The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-08-17

Seven new warrants charging Will
liam G. Schlecht cashier of the Silver
lake State Bank, with embezzlement
and conversion Of the funds of the
bank were served upon him just before
noon today while he waited in the mu-
nicipal court for the adjourned hearing
Of the charges against him and it was
announced by attorneys that the serv-
ice of the new warrants would prob
ably bring a continuance of the hear
ing of all the charges against Schlecht
for a term of two weeks or possibly
longer.
Schlecht was in court accompanied
by his brother and represented by his
attorney, Richard P. Cavanagh. 1t was
admitted that the defendant in the
bank case had shown a willingness to
make good all shortages alleged against
him but it was also admitted that he
might have some trouble securing the
money to meet all claims. Before the
attorneys went to the court room to
take up the formal hearing of the case
q long conference was held at the Of
fee of the district attorney and it was
admitted that the suggestion of "tem-
pering the wind" had been considered
by the conference but no details of the
conference were made public. Attor-
neys for Mr. Schlecht declared that he
had expressed willingness to pay but
they did not say that he lad any in
tention of pleading guilty" to any of
the charges against him.
Get Reports of Alleged Shortage.
Reports of the alleged shortage of
Schlecht in the handling of the af-
fairs OF the bank were furnished by
the state to the attorneys for the de-
PENDANT this morning. This report in
Dictated shortage in the case totaling
$29,950.33 and Schlecht was credited
with having paid to the bank the sum
of $4,000. This left an indicated short
age of S2045033.
The total of the embezzlements and
conversions allege in the warrants
Served on Schlecht this morning was
S8,620,SS. 1t is admitted that a por-
tion of this money was covered in the
report submitted to the attorneys for
Schlecht this morning but the report
was being carefully scanned with the
idea that the new warrants might bring
up the total to higher figure. 1t was
admitted by the district attorney that
some of the sums mentioned in the
warrants issued by the court today
were included in amounts charged in
the report. A few of the items alleged
in the new warrants were not charted
in this report.
Covered Long Period.
The new warrants issued today came
as part from further Investigations
into the affairs of the Silverlake bank
while, some of the warrants covered
populations which had been suggested
before. The names of no individuals
appear in the warrants issued this
morning and the embezzlements are all
alleged to have been made against the
funds of the bank. 1t was said that
the embezzlements were carried out by
the transfer of funds from accounts to
other accounts and the dates named in
the warrants showed that the CONVEX
sions had extended over, long period
If time. The first warrant charged the
embezzlement of funds of the bank I'd
the amount of $107.5O on August IS,
1917 a second charge alleged S864.44
on December Is, 1917; the third al
eyed conversion of $2S6.s2 on March
4 1918; the fourth was for $1,000 in
July of 1918; the fifth charges en-
bezzlement and conversion of $S02,7s
Pm July Z, 1920: the sixth and largest
alleged the conversion of $5,146.62 on
October %, 19215~and the last warrant