The Helena independent., 1893-11-30
,oNTANA. THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 80
against Will Hanks, sx-I resident OF shs
AsSchants' Nstionst bsak Of Great Falls.
for DissppsopEisting the funds Of that
institution while ~ lts hsal. The first IN

institution while ~ its head. The first IN
distnsnt charges that 10 converted 70 his
own uss and thst Of hvn knows - W. II.
Bufgess Il Go. 3167G8.2b. By means Of
shocks, knowing there WAS NO nsnsJ TO
meet then. and BY notes. ksowinR the con-
security. 1he amounts alleged 10 havs
been thus obtained ranged from 9lS to
S8. OO0, and we're obtained % various times
during 1899. There are eleven counts in
shis indietmsnt. The second indiosnsns
charges the conversion Of e1864.Gl By
d Tuilsston, from 1880 10 1889. and con-
tsins ten sosntA The third indictment
eontsias tvsnty-tvo counts and charge.
Hanks with havina misapplisd and
converted 10 his own uss e2b.227 by means
of bis owa checks, whsA there was. no
notes Of one William ID. Benson. whom hs
knew not TO be responsible. The fourth
indictment charges Hanks with taking
from the bank . certificate Of fifty shares
OF stock Of the Cascade bank. which had
bssa pledged to sseuYs an indebtedness Of
he amounting 10 200. and using II for
nis own aosount This 10 practically the
Same shsrRs found in the iadiotmsnt re-
turned lass week. and whieh will bs Aolle
pressed now.
Alan Mscenechis, . dirsctor and assist
ant cashier of the Livingston National
6ank. was indicted on twsnty-ons counts.
The indictment snys that George L. Carey.
of tho condition of the bank ON May 4 last.
made the loans and discounts $143. .2SO. 20.
whereas they wore &l59. 280. 70; the amount
dss from reserve agents $6.6O3.41. when Is
was only t207.04; the resources Is. 464.3O.
when they were only %. 464.3O; the legal
$2,2l6; with ths intent TO deceive the comp.
srolIsr and dsfsaud the bank; and
that Naoonoshie - assistant cashier. aided
hin In making the false report. Tho In
dictmsns further charges making false
entries IN ths books By which IL was made
tG e appear that LOCO had he.n paid on. to
county. and that "a. 900 had bssn credited
to Dyer on two occasions. and the same
snount 10 George L. Carey on oue ooca-
sion, when NO suoh transae etisns had taken
place. Another charge is that By false
entry Maconoehis's liability to the bank
wss only $500. whereas !. was $500:
$500 ON . note pu porting to have been
signed by John II. Davis. The sane
charges. it il under stood. with many others,
apply also 80 George L. Carey, chs sashisr.
As Ca1sy's Whereabouts are not known, the
indictments against him were not given
outr
Fifty-siaht counts are In the Indictment
against Harry F. Baohellsr, president Of
ths Stoekgro wsrs National bank Of Miles
City. They charge him with converting
SO. 900 Of the banks funds to his own use
between 1891 and 1885, by disoountins
notes bearing tho signature Of bis father.
J: W. Bachelor. some fos The Watss anu
Electric Light company. of Miles City. and
some for himself. A joint indictment.
containing three soants, was returned
aaaiast Baehsller. G. r. Middleton. q d.
rector. and 9. L. Merrill. the assistant
cashier of ths stookRrowers. ON practically
the Same charges - against Bach sller. A
separate Indictment was returned aGainst
Middleton for perjury in swearing to q
falss statement of the bank's affairs, made
TO the comptrollsi. Middleton and Merrill
are in Livingston yet. and were arrested
there late yesterday afternoon on . tsls-
gram from United States Marshal Furay.
Charles Jones was indicted for murder In
the first degree. Jsass is tho only living
member Of the gang of four whs held up
and robbed she Northern Pacific s1press or
Aug. 26 last. and made of to the Blsekfoot
reservation. The indiotmens charges him
with killing John 6ishe1t, one of the mon
who were trying 70 arrest ia: gang III Osso-
Der On the renovation. An indictment waa
also returned against James Shoots, whose
tras nsme 10 Moots. for being ACCESSORY ts
the same crime. Aoots had no connection
with the train hoidap. bat joined the gang
on tho reservation afterwards, when they
had planneo 10 no!0 up dSSaS NoHtheSn
train.
Elmer E. Bennsr and Frank J. HsrrisA
were indiosed for holding mp Don Roland
on to Grow reservation and lobbinR him
OF S87.
Henry Edmundson, John Edmundson
and Stewart Russell were indicted foz
stealing . wagon from Abraham Fsnton ON
tho Grow reservation. John Edmundson
was the only enc Of the three not under
arrest NJ the time the indictments wore
rstu ned. Marshal Furay arrested him q
few min ntss later.
Nilt WALL oolorsd. was indicted foz
riding the mail while engaged in carrying
il from tho Livingston postottise to The
depot.
An Indictment was found against Joseph
Purvis for selling whisky to Indians on the
Blaokfoot ssse1vation.
John Hewitt was indicted for stealing q
horse from An Iniian on one Of TIE rsssr-
| vationa.
Ths grand jury had previously found si1
indistments sgainst George w. Morgan, Z
railway postal clerk, for robbing the mails.
The indictments we're returned last week.