Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1893 — IN THE TOILS. [ARTICLE]

IN THE TOILS.

Ex-Gov. Chase Indicted on Three Charges. - Pari* and Walden of the Greentown Bank . Also Held. The Howard county grand jury which has been investigating the Greentown bank failure for a week past, Tuesday returned. criminal indictments against exGovernor Ira J. Chase. Indictments were also found against John W, Paris, of Indianapolis, known as the “wicked partner,” and Lewis Waldron, the cashier, charging them with the same offenses. The jury was composed of four Republicans and one Democrat, the foreman being ex-State Representative John W. Loop. Gov. Chaso is held on throe counts: 1. Embezzlement directly In appropriating funds of the bank: 2. Embezzlement indirectly, through his agent, Cashier Walden; 3. False pretense In securing deposits by representing that his partners, Paris and Dwiggins, were worthrespectively from $150,000 to 1250,000, and from 1250,000 from $1,000,000. Paris is held on live charges for the same offenses. Walden is indicted on two counts, The investigation was thorough, and one hundred witnesses were examined.