The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-11
PLEAD AND GIVE BAIL
WILLIAM DAWSON AND WILLIAM
DAWSON JR. ANSWER THREE
INDICTMENTS.
RETURNED BY THE GRAND JURY
ONE BILL ACCUSES THE BANKS
CASHIER OF OVERDRAWING
HIS Personal ACCOUNT.
WILLIAM F. BicKEL INDICTED, TOO.
He Asks for Time to Plead and
Furnishes the Necessary Surefies
for His Appearance.

The grand jury returned four indict-
nients yesterday, three OF them against
William Dawson ST.. and Will
liam Dawson Jr., and one against
William F. Bickel. Only one OF the
indictments Is founded on a fresh
charge, and that is directed against
William Dawson Jr., who is accused
of overdrawing his personal account in
the Bank of Minnesota to the extent
of $29, 23027.
The grand jury convened promptly at
2:15 p. m. Evidently the indictments,
as rumored, had been found on Friday
afternoon, for in less than ten minutes
after assembling the members Of the
grand jury filed into the criminal court
room where Judge Lewis was trying a
civil case. Asked if the grand jury
had any report to make, Foreman
Bevins handed four indictments to the
clerk. After Judge Lewis had looked
them over, he asked the foreman if
the grand jury had completed its work
and upon the negative reply of the
foreman, the court directed the jury to
retire and proceed with its labors.
The indictments were not made public
when submitted, although William T.
Bicllel appeared in court voluntarily
less than twenty minutes afterward.
Shortly after four p. m. William Daw-
son ST. and William Dawson Jr. ap-
peared accompanied by T. D. O'Brien
and their bondsmen, Gen. John B. San
born, j. G. Donnelly and w. A. Harden
bcrgh Mr.. Bickeis bondsmen, Patrick
Conley and Uri Lamprey, were also
present.
William F. Bickel was arraigned first
Oh an Indictment charging him with
stealing from the Minnesota Savings
bank the sum of 1,940.5S, belonging to
E. ]. Lucius, the man who swore out
the complaint upon which Mr.. Bickel
was arrested for the second time. Mr..
Mcdonald, Mr.. Bickeis attorney, said
he would waive the reading of the in
dictment, and asked the court to al
low Mr.. Bickel two days in which to
plead to the Indictment. The request
was granted The court thereupon fix
ed Mr.. BickePs bail in the sum of $1,000
and Patrick Connolly and Uri Lamprey,
his sureties on the other bond, were
accepted as bondsmen.
William Dawson Sr. was then ar
raigned on TWO indictments. one an
individual indictment charging Mr.
Dawson with grand larceny in the first
degree in borrowing $97, 900 from the
Bank of Minnesota, which, it is
alleged, exceeded the 10 per cent l1abil-
ity that the law permits an officer to
incur; the second Indictment was a
joint one charging the two Dawsons
of11I1U converting and n
proprfating from the bank 1921, 223.09 to
the use of the st. Paul Plow company.
Mr.. Dawson waived the reading of
both indictments and pleaded not
guilty to each. The court fixed
Mr.. Dawson's bail at $4,000 in each
case.
William Dawson T.. was arra.gned
on the joint indictment to which he
pleaded not guilty. He likewise plead
ed not guilty to the indictment charg-
ing him with making IN tverdraft OF
2S,23027. In view of the fact that Will
liam Dawson Jr. was already under
$500 bail, Judge Lewis fixed his bail
at $500 in each case.
Gen. Sanborn, w. A. Hardenbergh
and J. G. Donnelly, who were offered
as bondsmen in all the cases, were ex-
emined as to their qualifications and
accepted by the court, after which
they signed the bonds for the Dawsons,
which aggregated $4,000.
The grand jury remained in session
until about p. M, still continuing it's
investigation of the affairs of the Min
nesota Savings bank and the Bank Of
Minnesota. 1t adjourned until 2:15 D.
m. today In all probability another in
dictment will be returned today-prob-
ably one more against Mr.. Bickel T. D.
Sheehan, Frank A. Seymour and Geo.
r. Holmes were in attendance upon
the grand jury and it is likely that the
charge against Robert L. Miller, of ac-
cepting a deposit when he knew the
bank to be insolvent, will be investigat-
ed.
There is still another charge hanging
over Mr.. Bicl1el. 1t is alleged that after
the assignment of the bank notes
amounting to $500, marked as paid,
could not be found. nor was their equiv