The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-28
SOME CROOKED WORK.
ENDOWMENT LEAGUE AID FRAZIER.
NAL CIRCLE CHARGED
NTH FRAUD.


SOME MONEY RESTORED.
The following article which is repro
duced from the Baltimore Amalcan of
Sunday will be read with much inter-
est by the members Of both organiza-
tions in Martinsburg
NJ. NJ. Poist and S. S. Field. receivers
Of the American Endowment League,
filed a bin in Circuit Court No. 2 yes
.terday against Carleton W. Bowie,
William o. Onrsler and William T..
Lechlider. supreme president, secre-
tary and treasurer, respectively, of the
league, since its incorporation, pray
ing that certain certificates mentioned
in the bill be declared void, vacated
and annulled to make good the mon
eys paid out thereon that they be re-
quired to render an account Of all mon
ey received by them upon each assess
ment, and when, where and in what
account the same were deposited that
the total amount of assessments may
be ascertained, the total amounts paid
out upon bona fide sick and benefit
claims that they be required to pro-
duce the original cash-book, and all
other books. &c.
The bill charges that the defendants
conspired together to make false en-
tries in the books of the corporation
for the purpose Of deceiving and de-
| frauding bona fide, holders Of certifi-
Gates, and in pursuance thereof, made
false entries in the books for the pur-
pose of accounting for money fraudu-
lently taken from the assets and ap.
propriated to their individual use, and
that all of them shared in the funds so
fraudulently distracted. That, in an
ticipation of surrendering the books to
a receiver, they made up the cash
book, which is in possession Of the re-
ceivers, and have destroyed or with
held the original book or books from
which said cash book was made up.
That the defendants, by means of
fraudulent certificates, drew large sums
of money from the corporation funds
and divided the same among them, in
the name of themselves, their wives,
children, relatives and friends, and
some in the name Of fictitious persons.
A list of names is given iii the bill of
fifty-seven certificate holders, of which
twenty-six were either Bowies, Ours
lers or Lechliders, and it is charged
were made out without applications,
therefore, signed in the handwriting Of
the applicants, and therefore, void. 1t
is claimed that even by the books sub
mitted to the receivers, a deficiency of
81 900 exists, but that the true amount
of the deficiency cannot be ascertain
ed.
THE AMERICAN FRATERNAL CIRCLE.
G. H. Smith, VIM. J. Tickner and
NJ. d. CLANCY, by r. B. Tippett & Bro,
attorneys, filed a bill in Circuit Court
No. 2 yesterday against the American
Fraternal Circle of Baltimore City, ask
ing for the appointment of receiver,
on the ground that the conduct Of the
business Of the corporation is frapdu-
lent that it imposes on, and makes
misrepresentation tothe public, claim
ing in its circulars and pamphlets that
Rev. Thomas Myers, of the Bible
House, Is one of its endorsers, though
that gentleman has protested against
the use Of his name in any Of its litera-
ture further, that they deceive the
public by using photograph Or cut Of
the Bible House, in the second story
Of which the officepof the circle is lo-
Gated.
The bill charges that from the date
Of organization until about June /,
1891, period Of nearly three years,
Charles W. S. Banks was the supreme
secretary Of the corporation; that prior
to such connection he was entirely in
solvent and largely indebted, and that
while secretary and since that time he
compromised or settled with his credi-
tors, and made large investments in
real estate or otherwise; that he ham
died a large portion Of the funds of the
corporation, and deposited them in
different banks in this city-tos his pri-