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DEPOSITORS CLOSED Examiner Wood Remains in Charge of Crowley Trust & Savings Bank Today. LEGAL AID SOUGHT Many Small Depositors Hard Hit In Event Bank Not Reorganized. Whether or not the Crowley Trust & Savings Bank will be reorganized and reopen with depositors protected could not be stated either by the bank examiner's office or by officials of the institution today, although they were in conference with the exaim of bringing comparative order out of the chaos caused by the closing of the bank Saturday morning. these conferences were going on within the walls of the closed institution, other forces were also work. number of depositors of the bank have sought legal advice with view of having thorough investigation conducted as to all cumstances connected with the bank's suspension, and from another bank in nearby town came hint that steps would be taken to protect its interests in regard to certain funds said to have been collected for account and then involved the suspension. W. Wood, bank examiner from the office of Brock, state bank remained charge of the bank. This morning he expressed the bank's funds to the (WhitneyCentral Trust Savings Bank, New Orleans, for stating that was customary in such cases, was not wise to keep funds in bank temporarily closed, on account danger of robbery. There appeared substantial hope the knowledge that the bank not in liquidation and still corporate body in charge of its officials and directors. Mr. Wood would say nothing further than that he, Branson, vice president, and others were working as hard they could to reorganize the bank and protect depositors and that no steps leading to liquidation would be taken until every available avenue to restoration had been tried. This morning ushered in real "Blue Monday" for many people who had been depositors at the Crowley Trust & Savings Bank, which did not open for business Saturday mornand which today remained closed and in charge of the state banking There were many people in Crowley during the day, enough for busy Saturday, but the of those in the city showed that it was not the usual happy Saturday crowd. Groups were gathered here and there, and almost without exception the prevailing topic was the bank. its suspension of business and its possible chances of reopening. do you think? Will the bank This was the type of question fired at every newcomer to the group, but this morning, at any rate, question that no man swered, although many hoped and prayed that would In the streets and business houses and in groups that stopped street corners to discuss the financial "tragedy" there was heard much criticism of the part played by New Orleans bankers the closing of the institution after short life of three years. Upon the question of the reopenof the bank appeared to hinge question of success or failure number of people who had various amounts on deposit. The list included number of small represented all that the depositors had in the world. Their concern seemed even greater than that evident the faces of those had thousands of dollars in the balance. Stettin, huntin the Baltic Sea for Jolly Roger, the Swedish Schooner Rapid. missing for several months after has become pirate craft. storm,
