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WINFIELD RECEIVER SHORT. Expert Examination Shows Funds Were Diverted. Winfield, Kas., Jan. 19.-The report of H. E. Patterson, expert accountant, of his examination of the accounts of F. K. Robinson, receiver of the Winfield Mortgage and Trust company, was filed in the district court here late Thursday. The receiver was appointed at the request of the Norway Plains Savings bank. The report holds that the receiver has diverted to his own use from $30,000 to $50,000 of the trust company's money. The report says that with proper management the stockholders of the trust company would have received their property and an unimpaired capital of $50.000. The examination was made at the request of W. C. Robinson, who is an uncle of the receiver.
