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How a Bank was Saved. During the crisis '71 the people became very much excited and flocked to the banks in droves to withdraw their deposits. Runs were made on nearly all the banks in the city and several were forced to suspend. One day a run was made upon the Kansas City Savings Bank, and'the people were lined up waiting their turns to reach the tellers, who were paying out money by the basketful, when a happy thought struck Mr. Kelley, the secretary and cashier of the Street Bailway Company, who was a looker on. He went to the police station, secured three policemen to guard his treasure, loaded eight sacks of coppers upon a wheelbarrow and took them down to the bank. The sacks had originally contained gold and were labelled on the outside "$5,000" in great big black letters. Arriving at the bank, one old colored woman, who had come to withdraw her small savings, called out: "Why, Mistah Kelley, wha': fo' yo' put all that money in here when we'se a-drawin' our money out?" Kelley replied: "That's all right. This bank isn't going to bust. I can put more money in here in one day than all you people can draw' out in six months," as he trudged into the bank with the last sack. This display of confidence on the part of the street railway company had a quieting effect upon the crowd and they rapidly dwindled away. The sacks contained just $40, but it saved the bank.