The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-22
MORE VERMONT
I0FFG|ALsARE T
now INDICTED
Bank Examiner and Purchasing
Agent to be Tried
ARE RELEASED ON BAIL
Trials Of Frank c. Williams and
Dewey T. Hanley Are Set FOR
December II.

Montpelier, Nov. 22.-Following the
appearance Of Gov. Horace F. Graham
in Washington county court yesterday
afternoon on charges of embezzle-
ment and larceny and the setting of
his trial at the March, 1919. term OF
the court, Frank G. Williams, state
bank commissioner and Dewey I.
Hanley, state purchasing agent, ap-
peared in the same tribunal today.
the former on the charge OF NAL
feasance in Office and Hanley on
charges of fraudulently taking money
and with larceny of the amounts
named The trials of Williams and
Hanley are set for Dec. II, or as soon
as the work of the court permits.
These appearances were the result Of
the presentation of evidence before
the special grand Jury at Montpelier
during the past week.
Bank Commissioner Williams charg
es hinge on alleged failure to audi
the books of the auditor and with fail
ure to report to the general assembly
Williams appeared in court shortly af
ter the court convened this morning
to answer to the indictment. which
charges seven counts for alleged fail
ure to carry out the duties OF his OF
flee. Bail was fixed at $4,000, fur
nished ty his attorney, Frank pumley
of Mortified. The case was set for
trial not earlier than Dec II, and at
such time after that date as the court
work permits
Speaking for Williams, Attorney
Plum ey asked that the disposal of his
clients case depends to a certain ex
tent upon the disposal OF the Graham
case. The attorney general opposed
on the ground that the evidence of
one did not depend upon the evidence
of the other. Thereupon, the court
decided lippF. ,bHseate above
stated, and aftef VIZ Plumley had
been recognized as surety he and his
client left the court.
The counts IN the Williams case
charge that on June &c. 1916, the bank
commissioner neglected to make audit
of the books, that he failed to report
to the general assembly the condi.
tion of the books on the above date
that he neglected to report the
amounts of money alleged to have
been distracted from the accounts. a
total of $4,000, II is alleged that he
failed to report 2 sum of $4,000 al
legged to be known by said Williams as
being shortage preceding June 80
1916; that he failed to report amounts
he knew were taken fraudulentlv
from the state treasury by Graham
amounting to $4,000; that he knew Of
the $4,000 shortage of accounts. and
that he tWilliams) failed to make in
MS annual report for 1917 his findings
for the year ending the previous June
State Purchasing Agent Han ey was
charged in the indictment with fraud
ulenty taking from the state durina
the years 1916 and 1917 sums RANGING
from few dollars to S333.5i. and hs
is also charged with stealing tho
same amounts that he is alleged tc
have fraudulently taken Bail in hi.
case was fixed at $4,000, with T. e
Callahan and c. L. Parmenter. both OF
Montpelier, furnishing It,
An argument relative to the trail o
the Han'ey case developed NJ. G
Leary, Hanley's attorney. urged press
ing business that the trial should no
take place in the holiday season ant
that the time was too short for prep
aration of the case for trial thi
month. The state opposed on tn,
ground that ample time interviewed
and the court fixed the date as Dec
L..
The charges against Hanley, it /
alleged, are the result of his sales o
hides from the state institutions a
Vergennes. Waterbury and Windso
to the c. S. Page company and It /
alleged that restoration of tn
amounts took place last December |
is Gained the amounts are for cas-
paid to Hanley as purchasing agen
and which we're not turned over {
the state treasurer