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Show RUN ON HELENA BANK. Remark of Ptactical Joker Frightens Dell De-ll posltors. An innocjently-intended joUe caused quite a run oa the Thomas Cruz Savings Sav-ings bank in Helena, Mont., last week, which, before it ended, caused nervous depositors to withdraw more than $200,000 from that institution. When the true status of affairs became known many endeavored to redeposit their money, but this the bank declined to receive. Thomas CruK, with the exception of United States Senator Clark, is probably prob-ably the wealthiest man in MoDtana. He recently s,ild one mine to the Rothschilds for 000, 000, after having extracted a siniijlar sum in gold therefrom. there-from. It appetrs that a practical joker told a friend in the county treasurer's office that the Cruz bank was in an embarrassed condition, the remark being overheard by a woman who was standing nearby, who thought she was getting an "in.iide tip," and who j straightway telephoned her husband I to withdraw his jioney. I The husband cjLd so and spread the I news among a I w intimate friends, with the result thb t nervous depositors withdrew their f ads in a lively man- ; ner. The run wa 1 kept up for a week before the depo Itors realized their ' error. i ! |