The herald., 1893-09-13
CASHIER PARK GIVES HIS BOND,
More Information About the
Grand Jury Indictments.
Some of the Counts Made in the
Charges.
The Grand Jury Interested About Find
ing How tho News of Its Transac-
tions Lesked Out = The
Other Indictments.

upon the four indictments returned
against him by the grand jury. His
securities were E. A. Miller, F. @. Young
and e. P. Bryan, and the bond being
approved, Mr.. Park walked out of court.
During the day others of the indicted
men, whose names, like the City bank
indictments, were published exclusively
yesterday morning in the HERALD. were
arrested and brought in.
There being no longer any need for
further secrecy, the indictments were
no longer kept from reporters. The
documents bore cut the statements OF
their contents published several days
ago, while the grand jury believed them
to he safely locked up from prying eyes.
Yesterday afternoon it was rumored
that the grand jury proposes to attempt
to find out the sources OF the HERALD's
accurate knowledge of their delibera-
tions, and that several Witnesses from
the staff of the paper would be sub
jected to pumping process with that
end In view.
Some of the details of the indictments
already found will still prove of interest
THE COUNTY FUNDS CHARGE.
The joint indictment against LIE
Grande Belts, A. D. Childress and John
3. Park makes the following charge:
Heretofore, to-wit: On the 10Th day
OF June, 1893, in the county Of Los An
geles, and state aforesaid, the said Le-
Grande Belts, being then and there a
deputy county treasurer OF the county
OF Los Angeles, state of California, and
as euch deputy county treasurer being
then aud there entrusted with the sum
OF $22, ,9l0, lawful money of the United
States, the property OF said county, the
exact Kind and denomination Of which
money is to the said grand jury un-
known, which said money WAS then and
there OF the value OF $22,9l0. gold coin
Of the United States, said money being
then and there entrusted to eaid Le-
Grsnde Belts for safe keeping and for the
use OF said county, did then and there
wiliuIly, unlawiully, fraudulently and
feloniously, and contrary to the terms
of his said trust, convert and approprl-
ate the said money to the use of the
City bank, banking corporation or
ganzed and existing under and by vir-
tue OF the laws OF the etete OF California,
by there and then mingling said money
with the general funds OF said bank, and
causing the same to be paid out by eaid
bank in the regular course of it's busi-
ness : and the said A. ID. ChildreeB and
John s. Park did then and there aid,
abet, advise and encourage the said lie
Grand Belts in the said fraudulent ap-
preparation OF the said $22,9l0, the
proparty OF said county of Los An
peles, as aforesaid, contrary to the
form, force and effect of the statute in
such cases made and%progided, and
againetthe peace and dignity OF the peo-
pie of tie state OF California.
The following witnesses were exam
ined: Otto Brodtbeck, VIM. Y. White,
Fred M. Smith, r. G.. Lunt. John s.
Park, Mrs. L. E. Burns, John E. Platter,
George II. Stewart, H. W. Hellman, r.
M. Widney, George HI. Bonebrake, L. N.
Breed, j. M. Wilmer, F. L. Lopez, T. II.
Ward, ]. w. Cook, w. y. Childress, A.
ID. Childress, Samuel Fl. Kingery. LIE
Grand Belts. John G. Cronis, Arthur
Bray, j. Phillips, W. H. Whittemore,
VIM. P. Tucker, j. M. Tiernan.
OFF ON THE CAPITAL STOCK.
One of the indictments against A. D.
Childress and JOHN S. Peck charges
that January 10, 1898, they knowingly
and felonioualy concurred in a written
statement OF the affairs OF the City bank
in which they said it had capital stock
paid up in gold coin to the amount Of
100000. when in truth they had only
$75, 900.
THE "YoKAUM PLACE" CHARGE.
Another indictment against A. D.
Childress and John s. Park charges that
they possessed themselves unlawiully of
1910 with intent to defraud, by omitting
to make fuil or true entry on the books
of the City bank, causing it to be en-
tered to the debit of "Yoakum Place"
and not to the debit of Childress or
Park. .sas
ERRONEOUS STATEMENTS.
Another indictment against Childress
and Park charges that in their state
ment of the condition of the City bank
they stated that January 1, 1898, they
had among other resources loans and
discounts of the value of $251, I'LL 66,
and cash on hand and in banks of
$43, 430.32, and that Che bank had a sur
plus and undivided profits amounting to
$10,7S6 77;g whereas they only had
5000. 900 loans and discounts, $40,0
cash and $4,000 surplus and undivided
profits. vnt
OTHER INDICTMENTS.
The indictment against j. Milton Ha-
ley charges that he forged receipt for
$40 in the following words:
Los ANGELES, Jnly 26, 1899.
Received of Miss Glade Carson twenty
dollars for rent Of house, 50l New High
street, from July 26, Aug. 26, 1913.
NOLAN & SMITH, Agents.
And that he was convicted Of petit
larceny June 10, 1886, in San Franeisco; !;
and of grand larceny February 25, 1885,
in San Francisco; and March z, 1891, of
obtaining $50 under false pretenses in
Whatcom county, Washington.
The indictment against Henry Vejar
is for perjury alleged to have been com
mitted in the DR.. b. F. Bragg case.
The indictment against James Os-
borne charges him with having in his
possession one dead quail not for the
purpose OF propagation August Cd, and
against George H. Stowell, similar Of
Tense.
The indictment against Manuel Gotta
charges him with perjury in connection
with the DR.. B. F. Bragg case.