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The Woman in the Case. Brown, who is a widower. visited Yellowstone park last summer, and a certain Cincinnati woman wanted to accompany him, but this was denied her. When she ascertained. some time afterward. that another woman was with Brown on his Western trip. the Cincinnati woman gave the bank officials information that brought about a crisis. The only farewell letter that Brown is known to have left was to this woman. whose apartments are on Ninth street in Cincinnati, and in this letter he admits that he had secured about all that he could get and at the time had come to say farewell. Brown was a great poker player, with the limit. it is said. never too high, and he has been a plunger on horse races for years. His bets on the races, it is alleged. were frequently too high for the pool rooms in Covington, Ky., and he had brokers in both Chicago and New York. The officers of the German bank are wealthy and responsible men. and they will be able to make the losses good. May Be Serious Trouble. Among the directors is Paris C. Brown, the father of the defaulting man. who is known from Pittsburg to New Orleans as the head of the stores for boat supplies. The cashier of this bank is also the paying teller. and Brown relieved him as paying teller when the cashier went to dinner. It is stated that Brown did most of his work during the noon luncheon for the past year. There was quite a run on the bank yesterday. but the usual announcement was press made. until and It after continued midnight. the to bank be made More to of the a rush is expected at tomorrow. even if there has been a notice posted, and there may be serious trouble, even to the extent of violence. The First National bank of Newport was wrecked two years ago by Cashier Youtsey. and now. with the German National closed. Newport has but one bank left. CINCINNATI, Nov. 18-The German National bank has about 1,500 depositors, among them being the nine building assoclations that have savings of many paor people. These classes talked more today about the statements given out last Thursday and since then, than about Brown's defalcations. Brown wrote to a woman in Cincinnati that he was bound for South America. but the Enquirer will say tomorrow that it has good authority for saying that Brown sailed from New York yesterday, and that his destination Is Chipa