The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-15
CHERRYS Bail REDUCED
The Stenographer Released on
$1,000 Bail
TAKES THE MATTER LIGHTLY
Fifty.six transcripts on Which He Over.
charged
TAKES THE MATTER LIGHT
More About the Shortage In the County
Clerks Office-Mr. Ward Asked to
Dig Up $1,000 More

There were no further indictments re-
turned by the grand Jury yesterday, but
1t would cause no surprise to see bun
die turned in at any time now. The
Cherry case is still the topic of conversa-
tion about the court house and the m ore
the matter is investigated the worse i.
looks for the crooked stenogra pher. Cherry
showed up smiling and cheerful in de-
partinsnt one OF the superior court yes.
terday morning with his attorney, Gen.
eral A. B. Campbsll, and his bondsmen.
Messrr. Marsh, Ramish and White. His
bail wasreiuce to $500 in each case, or
$1,000 in all, and the proper bond was at
once Fled, and Cherry went his way re-
jocins.
As stated in The Herald yesterday
morning, while thsre were but four in.
dictments returned IL was more tnan like
ly that there were numerous other cases.
This proves to DO the case, and 1t is now
claimed that in fifty-six transcripts
Cherry has over-charged. The largest
single over-charge is even $50 in the Wong
Chez case. and from that amount the
sums run down to one or two dollars. In
fact, it looks as IL Cherry could not be
straight, and now that the expose has
come numerous other instances of crook
edness on his part are recallsd. In one
case, during the adm nistration of Mr..
Dillon AS district attorney, Cherry was
employed in some casa before a county
magistrate. and, although the man was
discharged, Cherry got the justice to sign
an order for transcribing the testimony.
and collected the money. amounting to
some $50. Mr.. Dillon was about to bring
suit against Cherry to recover the money
but owing to ths fact that he was poor
and cripple, the matter was dropped.
Another favorite scheme of Cherry's was
to fiat up" his transcripts. That is, he
would repsa. the questions and answers,
and charge them all up. The stenog-
raphers are paid 20 cents per folio Of one
hundred words for transcribing testimony
and as they have to ray typewriter bat
8 cents folio for writing out the same,
there is very handsome profit in the
business OF multiplying words. Cherry
has received almost $1,000 since the first
of January ana when it Is remembered
that he had very light WORK the Iemu-
neration will be seen to be very liberal.
No further devevlopm ,nts have yet
taken place in thu matter of the alleged
shortage in the Office OF the county clerk
during Mr.. Wards two terms. The Fam
ming shortage was very near $1,000. but
THIS Mr.. ward made good some time ago,
borrowing the money and giving his
notes fer the same. Mr.. Ward, by the
way. is still raging on these notrs. Then
!, came the Lowry shortage of $1,000, and
this, too. Nj. Ward has made good, turn
ing the full amount into the county
treasury. Besides all this. the grand Jury
now wants Mr.. Ward to dig up $i700 more
! to make goou another alleged sb portage.
Just what the nature OF this last named
shortage is could not be learned vester-
day. as the grand jury experts refused to
even indicate what it was. Mr.. Ward, it
is said, has positively rein sed to MAKE
good up any more deficits. and has, it is
reported, SO notified the grand jury. Just
what steps will be taken in this matter
has not yet been determined.
Frank Lowry has so far positively re-
fused to make any statement beyond say
ing that be is innocent and at the proper
time will clear himself of the charge Of
embezzlement against him.