The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-03
AFTER BANK OFFICIALS
Grand Jury Indicts L. II. Hersh-
field and T. p. Bowman.
CHARGES FALSE REPORTS
twenty-five oun in the Indictment
Against the President OF the
Suspended Merchants
National.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, May 2-The identity of two OF
the parties indicted by the recent federal
grand jury, whose indictments were
placed in the secret docket pending their
arrest. was made public to-day. They are
l.. II. Hershfeld. late president of the sus-
pended Merchants National ank of this
city. and r. p. Bowman. assistant CASH
Ter. Messrs. Hershfield and Bowman re-
turned from the. East to-day. having
started for Montana as soon as they were
appraised OF the grand jury's action. Both
presented themselves in court and their
bonds were liked at 5000. These they
readily furnished and were released. Sam
weinstein and c. d. Hard becoming se-
curities for Mr.. Hershfield and Jacob
Yund. Sam Alexander. c. w. Dresser and
Tom Cooney going on Mr.. Bowman's
bond.
There are % counts in the Indictment
against Hershfield, in a number of which
1t is alleged that Bowman was impli-
Gated. The indictments against Hershfield
charge false entries, false reports to the
comptroller of the currency and applica-
ton of funds in the shape of interest
upon notes which he Is alleged to have
owed the bank.
The Indictment against the late presf-
dent of the Merchants is a long document
drawn up in the usual phraseology OF such
instruments. Briefly the counts charge:
No. I. a false report to the comptroller
on Feb. 2S, 1896, of having $37. 900 In checks
and other cash items, when the bank had
sl2 34s. II; No. 2. reporting on same date
S57 900 I'm the reserve, instead of SIS, 600:
No. 3, alleged false report as to amount
due from other banks and i'm reserve on
same date; No. 4. report as to some items
MAY Z. 1896; No. ), cash receipts May 4.
1896. showing receipt of $4,000 in currency;
No. 6. entry May 4. 1896. as to discounting
two notes for SIS. 600 each; Nos. Z, 8. 8 and
10th counts also alleged false entries: No.
II alleged false cash report July Is, 1896:
No. II, false entry of warrant; No. u.
false entry of cash receipts Sept. II, 1895;
No. IA. false entry as to receipt of money
on demand certificate of deposit Sept. l..
1896: No. Il. false entry i'm teller's cash
book Sept. %, 1896: Nos. 16. II, 10, 20. q and
%. alleged misapplication of money due
bank as interest upon notes made and ex-
ecuted upon different dates by settling the
notes without turning the interest into
the bank.
Endorsed upon the Hershfeld indict-
ment are the names of these witnesses:
Eugene T. Wilson. Ney T.. Davidson, Har-
ny b. Palmer, Robert Coburn. John Pot
ter. n. w. Mcconnell, j. b. Clayberg,
James T. Woods. Jennie Smith. Thomas
Moran, J. III. Longmaid. Charles II. Pat
terson, II. II. Nazro. Ira II. W "A.
". Shoemaker, p. n. Lillianthal, ]. w.
Shivers. Frank l.. Bacon, John IL. Bryce
and G. W. Foust.
There remains one more Indictment in
the secret docket. This is also said to be
against a bank official. a resident of a
town in the eastern part of the state. IL
is expected he will present himself in
court tomorrow when his Identity can
be made known.