, the property ckson, which was prized very dearly by him ‘ From the description given of the burg- lar by Jackson Detectives Ryan and | O'Dea of the Southern station, who wer(-l Specially detailed on the case by Chief of Police Sullivan, are convinced that he 15‘ familiar with the premises and knew the time that Jackson was expected to return to his room We will also show this week the Latest Novel- ties in RIBBONS, GLOVES, NECKWEAR, HO- SIERY, LACES, FEATHER SCARFS, PARASOLS, SILK SKIRTS and SILK WAISTS. nvestigation by the detectives revealed | 1 that the burglar formerly occupied a room In the house and was known as a “bad man.” He always carried a revolver and was in the habit of displaying it to the dismay_of the other occupants of the place. Tiring of his strange conduct. the landlady ordered him to leave, which he did. Ryan and O'Dea know. 'the fellow and expect to arrest him within the next twenty-four hours. e Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will s a cough. Never falls. Try it. All druggists. e — You can't judge a man’s bank account by the fit of his coat. S SR S e ] | E Judge Simpton will be placed upon the stand. time before asking for the gold, being hard SEEMS TO FALL Wheel May Have Caused Kreling’s Death. Evidently He Fell Into the Bay From Steamer | Weber While She Was Lost in the Fog Near the Ber keley Shore. der, with robbery | 1 was advanced by s a solu eath of F. engine of slaughte: r a question that Krel- ago Friday | kton steamer Dauntless. | ard the boat.as far as | | as e craft tied up at the Weber, bound plausible theory is Eot off the steamer to | at a saloon me mixed in his bear- - Weber instead of the | »at was lost in the fog | rning on the trip down | r the Berkeley shore, | and drifted where fort eling's | body was f s sur- it is more ‘than like jumped overboard, w struck over the b and instantly killed t by the paddle wheel The absence of his watch, cuff-buttons and papers, considered i aoction 'with Kreling’s characteristics and dispositi would stre the suicide theory some- what. At the ci ces of the | missing property formed t asis of the suspicion of murder ry, but in | 2ll the journey frc wcisco to Antioch and the rei scene of death there was absolutely no opportuni for thugs to operate. 1t was not impos ble, however, for the - proud old man and spare bis relatives 1 # of knowing that be had sought a suicide’s grave, to cast his valuables into the ba: Did He Seek Surcease From Trouble. It is certain that he led his reiatives and friends to believe he was going East for an extended stay, when, as a matter of fact, he did not have money emough to buy & ticket. That his plans to take a river steamer were not formed on the spur of the moment s0 reasonably certain. | That he took the steamer in carrying out some definite plan is almost sure, Wheth- er that plan was to seek surcecase from trouble that had been heaped upon him by seemingly endless litigation with mem- bers of his family or whether he sought to escape from his relatives and the scene of triumphs and trials and in fleeing found death will Frflhahl)' remain among the mysteries of the peculiar case. rst of all, the s\ori; that the old man | mever carried less in his ckets than a couple of hundred dollars fn coln does not with the statements of Mrs. Hen- Kreling, his daughter-in-law, who cared for him at her lod Baldwin Annex. im and prov lace sleep; that even when he took her to restaurant for their meals she always had to foot the bills. He had no ir ducing property. occasionally rec t. Who sent them or why were sub- jects upon which she had no information. Every document, paper or communica- tion that might shed light on the condi- tion of the old man's affairs disappeared with him. He left nothing in his trunk where he kept his belongings except a bunch of old checks drawn on the account of F. W. Kreling & Sons. His trunk had been filled with letters, deeds and docu- ments. Now it is empty. Said He Was Unhappy. A Kreling Jeft here a week ago Friday night on the steamer Dauntless. Antone Pfeiffer, an old-time acquaintance, and his son were on the same boat. They conversed with the old man until the boat reached Antioch, where they got off. For ome minutes before the landing was e they were busy getting their hand luggage {ogether, and after the boat reached the wharf did not notice Kreling. The last they saw of him he was seated in a chair near the door of the purser's stateroom. For all they are able to say to the contrary, he might have gone ashore ahead-of them or immediately af- terward. Certain it is that G. E. ’%am- eron, who was acting as purser that night, did not see any one near his cabin door when he came out after the boat h:d ul“h at t‘he wha;{. 2 a on_{he trip up reling confided to Pfeiffer that he was unhappy and never wanted to see San Francisco again. When the boat passed the place near Mare Island where his son William was drowned some years ago he became very much agitated,”and in melancholy tones said he often wondered if he would meet a similar fate and inquired whether | drowning was an easy death. The fact that his once princely fortune had dwindled away until in his declining years he was almost dependent upon others for- sustenance seemed to prey upon his mind. ““He told me he had not slept for two weeks,” sald Mr. Pfeiffer, “‘and appeared to be a little confused in his min(r. ks From the time Kreling was seen on the Dauntless as she neared Antloch his movements are matters of speculation and conjecture. The Weber was at the wharf when the Dauntless arrived. The theory is that Kreling got off the Stockton- bound boat and boarded theWeber. ‘Was Not Seen on the Weber. If he fell or jumped over the side of the vessel as she was feeling her way through the fog near the Berkeley shore early next morning ‘the suction would have drawn his body toward the huge paddle wheel at the stern. A blow from one of the ponderous blades would have caused the wound over the heart which, ng-house, the | that she fed to Berkeley physicians, | according | ed death. | 1e of the officers or deckhands on the Weber noticed Kreling board the boat | nor do any of them remember having seen a man answering his description on the trip down. has no particular bearing_on the case, however, as the travel between Antioch and San Fran- cisco on the river steamers is quite large. Kreling’s room at the Baldwin Annex to the Blow From the Blade of a Paddle bed made Friday morning and the following day. This convinced his daugh- | ter-in-law that the old man was still in the city Saturday morning and could not possibly have been on the Dauntless. | Later she called to mind that he was in the habit of taking a nap during the ufternoons and on those occasions dis- I'robed as if he were going to bed for the | night. The remains have been brought to this cit P tin Kreling. BERKELEY, April 10.—The inquest on | the body of F. W. Kreling will be con- tinued at Berkeley on Thursday, when it is hoped. that some direct evidence will ve been found pointing to the cause of Is of the Coroner’s office main- ively that the man dled from The results of their examina- | Francisco and Oakland for use. | The theory held by the Alameda County | officials is that Mr. Kreling fell into the hands of upon robbery; that he was lured Into some San Fran- where he was drugged. The blow that caused death was then struck with the in- | tention of aiding the robbery, | necessarily with the intention of causing death. The blow was more severe than | was at first Intended, and Mr. Kreling | being an old man death resulted from the shock. Becoming frightened at the result of their act, it is believed that the body was thrown into the bay, where it drifted upon the Berkeley shore owing to the strong wind which was blowing at the th e. Mr. Kreling met hig death as the re- sult of foul play,” said Dr. H. N. Rowell, | the health officer. ‘‘He certainly was not | drowned. There are many signs to be found iIn the lungs and other organs of a body where death came by drowning. There was not a single one of the many signs of drowning that are known to medical science present in the body of Mr. Kreling. Death undoubtedly Tresulted from the shock of the blow upon the upper portion of the chest. That blow fractured the collar-bone and ruptured a lot of the blood vessels and tissues around the heart. To my mind it looks like a case of murder.’” | De{:uty Coroner Streightif got - into trouble “with the reporter of a morning paper to-day In connection with the case vesterday. The Deputy Coroner was a cused of withholding news, which he de- nied. Words grew hot, until Streightif struck the newspaper man, whereupon | Streightif was arrested and turned over to Deputy Marshal Kearn: CHAMPAGNE VALUES. The Standard of Champagne Quality Is Pommery. In the manufacture of which only the first pressing of selected grapes is used. The subsequent pressings not being up to the standard adopted by the house of Pommery are disposed of in various ways. This is one of the many reasons why Pommery Champagne commands the highest price the world over. Although Pommery Champagne is sold at wholesale in New York for from $2 to §5 per case more than other champagnes. it is generally retailed in clubs, hotels and restauranis at the same price per bot- tle as cheaper priced win o e The man who has never made a fool of himself doesn’t appreciate sympathy. ————— Ladfes’ fine kid tles, worth §1 75 for 50c a pair at the Boston 8hoe Co.,776 Market.* had been occupied between the time his | and will be buried at the expense of | o den, probably on the water front, | but not | PITCHER’'S DEATH STILL. A MYSTERY| Livermore Banker Said to Have Written a Farewell Letter to His Wife at Berkeley. Apprehensions of a Run on the Bank Notf Realized Owing to P ressed by friends, who thought he Should make Sure of his standing. As soon as his account was balanced and the money passed out to Dumas, he was satisfied"to hand it back and take away his bankbook with the new credit entry. Attorney G. W. Langan, representing the bank, made a statement to-day of the position of the trustees. He said: “There are only two items the heirs de- { veloped to date—first the transaction in the Kennedy mining stock; second, the purchase of bank stock by the trustees. Of the latter Taylor bought ten shares, T. H. B. Varney, sixty shares, and Pitcher held one hundred shares, which had been put in his name by old Thomas Varney vhen the bank was organized. Pitcher was a man in_whom Varney had every confidence and for the first year the bank’'s securities were all in Pitcher's name. The stock had been originally in these gentlemen's names. After Thomas Varney's death the trustees said they would prefer to own the stock themselves instead of being dummies. Without tak- ing legal advice they bought it. Varney and Taylor paid cash for their stock and Pitcher paid $1500 cash, giving a note to the bank for the remaining $8500. After recautions—A Com- | missioner’s Statement. | e e e Sank stock the attommeys | were informed and they advised Pitcher S — | that the action was Indelicate. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 10. HE fullest examination of the books and accounts of the Bank of Liver- more has falled to reveal the slight- est suspicion of a shortage. Such was the official statement made at Liver- more this evening by Secretary C. H. Dunsmoer of the Bank Commissioners. This development only tends to compli- cate the conditions surrounding the sul- cide of Henry H. Pitcher, the cashier and manager of the institution. The dead financier's friends have come to the front with the theory that Pitcher had been wrought to a high pitch of ner- vous strain over the Varney estate con- test, and rather than go through the or- deal of further extensive investigation of the admittedly Irregular transactions in the Varney estate stocks had on a sudden impulse decided to end his life. There are some pircumstances which point to possible premeditation on the part of Pitcher Sunday evening for his deed. He carried home from the bank a pistol used there for protection of em- ployes and with that shot himself. Some time during the same evening Pitcher mailed a document to his wife in Berke- ley. The letter reached the Berkeley post- office this morning while Mrs. Pitcher was in Livermore attending her. husband’s funeral. % That he was greatly harassed mentally over the Varney case was known to his associates, although none in Livermore nor in Oakland will admit that he gave the slightest ground for suspicion that he would end his life. On the surface he ap- peared confident that he would win out in the contest, although the affair was drag- ging him into the light of unfavorable criticism, a situation repugnant to his oversensitive temperament. Standing as he had for many years the leader in Livermore's affairs, the extreme shock: to his overweening pride was more than his nature could stand. Such is the analysis his friends make of Henry Pitch- er's suicide. On the other hand his co-trustees and his legal advisers declare that even were the contestants in the Varney suit to win all their demands the financial blowy to Pitcher would not be more than he could stand. They assert that at best the heirs who are suing could only expect to re- cover the di pon -the bank tees, besides, of course, the reverting to the estate after the trustees were- pald back what it cost them. The theory of defense impressed upon Pitcher his attorneys was that the heirs could not break down the trust, unless actual ““‘Remember, however, that all of these transactions were reported in the trus- tees’ accounts and were twice approved by Superior Judge Ellsworth. When the Kennedy mine stock was bought the matter stood in this way There was in the estate a block of 500 shares, which was then valueless. The trustees were advised by their attorney that mining stock was an injudicious in- | vestment and acting on that advice the | trustees tried to sell the stock, but found no buyers. Finally they decided to take 500 shares each at $3 a share, Taylor tak- fraud were shown, and he had appeared | to accept the situation. Afraid at the Last Minute. That he was afraid at the last minute | to face the court is satisfactorily demon- | strated to the people of Livermore in his | conduct. Pitcher spent the early evening | of Sunday on his return from conference with his lawyers, in the bank with As- sistant Cashier Fred Mathieson. Together they worked up the statements and got out the_books which the cashier was to use on Monday in court. When he went out about 10:30 o’clock he took the revol- | ver with him. That evening the letter | to Mrs. Pitcher was sent. The contents of | the envelope, which was of commercial size, have yet to be made public by the | wife, whose departure yesterday evening for Livermore prevented her from re- | ceiving it. While Pitcher's friends scoff at the theory that he shot himself because he was alarmed over the outcome of the lit- igation, they are greatly concerned over the deed because of the awkward position in which Trustees John Taylor and T. H. 2500 shares were taken by outsiders. was found in the mine and it paid divi- dends for a while up to $20 a share. But suppose the stock had been held by the estate, there would have been a com. plaint from the court if it had proved ‘worthless. The Action Approved. all of the testimony about these transac | Fassett, Wendell Jordan, H. C. ing 100 shares additional for a friend. The | sales started a market for the stock and | Shortly after that a lucky paying streak | | is_not large. “Now, the action having been approved, | head— the & i 4 “The Peace Conference,” a 4 - + remarkable poem by Madge + m, u3, nus, ur, 19, 121 POST STREET. 4+ Morris! Illustrated witha full- : 4 page drawing by Methfessel. 4 1 This will be one of the most + 4 artistic pages ever published : T e T S, 3 . e B S o ohn Taylor were merely advisers. Be- | tions cannot stand unless the Judge + and a revelation in what can ¥ |J008 il bXpert Accountant W, Stew- | that there has been fraud. 5 4 be done by the most up-to- 4 | art, representing both sides of the Varney | “If the heirs win all they can get at the be halft cesses and ¢ | contest, was on hand, and Secretary | outside would be the dividends on these + date halftone proce 3 | Dunsméor of the Bank Commissioners ar- | stocks. amounting to ,000, and 4 presswork. We challenge ! l;h'ed s%cn}at(sfl”w%r-l. lS(hlplfh‘nls of gol(: shla‘;efs a;h!he cost of 323,000 which was 1 t Ban of California were sen pal or em. 3/ comparison! Get tho Haster 4 | Gown in time to meet the morning de- | ‘The Bank Commissioners were sent for 3+ edition of The Call—out next < | mand a;\d all dn)'Tlr:wr»: was a r;gli\lnr at Fpess v‘grlhf‘bank dlre(‘!ol‘xl.:d ltr!:l order i outgo of money. eTe W muc ess C o ourselves we request em to + Sunday—or you will miss ¥ (20RO L MR bank however, than on | make the examination.” + ymething reall; eat. | Monday. One anxious depositor, A. Du-| The statement of Secretary Dunsmoor some -4 y 8T + y + 3 | mas. a wine merchant of Livermiore, had | shows the following assets and liubilities 1.WQ*OO*****’**’*‘W.]“"”0 in the bank. He wavered a long u?-dayl: lances of the bank taken at noon Liabllities—Capital $100,000; due de- positors, 324,243 16; due banks, 310,628 13; inter- est collected. $13,788 30; rents and exchange, 33429 47; profit and los 28 $4; Varney estate deposit, $194.275 T6; total, $348,594 71. Assets—Bank premises, $16, stock, 9 05; real estate, $12,155 23: mort- $74,559 99: stocks and bonds, 577 53; loans and discounts. $100, 33434 37; due from banks, $7029 5 1064 65; expenses, 35566 30; other as- sets, $2162 71; total, 346,894 71 The funeral of Cashier Pitcher was heid from the late residence to-day under di- rection of Mosaic Lodge No. 218, F. and A M. The schools were closed and the stores were shut during the services, which consisted of the Masonie ritual, cel- ebrated by the following lodge officer: Master, 0. McKown; senior warden, W J. Connell; junior warden. H. C. Petra: senior deacon, ; Junior deacor William Taylor; s, R. Hunter and S. L. Savage; treas . George E. Ken- nedy; secretary, F. R The residen ‘was crowded with mourn- ers. The remains were escorted to the 2 o’clock train for San Francisco, being met at the Oakland ferry by a delegation from Golden Gate Commandery, Knights Tem- plar. The remains were incinerated in the Odd Fellows’ crematory. The Liver- more Masons who accompanied the body to the city were: Reuben Hunter. Rev. Arthur Hicks, W. H. Wright, Hiram Balley, J. M. Teeter and J. O. McKown, The pallbearers were: John Beck. F. R. Petray, A. Bistorius and James Anderson. ‘The Coroner's jury to-night at Liver- more found that Pitcher c mitted suf- ‘cide while temporarily insane. The in- Quest was condueted by Coroner Meh mann, who summoned the following jury A. Bistorius, W. H. Taylor, H. R. Crane, A. D. Smith, M. E. Horton, A. L. Henry and C. E. Beck. Varney Case Continued. Mrs. Pitcher returned to Berkeley to- night, where she denied that she had re- ceived or heard of any letter from her husband. It is not expected she will re- turn to Livermore. Her husband's estate There is a house and lot at Livermore and some life insurance, be- sides the stocks now in dispute. — A man sees stars when struck on the probably because it makes him sore aloft. B. Varney Jr. are left. Knowing that the dead cashler was a shrewd and thorough man of business they find themselves at a Joss to explain why he could have com- mitted the deed at a time when he was needed pre-eminently to assist in unravel- ing the tangle of the Varney trust. %he bank, the trust and the estate are eracucauy one. All of the funds of the arney estate, save $100,000 loaned on the Garcla ranches and some real estate in San Francisco, are in the bank. Thomas Varney, the founder, started it with $100,- 000, and $196,000 more of the money has since gone in and has been used in the business of the bank. It is therefore to the interest of both sides to maintain the integrity of the bank. If the contesting heirs should succeed in breaking the trust the bank would fall to them, according to the theory of their counsel. ‘The possibility of seeing the institution which he had builded pass out of his hands, with all that is meant by the suc- ceed_!nf loss of standing, was a strong ele- ment, it Is believed, in bringing about the self-chosen death of the cashier. 1 ‘With the onslaught of experts at the \ bank to-day there was a steady outgo of deposits. About $20,000 was paid out to- day, making a total of $40.000 withdrawn by depositors since Pitcher's suicide. The total deposits outside of the Varney es- tate were ,000, hence nearly two-thirds has been taken out. The bank, however, has $10.000 more than is necessary to meet all individual depositors’ demands. Proceedings at the Bank. ‘When the bank opened this mornin temporary Cashier Charles G. Reed of the Union National Bank was installed, as was Secretary Henry B. Varney, both having been elected by the board of di- rectors to fill the vacancy caused by the suicide of Pitcher, who was secretary, manager and cashler—in fact, the b:.x because Trustees T. H. B. Varney and 1 Some pretly sugges- tions for foot wear in our windows Have you