Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1903 — THE $5,000 DRAFT CAME BACK. [ARTICLE]

THE $5,000 DRAFT CAME BACK.

Miss nonoctt Saves Amount Paid For OU Refinery Stock Through Efforts of Cashier Harris. Headers of The Democrat remember the shady transaction some months ago by which Miss C. P. Monnett of this oity was induced to purchase oil refinery stook to the amount of $5,000. It will be remembered also that as soon as he was informed of the transaction, Cashier J. 0. Harris of the Rensselaer Bank, where the draft was bought, saw Miss Monnett, a customer of his bank, and induced her to allow him to stop payment on same until the matter could be further investigated. The draft was issued March 6, and was made payable to J, E. Eillen. Eillen took the first train south after procuring the draft and went to Indianapolis, where he (apparantly) deposited the draft for collection with the Capitol National Bank. The draft was turned down by the National Bank of the Republic of Chicago, on which it was drawn, on order from Mr. Harris. Then began a long series of efforts on the part of the former bank to get the Rensselaer Bank to pay the draft, and their attorney made one or two trips here to get the matter fixed up. The supposition was, however, that the laay had been swindled, and the bank did not get its money. Last Monday the draft was returned to Mrs. Monnett, the bank and Eillen having laid down and given up forolng a collection, and the former is ahead just $&,- 000. In her deal with er Rich mire of Benton county, however, she was not so fortunate, and he got away with the $1,250. Mr. Harris makes special efforts to protect his customers from being swindled, and in this case he is entitled to the glory of having, by his timely efforts, saved