2874. Fairburn Banking Company (Fairburn, GA)

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: October 14, 1919
Location: Fairburn, Georgia (33.567, -84.581)

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Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: babe1d27

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Description

No newspaper account describes depositor runs or crowds; state bank examiner ordered the bank closed temporarily (mid-October 1919) after revelations of robbery, fire and alleged embezzlement by Vice-President W. B. Green. A receiver was appointed and subsequent audit (Nov 1919) showed a large shortage, leading to permanent receivership/closure and extensive asset seizures and litigation.

Events (3)

1. October 14, 1919 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Judge George L. Bell signed a petition appointing James H. Longino ... to take possession ... The petition was presented ... representing the Fairburn Banking company ... Judge Bell set October 25 as the date for a hearing for a permanent receiver. ... Mr. Longino, appointed receiver, took possession Monday morning ... (Oct 14, 1919).
Source: newspapers

2. October 14, 1919 Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Closure followed discovery of alleged embezzlement by vice-president W. B. Green after a robbery/fire and ensuing investigation; examiners began audit showing missing cash and records.
Newspaper Excerpt: The Fairburn Banking company was closed temporarily Monday morning by order of State Bank Examiner W. J. Speer and an audit of the bank's books was begun by state authorities.
Source: newspapers

3. November 4, 1919 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: FAIRBURN BANK $90,000 SHORT AUDITORS REPORT ... result of our investigation shows that the bank has suffered as the result of the wrongful acts of Mr. W. B. Green, its vice president, a direct loss of more than ninety thousand dollars ... the entire capital and surplus of the bank has been entirely wiped out. (audit announced Nov. 4, 1919).
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (13)

1. October 14, 1919 Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, GA

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Robbery, According to Green, Occurred Thursday Night and Burglars Burned Bank Sensation upon sensation has followed the thrilling story told by Vice President Wm. B. Green, of the Fairburn bank, of how he was bound and gagged by robbers at midnight of last Thursday hile the burglars attempted to rob the bank and later set fire to it because of their chagrin in not being able to enter the safe. After an admission by Mrs. Catherine Bradstreet, a young attractive woman, residing at one of Atlanta's best known hotels, that she had received thousands of dolars (perhaps $40,000 or $50,000) during the past few months from Green. T. 3 banker, rMs. Bradstreet and her husband, Clarence Bradstreet, have been arrested. Green, who is the mayor-elect of Fairburn, and a man of heretofore irreproachable character, whose friends were slow to believe the story, has made bond in the amount of $15,000, and has returned to his home. The little town of Fairburn is fairly stunned with amazement at the developments in the story. When the story of the robbery became known on Friday, the town was excited to the highest pitch. Green said that at a late hour Thursday he was working on the books of the bank when an automobile drove up and stopped with the engine still running, while two men ran in, held him up at the point of a revolver, bound and gagged him and set about the robbery of the bank. Finding that they were unable to force an entry to the safe, he stated, they set. fire to the bank and left him bound and gagged therein, but that he managed to wriggle out and give the alarm. Before the fire could be checked, however, it gutted the bank and spread to surrounding buildings. On Saturday Mrs. Bradstreet was taken into custody following investigation by city and Pinkerton detectives, and her astounding statement that she had received from Green huge sums of money has set not only 1 town of Fairburn talking, but all of the city of Atlanta as well. Developments of the past twentyfour hours in the Fairburn bank sensation stood as follows early Monday afternoon: Judge George L. Bell signed a petition appointing James H. Longino, prominent Fairburn izen, to take possession of all of Mrs. Catherine Queen Bradstreet's jewels, gowns and other expensive purchases, and all of William B. Green's property and cash, including Green's handsome home at Fairburn. Judge Bell set October 25 as the date for a hearing for a permanent receiver. The petition was presented by Reuben R. Arnold and Troutman & Troutman, Atlanta attorneys representing the Fairburn Banking company, who swore out a warrant Sunday afternoon charging Green with embezzlement and who, it is understood, will follow this with a warrant charging arson. The petition made the direct charge that Green had "wrongfully and unlawfully" taken "large suma of money" belonging to the Fairburn Banking company, that these had "found their way" into Mrs. Bradstreet's hands, that she had invested them in costly purchases. and that she knew part of this money belonged to the Fairburn bank and not to Green. Green, released on $15,000 bond late Sunday afternoon, went to his wife and eight-year-old daughter in Fairburn, but returned to Atlanta Monday morning to confer with his attorneys, Dixon & Camp, of Fairburn, and H. A. Allen, of Atlanta. George Westmoreland and Claude Smith, Atlanta attorneys. Bank Closed Temporarily The Fairburn Banking company was closed temporarily Monday morning by order of State Bank Examiner W. J. Speer and an audit of the bank's books was begun by state authorities. W. T. Roberts, president of the bank, authorized the

2. October 14, 1919 Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, GA

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PETITION CHARGES EMBEZZLEMENT TO FAIRBURN BANKER (Continued From Page 1) loose a penny if the audit showed a shortage. Mr. Roberts, president of the bank, said at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon that he understood the morning investigation by the bank examiners showed the cash graded balance and the note register were missing, which would make it very difficult to accomplish a definite audit. He said, however, that the bank's ledger had been found and would help a great deal. The Bradstreets still were in cells at police station. Their attorney, Fred E. Harrison, said they would institute habeas corpus proceedings to obtain their release, or ask that bonds be fixed. He said that habeas corpus proceedings would be brought before Judge! Humphries at 3 o'clock monday afternoon. It was ex. pected, however, that warrants would be sworn out, giving specific charges, and that they would be transferred is the Tower. During the day interesting disclosures in regard to Mrs. Bradstreet's past were made, the records showing that she was the daughter of a DeKalb county farmer, that she was married twice before her marriage to Bradstreet and that during the past several months she had posed as the daughter of an Atlanta business man. With the filing of the petition by Reuben R. Arnold and Troutman & Troutman and the granting of the petition by Judge Bell, Mr. Longino, appointed receiver, took possession Monday morning of all of Mrs. Bradstreet's jewels and other handsome effects, and of Mr. Green's prop. erty. Besides Mrs. Bradstreet and Green, the petition names Chief of Police James L. Beavers, in whose possession are Mrs. Bradstreet's diamonds; A. L. Belle Isle, in whose garage at the Georgian Terrace is Mrs. Bradstreet's automobile; the Lowry National bank, where Mrs. Bradstreet has money on deposit: and A. P. Queen, her father, for whom she bought a store. The petition prevents them from disposing of any of this property before it is turned over to the receiver. Articles Named Among the articles named in the petition were a $1,500 diamond neck lace bought from Maier & Berkele, Whitehall street jewelers, and a $750 diamond bought from them; a Pack ard automobile and a Dorris automobile said to be in Belle Isle's garage; the house bought by Mrs. Bradstreet at 237 St. Charles avenue, valued at $6,700; $5,200 in cloak. furs and other articles bought at J. P. Allen's; the $1,800 store bought by Mrs. Bradstreet for her father on East Lake drive. During August, says the petition, Green turned over to Mrs. Bradstreet the sum of $5,500 in money. which. "with knowledge on the part of both of them," belonged to the Fairburn Banking company. The petition says that Mrs. Bradstreet has $3,700 or more on deposit in the Lowry bank. The order will supersede efforts of Atlanta dealers to secure certain a : articles of Mrs. Brads tachment proceedings. Representatives of Nat Kaiser, Whitehall street jeweler. swore out attachme set with day for a diamond 165 diamonds and valued at $3,750, on which, it was said, but $425 had been paid. Representatives of the Brigman Motors company were at police station Sunday seekin to recover Mrs. Bradstreet's big Dorris car which she claimed she bough: with a Stutz "Bearcat" in y. ment and on which, they safd, she still owed : H. B. Odell. Atlart for Packard cars, swore out an attachment for a a Packard bought by Mrs Bradstreet on which he said $1,838 still was due. Green Out Under $15,000 Bond Green, who was arrested Saturday night at his home in Fairburn by Sheriff Jenkins and Detective Gloer, of the Pinkerton agency, acting for the American Bankers' association and the surety company carrying bond for the Fairburn bank, was released from the tower at 6:45 o'clock Sunday evening on $15,000 bond signed by H. P. Woolley, a grain dealer of Atlanta, and George P. Green, his brother, who lives in Fairburn. During the day a warrant charging him with embezzlement had been sworn out by Attorneys Arnold and Troutman & Troutman before Judge

3. October 14, 1919 Americus Times-Recorder Americus, GA

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Green were obtained illegally. Green denies any shortage at the bank, but says that two robbers, who he alleges bound and gagged him Thursday night while he was working on the books of the bank, made off with $32,000 worth of Liberty bonds before firing the bank building. His wife declares she will stick to him through the trial, insisting that her husband is innocent. The police declare that Green gave Mrs. Bradstreet costly jeweis, clothes and automobiles to the amount of $35,000 or $40,000. A / legal battle over the thousands of dollars worth of diamonds, jewelry, automobiles and clothing of Mrs. Bradstreet has been started. The fight over the possession of the jewelry of the "diamond woman", as Mrs. Bradstreet has been called, promises to reveal many of the inside facts concerning her finanical deals. For instance, it was said by her lawyer that the $1,000 diamond and pearl pin worn by her husband, which was a gift from his wife, was obtained purely on credit. Not a cent had been paid on it, and it will be surrendered. A diamond brooch. valued at $3,000, had been obtained on a $700 payment. Only an equity in this bauble will be claimed. It was the same with the motor cars. The appointment has been announced of J. H. Logino, former president of the Fairburn Banking company, as receiver for the bank.

4. October 17, 1919 Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, GA

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"Pull Old Man Green," Bradstreet Wrote to His Wife, Detectives Hear That Clarence Bradstreet while a soldier at Camp Gordon, wrote Mrs. Catherine Queen Bradstreet a letter urging her to "pull old man Green for all you can get," was the statement of an Atlanta woman at whose home Mrs. Bradstreet was staying at the time. This woman, who conducts a fashionable boarding house on Peachtree street, said this was a year ago and that Mrs. Bradstreet who was known as the Camp Gordon soldier's husband at the time, was boarding with her. Mrs. Bradstreet left a short while later and in cleaning up her room, the lady says she ran across this letter. She said she destroyed the letter along with other trash picked up in the room, but she says she distinctly remembers that the letter was from Camp Gordon and purported to be from Mrs. Bradstreet's husband and that one sentence read: "Pull old man Green for all you are worth." James H. Longino, receiver for all property owned by Mrs. Bradstreet and Green, had taken possession of her wardrobe at the Georgian Terrace, obtained a court order for an automobile and jewelry for which attachment proceedings had been taken out by the dealers; and was preparing to send a truck out to Panthersville to cart in a load of expensive furniture in the possession of Mrs. Green's father. Beautiful fur coats, evening gowns, coat suits. petticoats, silk lingerie, night gowns, slippers, boots, fine hose and other expensive wearing apparel valued at more than $5,000, were taken by detectives from her apartment and stored at police station to be turned over to Mr. Longino. "All they've left me is one pair of pajamas," mourned Mrs. Bradstreet as she sat up in bed in the bare little room to talk to newspaper men. She wore the pajamas. They were silk and pink. "All the other clothes I have," continued Mrs. Bradstreet, "are this dress that belongs to my mother"-it was a thin black silk-"and this hat that is my mother's"-it was a broadbrimmed black hat-"and this cape. It's mother's, too." All of the property, valued at a total of $34,500, was confiscated on search warrants sworn out by Receiver Longino, under the order issued by Judge Bell naming him receiver, granting him authority to take charge of the property and preventing others from disposing of it. Assisting Mr. Longino in the seizure were Reuben R. Arnold and Troutman & Troutman, attorneys for the Fairburn bank.

5. October 28, 1919 The Dawson News Dawson, GA

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# BUT SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS # SELDOM SAUCE FOR THE GANDER From the Coffee County Progress. The same rule that caused the receiver of the Fairburn bank to take from nineteen year old Mrs. Bradstreet everything in the world she possessed except one pair of silk pajamas should make him take from the 37 year old Mr. Greeh all his worldly goods with the exception of one night shirt. The woman in the case always gets more than her share of the condemnation.

6. November 4, 1919 Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, GA

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FAIRBURN BANK $90,000 SHORT AUDITORS REPORT Shortage Probably Will Be Larger Still, Says Report, Which Holds W. B, Green Responsible The audit of the Fairburn Banking company, announced for the first time Saturday afternoon, places the minimum loss of the bank at $90,000 and charges that the shortage is due to "the wrongful acts" of W. B. Green, its vice-president. It states that investigations not yet completed will apparently make the shortage larger, and that there i3 an additional loss, the responsibility of which has not yet been fixed, which will add another $15,000 to the shortage, making the total loss $105,000 at the least. Since the bank's capital, $50,000, and the bank's surplus, $30,000, together make but $80,000, the loss over and above them is $25,000, an amount which, it is stated, will either have to be made up by the stockholders or result in the bank's going into the hands of a receiver. Which action will take place cannot be told until the final report on the audit is made. This is expected early this week, when State Bank Examiner W. J. Speer either will give the stockholders a chance to make up the shortage or will ask for a receiver. The final report will also bring about the immediate commitment hearing of Green on charges of embezzlement, and of Mrs. Catherine Queen Bradstreet and her husband, Clarence Bradstreet, who are also charged with embezzlement. It was stated Saturday night by Attorney Reuben R. Arnold that as soon as Green's attorney, George Westmoreland, returns to the city, the date of the hearings will be fixed and that they are almost certain to be held this week before Justice of the Peace Homer McDaniel, in Fairburn. Announcement of the bank's shortage was made Saturday afternoon in the form of a preliminary report by W. O. Martin & Company, the auditors, to Mr. Speer. The report in full follows: "Hon. W. J. Speer, "State Bank Examiner, "State Capitol, "Dear Sir: We have been working very diligently upon this audit since Monday, October the 13th. We were very much hampered by the fact that most of the bank records were burned. This accounts very much for the delay in announcing the result. We wil give the general figures reserving the exact amounts, dates and other details for our full report, believing that the best interest of all concerned will be thereby conserved. "We beg to state that the result of our investigation shows that the bank has suffered as the result of the wrongful acts of Mr. W. B. Green, its vice president, a direct loss of more than ninety thousand (90,000.00) dollars, ascertained and proved by the examination SO far made. There are additional items yet to be determined as soon as all pass books, certificates of deposit. now outstanding, and other similar matters are turned in, for record and verification. It is apparent that the shortage will be larger when all these items come in. "There is an additional loss, the responsibility for which has not yet been definitely placed which will have the effect of further adding to the shortage about fifteen thousand (15,000.00) dollars. "Therefore, it is seen that the entire capital and surplus of the bank has been entirely wiped out, and

7. November 4, 1919 The Dawson News Dawson, GA

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THE FAIRBURN BANK IS SHORT $105,000 W. B. GREEN IS BLAMED IN THE AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR DISSIPATION OF ITS FUNDS. FAIRBURN, Ga.-The audit of the Fairburn Banking Company, announced for the first time Saturday afternoon, places the minimum loss of the bank at $90,000, and charges that the shortage is due to "the wrongful acts" of W. B. Green, its vice president. It states that investigations not yet completed will apparently make the shortage larger and that there is an additional loss, the responsibility of which has not yet been fixed, which will add another $15,000 to the shortage, making the total loss of $105,000 at the least. Since the bank's capital, $50,000 and the bank's surplus, $30,000, together make but $80,000, the loss over and above them is $25,000, an amount which, it is stated, will either have to be made up by the stockholders or result in the bank's going into the hands of a receiver.

8. November 21, 1919 Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, GA

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WAIVING HEARING, BRADSTREETS GREEN ARE HELD BY ED H. BRADLEY The Journal's St ff Correspondent FAIRBURN, Ga., Nov. 19. Waiving preliminary hearing before Justie of the Peace Homer McDaniel thi, morning, Mrs. Catherine Queen Bradstreet, her husband, Claren 1. Bradstreet, and William B. Green, former vice president of the Fairburn Banking company. were bound over to the Campbell county grand jury. which assembles the first week in February. Green's bond was allowed to remain at $15,000, the amount fi:: d at the time of his arrest several weeks ago. No change was made in the bonds of the Bradstreets who are now a: liberty, having furnished security in the sum of $5,000 each for their appearance in court. The grand jury will consider evidence produced by the state to substantiate the charge of embezzlement of the funds of the Fairburn bank brought against all three of the defendants. Robert Elliso... the negro chauffeur of the Bradstreets, who has been in the Campbell county jail since his arrest, was ordered held'as a witness under the original bond of $2,500. although the charge of embezzlement against him was dismissed by agreement. Neither Green nor the Bradstreets were in the court during the hearing although Ellison was in attendance in charge of Sheriff G. E. Jenkins. The announcement that the Bradstreets and Green would waive prelimin. hearing was made by the " attorneys. :e Fred Harrison, of Atlanta, firm of Dickson & Camp, of Fairburn. Attorneys Reuben R. Arno'd and Henry B. Troutman. app "ing for the prosecution, urged that the cases be disposed of without further delay, and expressed the willing ess of the state to let the bonds already assessed stand unti. the evidence has been presented to the grand jury. Crowd Disappointed A comparatively small crowd ot spectators was on hand when JUStice McDaniel convened his court at 10 o'clock. The little courtroom was only partly filled and most of the audience huddled about the big stove that occupied a conspicuous place close by the judge's bench. As was the case at the first hear. ing about three weeks ago, the spectators appeared much disappointed when Mrs. Bradstreet failed to put in an appearance in the courtroom. Everybody in Fairburn and through out the county evinces a keen desire to get a glimpse of the woman who has played such a prominent part in the most sensational case that has developed in Campbell county in many a 'ong year. Green himself was not in Fairburn Wednesday morning. according to the best information available. His stock in the bank has been turned over to John H. Longino, receiver.

9. December 12, 1919 Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, GA

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MRS. BRADSTREET AGREES TO GIVE UP PROPERTY TO BANK Mrs. Catherine F. Bradstreet, woman principal in the Fairburn bank case, has signed an agreement giving up all her property save a few personal belongings, and a court order has been issued making the receivership of her property permanent and opening the way for it to be sold and the proceeds turned over to the Fairburn Banking company. This latest and most sensational development in the case since the original arrest of Mrs. Bradstreet, Clarence Bradstreet and William B. Green, appears to end Mrs. Bradstreet's connection with the case insofar as civil proceedings are concerned. It does not, however, dispose of the property of Green, Clarence Bradstreet and Mrs. Bradstreet's father, A. P. Queen. This property is still in the hands of a temporary receiver, and so far as is known neither Green, Bradstreet nor Queen have withdrawn from their announced intention to make a fight for it. Neither does the settlement on Mrs. Bradstreet's part affect charges of embezzlement pending against her Bradstreet and Green, although the surrender of property in similar cases has often been known to result in the quashing of criminal proceedings. Mrs. Bradstreet's agreement by which she gave up her property was signed last Saturday, although the fact did not become public knowledge until Tuesday, when the order based on the agreement and making the receivership permanent was signed by Judge John T. Pendleton in the superior court. Interesting possibilities are opened by a clause in the agreement relating to the disposal of this property. a clause which permits it to be sold either publicly or privately. Attorneys for the bank said they were. not yet ready to announce how it will be sold, however. Another interesting point was that the agreement and the court order both specifically state that they shall not affect the issue as it concerns Green, Bradstreet and A. P. Queen. The total value of the property surrendered by Mrs. Bradstreet is estimated at between $15,000 and $20,000. The Fairburn Banking company filed in the superior court Tuesday afternoon a reply to the recent intervention by Clarence Bradstreet in which Bradstreet asserted that a diamond ring and other properties were bought by him with his own money. The reply declares Bradstreet's statements are false and that the property in question was bought by Mrs. Bradstreet and given to him.

10. December 24, 1919 The Cordele Dispatch Cordele, GA

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VALUABLE JEWELRY IS RETURNED TO DEALERS Atlanta Dec 23.-A brooch containing 156 diamonds, valued at $3,000; a diamona and pear stick-pin. valued at $1,000; and a diamond and stinum ring valued at more than $1,600; all formerly worn by Mrs. Bradstreet and her husband, Clar ence Bradstreet, were turned over Tuesday through formal court orders to their original owners, Nat Kaiser & Co., Inc., and Maier. and Berkele. The gems were surrendered to the Fairburn banking company by Mrs. Bradstreet at the time of her arrest in October. The brooch and the stick pine were confiscated on October 12 by Marshel J. M. George of the Municipal court, and have been in his possession since that time, until the order on Tuesday directing him to turn them over to the Kaiser company. The diamond end platinum ring is set out in the petition to the court as havng been bought by William B. Green, former vice-president of the Fairburn bank and given by him to Mrs. Bradstreat. The ring was turned over to Maier and Berkele upon the order of the court. The bank through Receiver J. H Longino, who had the ring in charge surrendered it to the jewelers, because of a balance to be paid upon it of $1,238,75. In exchange the jewel ers are to give to the bank the sum of $393,25, the amount that Green is said to have paid on his purchase. As in this case, there were heavy balances due on the other gems returned by the bank.

11. July 24, 1920 Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal Atlanta, GA

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# LAWYERSBITTERLY # ASSAIL FATHER OF # MRS. BRADSTREET A. P. Queen, father of Mrs. Katherine Queen Bradstreet, was pictured by one side as "an old buzzard and a lying hound," and by the other side as "a hard-working farmer who earned his money and saved it," in attorneys' arguments Friday before Attorney Clarence Bell, appointed by the court as a special auditor to take testimony in litigation growing out of the Fairburn bank case. Mr. Queen filed an intervention with the court, seeking to recover the proceeds of the sale of stock in a grocery store formerly owned by him near Panthersville. The proceeds were taken in charge by the reeciver as money due the Fairburn Banking company before its reorganization. It was claimed that the stock was bought with money embezzled from the bank by its former vice president, W. B. Green, and turned over to Mrs. Bradstreet. Mr. Queen claimed he bought the stock with his own money. With the arguments Friday, the auditor's hearing on this phase of the litigation ended. A hearing will be held Monday on the bank's petition, seeking to oust Mrs. Green from the Green home at Fairburn. The auditor's report will be made to Judge W. D. Ellis for final decision in the Fulton superior court. Attorney Reuben R. Arnold and Attorney Robert B. Troutman spoke for the bank before Auditor Bell Friday. Attorney Arnold excoriated Green as "an old buzzard and a lying scoundrel," and declared Mrs. Bradstreet and Green were "a bunch of thieves looting a bank." "Queen says he didn't know Green," said Attorney Arnold. "If he didn't, he ought to have, for Green was a bigger factor in the life of his own daughter than Woodrow Wilson is in the life of the country." Attorney Arnold declared Queen's petition was "contemptible from start to finish," that every nickel Mrs. Bradstreet got while she knew Green was from the Fairburn Banking company, and that Queen was falsifying in declaring he had ever loaned Mrs. Bradstreet any money. Referring to Queen's statement that he had $2,000 in cash in his pocket when he leased the store, although has bank account was overdrawn at the time, Mr. Arnold asserted that Queen was "the rottenest business man with the bank, and the best with his breeches' pocket" that he had ever seen. Both Attorney Arnold and Attorney Troutman argued that the stock of the store and the furniture found at the Queen home were purchased with money given to Mrs. Bradstreet by Green, who got it wrongfully from the Fairburn Banking company. Queen was represented by Judge Benjamin Hill, who objected time and again to Mr. Arnold's terms of "buzzard" and who vigorously defended Queen against Attorney Arnold's attacks. He pictured Queen as an honest, hard-working farmer who had earned money and saved money and invested it, and was now about to lose his savings through the inordinate greed of the prosecution.

12. August 3, 1920 Americus Times-Recorder Americus, GA

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Cashier Green is Stripped of Property ATLANTA, Aug. 3.-William B. Green, former vice-president of the Fairburn Banking Company, has been stripped of all his possessions, except his home by a court order just issued, which sought to cover embezzlements from the bank, for which he was convicted two months ago. The order carried also a judgment of $47,500 against Green. The order was established by Judge George L. Bell in Fulton superior court, by consent between attorneys for the bank and for Green. The order takes the latter from the hands of the special auditor to hear the case, and turns it over to receiver for the bank, the following property: All interest in property of the Fairburn Banking Company, two bales of cotton held by receiver, all share in the Fairburn-Atlanta Railway Electric Company, in the Fairburn Supply Company, in Bateman's Pharmacy, in the Bank of College Park, and Green's interest in a promissory note for $1,100 given by R. H. McLain. The bank, however, does not relinquish its claim on the hôme of Green in Fairburn. It was indicated by council that suit will be brought in Campbell county to obtain the home in an effort to cover as complete as possible Green's alleged shortage.

13. August 19, 1920 Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal Atlanta, GA

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MRS. BRADSTREET LOSES FIGHT TO SECURE CHATTELS Mrs. Katherine Queen Bradstreet and her father, A. P. Queen, have lost their fight for furniture from Mr. Queen's home and stock from Mr. Queen's Panthersville store confiscated last autumn by the receiver in the Fairburn Bank case. Under a recommendation filed Wednesday with Judge W. D. Ellis by Clarence Bell, special auditor in the case, the Fairburn Banking company, as reparation for Green's indebtedness to the bank, gets all the property claimed by Mrs. Bradstreet and her father except two art squares and six rugs, total value $65. The furniture is valued at $5,000 and the stock in the store brought $850. This settles the wrangle over the property unless attorneys for Mr. Queen and Mrs. Bradstreet file exceptions to the auditor's recommendations. They have twenty days to do this. If they except to a question of fact, the case will be heard before a jury. If they except to a question of law, the judge decides the case. Only one phase of the civil litigation surrounding the Fairburn case now remains to be settled. That is the question of who gets Green's home at Fairburn. Other property owned by Green-two bales of cotton, stock in a drug store, stock in a College Park bank, and some real estate -Green turned over to the bank July 31. But his Fairburn home Mrs. Green claimed had been deeded to her by Green's brother, who, in turn, had received it from Green. She is still living there, but attorneys for the bank state they will file a petition soon in Fairburn, seeking to get the home for the bank on the ground that the transaction whereby Mrs. Green got the property right was taken out long after Green's arrest. The Fairburn Banking company probably will realize about $6,000 on the decision of Auditor Bell Wednesday. About $850 is now in the hands of the receiver as the proceeds of sale of stock in the Panthersville store. The furniture, it is estimated, will bring more than $5,000 when sold. Auditor Bell decided, in view of the evidence® presented by both sides. that Mrs. Bradstreet bought the store and stock for her father with money given her by Green, and that her father never paid her back.® He further decided that the furniture was bought for Mrs. Bradstreet by Green and that Mr. Queen, as he tlaimed, had no right to it for a debt he said his daughter owed him.