Show I SAYS IT II IS SPITE WORK VOR VORA I IA A V Acheson Arrested for Embezzlement Says Company Owes Him Much Money A V Acheson of K street who was arrested on a warrant charging embezzle embezzlement embezzlement ment Issued from Judge Diehls court Wednesday night stated that his arrest and the coming prosecution are mere matters of spite work He lias has been re released released released leased on bail ball and will vm be tried soon The date dato of the trial has not been set The warrant warr nt was issued at the instigation Instigation tion of ot Ray C Naylor I acted as president of the Acheson Smith Surgical Instrument company for fora a number of ot months prior to my resign resigning resignIng resignIng ing that position last May said Mr Acheson last night For my services I Iwas Iwas Iwas was to receive 18 per week weel I received no salary for a period of nine months When I left lett about a year ago I took with me the dies for making surgical instruments Instruments ments meats owned by the company compan J r held them because of ot the debt owing me by b the company Now the other members of the company tell a great cock and bull story about my having embezzled e the funds of the company compan Wednesday day night Ray Bay C Naylor who was a stockholder In the company ac accompanied accompanied companied by A W Smith secretary j and treasurer of the concern and a dep deputy deputy deputy uty sheriff came to my house and told me I was under arrest No warrant or complaint was ever read to me Rather than have any trouble with the men I went to the county Jail jaU I was In Jail all aU night I asked to have communication of ot my predicament sent to some sonic of my friends but this was denied me I shall of course be acquitted when the trial comes on for tor there is 15 no evidence that I embezzled one cent cant The Surgical company had offices in the Eagle block It be became became became came financially embarrassed some time ago and is now practically out of exist existence exIstence existence ence |