Show I HARRYSHUMAN OUNn OVfR COLLECTOR FOR ItRCEANTS I NCLYCOPEDI TOE TRIED SnnFrancisco Ma Pound Gut Ont On-t a Lesser CbgeUnble to Give a Bondof lOOO Harry Shuman of San Francisco a collector foI advertising in the Merchants Mer-chants Encyclopedia who was r centy arrested by Chief Pratt Was given a hearing yesterday in police I court ottthe dhar of lmowingl hay Ing In his possession a forged note vlth Intention tQ defraud Judge Timmony founa sufficient evidence to hold him to the district court The defendant was found guilty of the second count of the complnt which alleges that Harry Shuman on Feb I3 did commit the crIme ot 11V log in bfs possession a false ford and cQuntprC note or oolgton In writ lag knoWing the same to be forged with i tenton to defraud Elms Morris Sons company as follows cqppany fonows I Contract Xo S6 StE Elas Morris Sons comTpany nree to pay the sum of IQ ten dolas for insertion of card and heading In cap letters In the Merchants Mer-chants R f Eney 1899 edition FIRM ELIAS MORlS SONS CO Per A G AUGUE Secretary Sttit Lake 1898 P B Williams Agent I is alleged that the above note was converted from a cancelled contract signed by oris Sons who thereby stated that they had paid 10 for the insertion of the advertising in the encyclopedia en-cyclopedia The for was so arranged that by cutting off the top of the cancelled can-celled contract and printing the words agrees to pay it wan converted Into a new note which Jll Shuman resented re-sented for collection A G Giauque Morris Sons tes tided that when he signed the document docu-ment it had 01 the top the words cancelled can-celled contract ete and the words did pay In its present conditon tread t-read ares to pay Chief Pratt and Detective Sheets recited re-cited the circumstances of the arrest at testified that in a conversation wIth them Shuman sad he represented I McNally Co of San Francisco but as to the personnel ot the company he I only knew that his brother was connected con-nected with i The encyclopedia bears themprint of McNally Co Yesterd on the witness stand Shu man denied that he stated to Pratt and Sheets that he was working for rcNaly Co He sad he was representing repre-senting the Columbian collection agency composed of E H Harris and E P Dewey who he saId had purchased I pur-chased notes of 1caly Co for 10 ier cent of their face value Shuman l1er denied that he stated to E W Duncan I that he was employed by IcNaUy Cn but when the prosecution offered to place Mr Duncan on the stan the defense admIted that Duncan would say that Shuma stated he was work lng for IcNaly CoM Co-M Somerfeld a salesman of this city testified that he had known Shuman formerly In San Francisco and that durIng a period of five yeas he bore i a good reputation I After rgments by Mr Gunter for the state and K C nase of San Fran csco for the defense Judge Tmmon decided to hold the defendant to the district cOurt fixing the bail at 50 here are three other complaints against Shuman charging similar offenses of-fenses I was agreed that the defendant defend-ant should waive examination on the others and that the county attorney should elect one of them for trial il eec the district court and that he be tried only an one complaint the bail to be I fixed at 100 Shuman was unable 10 secure the amount lat night and was committed to the ity jail I |