Show FIVE INDICTED IN fRAUD CAES NEW YORK Aup An A ug Colonel 23 23 Colonel Launcelot J I Mi Purcell U 9 iii A re- re retired retired re retired tired of Seattle Wash former chief of ot the surplus prop property di dl division vision Islon John C Skinner chief of the sale solos sales division dl of the quarter quarter- quartermaster's quartermaster's quartermaster's masters master's corps Bertrand Weiss Herman Canter Cantu Cante and Harry Miller were Indicted today charged wl h conspiracy to defraud the govern govern- government government government ment Alleged frauds of ot nearly 1000 ed surplus army property Weiss and CantOr Center are ore In business hero heio l lL as the L ir ar Sales com com- company company pany Miller r I la head ot of the Harry Miller company ot or this city before Weiss and Canter appeared be- be be before fore tore Federal Judge Bandy Bondy and en- en entered en entered tentative pleas of ot not guilty They were released on bon bonds ls of Colonel Purcell Is la said fald to tobe ibe on qt his way say from Seattle to an- an an answer the charges and Skinner and Miller hM ha e been notified to appear appeal appear f f for tor pleading Indictment wore Three separate returned The Tito The first charges es the tho fac fc factitious a submitting defendants with I assignment and obtaIning division I from the surplus property trading I merchandIse awarded a to t a in thea the value of ol ofa 60 for about for about The second Indictment ch charges Weiss and Canter Canler with submitting this forged Instrument and obtain obtain- obtaining obtaining In ing property from the government and substitutions on old contracts contract without making a proper bid I The third In Indictment charges 1 Colonel Purcell Skinner r and Miller with obtaining through reductions In la contracts already L The Indictments charge that In one deal alone the o government lost lone A large amount of mosquito bars were contracted for to be sold foe 1 ft each This contract was WIlS later Inter cancelled and the goods held for tor a 0 year when 1 I Is alleged they were sold to the defendant de- de de defendants for 17 cents apiece |