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BREIDENTHAL WAS RIGHT. Sale of the Assets of the Bank of Greensburg Recalls a Lively Experience of the Bank Commissioner. Mr. C. F. Mingenback of Greensburg, Kan., receiver of the defunct Bank of Greensburg, came to this city today. to report the recent sale of the assets of the bank to Bank Commissioner Breidenthal. Of the assets of the bank $107,000 was represented by notes, and all that was received for the entire lot was something over $600. This recalls the fact that when Commissioner Breidenthal closed the bank in December, 1893, he narrowly escaped mobbing at the hands of the Greensburg citizens who declared the closing of the bank was simply a Populist political scheme. The sheriff of the county escorted him to the depot to protect him from any injury at the hands of the crowd. Ex-Congressman S. R. Peters particularly denounced Commissioner Breidenthal for closing the bank, stating in speeches that it was nothing more than a political move and that the assets of the bank were worth every dollar they represented. The sale of the notes proves that Commissioner Breidenthal knew what he was doing when he closed the bank.
