The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-16

lSpecial.to The Times Dispatch.
petersburg, Va. February l5.--Ali
conjecture and speculation as 10 tina
report of the grand jury Of the Hust-
mss Court as the result, OF the inves-
| nEation of the management and AFT
fairs OF the Appomattox Trust Com
pany, were set nj rest this afternoon
at 0 o'clock, when the jury filed into
court, after brief report and handed
up nine indictments against Carter II.
BISHOP, the former cashier of the COM
pany, and eight against Charles Hall
Davis, the former president
SiX OF the indictments against Bishop
alleged cmbezzlement OF the funds OF
the bank In various sums at various
times. and six indictments against
Charles Hall Davis charged accessory
before the fact in these cases Two
additional indictments against Carter
Il. Bishop alleged omission to ,nake
lproncr entries OF Charles Hal! Davls's$
account and Two additional against
Davis alleged accessory before the
fact. 81
f7nisc Statements Alleged. 5
ninth Indictment against Garter r.
Bishop charges the making OF falso
statements to the Corporation, Commits
sion rs to the financial condition OF this
AppomattoX Trust Company at tho
| close or business on June %. 1909.
The acknowledgements arc alleged to
have ranged from Sill 10 $4,000, and
the total amount involved was sl35.76s.
Charles W. Bland foreman OF tho
grand jury in handing up the indict-
| menis. stated that the jury had made
Il laborious. patient and thorough IN
HestlSaton OF the affairs OF the Apo
| mattoN Trust Company and that the
jurors felt it their duty TO return tho
| indictments. The court thanked tho
Jurors and discharged them.
J Released on Bonds.
Mr.. Davis and Mr.. bishop born an
peared in court when informed or tho
indictments, and were bnled each in
tho sum OF $4,000 on tho first indIct-
nient and $1,000 on each OF the Others.
Each has engaged counsel for his de-
Tense. 1t is reported that the question
Of indicting some OF the directors oc
the bank was discussed In the Jury
room but was abandoned s
Specinl Grand Jury sworn
| The matter of the banks afTairs was
| first brought TO the grand Jury on
January eliza speca! grand jury he 4
| ing sworn TO make investigation. Iohn
4. Pitcher. OF Roanoke, stockholder,
addressed letter to Judge Mullen, oc
the Hastings Court, and To r. III. Mann. E
commemorative Attorney. rcclting
past troubles arising. as he alleged.
out Of w'snanagement OF the banks
affairs and expressing tho opinion
that In the interest OF the good name
Of the community and OF the State.
the matter should not DC overlooked
by the proper legal authorities. 4
similar letter WAS sent by Mr.. Pitcher
to the president Of the Corporation
! Commission, aia the one 10 the court
} officers here became public
The grand jury has been held to-
| gcthcr since January y. taking oc-
| casional reccsses. and made I, full in
| vcstigation into the affairs OF tho old
| Appomattox Trust Company. Officers
| and directors Of The company, and
| many other witnesses were called be-
| fore the jury, and the books and rec
| ords OF the bank were xemined.
Indictments Stir City.
Probably no event financially or 9th :
crwise has aroused such general In
icrcSt ia Petersburg as has tho case
of the Appomattox Trust Company and
It's affairs. The bank was the young
est OF the city's financial institutions
and started operations under inpst IA
vorable auspices. II vas organized
mainly through tic efforts Of Mr.. Da-ss
Wis and Mr.. Bishop. WHO wern elected
president ana cashier, respectively. 81
the bank. In which they were iarsc
stockholders. MFR. BISHOP. has bean
known TO the financial world FOR many
wears By reason of his connection witii
banks hers. and Mr. Davis has been 4