The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-13
WILLIAM f. 3ICKEL REFUSES TO
GIVE BAIL ON THE LAST IN
HE SAYS IT is PERSECUTION,
AND THINKS THEY WILL BE SAT
IsFIED WITH HIM BEHIND
THE BARS.
But the Minnesota Savings Bank
Cashier Refuses to HIVE Them
His Release.

William F. Bickel appeared before
Judge Lewis in the criminal court yes
terday forenoon to plead to the in
dictments found against him on Mon
day, and to be arraigned on the sub
sequent indictment returned on Tues
day.
To the Lucius Indictment Mr.. Bickal
pleaded not guilty, waving the read
ing of it.
To the second Indictment, charging
him with grand larceny in the first de-
gree, for the alleged stealing Of a
number of promissory. notes aggregat-
ing $6,2S5, Mr.. Bickel did not plead then
and there, his time to plead thereto
being extended at the request of Nc
Donald & Barnard. his attorneys, until
next Monday. Judge Lewis fixed the
bail in this case at $4,000.
The indictment charges Mr.. Bickel
with the conversion of the following
notes:
Jan. is, 1897, for $50, sixty days, to John
Twohy Jr., by Harry De Wallace.
April q, 1890, $3.50, three years, to Mime
sofa Savings bank, by Sophia Lair; mortgage
note.
Sept. 2S, 1891, $3.50, three years to Minnesota
Savings bank, by Theddie Marieau and Clara
]. Marleau; Endorsed by John F. Eisenmenger;
500 paid.
sofa Savings bank, by William Bickel and
| August F. Behnke.
May 20, 1886, $500, four months, to Mime
sofa Savings bank, by William Rickel and
July 81, 1885, 81, 25O, ninety days, to Mime
sofa Savings bank, by William Bickel; s., 1000
paid; collateral security.
Feb. Is, 1887, 81, S33 SO, John Nusser ST.,
nv John II. ST Anhin and Louis N. Dion:
mortgage note.
Two other notes of precisely the same tenor,
same makers and payee.
March II, 1893, $3.50, to Minnesota Savings
bank, by Charley Scheunemann.
Dec. 16, 1896, $1OO, thirty days, to Mime
sofa Savings bank, by Ella S. Orr, Endorsed
Oct. 10, 1896, $3.50, ninety days, by Champion
lodge, K. P. to Minnesota Savings bank,
and one other note for $3.50 to the savings
bank.
The total amounts to Is ,2S5.
Patrick Conley and Uri Lamprey, Mr..
Rickel's bondsmen. were ready to sign
the bond, but Mr.. Bickel surprised
every n by refusing to allow Messrs.
Conley and Lamprey to sign his bond.
Attorney Barnard explained why.
MIR. Bickels bondsmen are here at
this time" said Mr.. Barnard, but he
is not willing that they should sign.
There seems to be NO probability that
Ills Z OS0liO III COlllC ~ Ill CIlO,
and Mr.. Bickel prefers to go to Jail
rather than submit to these repeated
/ arrests.
Mr.. Bickel indorsed these sentiments
and a few moments later he walked
way and was accompanied to the
sheriff's office by a deputy sheriff and
Attorney Mcdonald. Later he went to
the Jail with Sheriff Wagner and was
given quarters in the boys ward.
Mr. Mc1)Opal1 Snaa KING about tho
way indictments ave been returned
against w. F. Bickel, said after the
a-rraignment:
ct is an outrage, this dragging of
Mr.. Bickel before the court time after
time. 1t is not the receivers of the
Minnesota Savings bank who are doing
it. l cannot blame the county attor-
ney, for he is acting within the lines
of his official conduct. 1t is a lot of
men who are prosecuting him, drag
ging after him, logging him day after
day. determined to have him in Jail,
eager for revenge for fancied injuries
n rongs The same notes are in the
hands of the receivers; the books show
all the transactions of Mr.. Bickel.
What is there in these charges, any
way? Nothing. Mr.. Bickel has simply
taken What belonged to him. These
notes set out in the Indictment are his
private property, and he could secure
them on writ or replevin any time. He
took them because he had a right to
take them, and we will see about 1t.
Look at that Hulda Peterson indict-
-naent. He never had his hand on a
dollar of that money. He has never
Intentionally wronged any man. and
yet they are prosecuting him, nagging
him, logging him, day after day. They
say he will run away. Nonsense. He
is a man of family, and proposes to re-
main here and fight this thing through
to the end. They say he could not
lie found when they wanted him on
the other charge. I knew where he
was, and did not propose to produce
him until We a bail at hand, and
then he came at. nee when I told him
to appear. l tcld job Wagner that
he would be in evidence. and he was.
This talk of his running away is simply
nonsense"
Mr.. Bickel, before going to, Jail said
he was tired OF the persecution and
would go to Jail. That would satisfy
them. &Hsazg1
with the closing of the Minnesota