The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-11

had been added. He said, Did do
tbat2" He said that the Norway had
overdrawn $40, 900, but that he had got
a deed of trust from Norway for $50, 900,
which would make things all right.
GBlotter and ledger shown. I am "a
miliar with Mr.. Quarters handwriting.
These figures were made by him. The
figure II" on the ledger seems to have
been made with different colored ink;
one seems to have been made with COPY
ing ink, and the other with a blacker
ink.
Ctosseramined-I do not know when
that figure was put there. 1t may not
have been put there in March, but it
was there in May, when the footing was
made. In the conversation referred to.
Mr.. Quarter said that he had secured
a deed OF trust for $4,000, and would
secure an additional deed of trust OF
100000. The deed of trust was not
shown to me then. There was some
thing said about the alteration in Nor
ways account, and the addition Of
figure to that account in posting. When
we said that Norway has overdrawn
$40 900, Quarter said, It's worse than
that and burst into tears. The tellers
cash book, Or blotter, contained all the
cash transactions of the bank. | first
saw the alteration on the book about the
2lst of February last. The institution
closed it's doors on Saturday, February
25th. There vas good deal of excite
ment about the condition OF affairs
Messrs. Pannell, Cecil and myself were
in the back room, and Mr.. PAUL in the
front room. Mr.. PAUL first discovered
the change in the books. Mr.. Quarter
had been away; l think he got home
on the ODD of February, about III
o'clock in the morning.
John Wagner, ssorn-I am cashier OF
the National Bank OF West Virginia
and have been since 1868. | have seen
Mr.. Quarter handwriting often books
shown From my knowledge Of Mr..
Quarrier's writing think the entry in
the blotter is his 1t is very difficult to
tell in regard to the entry in the ledger;
there it is a similarity in the two tg-
ure zones but one is darker than the
other; this could be accounted for in
two or three ways; the ink might have
given out of the pen before the last fig
ure was made and by fresh ink from the
same bottle darker impression made,
or It may have been made at a different
time and with different ink; the figures
are commenced alike as if made by the
same person, but they do not finish
alike as if from nervousness that might
happen to any one.
Cross-eramined-I have been engaged
in banks since 1852. l am familiar
with the mode OF keeping books in
banks. Almost every bank has q diff
ferent way Of keeping it's accounts; in
this book, called a blotter, is kept the
cash and checks; the discounts would
not be kept in this book. ! cannot say
other than ] have said in regard to the
entry Of $ll ,36S.S3. it is very difficult to
tell
The Court took recess until one
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Wagner re.called-[The books
were again handed to him. The
sum of ll,3GS.S3 as found in the
ledger is not an alteration but an origi-
nal entry; an alteration would be, in
my opinion, an errasure or substitu-
ton.
Cross-eramincd-Q. From the appear
ance of the ledger and the different
color of the ink, would you say that the
figure 81" was placed there at the same
time as the other figures?
Al can only answer that question
as | did this morning that it might have
been made at the same or some other
time; from a hasty examination
might have thought it was mistake,
it's being placed there. The mistake
could be more readily made by posting
from the blotter, than by adding it up
on tide ledger.
Direct reSumed-I am Of the opinion
that the entry OF the additional figure
is a new entry; an alteration is an
errasure in my view.
Daniel Lamb, Sprorn-I am OF the
opinion that, in one sense Of the term,
the addition Of the figure is an alteration
and in another sense an original entry.
This is a question of law, however.
was trustee OF the Wheeling Savings
Institution, and advertised for all the
depositors to send in their accounts
that | might ascertain what amount Of
assets there were with view to their
distribution pro rata. examined into
the affairs OF the bank as such trustee.
Dwell, state the result? [Object-
ed to, and the objection overruled.
Ave ascertained the amount due
by the Savings Institution to be over
1922 900, exclusive of interest, then
there was $4,000 capital to be &C
counted for, making the total loss
$4,000. The assets were about So
900. This makes the loss OF the insti-
tuition about $500, 900, exclusive OF the
claims against the Norway; take no
account Of that.
Cross-Eramined-l was appointed
trustee on the 18th of February, 1871
| have deed of trust bearing date
February 9Th, 1869; from the Norway
Iron Manufacturing Company for $50
600 to secure five notes of $40, 900 each,
made payable to Alex. Quarter; | have
also second deed Of trust, dated Feb.
ruarv oath. 1871, to secure ten bonds OF
$4,000 each, made by A. C. Quarter
as President and John G.. Battelle
Secretary OF the Norway Iron Company.
These bonds and deeds OF trust came
into my possession among the assets OF
the company. | am now a lawyer, and
have been cashier Of the Northwestern
Bank of Virginia for fifteen years books
shown l am unable to answer as to
/ Il Ill q 1 l.