Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
PLOT TO CONCEAL
SMITH co. BOOKS
CHARGED TO FOUR
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sum of money belonging to the Smith
company.
In each instance these sums were
wrongfully and fraudulently charged to
a credit account with one of those other
corporations that then had a credit &C
count with the said Smith company.
THAT the defendants did unlawfully
conspire, in an endeavor to conceal en-
beZzlement and misuse by them of q
total of S500O,000 OF the company s
funds to remove from their proper place
and destroy certain books and accounts
of the Smith company"
The articles allegedly concealed OF
destroyed by the defendants were de-
scribed in the indictment as 20 books
of account, 100 debit slips, 100 Cancelled
checks, 20 files and 100 journal
vouchers.
Lists 10 Alleged Overt Acts.
The indictment then sets forth 10
alleged overt acts, each of which is de-
scribed as an attempt TO further the
conspiracy to conceal the books. They
are in part:
That Anadale, on March 6. 1928, or
dered removed from the Smith Build
ing, 8l5 Fifteenth street to the Jeffer-
son Apartment House, four boxes OF
books and papers.
That Anadale, on April l, 1928. burn
ed IN the furnace OF the Smith Build
ing four boxes of papers and books.
That Pitts, on August ! 1928. directed
Anadale to charge SIS 900 TO the credit
account of the Pittsburgh Insurance Ex-
change, Inc
That Henry on May 4, 1929, arranged
for storage of records on the farm OF
J. Rucker Porter, near Brookville, Md.
That on May 6, 1929, the defendant:
moved to the farm. 1t is charged they
were packed in so trunks.
That on June II, 1929, the defendant:
took so more trunks filled with records
to the farm of Arthur H. Chapman
near Falls Church, Va.
That Henry, on September 6, 1929
| had delivered to Pitts, at Washington
the individual ledger sheets covering
the checking account OF Pitts with thu
Southern Maryland Trust Co.
WnIfuI COnceaIment Charged.
! The second count OF the indictmen
! charges the four defendants with 'un
| lawfully, willfully and feloniously' tax
! ing away and concealing an accoun
| book Of the Smith company with inten
| to defraud the Smith company, its pre-
! ferred stockholders and the purchaser
| Of bonds issued on buildings financed
! by the company.
| The third count charges the fraudu
lent concealment of so checks drawn
| payable to corporations and persons
who have no just claims to the sum.
| for which the checks we're drawn. anC
also so checks made payable to cash
| The fourth count alleges that tn
! defendants wilfully and fraudulent.
| concealed the general journal of tn,
! Smith Co.
The indictment charges the four de
PENDANTS with intent to defraud tn
Smith Co.. its preferred stockholders
! owners Of bonds sold by the company
the creditors of the company. tn
Hamilton Hotel Corporation the Roch
ester Corporation. the Fifth Avenu
| Apartment Corporation, the FairfaS
Inc, OF Pittsburgh; the Hilltop Mano
Co, the Cavalier Corporation, the Bev
erly Building Co.. the Law and Financ
Building Corporation, the Pembertol
Building Co, the Fairfax Apartment
Corporation Of Buffalo, the Pittsburgh
Insurance Exchange, Inc: the yelling
ton Building Corporation, the Marti
nique, Inc, and others.