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Show PRITCHARD'S CASE TO COME UP SOON A. E. Pritchard, former assistant postmaster post-master of this city, charged with the embezzlement em-bezzlement of more than $S00O from the local office, will be arraigned for trial in the feoeral court on December 12. The allegation is that Pritchard carried shortages from quarter to quarter during several years covering his work at the postoffice, the shortages constantly increasing. in-creasing. The first specific charge in the indictment against him alleges that shortly short-ly after Postmaster Noble YVarrum assumed as-sumed the duties of the office Pritchard deposited several thousand dollars to the credit of Arthur L. Thomas, previous postmaster, taken from stamp sales after Mr. Warrum became postmaster arid alleged al-leged to cover a shortage created under the Thomas administration. |