Show Keans Assets Grow Less CHICAGO Dec 24 According to the testi mony of Kean of the suspended banking firm of Kean Co the assets were lowered SI000 more In his testimony today Kean acknowledged acknow-ledged no allowance had been made for 52000 paid D H Tolman on the day of the failure or for S2COO declared forfeited by the authorities of West Superior Wisconsin upon his failure faiure to purchase certain bonds of that town which ho endeavored to do Miss Higgins Keans private secretary testi fed that she had seen the partnership papers drawn up between Kean and Wilson Wadding ham and that they were signed by Wadding hap This Js considered an important develop a I ment for depositors as Waddingham Is a wealthy man I After recess Miss Higgins resumed thowit ness chair She said she had searched for the Waddingham agreement but was unable to find it The attorney asked her I she had ever pldced her name on a note for Kean She re plied she had once Kean asked her to do so pxplainlng there was some law provid provd ing that a bank could not loan more than so much on one name and that her name was acceptable Were you good for tho note asked the attorney said I dont think I was very rich at the time she saidDuring the session Attorney Mayer asked Kean I he was aware that Rev John O Foster ank Rev Lewis Curts were given the tip as tp to the condition of affairs two days before the bank failure with the result that they drew out their deposirs Kean answered he did not know such to be the case Mayer however requested the sheriff to secure a subpccna and cause the reverend tify gentlemen to appear in court and tes |