The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-02-03
Using Mails
to Defraud
Indictments Against % Guar
anty Securities Officials
Returned by Federal
Grand Jury.
Hearing to Be Monday

Federal grand jury yesterday re-
turned an indictment against % men,
formerly associated in the business
of the Guaranty Securities company
and other affiliated companies, charg-
Ing them With conspiracy to use the
mails to defraud and also charging
against them 10 separate acts, each
an alleged act of using the mails TO
defraud.
The % men were indicted by the
1ame jury several weeks ago on the
charge of conspiracy alone.
They are all at liberty under $1,000
bond and viii not be required TO give
new bonds" said United States Attor-
ncy kinsler. "They will be arraigned
next Monday and their trial will start
February Il. We arc going to permit.
no further delay
List OF Indicted.
Tic % are Willard V. Mathews,
Lucien Il. Fuller, Alexander I. Math-
ews, Charles II. Rogers. Harris J..
Fuller, Samuel G.. Moore. LeRobert u.
Eykelboom. Walter I. Stickel. Ralph
l.. Sunderland. Harold r. CoZier, Wal
ter a. Georrc, James +. Ellison. George
L. Roach, Homer Molyneux, Thomas
II. Matters. Nogel Gettier, Thomas NJ.
Finney Ed G. Smith, James G. Cloud,
William II. Culver. Charles Rudolph,
Alfred l.. Steinert. II. W. Sewall, How
ard A. Sharrick and John +. Heco8.
Each of the definite counts of the
indictment refers to a letter sent
through the mails. Most of the let
ters are to prospective stockholders,
lauding the value of the stock of the
Guaranty Securities company and OF
the Colonial Timber and Coal COM
pany.
One circular letter, dated February
!. 1921. sent to Mrs. Sarah Connor,
Mt. Glare, Neb., is quoted. With 1t
vas sent a letter written on letter
head OF the Colonial Timber and Coal
corporation, owners and operators of
hardwood timber and coal lands, and
signed by w. l.. Stickel, president. 1t
was directed to Willard Mathews, then
president of the Guaranty Securities
company, and congratulated him on
the splendid manner in which the
eompany's affairs were being handled.
Represented to BE Trustee.
4 letter sent TO Turner, Dennis 4
Lowry Lumber Co., Kansas city,
stated that the Guaranty Securities
companyewas trustee for. bond u.s.
sue of the Colonial corporation hold
ing 4 deed to t4S,0o0 acres OF land In
West Virginia appraised at 800 an
,,.1
dated April 16, 1921.
Another letter written to Mrs. Mary
German. Bird City. Kan, refers to
the corporation as "a sio,000,o00 com.
pany.'
The indictment recites various large
sums received by various of the In
dicted men. a sum 1arger than $li,'
900 was paid to Thomas II. Matters
'on a pretended contract by which
Matters pretended to sell to Willard
Y. Mathews and w l.. Stickel stocks
and bonds of the Colonial Timber Il
Coal corporation" Matters son was
his agent in this deal, the indictment
says.
Dope Indictments.
The federal grand jury. after a ses-
sion lasting only Thursday afternoon,
returned indictments Friday morning
also against Frank Brown, Tee Belts,
Joe Harden, Charles and Irene john
son. Mark Seals, Fred Stampher,
Georgia Thomas, Chafles Thircles.
George Nolker and Arthur Williams
charging them with violation of the
narcotics act.
Nolker and Williams were Sedan
Taxi company chauffeurs. They were
found guilty by jury last Tuesday
on one case and are now indicted
again on charge on which they
were arrested while they were out on
bond on the first case.
Richard Schafer was indicted on
two counts for 'short-changing" the
postnistress at Waterloo. Neb.