Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-15
Former Clerk Is Ac-
CuSed of Specific
Act.

The Indictment against Richard v.
Sipe charging him with embezzlement
sets out the specific case OF his having
embezzled $1,000 consisting of a judg-
ment paid into his office and due to
Nola B. Parrish Suit for the recovery
Of this amount has been aed.
The text Of this indictment follows:
The grand jurors for the County Of
Marion and State OF Indiana upon their
Oaths. present that Observation-Disclosures.
on or about the 9th day Of November,
4. D., 1913, in the County or Marion and
state aforesaid. the said Richard '. Sipe
was duly elected to the office OF clerk
Of tie Marion Circuit Court for the term
OF four years ending on the 3ist day Of
December 1922. that the said Richard v.
Sipe WAS duly commissioned and gave
bond and duly qualified and entered upon
the discharge Of the duties of the said
office on the lst day Of January. 1919
that from and after said last named date
and up to and including the 2Sth day of
February. 1922. the said Richard Y. Sipe
continued to perform the duties OF said
office as the duly qualified and acting
clerk Of the said Marion Circuit Court
and as such became and was the ex
OfficfO clerk Of the Marion Superior Court
the Marion Criminal Court, the Marion
Juvenile court and the Marion Probate
Court, all OF se'd Marion County and
said State Of In. ana; that on or about
/ the 22nd day Of November 1921 there
was deposited with the said Richard Y
Sipe gs such clerk as aforesaid the
sum of five thousand dollars ($5.OOO) 10y
the Indiana Travellers Accident AssOcia
ton. q corporation which said Indiana
poration, was then and there one of
the defendants In the case of Nola b.
Parrish against the Indiana Travellers
Accident Association ct al. which gaid
tha A1~ ~Iyoe -
the Superior Court Of Marion County
room ], subject to he order Of said
court. that thereafter a change OF venue
was perfected In said cause and the sald
cause was transferred to the Johnson
Circuit Cou-. Of Johnson County, In
diana. for trial; that the said sum Of
five thousand dollars $4,000 so paid to
the said Richard V. Sipe. clerk as afOre-
pers in said cause 10 the said Johnson
Circuit Court. or TO the clerk thereof
but was retained by and in possession
of the said Richard Y. Sipe as such
clerk as aforesaid; that thereafter said
cause was heard by the said Johnson
Circuit Court and the said johnson Cir
cult Court isued an order to and di
rected the laid Richard V. Sipe, clerk
as aforesaid to pay ia the said Nola b.
Parrish or to Joseph r. williams and
. nership doing business under the firm
name and style of Williams & Schlosser
the said sum of Eve thousand dollars
$4,000: that thereafter to wit: on the
18th day Of February. 1922, the said
Williams & Schlosser by Chalmer Schlos-
ser one OF the members Of said firm as
aforesaid demanded Of said Richard v
Sipe. clerk as aforesaid, and while the
, said Richard V Sipe was then and there
the duly qualified and acting clerk Of the
said Marion Circuit Court and the ex-
officIo clerk of the Marion SUPERIOR
Court as aforesaid, and while acting as
such clerk the said sum of five thousand
dollars (S5.000l for and on behalf OF the
said Nola B. Parrish; that said demand
vas made by the said Chalmer Schlosser
under the authority of and pursuant to
the order of said johnson Circuit Court
as aforesaid: that the said sum Of five
thousand dollars (S5 .000) had been re-
ceiyed by the said Richard v Sipe as
such clerk. and that he as such clerk
then and there unlawfully. feloniously
and fraudulently. failed. neglected and
refused to pay the said sum Of fNe
thousand dollars (S5, ,000) or any part
thereof to the said Nola r. Parrish. or to
the said Williams & SchlOsser. or to the
said Chalmer Schlosser, her attorneys ns
aforesaid. although the said Nola B. Pal-
rish and the said Williams & Schlos-
ser and the said Chalmer Schlosser. one
Of the members of said arm as aforesaid
were then and there entitled to receive
and were then and there willing and
ready to receive said sum Of money and
that they then and there demanded said
sum of money be paid to them as afore-
said. which said sum OF money had been
received by and had come into the hands
and possession of the said Richard V.
Sipe. clerk as aforesaid. by virtue of
his said office as the said Richard V.
Sipe then and there well knew, con
trary to the form Of the statute in such
case made and provided, and against the
peace and dignity Of the State of Indiana.