White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-16
W|TCHER INDICTMENT
COVERS MANY COUNTS

, Following the Indictment of Ar
! thur Ii. Witcher in the federal cour
at Carson City last week, a bencl
warrant was issued for his arrest, AM
If the law takes its course the mex
move will probably be efforts of th'
United States marshal to locate. tn
former mayor of Ely and bank pres
ident
The Indictment, which is a twenty
eight page typewriter document
contains sixteen counts, which ar
based on several separate financia
Transactions and three reports made
to the controller OF the currency OIL
the condition of the bank, which wa.
a member OF the Federal Resery,
bank of San Francisco. says the Car
son City News. Continuing, the News
says;
Taking the counts in order, it is
charged that February Il, 1919
while Witoher was president OF the
bank. he embezzled tine sum of So,
330.S5 by placing or crediting II &c
the account of o. II. Paulson and
afterward applying the money to the
payment Of his (Witcher's) debts
and obligations.
Next it is set out that Witeher,
not having sufficient funds 10 his
credit in The bank. May y, 1919,
drew a check payable u James
Home, signing as "A. b. Witcher,
Gdn. Repayment of this sum was
not secured. the government claims,
ard it is alleged that the money was
for the bank presidents own use.
"A counter check for $500, issued
May Il. 1919. to Herman Hoppe is
said 10 have been for the use and
benefit of Witcher and Hoppe.
One item in the list is Il draft and
bill of exchange on which. February
Is, 1919, s3.a06.24 was credited to
Mccormick & Co, bankers of Salt
Lake, Utah. and applied to benefit
and use OF Witcher and j. A. Hogle,
Salt Lake broker. The count charges
that Witcher did not at the time
have on deposit in the bank funds
sufficient to cover the draft.
"A charge ticket in the sum OF
S4,1C6.67, of date June IS. 1919,
figures in one of the counts of the
indictment Government witnesses
claim that Witcher did not have that
amount in the bank on the date
given, and that the money was used
in payment OF Witcher's note of S4.-
060 given to Mccormick & Co. and
S10e.67 interest thereon.
IA counter check transaction OF
July 2, 1919. in the amoun of ST.
i16.3S is alleged TO have been for
the use and to the advantage of
Witcher and the Aetna Insurance
Company and not for the bank.
THE last on a financial
transaction charges that Witcher,
November Is. 1919. embezzled the
sum of $3.50 of the banks funds
and converted the same to his own
use.
"Witcher is charged with making
false returns in reports to the con-
troller OF the currency on three oc-
casions. Ii Is set out that March
II. 1919. in reporting the condition
Of the bank at the close of business
March A Witeher showed that he
owed the bank nothing under the
designation of checks and casl
items, when the entry should nave
been SS,330.!5. 1t is also charged
that he owed the bank the same
amount when he. May "a. in the re-
port OF May IL. wrote the false en-
try. None.
The last count charges that al
the close of business June 80. Witch.
er was indebted to the bank In the
sum of S15,099.46. covered by checks
and cash items, though when he July
IA filed out the report to the gov
eminent he caused the entry to read
None
when the indictment was deliv.
cred 10 the clerk in open court Unit
ed States District Attorney Wood.
burn announced that Witcher Is still
at large. and he requested Judge f
). harrington to Ak the bail In this
case In the sum OF $4,000, which
was done
"witcher left Ely several week.
ago. 1t is said. and is now supposed
to be in Mexico. The fact that HI
was in financial difficulties two year,
no newspaper publicity was given tn.
matter and no proceedings were in
stituted through the fear of embar
RAISING all the banks In the eastern
part of the state. Conditions wer,
not the best in White Pine county a
the time owing to labor differences II
the copper camp causing a lon,
period OF inactivity and lack of usua
production by the mines.
1T Is said that Witcher's affair
became deeply involved through
transactions in mining property. II
severed his connection with the BAN
eighteen months ago.
} y. #. Lewis. j. C. Johnson and M
, n. Sowles OF Salt Lake, John Weber
y. n. Paulson and III. s. Sturdevan
D OF Ely. Herman Hoppe OF Hamilton
: M. Z. Wilde OF Boise, ]. G.. Rlordn,
I OF Sunnyside, New, and Kirke Mar
tin of Bingham, Utah. were in Car
son to appear before the Unite,
Z States grand jury"
. Unclaimed Letters In Ely Postofic
The following letters remain nm
Z called for In the noatomaa - -.