ARRESTED BANKER
THREE MONTHS TO LIVE
ILL WITH HEART TROUBLE
NEW YORK, March 25
Joseph W. Harriman, Chairman ot the Harriman National Bank and Trust Co., who has been arrested an a charge of having lost large sums by speculation is not likely to face His trial. He is suffering froh heart disease, and doctors have given him only three months to live.
Harriman is a prisoner in his own bedroom, where detectives wait while doctors light for his life.
The arrest caused a new banking sensation, for Hnrriman’s was the largest
among the nine Federal reserve banks which failed to open. It had 30,000,(XX) dollars of deposits.
It is alleged that •Harriman caused false entries to be made in the bank books, with intent to deceive the Comptroller of Currency and his agents. So far 300,000 dollars are covered in the charges, but millions more will be included in pending accusations.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1933, Page 5
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