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ACTION NOON TUESDAY OF Move to Suspend Business Wher Cashier Brown Disappears from Town By action of the board of directors, the Farmers Bank of Strasburg closed at noon last Tuesday and now in charge of of the state banking department Shaw. Strasburg has since been in turmoil. People alarmed and bitter gather in groups. The closing the bank the one engrossing ject. The bank's directorate in an emergency meeting last Saturday determined to call an examiner check on the business, and Mr. Shaw reached Strasburg, Monday. There conferences and was agreed to begin the check Tuesday morning. Brown, cashier, appeared the bank that but excused self, he was going home cup coffee, that his head aching. When was learned that left town, immediate decision made to close. Up to the disappearance of the cashier, apparently, check-up of cash and securities the only immediate move in prospect. Brown's departure precipitated tion. M. Anderson, prosecuting attorissued warrant for Brown ney, Tuesday afternoon, charging embezzlement. There are some people in Strasburg who believe that Brown was all right and that the bank was sound, that the cashier, having met with opposition to his ideas running the tution, threw discretion to the winds and left in the affairs of the bank will be found sound they were when Brown came into terest in the institution and the cashiership early in August. But there others who fear that the bank has been crashed into ruin and that Brown to blame. reported that was "clean as hound's tooth" when Haynie, former cashier, sold out three months ago and was succeeded by Brown, who came from Independence, Kansas, and who said to have once been Kansas bank examiner. When Brown disappeared Strasburg he carried with him some the bank's keys. These sent back to the president, Jerry James, mail, Tuesday. Brown had posted them at Lawrence, Kas. He said have appended note to the effect that he through." President James he has nothto say SO far because he knows nothing. The examiner explains that what he has to say will be made in formal when the concluded. Street gossip rife in Strasburg that Cashier Brown was drunk at the Guy Christie sale near Latour, which he clerked last Friday friend the cashier that while Brown was intoxicated was because "dirty trick" was played by who plied him with cider which had been any rate, word Brown's alleged drunkstate bruited around. Some withdrawals account occurred Friday, more on Saturday. Times reporter told in Strasburg that the Saturday business amounted to The Farmers Bank of Strasburg was started possibly 30 years Harley Dallas, then of Pleasant being interested, and he was Rolla Peck as cashier, then there was Rountree sibly one other cashier to the time of the coming of Haynie. Haynie is generally credited with being sound and safe banker, and there every to believe that the bank, when he left it, was, ported, to the fect that the it encountered are entirely due to conditions arising since about August Men who are supposed to know the belief that the bank will out with no loss to the depositors, rumors that there is shortage thousands dollars. Whether, paying out, the bank is re-opened, to be seen. James president, Mrs. Yankee, Mrs. Homan recently been sistant cashier. But she on vacation when the closing occurred. At close of business, Sept. 18, statement was issued and attested Mr. Brown, follows: RESOURCES Personal and collateral Overdrafts and other than banking from Items Capital Cashier's Deposits subject county, deposits payable Henry Seymour spent Friday and Saturday Kansas City. Saturday worked one of the stores. He in Pasadena, Calif., four years. CHAS. CODER OUT OF COUNTY ON HABEAS CORPUS WRIT Sheriff Bids Him Farewell, Admonishing Him Get Out of Cass and Stay Out Chas. Coder, Bolshesent to from Pleasant under sentence of imprisonment and fine of $500, was freed action taken Friday Judge Francis Trimble, presiding judge of the Kansas City Court Appeals. Sheriff Roy Mosby of Cass County released Coder early that night. Coder's freedom was gained by of writ of habeas corpus. "Get out and stay said the sheriff. Coder replied. "Judge Trimble's opinion was said the Kansas City Star, "stating generally the intents of an unlawful must do an unlawful act with force arms against the or person property of another against the peace the terror of the people.' conclusion the judge said: fortunate for him (Coder) that he is in state and country where Constitution and laws thereof, especially the writ of habeas force and be invokby the humblest "Coder's brief stay in the county said Wm. Anderson, county torney, "served our purpose. He knows now that do not want him any of his kind Technically, Coder, the court held, not guilty of inciting an assembly, but there quite dynamite in the in this city, Saturday evening, Oct. when made his speech. There might well have been an unlawful assembly, shortly, meaning an assembly prevalent with and Marshal M. Stamps, County Attorney Anderson and Deputy SherBud Cox arrested the speaker when they There were Coder sympathizers in the crowd and there also were who were beginning to red cause of what the Red was saying, especially after he had berated the Salvation Army KanCity Provident Association, then panning to the American Leand to the Veterans of Foreign Coder had been here several times previous the open meeting and is credited with having organized membership group here of the ciation which he represents. However, according Marshal Stamps, this group has apparently solved itself into state of innocuous Mr. Stamps he afterward with one the bers. This man told the officer that what Coder had stated about the ganization previous to the time of the uproar when the Red made his speech not tally with the sentiments pressed speech. Later this man, further went to Kansas City to sentiments expressed around in the similar the timents of Coder. and the local man came away, deciding that he was through.
