Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-03
TtCHENOR IS HELD
UNDER $25OO BAIL
COURT REFUSES TO DISMISS
ENLIGHTENMENT CHARGE
Former Agent of the Continental
Building and Loan Associa-
tion Must Stand
Trial

The examination of George N. ITCH
enor was concluded yesterday morning
in Justice Selphs court and the de-
fendant was bound over to the superior
court under $2500 bonds.
At the conclusion of the examination
Attorney Davis, for the defense, asked
the court to dismiss the charge against
Tichenor as the prosecution had not
proved Tichenor to be an embezzler.
Justice Selph contradicted the attorney
upon this point, however, and said
Tichenor had appropriated to his own
use money which belonged to the Con-
tinental Building and Loan association
,-Tichenor occupied the stand in his
own defense during the morning ses-
sion of the court yesterday. He said
William Corbin, the general manager of
the company, had promised to pay
$500 for each senator Tfchenor could
bribe and then convict for receiving a
bribe during the recent investigation
made by the senate in regard to the
defalcation of about s250.000 of the as
sociation's money. He confessed he
bribed State Senators French, Bunkers,
Wright and Emmons.
William Corbin, general manager of
the Building and Loan association, with
offices in San Francisco, was present at
the examination. Mr.. Corbin returned
going he said, when asked about the
charge which he is pressing against
Tichenor: II arrived in Los Angeles
April 20 for the purpose of checking up
the accounts of Mr.. Tichenor, then our
Los Angeles agent, prior to transferring
the, agency to r. l.. Cheney.
"On the morning of April 80 Mr.
Tichenor and went to the Office of
Frank G.. Finlayson in the Hellman
h7ff
our accounts. Everything went along
smoothly until the matter of settling
up the cash account. Mr.. Tichenor
said: Here is where the unpleasant
part comes in
i. Deducted $4e72.5o
when Mr.. Tichenor presented his
statement to me there was deduction
of $4972.50. 1 asked him why he had
deducted the amount. He said it was
for services performed at Sacramento,
for which had agreed to pay him $500
each for the conviction of three sena-
tors for accepting bribes. When asked
what made up the difference between
the $4500 which he claimed as the money
agreed upon and the $4s7250 he said it
was the interest due for eighteen
months. which was the time elapsed
since the acquittal of Senator French,
who was the last one tried.
when 1 went back to the office after
the conference / asked my clerks for
the books of the company. They pro-
duced all books except the ones re-
ferring to the cash. Upon inquiry
found they had been kept by Mr.. Itch
enor. The next day had two detec-
tives from Blair's office put on his
track. We soon discovered where he
kept the books. Before this Tichenor
had told me the books were destroyed.
Subsequently we found them in the
office of Mr.. Davis, attorney for Mr..
Tichenor.
1.-TWO days after I had put the de-
tectives on Tichenor's track Mr.. Fin
layson called me up about 8 o'clock in
the morning. He asked me to come
over to his office as quick as 1 could.
When I arrived there found Tichenor.
He asked to see me alone. He took me
by the hand, broke into tears and said:
Mr. Corbin, am 54 years old, and this
is the first time in my life l have COM
mitted an offense. I want to do what
can to make reparation for the sake
of my wife and daughter, who. are
almost crazy, and 1 am willing to do
what I can to replace the money, but
1 cannot hope to get back your con-
fidence. have $2010; the balance is
gone