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NO BAIL GIVEN.
Collins, the San Diego Bank
er, Still in Custody!
Some More Details About the
Bank's Failure.
Business Methods Which Have a Very
Bad Look.
Poor People the Host Numerous Depos
itors— Certificates of Deposit Is
sued to Collins- How Col
laterals Were Used.
United States Marshal Gard returned
from San Diego yesterday, where he ar
rested "J. W. Collins, the president of
the defunct California National bank of
that city.
Collins was taken before the United
States commissioner there and his bail
on the charge of embezzlement was fixed
at $50,000. Up to a late hour last even
ing Collins was still in the custody of
the deputy marshal, being unable to
procure bail.
The charge of embezzlement was
brought against Collins as a result of the
investigations of Bank Examiner Cham
berlain and Receiver Pauley. The fail
ure of the bank has struck a hard blow
to the people least able to stand it in
San Diego, nearly all of the working
people in that section having entrusted
their funds to the keeping of the Califor
nia National, being induced to do so by
the glittering premium in the way
of good interest returns offered. Five
waiter girls at the Horton house lost all
their small savings, and a newsboy who
had been saving his pennies for yeara
until he had amassed $107, are a/nong
the losers. Theae are only quoted aa
examplea. In fact, the bulk of the de
positor were among the poor, and the
policy of the bank in inaugurating s
cent aaving schemes aeema to have been
to develop a apirit of thrift among the
working classes. Another project started
by the bank waa the World's fair excur
sion acheme, by which the public waa
invited to Bubacribe $10 per month from
the preaent time until the opening of
the world's fair, at which time the
money and intereat thereon would be
applied to paying all of the expensed of
the aubscriber to Chicago and return.
Mr. Collins came to Southern Cali
fornia from Cheyenne with about $40,
--000 caah and plenty of lettera of refer
ence and recommendation, and aeema
to have been gifted with a remarkable
degree of energy.
On the day of the collapse of the bank
it is alleged that between 3 and 5 o'clock
tae bank received a deposit of $2700
from the chief of the San Diego fire de
partment, the money being part of the
city fire department fund. It ia alao
claimed that $1000 waa deposited in the
bank between 5 and 6 o'clock that eve
ning. One of the main features of the
bank's method of doing business waa
the systematic issuance of certificates of
deposit by the caahier, payable to the
order of President Collins.
Theae were sent oat of the city and
negotiated, and ranged in amount from
$750 to $30,000. It ia further claimed
that aa a reault of the investi
gation of the affairs of the bank that at
one time a certificate of depoait for $20,
--000 was issued by the bank when there
waa only $3600 actually on depoait.
One of the methods pursued by the
bank, so it ia alleged, and which can be
taken aa manifesting a disposition to
help those in miafortune to tide over
preaent, pressing distress waa as follows :
If a man owed $1000 on a mortgage given
in good timea, and when the time for
payment came he waa embarraaaed, he
would be told that by putting up $2060
additional collateral his burden would
be carried for one or two years longer.
These securities were then handled,
often times at a profit.
Bank Examiner Chamberlain found
that it was utterly impossible to segre
gate a large number of the accounts by
reason of the bad system of bookkeeping
employed in the bank. What ia knowu
aa the Collina-Dare account amounts in
round numbera to nearly $300,000, and
it haa been found imposaible to segre
gate other accounts. The amount owed
depositors is in the neighborhood of
$700,000, and it ia claimed that out
standing claima will increase the liabili
ties to over $1,000,000. It ia further üb
serted that the receiver and bank ex
aminer have found $550,000 accounted
for in loana and "general disburse
ments." When the bank closed its
doors there were $15,000 on hand. Since
that time Receiver Pauley, by the tall
est kind of hustling, has been able to
collect sufficient money from outstand
ing claima to increaee this amount to
$50,000. The county of San Diego had
$60,000 and the city of San Diego $30,
--000 on deposit at the time of the failure.
It ia impossible to say at thia time just
what amount, if any, the depositors of
the bank will receive.
President J. W. Collina of the smashed
bank was interviewed shortly after hia
arreat and made the following state
ment:
"It ia abaurd to think that I or any
other offieeriof the bank has misappro
priated any of ita funds. If such had
been the case we would have been locked
up long ago. I have heard of the wild
rumora that have been set afloat since
the bank's suspension, but they were so
abaurd that I did not consider them
worth a denial. I have refrained from
making any statement, aa I was satis
fied that the examiner and receiver
would make a complete and thorough
investigation, and 1 waa willing to abide
the reault. The funda of the bank have
been used in the intereat of and for the
benefit of San Diego. Struggling enter
prises have been tided over rough places
in the financial road and, with new onus,
have been placed on a good footing. I,
with others, put all my meana in the
bank, and not an officer has derived any
benefit—well, I might qualify that by
saying Mr. Dare did build a house, but
times were good then aud money easy.
The ahrinkage in deposits and business
ia alone responsible for the bank'a sus
pension. The cause of thia I will now
state for the first time. During my last
absence from the city some one set
afloat the malignant rumor among the
eastern stockholder that Mr. Dare had
fled to Europe, I to Australia and that
Mr. Havermale waa dead. Locally, the
rumor was confined to Mr. Dare and
myself. As a consequence our heavieet
depositor withdrew their money and
gave their buaineas to other banka. On
my return I found a letter awaiting me
from one of tbe eastern stockholders
demanding an immediate and emphatic
denial of the rumor. This of course
was done, but it was too late, tbe mis
chief makers had done their work too
THE LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 26, 1892.
well. I expect to give the required
bond, and have not the slightest uneas
iness or anxiety as to the outcome of the
moat complete investigation by the
courts. No, air, I repeat that I did not
steal $200,000 nor even $1.
THE SMITH MEMORIAL.
The Action Taken by the Bar Asso
ciation Yesterday.
Yesterday the epecial committee com
posed of D. P. Hatch, Stephen M. White,
J. 8. Chapman, C. C. Stephens, J. A. An
deraon, C. J. T. Jones, delegated to pre
pare a memorial on the demiae of Judge
H. M. Smith, prepared the following,
which was spread on the minutes of the
aeveral departments of the superior
court:
Henry M. Smith waa for many yearß a
citizen of thia county, and a member of
thia bar: and he waa alao for some time
a judge of this court. He died in the
prime of life, and while pursuing a suc
cessful professional career. Aa a lawyer
hia abilitiea and qualifications ware best
known to his professional associates.
He waa fortunate in the possession of a
liberal and thorough education, which
enabled him to effectively utilize his re
markable natural resources. He was
not fond of diaplay. Indeed, he was un
conscious of hia powere and attainmenta.
His clearness of thought and expression,
his accurate legal judgment, were often
disclosed to his brethren through hia
briefs and oral preaentation of legal
queations. He waa a logician. He did
not spend any portion of his time in
seeking subtle distinctions, but declared
himself tersely and plainly. His law
waa common sense. We know him aa a
judge.
The characteristics that made him a
great lawyer assured success on the
bench. The ablest members of the bar
seldom entertained great hopea of vic
tory in the appellate court, if an adverse
deciaion waa rendered by Judge Smith.
He was always able to grasp the salient
issue, and never permitted an adjudica
tion to rest upon a collateral dispute or
purely technical view.
He waa particularly impartial.
Judges have sometimes been uncon
sciously, and hence, honeatly, biaaed;
but he aeemed when conducting this
court to forget individuality and follow
principle with unswerving faithfulneaa.
Vitalized by the pulsinge of a heart than
which none waa ever more kind, he did
not hesitate to perform the sternest and
moat painful judicial duties. Hia in
tegrity waa above reproach. No de
feated litigant ever accased him of a
wrongful act. Political turmoil never
brought forth a auggeation againat hiß
moral worth. When the Creator was
pleased in Hia omniscient wisdom to
call Henry M. Smith from our midst,
there passed from us an able lawyer, an
honest man, a sincere friend who will
not be forgotten.
THEY WANTED TO WED.
A Youthful Couple Failed to Secure a
Marriage License.
A beardleaa youth with a handsome
face entered the marriage license de
partment of the county clerk's office
yesterday afternoon with a pretty gii 1
leaning on hia arm. Her bright face
and girlish figure at once attracted the
attention of the habitues of the office.
"I want to get a marriage license,
air," aaid the youth to Deputy County
Clerk Bray.
"All right, sir," promptly responded
Deputy Bray.
"My name is Alfred Sackett and this
lady's name ia Lupa Rosa."
"How old are you?" asked the agent
of Hymen.
"Well, I'm 20 yeara old and this lady
ia 16."
"I suppoae you have your parents'
consent to be married?" blandly inter
rogated Mr. Bray.
But they did not have the neceßaary
papers and a blank look of disappoint
ment overspread the young man's coun
tenance. He lingered around for eoms
time, but the deputy waa inexorable,
and he finally departed overflowing
with sorrow. They did not return up
to the hour of cloaing the office.
THE HELLMAN CASE.
The Judge, on Motion of His Attorney,
Dismisses the Defendant.
The caße of the Peaple vs. Marco
Hellman, the young and handsome
insurance agent who was charged with
embezzlement, came to a sudden end in
Judge Shaw's branch of the superior
court yesterday afternoon.
After the prosecution had presented
their caae Mr. Stephen White, the attor
ney for Mi. Hellman aroae,and addrese
ing the court made a motion that the
defendant be diaeharged, on the ground
that the proaecutian had failed to estab
lish their caße. The judge aoinatructed
the jury and in a abort while Mr. Hell
man waa diamiaaed and the jury die
charged.
The action of the court in dismissing
the caae and discharging the jury,ahowa
that the prosecution in thia caae was
without a basis of facta to justify the
very sweeping imputations that were
eaat upon the defendant in the prelimi
nary examination before Justice Stanton.
A peremptory dismissal of thia kind
carrieß with it a complete exoneration
of the defendant from the crime with
which he waa charged.
A NEW SCHEME.
A Dry Goods Seller Who Collects
Freight Money in Advance.
People in the outskirts of the city are
being visited by a man who purports to
be a traveling salesman for a dry goods
house.
He carries a lot of samples of fine
goods, which he offers to sell at ridicu
lously low prices, and takes orders for
the articles, which he says are to be
delivered from the east. When the
bargain is concluded, he says that a
dollar must be paid down, so as to pre
pay the freight charges on the packages.
Aa his dealings are mostly with women
who are not informed aa to the tricka of
such operatora, they uaually pay tho
money unauapectingly, congratulating
themselvea on the bargaina they have
made, and wait patiently for the arrival
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KEPT HIS WORD.
He Deliberately Prepared to
Commit Suicide.
Found Dead in His Room Yes
terday.
He Had Ordered His Tombstone and
Bought a Cemetery Lot.
The Business Like Way He Made All His
Preparations—He Suicided Yes
terday—The Details of
the Case.
Readers of the Hbbald have prob
ably not forgotten a atory publiahed
excluaively in these columns in January
about a mysterious old stranger, whose
actions seemed to indicate that he wae
about to commit suicide. He waa a man
of fine appearance, a man in the age of
wiadom, and a man apparently in good
circumatancea. This individual, how
ever, seemed to have made up his mind
to finish hiß exiatence in the moat
methodical manner imaginable. For
cold blooded deliberation his example
beats the record.
It ia now six weeks since this peculiar
person made hia appearance at a well
known monument factory near the corner
of Loa Angelea and First atreets. He
explained that he wanted a first-claaß
grave atone, picked out a design and the
material of which he deaired it to be
made, and himself furnished the epitaph
to be thereupon engraved. At the same
time he declared brusquely that he did
not want "Tom, Dick and Harry to see
the stone."
When he was asked where he deaired
to have the stone delivered, he replied
that there waa no immediate hurry,
but that he would leave an order
at the proper time. He then paid
for the stone, aa well aa a neat
little block of granite for his feet, and
departed.
The myaterious atranger's next ap
pearance was at Evergreen cemetery,
where he aaw Capt. L. G. Loomis, the
superintendent, and explained that he
wiahed to buy a lot. The genial captain
accompanied the queer customer in a
walk through the cemetery and pointed
out a number ol choice locations.
Eventually a cosy little nook was se
lected, and the gloomy man from the
east paid $17 for the spot. He then left,
saying that he would call for the deed,
and he came back next day to fulfill his
promise.
"Do you want the grave opened right
away?" asked Captain Loomis.
"No, air," replied the stranger.
"May I enquire when you will want
it?"
"Never mind about that," waa the
reply. "I have not made up my mind
yet, but I'll let you know a day or ao
in advance, ao aa to give you plenty of
time."
The next and laat act in this drama
occurred yesterday. At about 4 o'clock
in the afternoon an excited individual
rushed into the coroner's office and an
nounced that a man waa lying dead in
his room at No. 134 South Main street.
The informant said he himself occupied
a room in the house, and that the land
lady had expreeaed surprise tbat one
Frank George had not gotten up at 3
o'clock. Persistent knocking at the
door did not arouae the inmate, and
when a look into the room waa taken
over the transom, George was seen dead
in bed.
As soon as the case had been reported,
Coroner Weldon, with assistants, went
to the house, and found the door of
George's room locked and its windows
barred. An entrance was forced into
the apartment and the man was indeed
found stark in bed. The body was re
moved to the morgue..
When the room was searched, there
was found on the table the deed to the
lot in Evergreen; a receipted bill for the
tombstone and the engraving thereon,
and a nersonal note to Orr & Sutch, the
undertakers, inclosing a $100 note.
In this, his last letter, the dead man
said.
Messrs. Orr & Sutch:
Enclosed please find $100. Do the
best you can for me for that amount,
and 1 will see you in the hereafter, if we
make connections.
Frank George.
This ended the life of this strange ec
centric. George was born in 1833, as
was shown by documents in
his possession. He was prob
ably from Washington, for among
his papers were found a tax
receipt signed in King county, Washing
ton, for $20.29 paid on a farm of 160
acres appraised at $1047. At the house
where George killed himself, it was
stated that the old man was strictly
prompt in his payments, but was very
uncommunicative. He bad a habit of
going out at all hours of the day and
night, and taking long walks without a
companion.
George probably killed himself by
poison. What the exact cause of his
death was will be ascertained at the
autopsy this morning. Coroner Weldon
will hold an inquest at 10 o'clock.
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