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be irregular. Mankey failed to bond and is in the Warren county SYMONS ARRESTED at Williamport. FACES FIVE COUNTS Mankey understood to have been indicted on five counts, three alleging IN BANK FAILURE he borrowed money while an officer Rossiter is with charged having held an overdraft AT WILLIAMSPORT Faith in Mr. Symons and his department was reiterated today by C. Oliver Holmes of Gary president of the Indiana Bankers association when informed Symons had been inBank Commissioner, Indicted dicted. "After considering all available for Negligencee, Released facts, and particularly recent liquidaon $500 Bond tions. said, "the officers of the bankers' association see no reason whatever for regretting the action of Luther F. Symons, bank com- the midwinter meeting of the assomissioner, was placed under arrest ciation. The council of administrahere this afternoon an indictment tion, recommendation of the betcharging official negligence in con- ter banking practices committee, nection with the failure of the War clearly its entire confidence in ren county at Williamsport. He the and policies of the was the third to be indicted, true banking department.' bills having been returned by Warren county grand jury March against Warfen Mankey former cashNEGRO MORTALLY the bank and Chester G. Rossiter, former vice president. Symons was released on $500 bond following the arrest, by Sheriff Sam Cole of Williamsport The bank WOUNDED AFTER and his deputy, Thomas Barr. recently were indicted on charges of official negligence in connection with the failure of the American Trust company at Ko- ESCAPING PRISON komo BANK NAMED RECEIVER When the Warren County bank was closed, January 18, its failure attributed to frozen assets and heavy real estate holdings depressed January 30, Williamsport State bank was appointed report depositor's listed assets 158 and liabilities at $438,912.99 Paper of doubtful value was declared to total $56,750.88 Following the indictment and arrest of and Rossiter. their bonds were $20,000 respectively, but later Mankey's bond was changed after jury had been the calling (Continued From Page One) tiary were sent to the guard's reslThere they found the negro and Folk opened fire, Whitfield in the abdomen. USES BUTCHER KNIFE The officer's gun Jammed but after fierce hand to hand encounter, he subdued Whitfield and concealing the of his weapon. was forchim down stairway when the negro whipped butcher knife from new clothing and renewed the attack Folk was forced to and Whit- brought down by a charge from a don Finally the hunt, heralded shotgun the hands of Bonzo. the United States, came He was taken to the penitentiary to an end in Detroit when fellow hospital where an operation was per- worker in lumber yard recognized formed. Physicians said his gall Whitfield's picture in newspaper bladder had been shot away and that and revealed him to police. Tried in he was sent to the for but said he live sev- Negotiations for the bribe, Hill said, recovery might eral days were made by woman whose KILLED PATROLMAN he refused divulge Whitfield kilied Dennis Griffin, Hill said the woman made the plans Cleveland patrolman, in May, 1923, for the escape and informed him that after he had been arrested for the all was in readiness by a pre-arranged theft of spark plugs. The officer's body was found two days later in shallow grave near Cleveland while police throughout Ohio and surrounding states were searching for the negro. The trail led to Toledo, thence to Chicago on to Madison. Wis.,
