The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-13
MANY CHARGES
AGAINST Herring
cAsHIER orr WRECKED CHICAGO
RAEk ARRESTED ON EIGHT
ACCUSATIONS

CHICAGO Aug 1s@Henry w. Her
Ing cashier III the wrecked Milwaukee
Afnnestat bank Was arEested:agalGn
sttnrdag aftefnoon on eight bench;
HaFrants ne left Assistant Chief
shuettier once in the city hall and
was taken carriage 10 the crimils
~ court building. Failing to furnish
bonds Of $4,000. Herring "a taken to
the county JAIL In a dramatic scene
IN Fudge SeTsen court, he declared
himself innocent while his wife aud
eldest daughter sat weeping on a
beneh Theswarrants. had been issued
at the instance of States Attorney
Healy and embrace charges Of for
conspiracy, perjury, larceny and.
embeszlement
Herring has been in the office OF the
assistant superintendent of police for
some time undergoing examination by
Attorney Frank Comerford, counsel
Tor the police department. AS he
stepped out of the door after the Or.
deaIs he was met by the representative
81 the sherin's ONCE who placed him
under arrest
Herring was not visib1y disturbed by
the turn Of affairs. He smillngly re.
marked: All right, I'll go with you."
After he arrived at the criminal
court building he was taken before
Judge Kefsten, and there the warrants
we're formally read to the prisoner.
Attorney John L. Coburn represented
Herring and b e argued for $4,000 bonds.
ME Judge thought differently and
supported the plea OF Assistant States
Attorney Barbour for a large amount
Thesbonds were thus apportioned;
Heavy Bond.
Threa for forgery, $4,000 each,
ssO.000f two perjury, $4,000 each $20'
Goo one for conspiracy $10,000i one
for larceny, $1,000; one for embezzel-
ment $1,000; total, $4,000.
Bench5warrants were also asked for
Paul o stensland the fugitive bank
president his son Theodore and 9TH
erss who are supposed to be implicit
ed in the forgeries, conspiracy, lar
ceny, etc. but these latter names are
withheld from the public for the pres
ent. 1t was inttmated that every OH
cfal and many employees cF the ban'x
would be drawn into the net. In Nh'e
meantime conferences with the federal
authorities were sought by the States
Attorney and it was said that arrange
ments for the extradition of Stems
land was the object. This gave rise to
the rumor that the States Attorney
had been Informed of the whereabouts
Of Stensland. Assistant District At
torney Olsen declined to say whether
or not his office had learned where
stensland is hiding but said that he
would be captured.
peposftors Meet.
More than 500 Polish residents OF
the northwest side. all of whom were
depositors i'm the mulcted Milwaukee,
avenue State bank, met at 8 O'CLOCK
Saturday in Wabash hall, Milwaukee,
and Emma streets, to organize the
Polish Depositors Protective Associa-
ton of Chicago. More than half OF
those present we're women and many
ofthem were weeping. The meetins
was called by the Rev. Francis Cor
don, pastor of ST. Stanislaus' church.
The Polish National Alliance was rep
resented by Marion Stenzinski, prest-
dent, and Adam Majewsky, cashier.
Leo Szotinski, of the Roman Catholic
Union, which has a membership of
10000, represented that organization.
Crowds Of hootfng yelling men, wo-
men and children surrounded the
house at 800 North Carpenter, where
lay the body of Frank ]. Kowalsld.
teiieraof the defunct bank, who shot
himself last evening as a result of
the taunts OF neighbors involving his
name IN the work of fraud and crime
inswhfchst the bank is wrapped.
Maiedictlons in several languages
were uttered against the dead man,
Women stormed the COR and children
tore away the modest wreath of flow.
ere aud the black crepe. tramplfns
these sacred signs of death under foot.
Men gained admittance to the house
under guise of friendship and then
I'm he face Of weeping women, sisters,
and cousins who surrounded the cas-:
kef, hurled monstrous accusations at
ii pale dead body, shaking their fists
and stnrming like bedlamites. Tie
police were finally summoned to keel
sanctuary for the body.