The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-05-25
ARRESTS. MADE IN BANK PROBE

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court and gave $4,000 bail bonds to
secure his liberty pending trial on
two charges of embezzlement voted
against him by the Cass county grand
1 jury. The specific charges against Nc
Aneny are that he aided and abetted
/ William Lemke, former attorney gem
eral Of North Dakota, F. w. Cathro,
4 former director general and manager
\ Of the Bank Of North Dakota, Ell. J..
Hagen, former president Of the Scan
dinavian American bank of Fargo and
B m. G. Eggen former vice president of
/ that bank, in an embezzlement of
j $4,000. :.>:>- ..@./ II,
& The other court against McAneny
alleges that he aided and abetted F.
wv. Cathro, William Len1ke, Fl. j. Ha-
gen and N. G. Eggen in the embezzle-
ment of $216,378 of Bank Of North
4 Dakota funds. .gs i ~ :.
Other arrests made as q result of
the grand jury report, included N. G.
Eggen, who was arrested in Los An
geles, CAL; P. R. Sherman at the same
place and, J. J. Hastings in Pocatello,
Idaho. s &,#f -c a., .,..1 49,
According to reports given out here
yesterday Eggen was indicted on five
charges of embezzlement, growing out
of transactions with the Bank of
North Dakota, on II charges Of MAX
ing false reports and on 16 charges
of accepting deposits when the bank
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Mr.. Eggen was given his liberty
on his own cognizance when he prom
ised to come to Fargo Immediately
to answer the charges. Mr.. Sherman
intends to fight extradition and Mr..
Hastings was given a few days leave
to be at the bedside of his wife who
has just undergone an operation. a
With War Finance Corporation
81 Mr.. McAneny is now connected with
the War ! Finance Corporation in
Washington, D. C. He came to North
Dakota several days ago to look af-
ter his extensive land holdings in
4 Towner county. Hearing rumors that
Il Attorney General Sveinbiorn johnson
had been trying to get indictments
|. against most Leaguers of any promin-
/ ence and most Of the people formerly
connected with the Bank Of North Da-
kota, he went to the Cass county sher-
IFS office on his arrival in Fargo and
inquired il there was any warrant fol
I him there. b. I. s.s - " q. s5s
An examination Of the records re,
vealed that there was. After ascertain.
1 ing the nature of tho complaint Mr.
McAneny proceeded to secure hi.
bondsmen. 4s.S
Arrests under the grand jnrY in.
dictments total six now. Thirteen per
D sons were indicted in connection witt
y the Scandinavian American banl
probe, according to announcement
Y made BY States Attorney w. 6. Green
The complaint against McAneny wal
3 said to indicate that Mr.. Townley AMI
Mr.. Cathro had been indicted. Lar,
Christianson, Fargo druggist, ant
former official Of the bank, and Mr.
Lenke were arrested Friday.
Mr.. Lennke issued the following
statement concerning the indictments
Lemke,s Statement
The fact that the string of indict
" nnents returned BY the grand jur,
called ia Cass county Ut the reques
of Attorney General Sveinbjorn John
# son did not cause even 8 ripple of sur
prise, except that more indictment
were not returned, is 4 pretty fair il
dication that ia the popular mind th
number Of indictments rested largel
upon the number wanted BY the at
torney general or upon the politics
": opponents To- be destroyed.
Let it be borne IN mind that SVEN
bjorn Johnson has devoted himself |
the task of bounding those person
prominently connected with the Nor
partisan League. Altar repeated an
futile attempts to hold any Of thal