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Show ANOTHER CROOKED BANKER He Squandered Money and Tried to Hide it Up by Forgeries. Fresno, Cel., Nov. 13. The fact has' become be-come public that AV. F. Baird, tmtil recently vice-president aud manager of the bank of Madera, located at Madera, is hort in his accounts to the amount of nearly 1100,000. Baird, in connection with John brown, organized or-ganized the bank of Madeia aud what is known as the John Brown colony. Money was sent Baird by the colonists to develop the land, and used by him iu England for his private schemes. As the losses grew, Baird began to issue forged notes and deposited them iu place of the money used. The forging of checks and drafts followed and later an over-issuing of stock to which he forged the signature of the president of the bank. Owing to these irregularities, the Pacific Bank of San Francisco assumed control con-trol of the Madera brink in order to fully secure se-cure themselves against an overdraft by the Madera bank of about $00,000. Baird was deposed and the Pacific bank has remained iu charge ever since. - - . - |