Show BANK CASHIER CASHlER I SPIRITED AWAY Abortive Attempt of Ohio State Sen Senate Senate ate to Secure Possess Possession n of I Witness I OVERTAKEN WITH A WRIT BANKER WAS RETURNED TO TONCI CINCINNATI NCI N tl O OM J JDa Da Davis js o a the First National bank of this cIty who was arrested In hi a sensational manner last night for falling to appear as a witness before the Drake Investigating committee was returned to this city today on a writ of habeas corpus having been taken from the of the state senate at Springfield and brought here hore In the custody ot of Cia Cin Cincinnati officers Mr Davis acted on the advice of the banks attorney in refusing to appear before the committee holding that the information which was sought from him was absolutely confidential which he had no right to make public He was at his desk as usual even notify notifyIng i inS Ing the committee where he could be I found if they wished to secure his lils ar arres arrest res rest Attorneys Feared Delay Attorneys for the committee how however however ever said that they feared any at attempt attempt tempt to secure arrest in the ordinary way would be the cause of a delay through habeas corpus proceedings and the legal contest which would follow For this reason they took the some somewhat somewhat what unusual method of arresting him himon himon on written statement and then hur hurrying hurrying him from the city in an auto automobile automobile mobile before the local courts could issue a wrIt of habeas corpus and so se secure cure possession of the witness The arrest was made at the tho close of the day and the officers had difficulty in getting away with the prisoner some of the bank clerks who had crowded around at one time seeming about to use force to rescue theIr superior At Attorney Attorney torney Lawrence Maxwell jr on be behalf behalf half of the bank protested against the arrest as contrary to the power of the committee and immediately secured a writ of habeas corpus from Common Pleas Judge but before it be served the party in the auto automobile automobile mobile had been hurried to tc Sharon ten miles from the city where a traction and in car was taken to Springfield that city the party stopped for the i inight night at a hotel Caught at Springfield Officers from Cincinnati with copies I of the writ had been in various di directions and some of these reached I II I Springfield during the early morning I IThe The did not resist the i order of the court but gave up the prisoner who was brought back to Cincinnati where he was to appear before Judge Samuel W Vl Smith today The Drake committee had summoned I Cashier Davis to testify whether his bank had paid either gratuities or In Interest interest terest to County Treasurer I IRI RI as a means of securing the deposits of county funds The hearing of the committee was postponed until next Wednesday Davis was released on his own recognizance |