The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-08

Prison.
said, he sent the formal release
papers to the county Jail.
According to court records Cassie
man had been accused of malicious
treSpaSS. The case was dropped
through agreement with complain
ing witnesses.
Sentences Were Different
Judge KarabelI could not under
stand, he said, how the clerical err
ror' could have occurred. The COM
mltment papers, he said, are printed
on blue paper, whereas release or
ders are printed on white paper.
Moreover. Judge Karabell pointed
out, CaSsleman had been sentenced
to pay fine of $40 and costs and
serve 30 days, whereas Mrs. Coffman
had been fined SIS and sentenced
to serve so days.
Mrs. Coffman was arrested Nav %
on charge of receiving stolen goods.
Held with her we're Harold Austin
and George Britt. both of whom
since have been sentenced to serve
one to 10 years.
Robert w. Polhamus, Chicago.
who had been held in Marion Coun-
ty Jail since April 26 in default of
$4,000 bail on five charges growing
out of raid on the financial Offices
Of Louis Stern, then at $40 Illinois
Building, was freed late yesterday
on $4,000 bail.
Bucket" Suspect Freed
The former manager of Stern 81
Co. walked from the county Jail
after Clyde H Karrer, his attorney,
who frequently sits as judge pro
tenn. in Criminal Judge Frank P.
Bakers court, had presented a bond
reduction signed by Judge Baker.
With Karrer was Paul P. Scharffin.
attorney, who, according to Karrer,
represents the Stern concern in civil
matters.
R. P. Henry, another employe Of
Stern & Co., against whom five
charges also have been lodged, to-
day remained in the county Jail
in default of bail.
His attorney, Floyd j. Mattice,
former chief deputy prosecutor, said
he understood his clients bail has
been fixed at $4,000. The records
in the case show that bail in the
Henry case had been fixed at $4,000
on each charge as it had been in
Polhamus case.
$3.50 Receipts From KarreT
When Polhamus left for Chicago
late last night he carried with him
a receipt bearing the name Clyde
H. Karrer" for $3.50, and dated
June 7.
Polhamus said he had given $3.50
to Scharffin yesterday.
The bail bond, approved by Judge
Baker, was supplied by Thomas
Kercheval, R. R. 4, Box 672, who
stated his property is valued at
$4,000 and that he was not surety
on any other bonds in excess Of
$4,000.
Records Of Sheriff Rays Office
show that on May Is, Mr.. Kercheval
also signed the bond of Arnold
Blunt, Is, England, held in the
Stern and Co. case, for $500.
Knew Nothing of Release
James Watson, deputy prosecutor
in charge of prosecuting commercial
fraud cases, said today he did not
know that Polhamus had been re-
leased from Jail and claimed he
knew nothing about the reduction
of the bail.
Miss Myrtle Carbaugh, Office en-
ploye of Stern and Co., also charged
on five counts, was released April
% on $4,000 bail supplied by Lyman
Unger.
Aff1davits charging d officers and
employees Of Stern and Company
we're filed with Prosecutor Spencer
April IS. Five persons were ar
rested.
Charges against the officials in
cluded making sales Of listed stocks
to customers without bona fide pur-
chases on the firms part.
misunderstanding Is Claim
Maurice T. Harrell, assistant at
torney general, who had charge Of
the Polhamus case, said there was
a misunderstanding" on the bond
Of Folhamus.
The bond, as I understood it, was
to be $1,000 on five indictments in
stead Of $4,000 on each one, or total
of s25, 0o0," Mr.. Harrell said.
81 appeared yesterday before Judge
Frank Baker with Karrer and asked
that the bond be reduced. 1t was by
agreement. Polhamus Is under a
bond in Federal Court in Chicago in
connection with a mail robbery and
it is our belief that the $4,000 will
suffice to bring him back for trial"
Polhamus said he was held in Chi
cago as a material witness in the
robbery case.
In addition the Federal govern
ment has been carrying on an in
vestigation and both Val Nolan,
Federal District Attorney, and A. C.
Garrigus, postal inspector, were not
interested one way or the other in
keeping PoIhamus or Henry in jail
during the summer months" Mr..
Harrell added.