, 1877-09-27
INDICTED.
The Recent Officers of the Protection
Life Charged with En-.
bezzlement.
Warrants Ont for Their Arrest, and
the l}nilifrs Unable 10
Find Thems

to Court along with the onu ngafnst Sydney
Myers, was ono against tho officers and man-
aGesn Of The late Protection l.tfc-1nsurance
Company, L. =. Ilill'ard, President; a. W.
Edwards, Sccrctary; John Reid. Treasurer;
Martin Ryan, Aetuary; nn,i --- Sawyer, As
ststant Secretary. Their indictment had hecn
contemplated for perjury for week or n'ore,-
In fact, the indictment had been drawn for the
emergency, and yesterday Ind been fixed rs tho
t1ay for thu examination Of other wit
ncsscs md tic making OF the returns.
Contemplating the onslaught on the corrupt
cunccrn, sub,arr,as had been ISSUED fur Ur. o.
Eoul a1l1 otllcrn, Of whom 40 much bas been
heard III connection with tho Company In the
Circuit anti Criminal Courts for several months,
but WHEN they were looked for D! OsEoo1, tic
principal, could not be found, having left tho
city several days before. This fact fur ttmc
promised to frustratu all arrangements, a,ll
those Interested in tho prosecution appeared aud
sIgniAcl their desrt to hare the natter tcnpnra-
rlly dropped, and It was dropped. Bit at n
later hour the casu was revived md c1-All.
.1onas and Mr. Charles Emlncrc,l appeared as
Witnesses. 'fhcir appearance WIS a strprae to
many, anil no less so to The jurors than any one
else, for It a,ad been conceded by then. that tho
CASA: was virtually ut MI end, and all Tint re.
tnalnc.1 to he done WINS to preserve secrecy and
ahidc the hearing Ut further witnesses on tho
Charge nf perjury. among whom. these had no:
been mentioned. They were hcartl, however, Rf,'l
the. result was tho fnding of M Indictment
nqalnst tlloss named for tho embarrassment Of
&aD,0O0. Tho Indictment was not exhibited, vi
course, but cnonRh 10 known Of u to sny It con-
tA[na tGc phraseDloEy belonging TO sl,ch tltcti-
tion tint tho amount nanlcl has been gotten
nway with contrary to the statutes, etc. As
sooti ~ the indictments had been returned
cArAsEs wE,tE ISSUED rois r1tE ARREST
f,x
H so u pase sese. a osfsy vsy ts ts s as Ssp 4 s e
conceal everything lest the intcrests.: Of
public justice might bc ]copaullxcd. With
all the prccaut'oi,, ll0xeycE the reporters were
suun on tho aCeEt and wutr!Iin9 with great
n,nutsncss evcfy. movement around the build.
ing. ThoY saw tho capascs hnruc OF by tho
officers through tho rain, and overheard Judge
Fnrwcll say that lie would remain In bIs room
offered. They waited around to keep him COM
many aud gather whatever ml1lIt transpfrc, but
when q o'clock catna nothing had occurred
growing otat of tho n'rsterlous surroundings
from which an Item even eoall bo made.
The Judge departed ut the given hour for his
homo, pronTstn4 to return when hent for. anu
tho reportera left also. hut not to hwaft beng
sent for, for after supper they were again OIL
lAiid ready to compass whatcver might traasprc.
They lingescl around until 10 o'clock, when
through the o'iter door came Harvey Merrill, thu
officer In wilos0 hartla the capaa for tho arrest
Of l.. P. IEilIlartl had boon placed. flc did not
that he Ind been tn Look for l,ln,-hal founl l,.a
rusi.lunce, md TINT tle was ont. but would he
at hume this morning. He said he would renew
wien asked 4 fo hoped to meet Ills man a
smllo lighted up his face which lal It's meaning
a1nl WAS easily Interpreted.
Tho indictments against tho officers OF the
nrc, bascd on the testimony Of sew
been s agsiayca: Ono d tho % principal witnesses
states TINT in tho particular cRse of which he Is
$2,:No. 4 business man resident In Chicago
hnd policy OF 81 500 In the Company, md On
his death the claim was presented IN duo form.
Ex,AM. Julius Jonas actcd on behalf Of TN,
willow and executrlx. AMI after q good deal Of
trouble Succeeded In obtaining from tho
k1TIHAsLY rRoTEcTtv8 CoNcARN
$500 In cash. ln payment Of tho balance, whfci,
vas stated as $t,7a. note Or acceptance Of tho
ltWas alleged by tho otllenEa Of tic Company
that tho assessment only produced sl,fN,
and they bascd their claim for delay
uiven In April last, and by tho tin,o Il fell due
The Company was In tho hands Of the Phlstjnes.
It is charged that, notwithstanding tho state
Tic fuli amount Of ssso, AMI that tbe bs!s"sa
Ts'-ass''' e ssss at. GUY S0"' only *''sss oas
out u hundreds, and the eyidcnce
u GjfIAHklOut hhat1f AMA AUHMl3lt FOpUEFf
Is reported ~ overwhelming. In tho case cited
The persons ticfrnstlc1 hnyo 'ittlo Or no hops OF
Uver recovering anything on the notc, unless
tho Receiver should posaby find a few dollars
more than will pay Ills expenses, but they aro
determined to bring to justice tho men who
laye wrongcd them.
TME rNlnuxh dispatched reporter 10 cor
dole with tle indicted toward the hour Of mid
night. At the house OF A, W. Edwards, No.
b25 West Adams, light still shone In front
window, and tho urbans cnt0red relic Of tho
Major's WaHlcnsLtp at Joliet answered tho
bell. There. was little to get from him. lie
STATED that Mai. Edwards haa left town yester-
day morning; hn dtdu't know wtloro ha ilau
gnnc, nor II he would comc back shortly. Mrs.
Edwards had been from town for over week,
and perhaps tho Malor hatl guno to join her.
Tho residence Ut Mr. John Held was also vls.
tied, and the mtddlG watch being on, everything
Indicated that tho family woro III bed. A 1igUr-
GUS ringing ut tho bel finally brought night
capped head out 0s a scco1l,i story window. 10
tho inquiry "a to whether Mr. Rritl was at home,
tho nlEht-cap answered. sharply and ncga-
lively that he bud gone away, and
wllet tho reporter blal,dIy said that II
Mr. Held had Rome away he desired to sec hlul
on particular aud petsDnRl reasons, tho night
cap etated that Mr.. Reid was not on exhibition,
aud that people were not admitted to thu nun
slon ut that lnc1anny hour Without better reason
than general claim Of having business. Moth
Lug further could 10 Rathcre,i fFoM th!s source.
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