The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-19
on FORTY SIX COUNTS
Another Indictment Against
w. G. Peter. of Tacoma,
THE COLUMBIA BANK wRECkER.
For Making Fraudulent Entries, for
Faisifying Report to Comptroller
and for Br hing "A City Official.

Tacoma Feb. s-Specksl.-The Federal
grand Jury returned az Indictment against
Cashier W. g. Peters. Of the Columbia
National hank Oh go~ty-sax counts. IL al
ieges violation u lax IN making fra0d1-
lenl entries ia the banks BOOKS % deceive
the bank examiner. E1th falsifying rs
reparT 70 the comptroller made On June
& 1s@S. By raising rs cash account s-o.so.
end making other false statements; by Civ
ifsg money 10 the Gferman-Amsrlean saw
inRs bank and paying money 70 President
NJ A. Taylor. OF the board OF public WORKS.
for bis influence. These are the chleR
charges
TIE Indictment Is about evenly divided
between making charges against Atr. Pet
ers 81 misz2piysng and embezzins the
funds OF the bank. which he received as
It's cashier and making false entries 81 10
books. II Is charged that Mr. Peters fraud
uleuely paid large sums Of money % the
German merscan Savings bank. and gave
IL credits unlawfally on the books % The
Columbia National. The aggregate amount
alleged 10 have been paid the savings bank
is sass Peters IS also charged with issuing
a cashiers check fer sl,1sa nfay9T OF HUE <
err Bros, 10 the loss and injury II the bank.
ard without the authority OF the beard on
directors Enbezzlemeat and nllsappFo-
priat.on OF the funds Of the bank Is al
legged in the payments TO NJ NJ Taylor,
formerly president OF the board OF public
works. and IN the gift Of So TO his son.
Leroy W. Taylor.
Count No. = charges Mr. Peters with
rnaking. a false entry on the banks IN
diviaEai Ledger" July 70. lss5. under the
heading OF Deposits opposite the words
German American safe Deposit and say
iags bank, by inserting the figures 5000,
the entry being a false credit.
0fa Jaly Is another fraudulent entry, II Is
CHARGED. Ras made. by which II appears
81
ings bank.
count g charges a similar entry on the
daily statement book On ] uly 10 and on
JuIy H. IL Is charged. Mr. Peters made or
procuredto be made by Bookkeeper AndFus
a false entFy in the same book, by which
the savings bank Is made 10 owe the Co
Iumbia 81 III *. whereas II was indebted To
the latter in the sum of SILL The fs-
IRE at theIeft having been erased by Mr..
Peters orders.
False entries In the cash book and in the
statement 10 the controller were also made,
il is charged. by which il was made 20 APP
pear that the bank had $20.zt0 gold in the
vault. whereas II had no such sum Al an
other time it is charged. Mr.. Peters had
the amount OF gold in tray as shown on
the books. increased from $50 10 $3.50.
by the magic touch of a pen. These aud all
the entries alleged TO be false were, II Is
charged In the Indictment, made for the
purpose Of deceiving the controller OF the
currency.
Mr.. Peters was formally arraigned this
afternoon and given till Monday 10 plead.
Henry Oliver, president and ". q. Pc
ters cashier, OF the Columbia National
hank. pleaded not guilty today 10 the
charge of embezzlemeat The attorneys
for the defense asked for a continuancss as
they could not secure the evidence neces-
sary TO a proper presentation Of their
clients case. Judge Hanford granted the
continuance and ordered the case set down
for JuIy 9. The district attorney has made
objections TO the suffieiency OF their bonds
OF si0.a0a each. ana on Monday their suffi-
cheney will be inquired into.