The times., 1899-08-15

Charles H. Allender, the present Vice
ings Bank on Capitol Hill, was yesterday
indicted by the grand jury for the Dis
trict on four separate charges. three OF
which present him for obtaining money
| under false pretences, and the fourth with
| embezzlement Of the funds of the Capital
Trust Company, now in liquidation, of
which he was at cne time the cashier. The
indictments make voluminous document,
covering over fifty closely typewriter
pages of legal cap paper, and give a de-
tailed account OF the different transac-
tions upon which the charges are based.
The finding of an Indictment for embezzle-
ment Of the funds of the Capital Trust
Company was unexpected.
The indictments for obtaining money
under false pretences were at the instance
Of Capt. G. Rodney Burt, and are said to
be the result of q number of business
transactions between hfE1self and Allen
der, extending over period of nearly two
years. Briefly stated, captain Burt al
legged that he had purchased a number of
small promissory notes frem Allender
which the latter had represented to him
as being secured by a first mortgage on
real estate, and negotiable. Upon investi-
cation, however, Captain Burt stated that
ne learned that the notes purchased of
AlIender were not marketable. He then
called the matter TO the attention Of Dis
trict Attorney Davis. who caused an in
vesigation to be made. with the result that
Allender was arrested for obtaining money
under false pretences. When the case
came up for a preliminary hearing in the
Police Court last June, Allender waived
examination and gave bond in the sum
OF 81 600 to await the action of the grand
jury.
The grand jury began an examination OF
the charges made by Captain Burt about
six weeks ago, but owing to the nature
OF the investigation, the comparing of bank
books and notes, and many other papers
connected with the transactions between
Al!ender and Burt, progress was very slow.
An indictment against Allender, however,
would have been returned a week ago
had not the investigation of the Smell
murder case interrupted examination.
OF the three indictments against
Allender for obtaining money under false
pretences, one charges that on November
/, 1897 he obtained from George Rodney
Burt, check on the Riggs National Bank
for $1,77S.94, given in payment for certain
promissory notes of John H. Carter Dan
iel S. Lewis, George F. Mathieson, and
George w. Shoemaker, which, it was stat
ed. Burt was induced 10 buy through false
pretences made to him by Allender to the
effect that the notes were secured by deeds
OF trust, which were first liens and en-
cumberances upon certain specified prop
erty, when, in fact, as Allender well knew,
they were not such first liens and encum-
brances, and the property in each case
was subject to liens made prior deeds of
trust"
In the other two indictments, charging
Allender with obtaining money under false
pretences, a similar state Of affairs is said
TO have existed in relation TO the notes of
Franklin L. Cornwell, Eliza Med. Lewis,
Louisa Jennings, John S. Dempsy, and
Mary Bowen.
summary of the indictments charges
Allender with having had in his possession
$50 promissory notes of John H. Carter,
ffty-one promisSory notes of Daniel S.
Lewis, 101 promissory notes of George F..
Mathieson, twenty-five promissory notes
of George W. Shoemaker, and that "un-
lawfully devising and intending to cheat
and defraud a certain G. Rodney Burt, who
was a stranger in the city. of his money. on
the 29th day of October, 1887, did state
to the said George Rodney Burt, that the
said last mentioned promissoTy notes of
the said John H. Carter, the said Daniel
S. Lewis, the said George f. Mathieson,
and the said George W Shoemaker, be-
longed TO the said body corporate, and on
behalf of the said body corporate, did Of
fer to sell them to the said George Rod
ney Burt for the sum of S1,77S.94, and did
thereafter, on the 10Th day of October in
the year last aforesaid, unlawfully, know
ingly, and designedly make to the said Burt
the false pretences, and several false pre-
tences"
The fourth indictment against Allender
charges him with the embezzlement on
September 19, 1898, of s592.60 of the money
of the Capital Trust Company, of which
banking corporation he was cashier on that
date.