The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28
.CLUbMAN JAILED
ON CHARGE OF
EMbEzlEM[MT
Fred B. English Accused of Ap-
pr0priating Much Govern
ment Money
Will Again Face Trial for Az
legged Thefts in Federal
Land Office
Secures Release on $4,000 Bail
Furnished by Wife and
Mother

Fred 3 English, well known Oak
land cIubnzn and bon vfvznt. VINO last
June Was discharged BY a Jury IN the
federal court where he had been tried
for enbezzlIug government funds while
q clerk in the land oface- is again in
the tolls He vas arrested yesterday
morning By Deputy United States Mar
SheI Paul Arnerich on two indictments.
found BY the federal grand jury FRI
day. charging enbezzIement-
E1gIish- accompanied by his wife and
mother. vas brought before Commits
sfoner Hezcock. bur later released on
bonds for ss.See- He will appear for
srrzignneat before Judge de Haven
March L. Mrs GensyIeve English. the
mother Of English. and Mrs Mary Eng
Ezh. his EIfe. each qualified for s.. .oQe.
bGt Il was agreed that another bonds
nan would oe 1ouad 70 replace the
VIE
The first Indictment charges four
counts against Engnzh. the Erst rep
reseztIng the enbezzIenens o. So 20
paid into the land o6ace april -. 1907.
~ g D Morgan for . homestead en-
try, the second. sT441. paid by c. Nc
Fz-lane March :. 1885, the third. SIS,
paid By Josie z Perry on = home
stead entry in the Round valley IN
dian reservation. February II. 1867. and
the fourth. $3.50. paid By Waiter c.
Wilson or . homestead entry. The sec
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first charging eubezlement OF <2s3
paid By James Huggard June e. 1897,
The second S4I5. p&rc BY Hale " Nc
cOEe7 March IS. 1895. and the third.
sE1z. pzi5 By p Lghtf0ot, april. 1895.
CLAIMED PAPERS DESTROYED
II the former trial English took
refuge n the statement that the pa
pers which might have GisproVed rhe
alleged ezbezzIemenrs had been de-
Stroyed IN the disaster OF 1866. which
demolished the land Once The gov
sr1ueEt alleged that the papers had
been destroyed By English and the
uoRer eubeZ-led- The Jury was sp-
peaIed 70 by Bert SchIesfnger. Eng
ISEss attorney. On the ground that the
government had not proved that the
application for honeStezGs had not
been recorded and the money deposited
II A-AE
Assistant United States Attorney
Black. who viii conduct the present
case against English has = list OF
small entries covering q period OF
three years and showing an alleged
GeifnqDelcT Ce more than $3.50
against English The defect OF the
last case viii not be present IN This
one. as the entry Of all the appIfca-
ti01< named IN the indictments should
have shown IN the present set OF books.
as they we're supposed 20 have been
made IN the present land oEee IN Oak
land after the fire.
FACES MANY CHARGES
Out OF the score or more OF spplica-
ti0aS OF which No record can be found
either n The land Office or al washing
ton. only seven are covered by the
present Indictments. and even II Eng
Ifs1 should escape AZ this trial the
federal attorneys have many -ore
cases against him
Black viii eldeavor 10 prove that
EngIish-s method was 70 select one or
two applications for land grants or
housstezds o11 OF & batch and. rocket
ing The uonev which accompanied them.
destroy TIE papers entirely and neglect
TO make any reCoEd OF them n the