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Show Coldfied Bankers Escape One Charge Acquitted of Conspiracy and False Pretenses Young Yet to Be Tried for Embezzlement. GOLDFIELD. New. June 10 Tho prc-llmlnarj prc-llmlnarj examinatlpn of J. B. Young of the Goldfleld Bank and Trust company and Francis L Burton on the charge of conspiracy nnd obtaining money under false pretenses resulted in their acquittal. Securities Are Attached. Young waa remanded Into custody pending his trial on the charge of embezzlement. embez-zlement. Twenty-four thousand dollars' worth of Young's personal securities have been attached and these, with others, oth-ers, will. It Is estlntated. pa)- the creditors of tho bank 50 per cent. Cashier Boalcs's testimony showed that ho paid but one $5000 check to Burton on the advice of Director Davis. This check war Indorsed twice. Fake Checks to Bolster Capital. The two debit checks amounting to H3,-000 H3,-000 were accounted for by Cashlor Boales's statement to Receiver Hlrsch-feld Hlrsch-feld that they were fakes, representing r.o money, but were used to bolster up the bank s capitalization, which said said to be 1100,000, but which, was only in reality reali-ty 117,000 cash. |