The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-01

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purpose Of obtaining credit, and
McCray has not been arrested and
may not be arrested until Monday.
Sheriff George Snider has a capias
calling for his arrest, but he has
been instructed by Judge James A.
Collins of the Criminal Court not TO
serve it until Monday.
James w. Noel, attorney for the
| Governor, however, was considering
making arrangements for McCray to
give $25, 900 bond provided in the case,
I late this afternoon. There was some
| question as to whether McCray would
/ be compelled t0 appear in person.
1.-The court ordered me to arrest
Governor McCray Monday, "Snider
said. IT shall obey the order. OF
| course If the Governor gives him
self up. can not refuse him"
Noel and George Barnard, another
of McCray's attorneys, expected to
discuss the indictments this after
noon. It was said Governor McCray
m ght attend the conference. The
matter of giving bond was expected
! to be discussed. A number Of persons
were expected to sign the bond.
The eight indictments, some Of the
longest ever returned in Marion
County, Friday, cover nearly every
revelation of alleged Irregularities
made since his financial crash exact
ly three months ago.
Charges Widespread
They include his dealings with the
State board of agriculture, in which
he obtained S155, 900 Of public money;
they include the use Of $4,000 of
! State money, which McCrdy contends
he used by mistake; they include
charges Of forging the names Of nu-
merous farm managers. business as
| sOciates and others to notes; they in
clude charges of issuing fraudulent
checks, and charges of making false
! financial statements in order to OBJ
tain credit
McCray Is charged with embezzling
the entire s155, 900 from the board of
agriculture. This is the transaction
which has been disputed ever since it
was revealed McCray used agriculture
board money.
Browns Story Different
/ Newt Brown, secretary-treasurer
Of the board, said the money was
supposed to have been deposited in
the Discount and Deposit State Bank
Of Kentland, of which McCray was
manager In the bankruptcy hearing
Brown testified $4,000 Of the money
was to be deposited in the bank and
the remainder was in the form of
loans. He said McCray gave no Sc
curity for the $4,000 when he OBJ
tanned it, but later gave security.
III addition to charges of en-
bezzling the 1885, from the board
of agriculture, McCray is charged
with embezling the $4,000, which
Brown says was supposed to be de-
| posted in the hank. from the bank
! Thus $4,000 Of the money the Gov
| erncr is charged with embezzling is
| overlapping. In other words. he is
charged with embezzling this amount
from the board of agriculture and
| the bank.
| Grand Larceny Charge
In addition to charges of embezzling
the board of agriculture funds, Nc
| Cray is charged with stealing a check
for $4,000 on State funds and also
with embezzlement of the $4,000.
The check was written by Ora J.
! Davies, State treasurer. who was
among witnesses who appeared before
the grand jury
| McCray explained this transaction
] in bo, MI
ing 1t was a mistake. He explained
! the check was given him Feb. IA,
| 1928, while he was busy with legis-
lative matters. and that 1t was to be
deposited in the Discount and De-
| posit Bank, He said he sent the
| check to a Chicago Bank with which
| the Kentland Bank did business. He
said he wrote a letter instructing the
Chicago Bank to credit the money
to the State. He said the money was
! credited to his own account by mis-
take and that he checked it out, not
knowing it was State money.
False Statement Named
The charge of\making a false state
ment for the purpose Of obtaining
credit referred to the statement is
sued by the Governor as of Jan. l.,
1928. The Governor admitted on the
witness stand that the statement
showed only equities" and was not
complete. ]. J. Kiser, vice president
of the Meyer-Kiser Bank, which sold
a great many McCray securities, testi-
fed in the bankruptcy hearing that
this statement was furnished his
bank Kiser was q witness before tha
grand jury. The jury charged Nc
Cray obtained credit by use Of the
statement, not only from the Meyer
Kiser Bank, but from a number Of
other banks.
The charge Of issuing fraudulent
checks covers three checks, totaling
Sc, 66333. which the jury charged Nc
Cray wrote on the Discount and De-
posit Bank when he had no funds in
the bank.
Two indictments charging forgery.
passing forged notes and obtaining