Arizona republican., 1921-12-21
3 NEW INDICTMENTS
 ARE FILED AGAINST FORMER BANK HEAD

Three more indictments returned by the county grand jury against Phil K. Lewis, former president of the Central Bank of Wickenburg and vice. president of the Central Bank of Phoenix, were served on Lewis yesterday following his arrival from Wyoming in custody of a deputy sheriff to face fourth indictment. which charges him jointly with Harry s. Ross, former state treas urer. with conspiracy. Two of the new indictments charge Lewis with embezzlement and the other with re- ceiving deposits in an insolvent bank.
 Lewis bond was set at s10,0oO by Judge R. c. Stanford, though Joseph E. Noble, deputy county attorney. asked that it be made s2O,O00. Late last night Lewis has not made the bond.
 Lewis was not arraigned yester- day in the superior court on the in dictments, but will be taken before Judge Stanford today. officers said. He was arrested last Thursday at Lusk, Wyoming, and was brought back to Phoenix yesterday morning by Chief Deputy Sheriff c. P. An derson. Lewis said he knew nothing of the indictments against him until he was arrested in Lusk on the charge of conspiracy and said there was nothing in the charges that could not be satisfactorily explained to all concerned.
 The three new indictments were returned by the county grand jury on November 10, but were not served on Lewis until yesterday. One of the indictments charges that Lewis, . while acting IS president of the Gen. tral Bank of Wickenburg, was en- trusted between January 6. 1918. and March 21, 1921, with funds of the bank amounting to S13O.00O 19 which he converted to his own use. The second indictment charging embez- element. alleges Lewis as president of the Central Bank of Phoenix on September 9, 1918. received from Cynthia McAllister for safe keeping in the bank and for the purpose of collecting and depositing the interest coupons, 21 bonds of the Anchor Trust company of Wichita, Kansas. of the denomination of S1OO each
 making a total of S2.10O. which bonds ! the indictment charges he converted | to his own use.
 The third indictment charges that Lewis while serving as an officer in
  December 2, 1920, received deposits 1 in the bank totalling s10.90S. .23 know | ing the bank to be inSolvent. Of | the amount so received, the indict- ment states, $10.00O was state funds | deposited in the bank by Harry S. Ross. as state treasurer. The re- mainder of the amount. the indict- ment states, were deposits made by the Brayton Commercial company. amounting to s749.6S, and Charles
 Hyder, $15S.55.
 The fourth indictment charges Lewis and Harry s. Ross. former
 state treasurer. with conspiring to- gether to obstruct the state laws by
 having larger deposits in a state de- ] pository than the bond of the bank | permitted under the law. This in- | dictment charges also that the state | did not receive all the interest due il
 on the deposits. Dernurrers to this | charge made by Ross will be argued | on Monday in the superior court be- | fore Judge Stanford. The arraign-
 ment of Ross on the indictment has | been postponed until the demurrers have been ruled on by the court. Lewis has not been arraigned on this
 charge. H. c. Speakman is repre-
 senting Ross while the firm of Bull
 lard and Jacobs will represent Lewis