| Show TIRE lALNUPILLOI ettillfIflit Of 1141W 110 111111910all ITHS Ale Rkard CHICAGO U > c 23I A Hammond Ham-mond second vice President of the National llank of Illinois who Ins bon charged with pulling wool over the eyes tit the altimeter of The defunct bank Would nol talk today w boo small 0 his palatial homo at 1 Evaniton Through au Intimate friend however he mauea statement calculated to Inculpate In-culpate several directors as well as Iwo or throe men not connected with the bank bankW oW A Hammond la to be made the scapegoat I ll the failure I of the National I bones t Bank ol Illinois said the friend Hammoud IB I a broken man today but not any more tn blame for the amount of 1 mover loaned on Cato met occur ties than are the members ol the finance 010 mil of the bank audits directors 1 was neceaaary lo the purpoaesof the man connected with theBouth I Chicago City railway and the otUcer ol one of the heat known banks In Ibis oily lo deprecate the Calumet Electric roads Stocks and lo this end theme two mo brought about the wrecking of the National Bank ol Illinois Of the Loolid Once 2475 000 lied been loaned 00 Calumet tCU states The plan Is I to Jdeprecate Ibo Calumet stock and buy II and then combine this valuable properly ol 63 miles ot new track JlpmcDt i < and franchises Wish the lutb Chicago swell eventually combining with his Chicago City railway and make a fortune of millions wllblu five or ten years |
