Show I Another Crooked Banker I CLINTON Mass January ILancas ter National Bank closed its doors last night after an examination of the books by the directors President W B McNeil is missing and has not been heard from since Tuesday when he was in Lowell whence he started ostensibly osten-sibly for Boston He is charged with having used the baukajnnney for speculative spec-ulative purposes in which he was interested and which do not furnish sufficient security The direc torsMessrs Batehelder Hosmer Gard ner Russell and Page together with Bank Examiner Mitchell who came to Clinton today have been hard at work on the books all day The directors seem depressed and are exceedingly reticen Cashier Farren forester expresses himself very plainly and his condemnation of President Mc Neils financiering unmistakable He sayS the latter since his elevation to the presidency ol the banklast January has Invested the banks funds according tol his own inclinationsHis operations have at times been far from straight At the present the bank has a surplus of 3560 The bank holds paper of the Low Cattle Company of Wyoming to the amount of 130000 So far as can be learned the deposits amount to over 200000 and according to statements from a quarter which is supposed to be authentic President McNiel has appropriated this amount The belief prevails that the examination of the books of the bank will develop new and startling features IcNeil has not been heard from since I Tuesday last 1ti as said that a resident of Clinton saw him in Nebraska N Hast H-ast Wednesday Nothing further regarding re-garding the real condition the banks finances will le knownfora day or two and possibly not then One of the directors of the Lancaster II National Bank at Canton is authority for the statement that McNeil themiS I lug president was at the bank on Mo day nightwhen he tookfromthevanlts 000 in bank notes and 1000 in goM and a large amount of stock in the Ruthland Vt Marble Company sill posed to be about 30000 worth There was in the vault considerable money belonging longing to tha defunct Lancaster StinKs St-inKs Bank of which McNiel was one the t-he receivers a good portion of which is said to be missing |