The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-02-25
Observation-Disclosures

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These six men, named above, were
formally charged by the grand jury
Yesterday with receiving stolen prom
erty and with receiving property stoi-
en- in another state and brought into
this state. :.
From the beginning of its investi-
iion it was evident that the grand
Jury had only these men and Nolen.s
wife in mind in connection with hand
ling of the stolen bonds, for everyone
else supposed to have any sort OF con-
nection with the bonds was called be-
fore the grand inquisition, and OF
course, that of itself would prevent
prosecution of the witness. The jury
was convinced from its early investl-
cation that the others whose names
had been mentioned had either turned
down the proposition or when the
bonds came to them had every reason
to believe that those who held them
came by them honestly.
No indictment was returned against
Nolen's wife for direct connection with
the handling of the bonds, but she
was charged with attempted bribery
in that she offered an officer 500 not
to take her and Diggs to the police
station.
While there are two counts in sach
of the indictments, conviction ON
either or both would carry with 1t a
sentence of from three to ten years IN
the penitentiary.
Sam o. Bates, states attorney, stat
ed yesterday that he was of the opin-
ion that the cases ought to be tried
in the very near future and that he
hoped to get into them within the
newt four weeks. Gen. Bates also
stated that he had been approached
by one of the best criminal lawyers
in the city with the request to know
if it would be agreeable to the gener-
al to have assistance in the prosecu-
ton. He replied that while the bur-
den of the prosecution was placed by
law upon him, he would be glad to
have the assistance of any reputable
attorney who might be employed to
assist in the prosecution. The other
lawyer did not state that he had been
employed in the case, but the infer
ence was that he would be if Gen.
Bates were willing.
Nolen and Huntley are already tn-
der bond, taken in the police court,
ant those bonds bind them to appear
for trial. Judge Richards fxed $5,-
900 as the bond which should be re-
uuired of the others indicted. The
first to go to the Sheriff's office was
Mr.. Joseph. He was accompanie by
julius Goodwin and E. B. Meyer, who
Joined him in his bond Shortly after
Mr.. Joseph. He was accompanied by
Eugene Williams appeared and Mr..
Hanson went on the bond OF Mr..
Priddy. who, it was said, was out OF
out of the city.
Soon after Mr.. Mccall learned that
he had been indicted, he appeared at
tire sheriff's office with Phil Pidgeon
and w. G. Thomas, who joined in his
bond.
Mr.. Vardaman is out of the city
but will probably be back today and
make his bond
This is the latest development OF
the robbery of the messenger who was
delivering S466,000 of Liberty bonds
from the office of Kean, Taylor & Co.
to the Igoe Iron Works, in Brooklyn.
Within sight of the door of the iron
works, the messenger with the bag Of
bonds was slugged and robbed. So
far as the public knows there is no
trace of the bonds until they got into
the hands of Diggs Nolen in Memphis.
The grand jury from the first con-
sidered "Mr. Anderson and Mr.. Cam
eron" whom some of the men mem
toned in connection with the early
status Of the bonds, as mere myths
but brought in true bills against ev-
cry one who seems to have had any
thing to do with them until they got
back into the legitimate channels Of
business.