Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1905 — CONZMAN GIVES BAIL [ARTICLE]

CONZMAN GIVES BAIL

Wrecker of the Vigo County Na* tional Bank Is Held in $lO,000 Bond. STATE AFTER HAAS, THE THIEF Bank Takes a Bad Piece of Paper Carrie Nation Seems Persona Non Grata—ltems. Terre Haute, Ind., July 28.—Gua A. Conzman, formerly cashier of the failed Vigo National bank, waived preliminary bearing before United States Commissioner A. M. Higgins, and was held to await action of the federal grand jury, which meets In November. He furnished bonds for SIO,OOO. Conzman is charged with embezzling SI,OOO of the bank's funds. Reward Offered for Haas. Crawfordsville. Ind., July 28. Descriptive circulars have been sent broadcast, offering a reward of $250 for the apprehension of Harry Haas, the absconding bookkee]>er of the People’s bank at Darlington. The reward includes also 5 per cent, of all the money recovered. Nothing has been heard from him since Monday night, when he boarded an interurban car at Lebanon for Indianapolis. Newton Flannigau. the chum who drove Haas to Crawfordsville and accompanied him as far as Lebanon, is being held as an accessory.

Flannigan Explains His Action. Flannigan Insists that he knew nothing of the robbery, and explains how he tried to shield Haas, and throw the officers off the track for an altogether excusable reason. This story is generally accepted, and Flannigan will have no trouble in giving bail. It develops that in looting the bank Haas swept the contents of the reserve fund into his suit case, but did not molest over $5,000 of dejxisits In an adjoining tray. Taken In by a Stranger. Wabash, Ind., July 28. Several days ago a stranger called at the store of Beitmau, Wolf & Co., this city, and indicated that he desired to make a few purchases, but he was short of change. He offered to turn in a certificate of deposit on the Bank of South Whitley. His manner was plausible, and the certificate was accepted, the stranger receiving SBG in change. The certificate was deposited for collection in the Wabash bank, and after a short time was returned unpaid, the South Whitley blink asserting that a duplicate had been issued for llie original last August, and that the certificate held by Bettman, Wolf & Co. was void.

Judge Instruct* for a Probe. Richmond, Ind., July 27. —Judge Henry C. Fox, of the Wayne circuit court, has instructed the grand jury to make a complete Investigation of the wrecking of the Commercial bank at Hagerstown, whose cashier, John Bowman, recently killed himself. The court stated that if Bowman bad alders and abetters they should be brought to justice. - —o --a QI. ■