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.

MONTGOMERY. ALA, March 10
Ds.ertives to-day are working. on cyl
moo that is expected to leae to the
-, If other prominent men, follow
80 the serving of a warrant on James
=, ,sl-Iav of Bibb county, president
-na state convict board, late yes
-. afternoon. Oakley was arrested
~ Fl. conference with his attorneys,
nm Hill Whiting & Stern, in an ONCE
brfr5fng adjoining the county jail.
-, the warrant was placed in Sher-
w. tIood,s hands that official, knowing
49,. ,,,be~eabouts of Mr.. Oakley, imme-
+,-oI, went to the attorneys offices
Ia carved it. Bond of $4,000 was al
lowed. .o
.,.7 y sensation. it was not entirely
,.,svpected. especially by state ofhcials.
D. leaked out to-day that a detective
lac bean shadowing Oakley since his
g;or clerk Theo Lacy. disappeared
100 week with nearly 100000 of the
.+o+a,s funds. It had been intimated at
80 cspitol that the affair was likely
IN involve the uedu VI nv NO P
Nm, nothing came of it until the gov
.rnors public investigation began yes
..r5,v Then Charles L. Harold, pres
,5ant Of the Montgomery Savings bank
,.s.ieed that when Lacy presented
,5eczs for such large amounts, running
,o more than 100000, he got into COM
r,unica+,on with President Oakley and
,ha latter told him It was all rlght 10
cash the checks presented by Lacy.
Packed Money in Box. .
This WAS on Tuesday afternoon OF
,,,, veaIy On wednesday the Mont
yorerv Savings bank assembled the
mount giving its check to the Mont
,on,erv Trust and Savings bank for
sss. 900. and Mr.. Harold and Lacy called
AZ The latter institution and packed the
,r-rencv in a. box. Lacy had already
obtained additional sums from the
7ror+rouerv Savings bank, which,
added to the amount obtained from the
Montgomery Trust and Savings BANK
totaLed about $4,000.
When this information was brought
out at the hearing, the attorney gen
cral. after q hasty conference with the
Governor had a warrant sworn out TOT
oakley and he was Immediately ar
rested. The warrant charges embez-
Element in four counts. The hrst
charges the embezzlement Of $4,000.
T-1e second accuses Oakley of embcz-
cling or converting to his own use, as
preSdeut Of the convict board, the sum
Of $4,000, The third count charges
Oakley With making a deposit of $1',-
siS.4T IN the Montgomery Savings
bank on August 80, 1912, without re-
curing Of the bank security for the
deposlt. in violation of a criminal stat
Ute Under the fourth count Oakley
Is accused Of cashlng and converting
10 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 tnvesti-
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 I'm the big
steal is not intimated