Evening star., 1922-03-20
$175,0DO IN BONDS
FOUND; TWO HELD
CIevenger, Treasury Clerk,
Held for Grand Jury-Friend
Also Arrested.

Recovery OF S1t5,O0O in liberty DondS,
stolen from the Treasury Department
branch at 119 D street northeast. and
two arrests in the case. were an
nounced by the secret service today.
The case of two months standing
virtually has been cleaned up IT was
stated.
The men arrested are Charles A.
Clevenger of SIG Rhode Island avenue
northeast. an employe of the Treasury
Department. and L. @. Wamsley, a
friend or (ssnvenger's. Formerly Of ie1s
Fairmont street. but more recently of
found yesterday.
The bonds We're recovered early
yesterday morning at the home of
operatives. hidden beneath a board
of the attic> floor. They were resting
upon one of the rafters supporting
the floor and were in a large blue
envelope. They represent the entire
group of missing securities, according
to officials Of the secret service.
Held For Grand Jury.
Arraigned before United States
Commissioner Macdonald in the Nc
Lachlen building today. Clevenger
pleaded not guilty and waived pre-
limihary hearing. He was held for
action of the grand jury and turned
over to the United States marshars
office in default of $4,000 bail.
Wamsley is expected to be arraigned
late this afternoon.
The charges against Clevenger,
when arraigned. constituted viola
ti9ns of the federal code, sections 81,
Al and 48, covering. respectively, con-
spiracy to defraud the government,
embezzlement or theft of government
property and the receiving of or con-
ceal1ng government property, know
ing the same to have been stolen.
Clevenger was accompanied to the
hearing by his father, who said that
his sons wife Is Ill as result of the
arrest.
Clevenger would make no statement
on the case. my life has been ruined
already by what has been said in the
press" he declared.
Veteran Detectives ON Case.
Operatives McCahill and Bratton of
the secret service, recognized as the
veterans of the bureau, were assigned
the case several weeks ago and have
been plugging away under cover ever
since.
The disappearance Of the bonds at
first was believed to have been the
result of the numerous transfers of
packages of securities from one stor-
age spot to another in the bond de-
partment. Sometimes, in the trans
fer nf
age representing thousands Of dollars
is misplaced. but generally is found
after thorough search. In the
checktng-up process on tho $175.000
Of missing securities it was dis
covered that there was no possibility
of displacement, and investigation
was started Immediately by the secret
service.
1t is known that some Of the securi-
ties at one time were sent outside
of the District. it was said at secret
service headquarters today. but in
ability to turn the securities into cash
resulted in their return to this CITY,,
Clevenser :5 Years Old.
Clevenger is but twenty-five years
Of age. He was married two years
ago and has a four-months-old baby.
He was arrested early Sunday morn
ing after q search warrant had been
procured by agents Of the secret serv-
ice shortly before Saturday midnight
from Commissioner Macdonald With
the warrant q search of the house
was made. and resulted in the discov-
cry Of the bonds under q board In the
attic.
Every angle Of the case, as far as
the secret service is concerned, has
been completed, it was stated today.