Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-10-08

Dairy Head
Arres ted
lie Roy Corliss, Charged With
Embezzlement, Gives Self
Up; Refining Go.
Man Held.
Sickel Out on Bond

surrendered TO the sheriff yeStcrda
afternoon 10 face grand jury indie,
ments charing him with eonspirac
10 commit felony and with negotia
ton OF sales OF stock without per
nit.
lie was accompanied by his at
torney with a bond OF s.. 500, al
ready. signed by Mrs. Mabel II
Cornish. pledging the st. Luke's hos
pital property, Twenty-second ant
Lake streets. Corliss was release
under this bond.
The negotiation OF sales Of stock
charge carries six counts. The EN-
bezzlement charge consists OF on
count, having TO do with the sale q
5000 shares OF Waterloo Crcamer,
company stock at 500 share. Othe
nen, not yet arrested, are named oil
both these indictments. Corliss live
at 1888 Hanscom boulevard.
Bondrnan Refused
c. F.. Heaney, Drake court, for
merly secretary and director OF th'
Omaha Refining company, was ar
rested late yesterday afternoon ant
was unable to get valid bond. l.. +
Crofoot, wealthy attorney. was ready
10 sign, but District Judge Troup re
fused to accept him, it being ruiz
to take no attorneys as signers o
bonds. The other signer was Mrs
J.. NJ. Proulx, Hcaneys mother-in'
law.
Mrs. L. c. Nash will sign his bono
at II this morning, Mr.. Crotool
promised. and Judge Troup allowed
Hcaney to go home for the night
The Judge care down from his home
to pass upon the bond.
Heaney is charged with embezzle-
mcnt on six indictments OF two
counts each, as follows: S2,l5O or
Ju-c IS, 1919; $1,000 or March =
1920; $4,500 on March 4. 1920; SzU
on August I, 1920; $1,000 on De-
cenber 81, 1920. and $500 on March
2s. 1921. President Fox of the Onia-
ha Refining company has disap-
pcared.
Man Gives Self Up.
Walter A. Stickcl came IN IRON
Kearney. Neb., gave himself up and
was released under $1,000 surety
bond signed by w. Lincoln Byrne,
agent. !,
Stickel was president Of the Colo
nal Timber and Coal corporation, in
which Thomas H. Matters was in.
tcrested. The charge against Stickel
is aiding and abetting a felony. Sew
cral Others, including Matters, were
named on the same Indictment
Until recently Stickel operated a
line of grain elevators. coal and lum.
Der wards in Central Nebraska. At
one time he was reputed to be mil
lio-aire.
N P. Mcdonald of Kearney, an
cx-district judge, represented Stickel.
Walter A. George of Omaha also ac-
comranied him into court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Levy, who
signed the $4,000 bonds under which
Roy E. Karls, charged with emoez-
element, was released last Tuesday,
notihed the sheriff yesterday that
they wish to withdraw. karls VIII
be brought in today and will have
to get another bond or stay in jail.
Bank Sued.
Suit was filed III federal court yes
terday afternoon by Robert J. Webb,
trustee for the Guaranty Securities
company, against the Pioneer State
L.rt, and ia receiver. Albert A,
Schantz. to recover 100000.
Preference towards the now de-
funct bank by Schantz, in placing
OF securities delivered following the
failure. is charged by Webb.
Former president OF the bank and
Guaranty Securities company, Will
lard c. Mathcrs, faced District Judge
Troup yesterday to answer charges
of embezzlement OF S5O0,OCO belong
ing to bank depositors, and for caus-
ing false entries to be made on the
books of the bank.
Judge Troup fixed his bond at
$4,000, which was given by Y. y.
Armstrong, real estate man.
Charged With Enbezzlenent.
Mathews is charged with embez-
element of 100000 on November -,
1919; $4,000 on March lS, 1921, and
S25,O00 on May IS, 1921, all OF these
moneys being the assets OF the 10
neer State bank.
Last spring, when the two institu-
tiops failed, the state guarantee fund
was drawn on for 100000 to pay
the depositors OF the bank.
1t is charged that Mathews, in
1920, with intent to deceive the ex-
aminers OF the state department OF
trade and commerce as to the assets
OF the two institutions, caused en-
TRIES to be made on the Pioneer State
bank books OF credits to the Guar
anty Securities company in order to
swell the apparent resources of the
latter company.
Accused Of "Kiting" Checks.
Mathews also is president of the
Denver State bank, which institution
now is in the hands of the state bank
examiner. Mathews was charged in
the Omaha Indictment with "kiting'
checks between the Omaha and Dem
yer banks OF which he is head.
State Bank Examiner Grant Nc
Ferson of Colorado said yesterday
the exact amount of the shortage OF
the Denver State bank had not been
determined, but that deposits
amounted to Sl50,000 and that he is
arranging to make Is per cent pay
ment to depcsitors as soon as the
necessary court order can be OBJ
tanned. Homer S. Mcmillan, special
deputy state bank examiner, is in
charge OF the Denver State bank.
Mathews was at one time Lincoln
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