Show BROWN HELD TO HIGHER COURT Former Bank Clerk Is Bound Over for Trial on Two Charges of Forgery BOND REDUCED TO 2000 UNABLE TO FURNISH IT AND SPENDS NIGHT IN JAIL Arthur Brown former clerk and nd now ed of forgery was as bound over overto overto to the district court yesterday on two charges by City Jide e J J Whitaker County Attorney WI WIlard VII lard Hanson consented to the reduction of his Mil from to OO he WAS un unable unable able duri during the afternoon and evening to furnish a bond and he be spent last night In the tho cIty efty jail Brown appeared to be somewhat wor while he was ras In court but after the was taken he was asked if he 11 could furni furnish b the bond he be re replied plied piled to the reported in a cheerful tone 1 have no doubt I shall raise it he aid Two Sessions of Court CourtAt At the morning session of court Brown was bound over on a charge of forging name of W C Orem manager of the I Mining comp company ny to a check for 61 Mr dr Orem was the first wit and testified that he had not sl ed edt t ll heck R R It Starkey Starke receiving teller 1 the Commercial National bank who ha known knon Brown Bron from boyhood testified that came Into the hank bank on Ma Mai i 1 wIth the check in question and with Iwo others He had them listed on a 8 de der pit r it slip which was as put in eidt evidence nce and h td them deposited to his credit creditOn On of the checks was for lS 12 O and andt andi t jH i ft other her was for tor It is this lat latr r heck which fO forms ms the basis of the nd charge against Brown Bron G W V VH H Heywood deputy county auditor who j as a 8 handwriting expert WAS ailed as a witness He testified that t lf body of the forged ch check k was in tM the handwriting of f though he would lot swear that the signature was in Browns He reached this conclusion by the writing with that on ch checks ks admittedly written by Brown Held on Second Charge A At t the session Brown was oas hound over oer on the charge of the name of F X M Orem a brother of hp other prosecuting witness to a check checkor or This check bore Mr lIr signature as secretary and treasurer of the Consolidated Mining Mr Starkey Starke Mr Ht Heywood and Captain Burbidge of the police department were the witnesses aside from Mr Orem Burbidge told of Browns arrest dt at the Oregon OretOn Short Line depot and on said Brown did not en endeavor endeavor deavor to conceal himself from him In fact Brown Bron spoke first Mr lr Orem testified that Brown entered the employ ot of himself and his brother April 1 He was to act as bookkeeper and agent for th three mining corn com panis in which they are Interested As such hE had access to the check books of all the companies although Mr Orem said he was not allowed to write rite a check without the voucher for the same being O f hd K d b by one of the officers of the corn com company pany whichever it happened to be Brown Looks Haggard Brown Bron was neatly d dressed Med is ift court but buthe hf he had a ha haggard gard look which Indicated that confinement and mental worry were ere on him He was not called to the stand no evidence being offered in his Hf He consulted frequently with At Attorney torney C S Kinney who represented him Mr r Kinney asked few questions of the witnesses but attacked the validity of oft t flu hp complaint upon which Brown was be bei i n tried All of his objections were ere over oYer ruled rifled |