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Show TO KEEP THEM IN JAIL Prosecution's Attitude Toward To-ward Duke and Robertson. BOND COMPANY'S MEN HERE Intimation That Prosecution Is De-termlncel De-termlncel to Keep lien In Jnll Until They Aro Tried CauBod. Friends of Prisoners to Practically Abandon for the Time Efforts to Secure Bonds Surety Company's Officers Aiding Bank's Foice In Chcckinc Accounts. The effort to secure bill bonds for Duke nnd ltobertson was rrnctlcally abandoned Snturdav when th friends of the two men were given pretty plalnlv to understand that such action would be futile Detective Thacker In-tlmnted In-tlmnted to one of the attornejs In the case that he was determined to keep the men In Jail until the trial nnd If they succeeded In raising the ball fixed for tho embezzlement charge nddl-tlornl nddl-tlornl complaints woull be flld charging charg-ing forgery nnd fnlslfjlnir book accounts ac-counts for which he rlilms to have plentv or evidence movt takh nncn' I wan sent hero bj the ells-rnrgo compan) to straighten out this matter mat-ter oxplnlnelMr Thacker last night Now tlmtil hnve secure 1 information lodged complaint nnl cmsed the ir-rest ir-rest of these men I woul I not T will Ing to give them even the posslhlllt) of escape Or course I don't mean to Inslnuiite thit the) would Jump their tond or nn) thing of thit kind but I can t afford to tike even a remote chance In the matter It would be foolish fool-ish to let these men go looso when so many charges are hanging over them The ntntute In tegnrd to falslD'ng book accounts provlles a penalt) of Imprisonment from one to ten years 'Understind there Is nothing personal per-sonal In this mnlter so for as I am concerned I hnve no feeling against the men It Is purelv and almpl) i matter of business nrd I think It Is a pirt of m) business to see tint those men nre held In custol) until they are tllsel" Whit line of defense the prisoners woull set up Mr Tlmker nld he ell 1 rot know, ind Intimate I that he dl 1 not care He snll the evidence In hla possession vvns so complete and convincing con-vincing that he hid not the slightest doubt of securing n conviction before a fair minded Jurj no matter what able legil talent might be employe 1 for the deTenro anxioits ron hearing R II I owls snld esterela) that no bond would be rtirnished for Duke until nfter the prellmlnar) hearing until tho attorne) nnd friends of th prisoner knew whit chnrt.es he would have to met He slid ho waa anxious to hive the hearing earl) In the week If pos slble, hut th statement given out from County Attorne) Chrlsteneen s nttlee nt a Inte hour In the afternoon wis that no dite tor the heirlnc hnd )et hem fixed Julge Powers said nothing hod been done b) his firm In the matter of securing a bon 1 ror Robertson A J Divls who hna been nt the bottom of the movement to secure a bond for Robertson, slid It was n mlstnke to so) thnt the effort to secure n bond before be-fore the prellmlnar) trial had been abandoned He admitted however, that the bond had not bet n seemed The stream nf callers was continued nt the Jail 5 esterdi) Detet tlv o Thnck-er Thnck-er hld another confererce during the afternoon with Duke but expressed no desire to see Robertson Mrs Duke also held nnother consultation with her husbind si'iiiTi t em pax v orricnus A P ncdeMnff the director secretnry and mfl-nngor of the raclflc Ouimnty compan) and Allen Knight, the expert nccountint of the snme Institution nre In the city nnd nre qunrterol at the Knutaforel while the) ate adding their service? to straighten out the affairs at tho bnnk The) expect to b In tho clt) for severnl da) a and assert thnt the Irregularity with which Duke nnd Robertson nre charged will bo probe 1 tn the bottom Mnnnger Homer King of the Wells rarrt A Co of Pan Pran Cisco Is on his v tn alt I. ike ne. companleil by his i n The understanding understand-ing Is thit the) are coming to nss,lt In the straightening out of tho ntfalra of the bnnk Messrs Redding nnd Knlcht worked nt the bank till midnight, nnl they hid little to id nt tho close of their di) a work Wo nre worklnr with the Wells, I'lrgo A Co olllclnls In the Investigation Investiga-tion and we nre all nnxlous to find out Just how matters ptund,' Mr Redding said Of course he continued we have Just begun nnd little can be sal 1 at this time' Mr Holding sail the Pacific Surety rompiny has nn connection whatever with Wells Pnrtcn & Co that It wis not mode up of the same people at all He said both Duke ind Robertson were londed Individually but would not slate the amount of their bonds |