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Show MRS. EUGENE PAYNE BICTEOJI BOISE Wife of Former Cashier of Failed State Bank Charged With Falsifying Books. Special to The Tribune. BOISE. Ida., Oct. 2. Tbe Hpocial rrand jury in sessiou in this city today returned an indictment against Mrs. Euecno Payne, wife of, tho former cashier of the defunct Boise State bank, also indicted. The true bill charges her with makinjr a false entry in tho daily balance book of the institution.- Her bond was fixed at $500. Sho will be arraigned October 5. So far as court history in this county shows, Mrs. Payne is tho first; woman to bo indicted by a crand .iury for violation vio-lation of the state banking laws, one was a bookkeeper in tbe bank at the time of its failure, and is chargod by the true bill with making an entry under dato of September 1, 1911, of $289,521.61. representing the total resources, re-sources, when she knew that the entry was false. The grand jurv has made a clean sweep of tho bank caso. The indictment indict-ment of Mrs. Payne came as a climax and .proved a sensation. She is well known in society and has a host ot friends. . , , Edward Payne, president of the bank, indicted on several counts, and who was active head of the institution, will be arraigned Saturday. Ho is the moBt heavily involved. Tho grand jur' has not finished its task. Up to date it has indicted President Presi-dent Payne, Director J. W. Mehargue, Cashier Eugene Payne, Assistant flashier Walter Keefe, former Cashier E. S. Clapp and Mrs. Payne, bookkeeper. book-keeper. Several counts charging intent in-tent to defraud and embezzle stand against each of them. |