The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-06
SOLOMON SHEFTALL HELD.
PROMINENT GROCER ARRAIGNED
BT.FOnE COMMISSIONER LEWIS.

Occurred last AuEust-Nr. sheftan
Indignantly Denies the charge ana
No Evidence Has Vet Been Intro
dueed 60 Prove It-Biii Was Raised
From a. go sIO-Depo.ited at
southern hank and Redeemed.
Lost and AFTER q Time neapprar-
ed.
Solomon sheftaH q wei known whole
sale grocer was arrested yesterday morn
ING ard arr1lguad before United States
Commlss.ore- = Fred Lewis 90 the after
noon. on o. charge. o. placing TO- circulation
a silver cerullatt raised 20 denomination
from s. 20 fH
The irc .nt uron which the charge IS
based ana Tor which the arrest WIS mad
occurred during last August II was writ
ten up in tho Moru.-g Vows a. the time
I o. the occurrence. tro1sa 10 Hsmes were
used Since that time J. II white. %
United States Secret Service agent bias
been investigating he matter and yes en-
DAY swore out tho warrant under which
Mr. Sheftau was arrested A. scol a. he
Wa nouacd % the charge against him.
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Whenever 10 ls needed ana thus avoided
any further necessity OF his detention.
The facts 90 tbe case are that on or
about Nug T. Mr. sbefta1 had deposited
TO his credit In the Southern Bank the
| raised certificate, which was taken there
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discovered 80 was carried 20 Mr.. Shef-
| iaus Office by a ". G.ossr. then acting
teller -, 3D.. eo.,,b~-, r,rt ara ~
amount o. u was reiunira inc raised
certificate was left in Mr. Shsifalrs pos
session subaeqrerffv IL dlsappearcd and
then turned 90 AGAIN
A. the hearing before tho commissions
yesterday afternoon these facts were te.-
unsd to hy ar. Glover Air. Mills 70
Lane. vice president Of the Citizens Bank.
where tne second orp.,rsn~a ~ th. rtfl
occurred. bv ar. H. "a clark. who was
one OF the victims ~ this second 1pr.sa D.
anre ard bv Secret Service Arart ] NJ
WRIGHT Who has investigated fhe rlso
Nj CLARK said the bu had b.cp sent
him bv W. S. Lynch OF Rin.or ana no
raa sent ID 10 a country nrm This lac
ter firm had seut the Inn 10 fhe citizens
bank 20 my a note. aud il hsd been roe
iocted ana stamped. the stamp showing.
In rel ink lust what was the trouble
As a matter 81 fact. the work or rlis-
Ing the bin has been clumsiIy done. and
"a very casual inspection sufnces 20 dis
close a. The appearance Of the BIN at
the Citizens Bank was about sept j.
This was about the case for the govern
menf. so FAR AS IL was made out nt the
hearing yesterday afternoon ON behalf
| Of the defendant. Cant j. NJ Rogers by
witneesef. both 81 them employee % Alr.
shaftau These were ". T. Vaixneur ana
Iarnes J. Learv.
Mr Vaigneur tezstned that on tho morn
| ips- in question a remittance had come 20
he horre from + a. Fuf~h one OF its
| dr,,nr,ars A fopslderable PARTON Of this
confluence v-as ia currency ard after
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