An effort was made on Monday 10 furnish the U.S$1,500 bond fixed by the U.S, Court for China in the case Jot Mr. Carl J. Lemeke, who has been held in the Amoy Road Gaol since his arrival here from Hankow.
No definite date has been set for the trial of the two men, but Judge Helmick is at present trying to draw up a calendar." His task is rendered. all the more dificult owing to. the humorous cases and suits which have been filed with the Court as a result of the failure of the American:
Oriental Banking Corp., the American-Oriental Finance Corp, and the Raven Trust Ca, on May 3
In connection with the embezzlement sults fled against Mr. Frank J. Raven, Mr. Albert H, Driscoll, and Mr. J. Warner Brown, Mr. RT. Evans, defending counsel for the fr two, died on Saturday a motion to! set the date of the trial of his clients It is thought unlikely that the case will come. before the court for a hearing before the middle of October, "Rivost's" Boy Released Meanwhile, Zau Chi-fong, houseboy employed by "Dr. M. Rivosh, who has been identified as Walden, was arrested by" French Police watching the apartment Ave. Joffre, and appeared before the Second Special District Court on September 3 to answer a charge of larceny. guilty to the charge, but in extenuation said that he ha received no wages for nearly four months. He stated that his monthly salary was $85,.but that since master left the House on May 4 (when Walden was arrested), he had received nothing, although he kept the flat tidy and' clean. He had. bee forced to pawn a quantity of clothes, camera, an electric fan, and several other small articles in order to get some money with which he could buy food for himself and his wife.
He further said that "Dr. Rivosh" left. the apartment on May 4 with hhis wife; the Jailer returned in the Jevoning and left the next morning again. She relumed once more on May ® when she instructed him 10 look after the apartment, saying that his master was. sick but would be hack very soon, She then left and hho had not seen her since.
Satisfied with this defence, the Judge ordered the release of tha house-boy.
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