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AUBURN LAWYER ACTSATLAGRANGE Grand Jury Conducting Investigation LaGrange, Ind., Sept. probe by the grand jury of charges that been made against Prosecutor Ralph Foster expected to be the next phase of the controversy has raged the official. The grand jury, in recess today, Tuesday and the belief that the prosecutor charges to be gone into is strengthened by Judge Clyde Carlin has appointed two special prosecutors. Several persons have made threats to file affidavits charging the prosecutor with taking money from liquor runners. When these allegations became town talk about three weeks ago, Foster ridiculed them and said an effort was being made to keep him from ordering probe of the LaGrange County Trust company, three of whom were indicted last week by the grand jury. Foster, who was acquitted Friday Angola on charge of issuing fraudulent check, has now won his first two tilts in the factional fight which has split the town. Evidence produced showing that an leged fraudulent check given by Foster George Brattin, the Brattin Motor Sales Agency, had been sold to Howard W. Mountz of Garrett, an attorney for the LaGrange County Trust company Foster, who accused in another fraudulent check case filed in justice court at Elkhart, will appear this charge October 30. His hearing scheduled for today, but by agreement of his attorneys and the prosecutor at Elkhart, the case was postponed. No date had been set today for the of the three dicted bank officials. They are E1mer Grady, president; State Senator Rollo Walter, secretarytreasurer, and his brother, Burritt Walter, vice-president. Warrants were served on the three Saturday and they were released on bonds Grady is charged with embezzlement in one indictment. Rollo Walter is named in five one charging forgery and four charging embezzlement. Burritt Walter is named in four one charging and three charging negotiation of false loans. After their arrest by John Luttman the three went to the office of County Clerk H. Plank and posted personal bonds for their release Grady bond of $5,000; Rollo Walter, $22,000, and Walter, $4,500. The specific charge against Grady that he accepted deposits Saturday, August the last day the bank was open, when he knew the institution was insolvent. The deposits were made by Ivan Barkman in the amount of $300 and RobFrutig, $96. B. Walter is charged with drawing check on the account of himand Bert Shultz, tenant his farm, in the sum of This overdraft and was dated May 1931. Another charge is that on 1931 he drew check for on the account of Walter and Walter. The charges connection with these transactions are and making false loans. The embezzlement indictments against Rollo Walter are based allegations that he, as agent, sold bonds August 1931 for Edith Sears in the amount of $300 and sold bonds amounting to $2,700 for Mrs. Sears' father, Reed: that August 1931 he collected acting as agent for Anna Maria Hettler; that he accepted four deposits August 8, knowing the bank insolvent. These were made by John Yoder, LaGrange store, $22: Frank Olds, and Clarence Grate, $180. He also alleged to have forged on August 1930 promissory note for $200 against Amandus Miller. The embezzlement counts all are based on the allegations they accepted deposits and made collections knowing the bank was insolvent. This is known as banker's or statutory LaGrange, Ind., Sept. official inquiry into the charges that have been made against Prosecutor Ralph Foster was instituted by
