The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-12
DRAW THREE of THE TWELVE
INDICTMENTS RETURNED BY
THE GRAND JURY.
Ex-BANKER IS ARRAIeNED
ON TWO CHARGES OF GRAND LAR
cENy AMOUNTING TO SEVERAL
THotsAND DOLLARS.
Ex-pREAcHER IS NOT IN couRT
rniiiar to the General Public
Nine OTTER Bills

Twelve indictments were returned by
the grand jury yesterday forenoon in
it's first partial report. Two of them
are against William F. Bickel. the eX-
banker, and a. third Indictment is
against Rev. Leonidas Brown, the pas
| tor of the Arlington Hills NJ. E. church,
who recently jumped his bail Only
six Of the indictments were made pub
lie when reported, but later in the day
| William F. BickePs appearance in the
sheriff's office and the arrest of two of
the indicted parties, charged with log
stealing, left only one indictment a
secret, and in this case the offense is
also log stealing a. ts@
When w. F. Bickel heard that the
, grand jury had returned twelve in
! dictments and that it was rumored he
was 'it'' again, Mr.. BickeI called early
in the afternoon at the sheriff's office
to give himself up. He was Informed
! that as yet, the sheriff had received no
| warrant for his arrest Mr.. Bickel
then departed. In a few moments the
| sheriff received a bench warrant for
Mr.. Bickel. Chief Deputy Sheriff Ro-
bert meeting Mr.. Bickel on the"street
not long afterward, notified him that
the expected had happened and that he
was wanted at the sheriff's office.
In the meantime Mr.. Bickel had been
| deVoting the afternoon hunting up his
| bondsmen, Patrick Conley and Uri
Lamprey. He was somewhat unfortu-
nate in his searchHin that he. was I'M
| able to find both gentlemen in time to
| get them together at the court house
| before supper Z, time. Having had
| enough Of the county jail during his
| voluntary Incarceration last June, Mr..
| Bickel, after 0surrendering himself to
the sheriff, asked that he might be al
| lowed to see Judge Lewis in order to
gain an extension of time. In the COM
| pany of Patrick Conley and Deputy
Sheriff Bott, Mr.. Bicl1el proceeded to
Judge Lewis chambers, and asked his
honor to grant him until 9 o'clock this
morning to tprocure his bondsmen.
Judge Lewis denied the request, but
Informed Mr.. Bickei that he would be
allowed until p. m. to furnish his
bonds. Mr.. Bickel then departed, still
in the custody of the sheriff.
At o'clock last evening when Judge
Lewis appeared in Court Room No 1,
where he was engaged until IL p. m.
naturalizing Scandinavians from the
! First ward, Mr.. Bickel was on hand
with his two bondsmen. County At
torney Anderson arrived at $50 p. M.
and the cases of the state of Minnesota
were then called.
AS Mr.. Bickel stepped forward to the
bar. it was noticed that his counsel,
Pierce Butler, was not present. In the
latter's absence; Uri Lamprey,. one of
Mr.. Biekefs bondsmen, said, in his be-
half: ,es er5o542
Your honor, Mr.. Bickel would like
four days in which to plead to the in
dictments.'
Then we will postpone the arraign-
1nent," said the county attorney. 1t
was thereupon arranged that the ar
raignment be deferred until 10 a. H.
Friday. Nothing then remained, but to
fix the bail.
AS each indictment hereinafter set
forth charged Mr. Bickel with the
grand larceny of about $1,000, the court
fixed the bail ia each case at $1,000.
In response to the interrogatories of
the court, Messrs. Conley and Lamprey
declared under oath that their financial
conditions had not suffered any ma
terial change or depression, since they
had justified on Mr.. BickePs bonds.
They were accordingly accepted and
Mr. Bickel again walked out of court
without deputy sheriff trailing along
behind him.
AS was expected, one of the indict-
ments charges Mr.. Bickel with the lar
ceny from John Nusser Sr., of certain
prcmissory notes entrusted to Mr..
Biekel by the latter for collection. The
indictment sets them forth in detail.
There were six in all, five of them
for 81 $780, SO each all dated Feb. IS,
1887, and one for $61636, dated Oct 81,
1894 Every one of the notes was made
and delivered by John st. Aubin and
Louis N. Dion to John Nusser Sr. The
indictment alleges that Bickel came
into possession of these notes as the
agent and bailee Of John Nusser ST.,
and that he feloniously, and with intent
to deprive Mr. NuSser of his property
therein, did embezzle, convert and APP
propriate the notes to his own use.
The state, according to County At
torney Anderson; proposes to show that
Mr. Nusser Endorsed the notes and as
signed them to- Bickel for collection,
that Bickel deposited them in the Min
nesota Savings bank for collection, and
took a certificate of deposit in return;
that he subsequently turned in the
certificate of deposit and received the
notes back and disposed of the same,
or at least three of them, to a third
party, who subsequently surrendered
them to Receivers Sheehan and Dick
son. Two of the 81 ,333. SO notes are still
missing. According W Inc
the date of the alleged offense, which
is denominated larceny in the first de-
gree, is May 27, 1898.
The other Indictment is longer, but
the charges are more direct, in that
Mr.. Bickel is accused of the grand lar
ceny of s., 63S "a in cash from the Min
nesota Savings bank. besides a num-
Der of promissory notes to the bank,
aegregating over $4,000 The indict-
ment declares that William F. Bickel
being the vice president, cashier, man
aeer and trustee of the Minnesota Saw
ings bank. did feloniously convert and
appropriate to his own use the amount
of cash named and the following notes:
Note for $3.50 mortgage note of C. Seheune-
mann: note for 81 $50 of Villain Bickel Sr.,
on which 81 GOO was paid; note for $500 of
WiI1iam BickeI and A. R. -Kiefer; note for
$500 of william Bicke and A: F. Behnke;
note for $3.50 ofliThaddie and Clara Marleau.
on which s275 was paid; note for $3.50 Of
Sophie Lair; note of $50 of Harry De Wal
lace Endorsed by John Twohy Jr:; note for
$3.50 of Henry johns, Endorsed by Oar Reese;
note for 500 of Eta S. Orr, Endorsed by
Grier M. Orr; mote for $50 of Champion
Lodge K. p, by NJ. E. Murray and j. c.
Healey. oo.
date of the offense, but the charge, it is
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