Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1902 — NEELY FACES MORE TROUBLE [ARTICLE]

NEELY FACES MORE TROUBLE

To Be Prosecuted on Embezzlement Charge ,in Federal Courts. New York city special: Edward K. Jones, special assistant attorney general of the United States, who has been retained by the Cuban government in the prosecution of Charles F. W. Neely, charged with embezzlement while chief of the bureau of finance of the postoffice department in the island, gave out a statement concerning the action that will be taken in order to recover the funds. Mr. Jones said that the amnesty guaranteed by the Cuban government extended only to the criminal offense. Neely when first apprehended had $6,000 on his person. This was confiscated and is now in the hands of the government at Washington. His $20,000 bail was attached, and he is bonded for $50,000 by the Fidelity Surety company of Maryland. The first hearing in the proceedings against him will be held in the federal court in this city somi time in October.