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Show FIVE INDICTED IN COAST FRAUD CASE j LOS ANGELES, Sept. .10. Five secret Indictments were returtid by 'the Lo Angeles county grand Jury Friday after an Investigation of charges that attempts had been made tc wreck banks In Oklahoma, Arizona and other parts of the country through manipulation of notes and certificates Of deposit in Los Angeles. During the Instigation H. C Staggs and Frank Thompson were arrested, charged with obtaining money under false pretensions through such nra- J nipulatlon It was asserted by the district dis-trict attorney's of flee they paid for j merchandise with a draft on a bank at iClarlta, ukla., ivhlch was returned as worthless Staggs had operated In Los ! Angeles as an oil promoter Thomp-son Thomp-son was an assistant in his office. I Both are In Jail, in default of J 10,000 ball. 1 nn |