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About Danford. ..... Osage City Free Press. Dan. Ainsworth was in town ten days ago. For good reasons we said nothing about it that week. We had a long talk with him about Danford's banking exploits at Cheney, Washington Territory. Ever since the bank exploded until Thanksgiving Day Ainsworth had been in jail. The opinion gained ground that he had nothing to do with the robbery of the bank-in fact was as much a victim and probably more than any one else-and SO he was released that day on bail, one of the principal losers by the bank failure going on his bond. Danford bought a bank that was in operation. Its deposits amounted to about twenty thousand dollars. Its owner asked five thousand dollars for it. Danford made the purchase by giving a check on the bank for that amount. The purchase money was then taken out of the deposits. The style of the new firm was J. S. Danford & Co., bankers and brokers, A fter this purchase was accomplished Danford sent for Ainsworth. He still owed Ainsworth some sixty-five hundred dollarsmoney obtained from the sale of his farm near Newton. This money was to Ainsworth's credit in the Osage City Savings Bank when it suspended. When Ainsworth got to Cheney, the prospects of the new enterprise looked very bright, and the business of the bank was good and very profitable. Danford claimed that he had $100,000 on deposit with a Safe Deposit Company in Chicago, and that as soon as the old affairs could be settled, he would bring it to light Middsthey would be able to carry on a large business. Ainsworth says he believes Danford had money in Chicago, as he had remitted, at Danford's request, the box rent that became due to the Deposit Company at 8 previous time. After Ainsworth got to Cheney, Danford was full of schemes for the extension of his banking business, and not only promised to soon pay Ainsworth all he owed him, but put him on the high road to fortune. "Now," said Danford to Ainsworth, "there is still $15,000 of the depositors' money in the vault. It must be sacredly kept for them when called for." So he sold the bank $20,000 worth of his Osage county land bonds and credited himself with that amount of cash. He explained that he did this to prevent any unexpected officers with attachments from being able to get hold of any valuable property. In other words, that an official search for assets would result in a water haul. "As soon as I get the old matters to rights everything will be all right," said he. Then he took the $15,000. and placed it in a special box in the bank vault or safe and put the key in his pocket. "Now," said he, "the depositors' money