Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
MORE ARRESTS IN
FUND SHORTAGE
EXPECTED
DeteCtives Trailing Others Be-
IIeved To Be Involved in Con-
yiCt Board ENLIGHTENMENT.

afpNTGOMERY. ALA. March 10
.,+iyes to-day are working on evil
that is expected to lead to the
....s+ of other prominent men, follow
IL the serving of warrant on James
,.t,Iav. of Bibb county, president
ts state convict board late yes
$50, afternoon. Oakley was arrested
80 II. conference with his attorneys
Tra Hill, Whiting & Stern, in an office
r.auffug adjoining the county jail
,,-..r the warrant was placed in Sher-
a. Hoods hands that official, knowing
-. ethereal bouts of Mr.. Oakley, imme-
.4.r, vent 10 the attorneys offices
- served it. Bond of $4,000 was al
lowed.
While President Oakley's arrest ere
...f fl sensation. it was not entirely
,.rsvnected. especially by state officials
=. f.a1-ed ont to-day that detective
lac bean sradowing oakley since his
e;of clerk. Theo Lacy, disappeared
Loot week with nearly 100000 of the
.,a,as funds. 1t had been intimated at
~. capitoI that the affair was likely
a., involve the head of the department
,... nothing came of it until the gov
,,,,or.g public investigation began yes
.-...v Then Charles L. Harold, pres
.sant of the Montgomery Savings bank,
,.siAed that when Lacy presented
hooks for such large amounts, running
4, more than 100000, he got into COM
.,n,ioa+ion with President oakley and
The after told him It was all right to
.,st the checks presented by Lacy.
Packed Money in Box.
This was on Tuesday afternoon Of
las. week. on Wednesday the Mont
canary Savings bank assembled the
amount giving its check to the Mont
vor,arv Trust and Savings bank for
S2q 400 and Mr.. Harold and Lacy called
at the latter institution and packed the
currency in a box. Lacy had already
obtained additional sums from the
montgomery Savings bank, which,
added to the amount obtained from the
Montgomery Trust and Savings bank,
,otaIed about $4,000.
When this information was brought
ont at the hearing, the attorney gen
governor. had a warrant sworn out for
oakley and he was Immediately ar
rested. The warrant charges embeE-
cement in four counts. The first
.bargez the embezzlement of $4,000.
,v5e second accuses Oakley of embez-
y1ng or converting to his own use. as
president of the convict board. the sum
Of SIS 900. The third count charges
oakley With making a deposit of S11,-
1854 in the Montgomery Savings
bank on August 80, 1912, without re-
curing of the bank security for the
deposit. in violation of a criminal stat
ute. Under the fourth count Oakley
is accused Of cashing and converting
TO his own use a check sent the con-
Wet board by a firm of Cincinnati.
This check was for goods bought of
the state cotton mill at Speigner,
Ala,
Had Evidence on Oakley.
Il is said that the examiners had
this evidence on Oakley and was IN
shape to be put in the warrant, but
that the time for his arrest was not
ripe until yesterday. when the investi-
CATION brought out additional facts.
Governor O'Neal is. strongly Of the
opinion that Lacy had confederates
here and that the bulk of the cash
withdrawn from the banks on last
Wednesday was not carried away by
Lacy. but is still in Montgomery.
Whether or not Oakley will be charged
with having cognizance of this fact or
being interested with Lacy in the big
steal is not intimated