The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-05-10
THE TyGARD CASE.
Indicted by Federal Grand Jury-Ad-
judged Insane BY Probate Court
OF Pennington.

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manager of several other financial int
erests, was placed in State Hospital
No. at this place few weeks ago as
a private patient, on the diagnosis of
one or two physicians Of Butler. He
had not legally been adjudged insane,
so oD motion OF some of his friends or
relatives, acting through Hon. 4. A.
Rozier as counsel, he was taken be-
fore Judge Nations Of the St. Francois
County Probate Court last Friday, and
after the legal preiminaries and evil
dence adjudge1 Of uusound mind. On
this finding the Court appointed A. r.
McCulloch of Butler guardian of his
person and estate, and he was formal
ly committed to State Hospital No. 4.
In the meantime the Federal Grand
Jury at Kansas City examined into his
management Of the bank of which he
was president and other financial trans
actions in which he had been engaged,
with the result that an indictment was
found against him for misapplication
Of funds The Butler Times gives the
following details Of the specified
charges in the Indictment:
The Federal grand jury at Kansas
City last week returned into court an
indictment against Capt. +. j. Tygard,
president of the late deiunct Bates
National Rank, for misappIcalion of
funds.
The indictment rccitcs these spec.
fed charges;
In February aud May, 1904, he
took certain notes for 81 600 and ST.
800, executed by W B. Williams,
coal miner in his employ, put them in
/ the Bates National Bank with his in
| dorsement and placed the amount to
his credit Subsequently Williams ex-
ecutcd more notes directly to the bank
at Captain Tygard's behest. He dis
counted them and used the proceeds.
Williams was insolvent, it is charged,
at the time the notes were executed
aud accepted by Captain Tygard.
November ), 1906, as manager of
i the Walnut Land aud Coal Company,
i he executed note for $500 and con-
yertcd the proceeds to his own use and
benefit, having no authority so to do.
March, y, 1906, another note for
$1,000 was executed against the same
institution and converted by Captain
Tygard.
q On the same day, as treasurer OF the
n grand oummandcry of the knight Tenn
b.. plars Of Missouri, he executed a note
q for s. 500 and converted the proceeds
to his own use.
June 90, 1906, be wrongiully
II charged the Rich Hill Bank of Rich
., Hill, Mo, with the sum of 50, 600.
-" His brother is president Of this bank,
n At some date to the grand jury un-
.. known he a5slracted certain collateral,
- consisting Of forty shares OF the capitsl
stock Of the Rich Hill Bank, being the
~ property of the Bates National Bank.
:, This collateral he put up as security
" for his own obligations to banks in
- Kansas City and st. Louis.
The eleventh count is what is known
as an omnibus charge, being of a
" general nature and including all Of the
specific charges.
lie When q receiver was appointed for
the Bates National last September it
), was ascertained that Captain Tygard
was obligated for $4,000 in personal
y Indebtedness or in security on notes.
/. Among these noles were those of the
7, Masonic home and Knights Templar.
The Masonic home notes amounted to
l. So, ,22s 4s, end the Knights Templar
TO 81, 500.
Campbell Wells Of Platte City, Mo-,
grand commander OF the Knights
n Templar of the State; Noah NJ. Givens
n of Harrisonville, Mo-, president of the
& Masonic home; Robert S. Stevenson
of ST. Louis, grand recorder Of the
Knights Templar, and John S Par
4 sons Of St. Louis, secretary of the
Masonic home, were witnesses before
q the grand jury this week According
to their testimony, when the notes
named in the indictment were issued
4 there should have been large sums in
, the care OF Captain Tygard to the
: credit of the orders What became of
these sums they say only Masons in
high places kuow. 1t is said that
% settlement was effected with Captain
1t Tygard's bondsmen.
n Other witnesses before the grand
IS jury were j, p. Edwards OF Butler, q
e stockholder and director 10 the bank,
G and John Is. Newberry OF Spruce, Mo-.
y vice president and director of the
&c bank.
d Captain Tygard is now private pa
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