The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
EXAMINERS GIVE. FULL DETAILS IN BROWN SHORTAGE
$2,0OO Used To Buy Paid Up Certificates In
 Alabama Home
SUCH PURCHASES ARE MADE AS CLERK
Loans Repaid And Details Given Of $11,52O.25
 Technical Shortage

The Investment of $2,000 of public funds. alleged to have been made by Lucien Brown, clerk of Judge Thomas K. Lea's division of the municipal court and reiterated in the second report of State Examiners William l.. Malcomb and R. l.. Avery to Gov. William w. Brandon last week, was explained Sat urday by friends of Mir. Brown. MT. Brown himself, refused to comment upon the subject, except that his actlons had been open and that his position had not been endangered by the reports. The report after giving signed statements and affidavits by ID. l.. Norment. treas urer of the Alabama Home Building and Loan Association, and Edwin A. Rob ertson, assistant manager, contains a long reprint of the first report, dated July %, 1924. In the affidavits, Mr. Norment asserts that Mir. Brown, "as clerk" purchased 30 "paid-up certifi- cates" in the association on April l, 1921. and 10 more on September !, 1921, and that dividends of 5 per cent were paid on these to July l, 1924. The value of the 40 shares of certificates is given as 5000.
 MT. Robertson's affidavit states that on June 2, 1924, Mir. Brown called at the company's office and stated that he wished to cancel his certificates "as | clerk" In order not to cause MT. Brown to lose the dividend, due and payable July 1, 1924, the affidavit as serts that MT. Brown borrowed $1, ,SOO with the certificates as collateral and was given a personal loan of $2OO by MT. Robertson.
 Both Loans Repaid
 Both loans were repaid by Mir. Brown .as clerk" on June 4, 1924, according to the last paragraph of the affidavit. In both affidavits, the words "as clerk" always follow MT. Browns name.
 Then follows the reprint of the first report of the examiners as follows:
 "Your attention Is called to the last paragraph of the sworn statement em- bodied above, that on June 4, 1924, Mir. Brown, as clerk, repaid the loan to the Alabama Home Building and Invest ment association, and also, the personal loan to Edwin A. Robertson. The loan of $1, 800 was paid with check number 5478 and drawn on the First National bank of Birmingham, Ala, under date of June 4, 1924, and signed by "1-u- cien W. Brown, clerk"
 '.The personal loan of $200 was paid with check number 5477 and drawn on the First National Bank of Birming- ham, Ala, under date of June 4. 1921, and signed by "Lucien w. Browr, clerk"
 Tt appears that each of the above loans were repaid with public funds. as each of the checks were drawn on the bank account of "Lucien W. Brown, clerk"
 Asked For Bank Statement
 On or about the third week of May of this year, Your Examiners, notified MT. Borwn, clerk of the municipal court of Birmingham, that we wished A bank statement of his account as "Clerk of the Municipal Court of Bir- mingham, 3rd Division" showing his Bank Balance" at the close of busi- ness May 31, 1924. We gave MT. Brown, clerk, these instructions in ample time proceedings 31st of May, 1924, in order to enable him to in struct the banks or banks to have his accounts as "clerk" balanced on that date as requested. However, upon referring to the statement of the bank, we find that MT. Browns ac- count as "clerk" included deposits and disbursements up to and including June 2, 1924. On June ?, 1924, the bank statement of Mir. Brown, clerk, shows a deposit in the sum of $2, ,123.03. Of this amount, MT. Brown, clerk, informed us that $123.O3 was a transfer from the American Trust and Savings bank, Bir- mingham, Ala, and that the balance of the deposits $2,OOO was transfer from the Alabama Home Building and Loan association, Birmingham, Ala. It appears from the sworn statement of Edwin A. Robertson, assistant man. ager of the Alabama Home Building and Loan association, that the sum of $2,OOO was not transfer but was a loan secured by Mir. Brown and de- posted to his account in the First Ma tional bank of Birmingham, as. clerk.
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