South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-12
Grand Jury Makes Partial Re-
port and Finds 13 Counts for
Forgery and EmbezzIement
Against Broker.
SHIvELY- BLDG.
WRECK BEING PROBED
Not Sufficient Evidence to Hold
Harry Snow for Criminal AS
SauIt on Druggist Fink
More Work.

Thirteen indictments against Albert
/ @. Harlin. charging forgery and en-
{ bezzlement and four indictments
charging lesser onenses against as
many prisoners. were returned by the
grand jury in a partial report sub
mitted To Judge Funk in the circuit
/ court Thursday afternoon.
The jury also reported that after
/ Investigation OF the evidence against
Harry Snow, charged with shooting
Emanuel \. Fink. a druggist. they had
found no sufficient ground for holding
him on this charge. Although releas-
ed from responsibility for the shooting.
snow Will stin be held by the police
who are waiting word from Jeffer-
sonville authorities regarding the al
/ logged violation Of Shows parol He
may be returned TO the TefOru.dtory
Here Is a summary Of the indict-
ments:
~ c. Harlin. nine true bills charg-
] ing embezzlement, and four charging
forgery the aggregate sum involved
/ being Approximately $50. 900.
John G.. Glorious alias A. c. Dor
ner, petit larceny.
Amiel Van Kerrboreak. petit lar
ceny.
/ Andrew wisniewski statutory ol-
/ fense.
James Ewing, larceny and false pre-
/ lenses.
II is understood that the probe III
I the collapse Of the ShiVely- Homer
building has occupied the jury for tho
! past two days but no mention was
made Of the case in the partial report
The result of this Investigation viii he
made public in a report Friday or the
! first of next week
HarIin Chief Prize
| The indictments against Harlin. The
real estate and loan broker con
cerning whose business startling dis
closures followed his petition in bank
| ruptcy, are for losses charged to have
! been sustained by the Thomas +. a.
! Beverly estate; William +. Schafer.
/ Fred Schafer, Leonard Schafer, Mrs.
| Mary Lapierre and George NJ Bar
rett The loss 10 William i. SchafCT
| charged is approximately 10000: 10
| Leonard Schafer, $4,000, TO Mrs. La
pierre. $1,000 and To the Beverly es-
! tate, $4,000.
These amounts do not represent the
total loss TO the clients of the broker.
| but are only the amounts on which
criminal charges have been preferred.
Many Of the alleged offenses have been
outlawed by the statute of limitations
and some Of the losses claimed 10 have
been sustained were through opera
tions not criminal. The Beverly es-
tate alone according 10 estimates
which followed the fling of claims ih
! the bankruptcy, viii lost more than
$50, 900. The heirs Of Jason j. Damon.
of Chicago. are also heavy losers al
though none Of the transactions in the
Damon estate are the basis OF the In
dictments.
Several Of those who have filed
claims in the bankruptcy proceeding
which show that they viii lose de
| clined TO prosecute criminal charges
! The four indictments for forgery lu
connection with the Beverly estate are
/ for the same Offense charged i'm the
afiidavits iled a few weeks ago by
! George c. Foster, husband OF Mr.
/ Matilda Foster. daughter Of Beverly
and administratriX of his estate.
l. Still i'm Jail.
/ Harlin has been in jail since his
arrest on these affidavits. efforts %
raise the $4,000 bail having beer
/ abandoned. Prosecutor MOntgomer
! took up the matter OF fixing the bail
on the additional indictments return
/ ed and IL was expected that the
amount would be raised tO $4,000.
J The jury's report on the investiss--
/ tion Of the case of Harry snow de-
/ clares that the circu instances relied
4 upon 20 support the identification Ct
/ the prisoner by Fink are not convinC-
/ ing evidence and that the idenunca-
[ tiOn itself is not satisfactory.
/ The grand jury has the informatlou
from Detective kuespert that the
! Identification of snow hg Fink was
lIeither complete nor entirely sdtlsfar-
8 cory and i'm reporting no Indictment lu
4 SHOWS case the jury is concurrir2
/ with the opinion OF Chief of Police
. Kerr" says the report.
I Cilorius who used the name ~ 49,
IC. D0rner in the deals for which he
Is charged WitE larceny 1y Lrlck WIS
arrested on complaint of Peers broth
eTs, news agents OF AlishaHaE.-
Glorius presented written authority ro
lreDresent the Leele-Judgr Pu.L~hIr-
company for collections au1 discount
/ -trument is said to .e Ut fictitious
/ person. and the mans pose us agent
/ FOR the company a fraud.
Glorius collected S14sO from tl
! Mishawaka men Since he was taken
! into custody letters have been re-
/ CeiNcd from various parts ot tE.
/ country where Glorius is wanted ou
/ similar charges IL Us estimated tha-
/ the total amount which he is charge.
! with having collected in the various
places heard from Is near $4,000.
! Van Kerboreak ls known ass tEs
! Hermit ~ River Park. lie slept in
lan abandoned Iethtub. it D. said. aud
made deurelatiou~ tu the neiehDor-
/ hood Co lllay h.s nun-rr. James
! EWinE .s char-ed With having mort
gagged goods which did not belong a.
him he rs held under The double