The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-16
MORE ARRESTS.
Cashier ChiIdreSS aud Assistant Cash.
Ter Easley, Arrested,
Charged with False Pretenses and
Fraudulent Breach of TrUst.-BOth
Give Bond.

Since the Secon,l National Bank
failure the inquiry has been, twill
they be ndicted?" The fact that no
indictments followed tue other fail
ures, have made those VINO were seek
/, g indictments now, uneasy But
the secrets of II grand jury somehow
nearly always leak out more OF less,
and il has been generally understood
for the last week that indictments
had been found against George Chill
dress, cashier, and 9 nnor Essley,
assistant cashier, Of the Second Ma
tional BANK. How many and what
for, was not positively known until
Tuesday OF this week
On that day Mr. Easley was ar
rested He and Mr.. Childress wers
indicted jointly ia three different in
dictmenLs; two of the Indictments
charging false pretenses," and ona
charging 'Iraudulent breach of
trust" Mr.. Easley gave bend in
each ease in the SUN OF $1,000 with
w III. Wilson al d john a. Cakes as
securities.
A Maxvill, the tailor, is prosecutor
in one OF tbess cases. The charge is
that only two or three days before
the bank closed its doors, Max
Will, the pros ecdtor, went there and
paid the money for New York ex-
change, about 5000 that defendants
checks bad been protested and re-
fused III New York Def re that, aud
chat they well knew they would not
De honored. Easley sgued the ex-
change.
In another case Mr.. Rem Lazarus,
of the firm OF Lazarus L. Sons, is the
prosecutor. This trouble also grows
out OF New York exchange transsc-
ton. Only few days before the
bank failed the firm Of Lazarus &
Sous bought $425 worth OF exchange
which, beng sent to New York was
refused, and It IS claimed that this
banks paper had been refused and
protes ed before that, and long
enough before for them to have
knowledge of the fact. Easley, a.
assistant cashier, signed this check
Ais).
The history OF the other cases the
HERALD could not learn. In addi-
ton TO these three cases, there are
two other indictments against Chill
dress. Que for fraudulent breach OF
trust, the other for Ialee prelenses.
Geo. w. StOckard is prosecutor in
one case, aud J. A. LOItin in the
other.
The latter part of last week, acting
under tue advice Of his counsel, Mr..
Childress went to Wsyland. Springs,
IN Lawrence County, to fish aud
hunt and recuperaLe. He was not
gone long before sensational re-
port Was starred that he was gone not
to return again, and Sheriff Ragsdale
WAS imp0rtuned 10 go after him.
The Sheritf, accompanied 10y Mr..
Jonas Il. Amis, lett here on the even.
lug tram Tuesday and reached their
destination that night. They found
no trouble in locating Mr.. Childress
he was at the house OF nephew ami
asleep. When aroused and IOld he
WAS wanted, he very promptly ex-
plaiued why he had left Columbia
aud readily and willingly consented
to return. Tna party, returning,
reached here Wednesday morning
The bond, by agreement between the
attorneys for bOtn sides, was iXsd
for the five cases at q total of $1,000
The defendant in very few hours
furnished the required securities aud
was released. Tns HERALD, though
it has made every effort, has been
unable to learn the names OF Mr.
Childress' bondsmen.