noon
Already a run had started on the Second National Bank . A crowd filled the counting room and extended out onto the sidewalk . Their depositors , largely small business men and people who ran private check accounts , were frightfully nervous about their money . Up to noon the bank paid all demands , though the accounts were adjusted slowly , while the crowd grew in numbers outside . At noon the Second National availed itself of its privilege of closing its doors promptly at that hour on Saturday . Dick Prescott wrote with furious speed at `` The Blade '' office . In another room Mr. Pollock wrote from the facts supplied by Dave Darrin .