The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-24
MORE CHARGES MADE.
Ex-AuDTToRs BEMax AND TwIcH-
ELL ACCUSE LEVI SMITH.
They sign Complaints aIlcEing That
smith Forged One Cheek for sSs
and Raised Another From s@S 20
sol - smiths Bond Increased
szooo which He VIII Furnish
Today.

ror the second time in ter days Lew u
g-nIfh was arrested yesterday on cia@fess
% forgery The public mad scarcely eeAss1
talking over the Circumstances OF nc
f~s. arrest when yesterdays news was
$3.50 ordinarily tbLs arrest would not
have cauzed much surprise, especially p
& f5nse xsaau arrests were as TACK as can
aldatss for public positions but the mere
fac; that the complaints we're signed y
rx-coraty Auditors Beznan and T~seaeh
made yesterdays arrest even more sSisS4-
tioraf tHan the former.
TIE gablse can easily grasp AZ the sig
saiEfcauee attached &c the signing OF t1e
complaints b. &szsrs- Twicnen ana BE-
man both o. whom are sI-Repuoilcan
auditors and employers Of the aceesssi
deputy II simply means that after an tx
animation OF the books and tire iFTeguIari-
ties pointed out by the conaty eommA@-
ssonsrz and prosecuting attorney. tney
have come 10 tlIe conclusion That cTookea
work has been lone. and feel y taef aatS'
81 tu4slee 10 Themselves. who nave ocen
looked upon BY some as having a mana 70
the pie to bring tho guilty one 10 1usuce.
no matter what their feelings may Ds
toward the accused. Thiz - a conclusion
that would naturally be drawn ~ eiAia-
fsys~ztaa t5artIes but 10 those wac sympa-
thize with Smith and VINO claim 20
kaow the true condition Of affairs. the
action OF the ex-audit0rs Is no surprises
Smiths friends claiming that they are
protesting their Innocence too strongly.
This may be- true. but up TO the present
time the state 4 IN poSssrion or some
damaging evidence and seems 70 oe Wen
fortified 10 begin a hattie
Yesterdays complaints both charge for
gerry. The ons sworn 10 by Beman alleges
that Smith forged the signature OF ore
Charles Harding. who liveE near henfs lot
SIS for work alleged 20 nave been done on
~ {~fsf a 4
Twichelfs information Il 20 fi3e effect that
Smith frauGuientig raised 81 warrant Is
sued to Charles Harding 20 81 OF or about
September Z. IsJi
The complaint awoFn TO by Beman reads
~ follows.
Nathan Beman beiug FIRST duly sworn.
on oath aepoees and says. That az Seat
fin in King county, state OF Washington. |
ou or about the 9Th day OF May lNsi. ana
within one year previous 70 the ming %
this complaint hevi g. Smith then ana |
there being. did then and there commit |
the crime OF foTEsry as follows: lie. the
said Levi g. Smith in King county, state
az Washington, on the TIN day or May.
1876 and within one year previous 10 the |
Hing Of this complaint. then ana there
being. did then and there wiilfuliy. know
fnEly falsely. frau8uieufly. unlaWEttlly |
and IeIoniousiy make, deface. alter, forge
and utter A certain false and forged writ
Ing on paper. the same being an order and
m instrument In writing parporting 20 Oe
the signature and certificate OF one
Ing being for the sum OF So and The same
with the Endorsement thereon being IN
words. figures and effect as follows. to-
wit;
ION the outside portion IL certificate No.
T. Following said certificate No. ! APP
pears. I hereby certify on honor that |
have furnished The labor amounting 10
81 for which the within account ir rem
dfred. that | have not received payment
OF the same or any part thereof and that
said account is justly Que me from King
county. Charles Harding
Immediately above certificate No.
appears the following. Audited charged
warrant NJ. s5ea. Road and Bridge Fund.
Road District No. ~~. Commissioner Dis
trlct No. 2 Claim OF Charles Harding Cor
labor on new road. amount OF claim So.
Allowed In the sum Of SOS
FRED CAScH Chairman Board OF Coun-
~ Con uissloners
Immediately under the certificate ap-
IeRrs the following Certificate No .
] hereby certify on honor that the within
feseribed labor has been performed. and
n, o MCPHERSON
Commissioner District No .
"0r the reverse side of the said written
instrument. or the outside portion there
%. appear certain printed directions for
the filing IN % said written instrument,
together with A copy OF a certain section
of n certain act Of the legislature Of the
ntate Of Washington. on the reverse IN
msnt appear certain printed directions.
and also a printed form for the assign
msnt thereof together win the ,S lo,ow ,sac
King County 10 Charles Harding Or.
Road district No. ----. Commissioners
district No 2 Crading and eeorduroyiug
new road district No So S5S.'
And he The said Levi q smith then
and there being aid then ard there wets
know the said instrument in writing 10 oe
false. dofaced. altered and forged. and
the aaid Levi q. Smith then and there
we'll know the signature Of the said
Charles Harding 10 said instrument 20
a gfe
ture. ard that the said signature OF the
sald Charles Harding vas tsen and there
Nitlfuliy. knowingly. falsely. fraudulent
-. uniBwfuliv and fsloniously Aligned 20
saia certificate by the said Levi = smith
with she tntevt then and there 80 ln1ure
Hnd deffaBd tho county 81 King by then
and there making the said instrument ar
pear as the real and genuine siEnafu of
the said Charles Harding which i'm sa~s
u was rot. aud e was done with the lns
tent then and there 70 iniure and defrsud
the county u king. the same being a
hody cooperate In the state q waSu4ur-
zen. Together with other persons now un-
Known contrary 10 the form OF the stat
ute ia aas-h eases made ard provided. and
against tee peace and dignity Of the state
az Washington"
The complaint sworn out ~ Frank A
Tvsicheil was IN the same form a. the
other one. save the date. whi-h was Sep
tesauer ?. 1894 and the comsnlss OF the
deed which charges Smith with raising A
s. claim foT read work "a sol
Smith was taken before Justice lnger-
soll snt heard the complaints read The
fastiee nvsd fhe Aonds ~ 81 GO Tor zach
charge srd allowed me defendant 70 re-
tire iH order that - could raise the
amount. which wonl8 make his bonds in
HN s. 1Na II waa learned last Night from
Ylchard Winsor that smith Rad made ar
engagements foT thc bond and would exc
ease u this morning
Prosecuting Attorney McElrav stated %
a poNt-inteiiiEyncer representative vester-
fea
know fust huw the cN-autltors stood on ss,a
proposition. ant he 50 Informed Nessrs
Eemsn and TwlchelL augEwsglng that they
act ~ ooce ia tho matter tie said iron,
interviews be and The board % commits
sloners had with the ex-audltorx he was
satisfied they were both Innocent o. any
wronE-Going NJ McElroy seems nor-
sectiy confident that the testimony he AL
ready has Is Sufficient 20 ccavlct