Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-11-02

ier's statement Oh .his point;
"Abost year ago, (ihe testimony was given April
18th, 1910 had aconversatif n with Mr.. Wood !
suggested to him then that there in the
books. told Mr.. Wood that we had discovered an
error in his account with the bank, which brosght
him in debt about seventeen hundred and fifty dollas
IL was at Mr.. Woods store He said the error could
not be- He said IL could not be he indebted to the
hank in that sum said il occurred by passing TO hs
credit acheck in Albany that belonged to another
dealer. He said he had such check for collection
there, bu, that he owed the bank no money have
had two or three conversations with Mr.. Wood. He
had kept account for time previously to Octo
Der 1885 He did for sometime after am not positive
I mentioned the amount OF the check to Mr.. Wood. !
asked him for his bank books and check books. He
ssid they were burnt mp in fire. lie appeared TO be
surprised at this statement Of the overdrawing He
mentioned his overdrawing the bank before, OF hav
ing been notified and made il good. can't recol-
lect telling him Il was Yates check; think saiai
belonged aaether."
II appeared in evidence that other errors were
discovered in the books Of the bank about the 22I
OF March, lS'y and that the clerk who made the al
legged error in this particular case never discovered
IL at all, until the hearing on the reference.
observe that the editor Of the American gives
from another source than Mr.. Cushman, certain ex-
tracts from book SAID to be in your handwriting,
touchine your relations with the Merchants Ex-
change Bank, which relate to transactions late as
ISIS presume there must be some mistake upea
this Poist, AZ IL was a mater coaceeed before the
1897
cntck
reference, nor did you exabt any to me, your
statements 10 me upon this subject always CORES
nding with those made Co the cashier Of the bank
as detailed in his testimony, which I have above
giyen-tha your vouchers OF transactions with the
bank bad been destroyed by fire.
In all the conversations that have ever had with
you this matter during the progress OF the negot-
alton with the bank and Of the reference. you AZ
ways expressed to me your ignorance of any over
draft except that first referred to, and which you
repaid, asd spoke aud acted like person who was
c allied upon to pay amount which he did not justly
owe.
I understood you to be willing to pay from the be-
ginning, with the protest that you considered the
bit not TO be due, and IL was owing very much. l
think TO some matters Of etiquette Of this sort that
there was any controversy ct all between the bank
and yourself The want Of time forbids farther re-
marks remsin,
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Wa. IScris.
FERxaSpo woop, Esq.
leave the public 10 judge Of the stroety Of this
attack. Were there no evidente 10 he produced
gsinst IL but my single negative, am satisfied that
the community, by whose good opinions have been
festered from my boyhood-under whsse eyes I
have been reared from my cradle--woulj not hest
tate to pronounce IL an uslusii6sblc calumny, aad
visit upon It's propagators their universal condemna.
lion. frssAsDO Woop.
New York Nov ., 1870