Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1894 — INDIANAPOLIS BANK WRECKERS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANAPOLIS BANK WRECKERS.

The Coffins and Bookkeeper Reed Held Guilty. The trial of Francis A. Coffin, Percival B. Coffin and Albert S. Reed, of the Indianapolis Cabinet Company, for conspir acy to defraud the Indianapolis National Bank, in the United States Court at Indianapolis, came to an end, Saturday] The jury retired and after a consultation of eighteen hours a verdict was agreed upon ami sealed, ■ At 9 a. m.. Monday.the jury was brought Into court and ren- . dered their verdict as follows: “Wo the jury find the defendants guilty as charged in the indictment.” The defendants’ attorneys made a motion for a new trial and Judge Baker set Monday, June 4, as a time, to hear the arguments. The defendants were then released on bond. F. A. Coffin's bond was raised to $25,003; P. B. Coffin’s to $1'2,500; Reed’s was continued as before. The verdict was anticipated, and created no surprise at Indianapolis, even to the defendants. - ... -