The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-25
THE JERSEY CITY FRAUDS.

Fourth Days oc;.edinss-TrAcing the
Money to the DEF .ndants I'm the Banks-
The Silent Tel. -Tale Checks.
Yesterday was tie fourth day OF the conspiracy
trial in Jersey City The interest in the result OF
this trial is defy increasing. The evidence given
yesterday we of dry and dull character, relating
solely to the bank accounts of the defendants.
Mr.. San dTord, cashier Of the First National Bank
continue 4 his testimony as follows:-When send
checks 10 the Second National Bank for collection
send "a list with them, and that goes with the ex-
char &c; on July 3, gave Mr.. vreeland credit for
$40 ,76e So, also, 1000; have the ticket for the
$767e6 So think it is Garret vreelands hand writ
! ng the first item on the ticket for $7o,5Oo Is
check; the same day check for $76,6oo drawn by
Josiah Hornblower, and signed on the back by Gar
ret Vreeland, was deposited in the First
National Bank; should suppose 1T was
drawn by Garrett Vreeland; the check
was not sent out for collection on
July 10 gave Mr.. vrceland credit for s6,761 o5;
have the ticket for that; think it is in his hand
writing; on that day find q check charged to Jo-
siah Hornblower for $4,000; on July II find Mr..
the ticket is In his handwriting; on the same day
find check charged to Josiah Hornblower for
s22,92o; on June % Mr.. vreeland was charged with
certified by the bank; the next S706 90; the third
was his check certified for slo6os 50; the check
June, when we balanced his check; on the goth
Of June we charged Mr.. vreeland two
ssa7ss o. dated a Iaas ss they
checks; I find Abraham Colard credited with
$34 1856 &C. dated June 49, there no other cheeks
FOR that amount on my books; on June 20 Mr.. vree
! land charged with 1884, 1856 60; on July 3 1871,
he was charged with certified check n for $780,
Vreeiand with $4,000 in one check, dated the 9th,
and collected on the 9Th; IL was not paid by drafts
paid by certificate for deposit by bills, or might
have been credited to a depositor; don't think It
the cheek was paid over the counter; exchanges
come in the NEXT day. on July ! ind Lei charged
July o; on July there was $4,000 item
on the slip sent nom the Second National
Bank for &C. collection; do not know to whom
think it was the check OF Garrett yreeland; on July
10 Mr.. vreeand is charged with three checks $3.50,
$4,000 was dated the 1Sth find $4,000 item on
the slip Of the Second National Bank, dated
t that day. and that is Charged to Garrett Vree
land; on the 2lst of July flnd charged to Garrett
yreeand $4,000 on check, dated the 10th;
tioha Bank; 1 find on a Second National Bank slip
q $4,000 item, and on that day no other $40 600
find charged against Garrett vreeland check OF
500, dated the ed; cannot tell where it
fn Of s"S e 5 in the
| on the Goth OF January was s5ss 10; on the 2sth
February was s42ls a6 on the Is. Of April was s
June, $3.50 OF; in February lie had a credit Of
$4,000; IN March, between 1900 and $1,000; in
about $4,000; in June, eight deposits about $50 0Oo
II n, July U, eight deposits, amounting to about
Il sspem m Ans nlse one aspo ssp0S $780, '
october, one deposit, $3.50; on June the 2Sth there
was charged to Mr. VTeeiand's account one item,
him one check of that amount, dated June 90, for
1857 CO; there were two checks paid. on June 80,
sns hs to 1 S fsa June q nd
land credited with 1851 SO; there is guide in the
ledger to show what day this check was dated.
National Bank, testned:-Mr. Bumsted keeps an
account with MS; his accounts with us on the debit
was charged Sal s., SO As, $4,000, s2Jo;--total
Sl2,3el so; have no means Of knowing what the
e Ten s MAS on Gao same date rs there y one
Bank there was an item OF $4,000 charged to Will
liam II. Bumsted; June % was charged 800, s2lo
$4,000 and $4,000; charged those two Items
July MI. Bumsted is credited with $4,000; one Of
$4,000 and one of $s43 40; there was other de-
post OF that amount on that day.
q. Where did that $4,000 come from9 A. do
1t that da the that woad
Bumsted is credited with $4,000; on July : there
is one item on our ticket on the First National
post for s25 900; the ticket sowsthat it was check
for $4,000; on July H. tits credited to Mr. Bumsted
we send II to our corresponding bank, the Fourth
National OF New York; on the 5th of July
we sent to this bank $685. In bills legal tender
notes; June we sent ss,00o O. $4,000;
7, $4,000; $4,000; a. $4,000; 15 $4,000; II, $4,000;
10, 5000; 20, 5000; 81, $4,000; %, $4,000;
"a $4,000; &c, $40 0oO 81, $50 OOO %, $4,000; July
8, $4,000; $1,000; Il, ss4, 900; i5 $1,000; 10,
26 $4,000; %, $4,000; 20, $4,000; 81, $4,000. The
total amount of deposit in our bank on the 9th Of
July was 1923 1857 "a that includes everything that
stands to the credit OF our dealers, such as
checks notes, &C.; In balancing up
each night 1t shows how much cash
there was on hand; on July IA Mr.
Bumsted was credited with $500; ticket shown)
/ believe that to be Mr.. Bumsted's handwriting;
our entries for that day contained two items for
$4,000: one of them sent to the First National
Bank; on the goth credited Bumsted $4,000 and
S3,945; on the 21st we collected $4,000 from the
First National Bank on a ticket; on the 26th gave
Mr.. Bumsted credit for 1894; the handwriting
on the deposit ticket is Mr.. Bumsted's;
on July 10 charged Mr.. Bumsted with 900, con-
ssting Of three notes OF $4,000 each and one for
$685.; July 20 he was debited with 100000 In two
checks Of $4,000 each to meet the notes due Sep
tember 30; the last note was paid on the 9th Of
August; the four notes were endorsed by Benjamin
+. Welsh.
Mr.. Graham, Of the Hudson County Bank, testi-
fed that Mr.. Welsh, one of the defendants Kept an
account in their bank between the 1st OF May and
the 1st OF August, 1871: on June 20 lie deposited