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Show ; DEATH OF A MULE , j - STARTS RUN ON BANK. LrmlMille, Ky.. .Iig. 11. A mule's ' death was responsible for a run on a South Louisville bnjik yesterday. A depositor on Monday purchased tho animal. giving In payment a check for $75. That night the animal died. Suspecting that he had boon 'stung," the purchaser ."topped payment. The payee presented the check just I before the bank closed and payment was refused. He left, spreading a re-povt re-povt that the bank had ceased payments. pay-ments. Mere than 10u depositors were in line seeking to withdraw their savings sav-ings when the bank opened yesterday. By noon the real cause of the "run" had been learned, and It stopped. |