Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-30
RIGHTS
GRIEVOUS WRONG
PROSECUTION OF MILWARD
l'NCALLED FOR
Woman clsmorina for Loaned Funds
Induces Officials to Issue War
rant-Defendsnt's Romance
Nipped in Bud

AT the request Of Deputy District At.
torRey David Allen. the complaint re-
Gently filed against John &. Mlward. n
young business man. charging him with
emhe8zlement. was dismissed late ,-es-
terday afternoon by Justice Pierce and
Milward was discharged from custody,
II Is rumored that the prosecution OF
young Milward was an unfortunate
mistake on the part of friends of Mrs.
Lillian Lipsy. the complaining witness.
and that they convinced the woman
that Milward. to- whom she had en-
trusted money. was about to leave
town.
These fears proved ungrounded. and
when the entire case was put before
the representative ~ the district attor-
ney's office, IL was easily seen that IL
there was any cause of action at all Il
could have been only civil suit and
therefore the young man was COM
pletely eXonerated of any charge
against him when he appeared before
Justice Pierce.
Notice of Dismissal
The first notification that the NTilward
case mad been settled out of court was
given Justice Pierce yesterday morn
ing, when notice of dismissal was filed.
Later in the day Milward was noti-
iie0, and accompanied by loyal friends
who secured his bail and who have been
with him i'm his trouble. the young scion
of a southern family appeared i'm court.
There the case was quickly explained.
Mrs. Lipsy, who is employed in a local
furniture house, had filed complaint
against Milward, charging him with
embezzlement.
The complaint had been drawn with
haste after the woman had impressed
flapg g.,
that Milwari might leave town at any
minute.
She stated that she had loaned the
young man money to invest for her and
alleged that part of the funds had been
invested and the remainder had disap-
peared.
No Signs of Flight
Deputy Constable Avila arrested the
young man at his apartments on West
Fifth street, but there the officer fN""d
no signs of any attempted flight on Mil
wards part.
The young man was allowed to re-
main there in charge of the officer dur
ing the night, and the next day he was
arraigued before Justice Pierce of the
township court and his bail was fixed
at $4,000, which his friends advanced.
Then the entire transaction was ex-
planned to the county officers. Mrs.
Lipsy was a widow, and in the hope of
investing the insurance money secured
at the death of her husband, she turned
the amount, $1,000, over to Mflward. who
at that time was credit man for the
same furniture firm.
Just how the money had been in
vested mas not yet been entirely ex-
planned. but more than half went into
good sugar stock. which Mrs Lipsy
says she still holds.
Monav Was All Riohf
The money in question. about s1oOos
K is alleged, was advanced to the young
man by Mrs. Lipsy as a loan. At least
that was the statement made TO the
district attorney and no contradiction
was given. AS that was the only money
to be answered for and il was fully ex-
planned. the prosecution was only too
glad to dismiss the charge against
Milward.
Upon his arrest Milward teiegraphed
to his father at Lexington. KY. and it
is understood that ample funds are now
on the way to Los Angeles to settle
any obliga tions the young man might
have contracted.
Milward had always borne good
reputation in Los Angeles and was a
member of the choir of one of the larg-
est churches.
The most unfortunate part of the
affair which was given out cy the dis
trict attorneys office yesterday was to
the effect that they had received infor-
nation that the engagement OF MiiWard
to a fair young woman of Los Angeles
was about to have been announced at
| the time of the young mans arrest.