, 1876-05-12
A SERIOUS CHARGE.


Yesterday's St. Louis Republican has the follow
.ng concerning gentleman we'll known in this city:
@.Ou Saturday last carriage containing three
men drove up to the Four Courts and pulled Up at
the cutbsonc in front Of Ebers saloon Inc .nfee 60
the County AArshuls Office, where they entered up
On The discussion OF choice Hayana CIGARS box
Of he party attracted the attention Of some pfow
Ing itemizers, and, one Of the THO was Known 70
be- i Deputy Marshal, they were watched With
s1Rs aest and Rers TP 70 'ps Se
brief, and, TO all appearances, not yery saasfse,
tury One OF the men was evidently under
arrest and another offered rs surety on bond,
but for come reason the bond was not taken, and
the party went away. me man nnoes ae IN; "ne "
the custody Of the Marshal Every EFFORT to ascer-
tain who the prisoner was or what his oi1ense
t,e court and those in the Marshars Office either
didn't know much about it. or wouldn't
tel, which amounted to The same ,olsi;,ss. thins;
terms with the Marshals osdce, too, and. as the
privileged stranger had something Of swell ar,
il looked very much as th1ugh mere "ss sa at a
picked up with name attached to the erect tnai
the stranger was rich Chicagoese who vas wanted
WIS mixed in The rumor, and it was stated ed
that the prisoner had been com1oflaoly
sSs ,d dc Il nd fsf sf fSysf s besny aEs xe Ss
shared his room 4 cali At the Lindell brought ont
1ne most positive assurance from the clerks that no
man Of The name given "as stgpplng n efe eao no
Tar as they knew. On Monday, however, the un-
known succeeded in giving bond, the delay having
ins . Surety, and On yesterday ., Ae1'u6leon re-
potter was permitted to gaze on the papess which
brought the party into court c..a
jury one for larceny and two for false psetenses.
The wording Of the indictments made it Impossible
to understand the nature Of ne Itansaesona IN IN
question and about the only thing that could be
iesrned from them was that the amount involved
vas some s14, 900 in Dallas County oonns
..The drstlndictmcnt il for false pretenses, and
charges that Charles ". colehour, On the lst i. OF
January, 1874, did falsely. and with intent to de-
aad pretend to Lazele Alexander d NJ 11at he
County bonds, to which he (colehonr) could give
good and perfect title
charges that On February Is, 1874, defendant,
intent to def dsaed da ca[ks 70 1as he
t., Mo-, witch the defendant had placed in
lie hands Of said Alexander; that these bonds had
be- been xe4e se' ts Rfopsss se on %eh
hs9E md in The hands Of said Ae1ander: that said
IS 600 for said bonds; that Alexander was then
and there indebted to said cMFke IN the sum q
S. 600, and would be compelled 70 pay gAa
dId fhen belong to Judge Gaammon and not to said
Clarfe nor vas the said Clarke entitled to receive
The sum Of S., COO from hosrnder.
charges that On the 18th OF July, l6!5 Charles ".
Colefous did steal fourteen ST. 600 Dallas county
bonds, the property OF John Il Cannon. ana aso
scu sAid bonds and convert LIE pfoceeas ~ liz ="
1.-THE sum total Of the bonds given in these cases
was IS, 600. and the surety was Col sam 4 Lowe.
s.Even With this information 1t was not cAsy TO
ind the exact status Of the matter. which is quite
complicated one. Charles Y. Colchour is At pres,
cut resident Of the City Of Chicago and u rePnteo
L .se = saa{ haas asf H. :
judge John R. Cannon IL a citizen OF DALLAS
County, and ]. E. Clarke ia alleged to be myth
ed u Investigate further, and nnally came te
the conclusion that tt was about the worst mtxed
cas~ on record. Nobody would give clear state
Nobody seemed to know Just what relations Cole
houz and Judge Cannon h:d borne to cach othet,
nor how they became associated Il seems Judse
CoIehour, tho latter asked him one day to let him
take the fourteen bonds TO the bank to Set ri hnt
they vould bring; th1t this request WAS compile 20
with. but that ColehorE failed TO bring the oonos
1T Ia further clatmed that he took the bonds
to the Mercantile hank and left them with The
thut prominent iron dealer having left An order
to bur such bonds the Cashier agreed TO take them,
hut the tsade fell through; that the bonds were
coleaour representing that they belonged to J. 2.
ClarSe :: that the Cashier eventually bought The
bonds and Paid the money to lawyer Representing
ca1ks ser he. L. cshier had to settle
t.jt Is further understood that the whole amount
involved IN the various transactions betHeen uau,
mon and Golehour is mneh s1eates enan ,st ~
Judge CANNON was 81, 600. Of which he has re-
covered about $40. GOO. -.
mour %onIsire ESQ Is e enased TOT lie prosecn.
tion and judge Clover for the Defense"