Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-15
INSURANCE MEN INDICTED
Officers of American Home Circle and
Fraternal Tribunes in Trouble.
ROCK ISLAND GRAND JURY ACTS
AlieEe that Reserve Funds Of Fra
ternal Company Disappeared
After Merger was
Effected.


ROCK ISLAND. ILL.,. July 1L-Indications
against thirteen persons were returned to-
day by Rock Island county grand Jury,
which, since May 3. had been investigat-
ing alleged fraternal insurance frauds All
those indicted were officers of the Amer
ican Homo Circle or OF the FrateTnsi Trib-
une. or were concerned In the merger of
the two societies I'm 1905 This merger is
said TO have been followed by the disap-
pearance of the Tribune's reserve fund of
$1,000 and the alleged acknowledgment of
the society's affairs to such an extent that
II was ultimately wrecked Those indicted
are:
Or. A. L. Kraug, C. F. Hatfield and Max
]. Franckel of Chicago; II. A. wild and
Robert Rexdale, Rock Island; Thomas w.
Wilson, Washington. ID. c.; Michael b.
CARRIER, c. II. Walters and George w. Ken
ney, Springfield; S. S. McEllvaine, Miss
Margaret McEllvaine and Otto L. Cald-
WE'LL Auburn, ILL.,; K. NJ. Whitman, Aldo,
Ill.
Craig, Hatfield, Rexdale, Weld William
and s. s. McElllvaine were indicted for al
legged embezzlement and conspiracy, and
larceny of the records of the Tribune, and
Franckel, Margaret McEllvaine and Cald-
well for alleged perjury.
Craig, Weld and whitman anticipating
their indictments, appeared in court this
afternoon and gave bond in the sum of
$4,000 each and were released. Capiases
were issued for the others, and they will
be brought in as soon as found and placed
under bond.
Tribunes Conduct Merger.
whitman. when the societies were merged
two years ago, was supreme officer: Rex
dale, supreme secretary; Craig, supreme
! MUSICIAN. and Weld, supreme attorney OF
i the Fraternal Tribunes. They conducted
( negotiations on the pat of the Tribunes
( Tor merger, agreeing to resign and give
home circle officers control of the United
Societies For this. they received. It is said
$4,000, Whitman and Craig getting this
greater portion. OF officers of Home Circl,
who promoted the deal and who tool
charge after others resigned were Wilson
supreme tribune GRADER. secretary: S. S
McEllvaine. treasurer; Walters, medical ev
| aminer. Rexdale became vice tribune after
the merger.
| Hatfield is a Chicago insurance agent
who was employed by the Home Circle
coterie to open negotiations with tn,
| tribunes, for which service, he 1t is al
legged. received $4,000; Kenney is an attor
ney who IS alleged to have been employed
In the same connection; Franckel, Margare
McEllvaine and Caldwell are alleged to hav,
been holders of dummy notes by means o.
which reserve and other funds OF Tribune,
were taken down and dissipated. The las
three were witnesses before the grand jury
and their indictment for perjury followed
the discovery Of alleged untruthful state
ments in their testimony.
Some Have Disappeared.
Hatfield is said to be in Europe anS
trouble is expected in locating several 9th
ers who are accused.
| States Attorney Magill in a statemen
said an inves tigaton started -heref will b,
continued later in Chicago and Springfield
and that disclosures he had uncovered wer
only beginning. More than a dozen fra
ternal insurance societies. he says, will b.
involved If leads brought to light here ar
! followed out.