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be applied in reference to the matter.' The loose business standards of Berry are best described by Attorney John H. Painter, receiver of the New Castle Savings and Trust Company. "A number of causes led up to the failure of the bank," he said. "Prominent among them was the inability of the bank to realize quickly upon securities when pressed for funds. The doors were closed about February 9, 1907. For a time the State bank examiner acted as temporary receiver, and later I was appointed receiver by Judge Kunkel, sitting in the Dauphin county court, Harrisburg. "Along in July I received a check from Berry for $25,000 as a deposit for the institution. It certainly stumped me. The bank was insolvent, yet the State of Pennsylvania, through the State Treasurer, made a deposit of $25,000. "Although the incident amazed me very much, I also had to laugh. I never said anything about the matter, but put the check in a safe and waited for developments. Three months afterward, or about nine months after the bank failed, some person realized the blunder that had been made and wrote me, requesting the return of the check. I immediately sent it back."
