The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-05
NO BAIL FOR RODMAN YET.
Ho Weeps Bitterly in His Cell-The Story Of the
$4,000 Gold Check-The Brooklyn Trust
Company and How 1t Was Managed.

Rodman, the deaulter and ex-Deputy Treasurer
OF the city Of Brooklyn, remains IN the Raymond
Street Jail awaiting the coming OF the bondsmen
promised by his counsel so confidently week ago.
Yesterday the prisoner was visited by his counsel
Colonel E. I. Wood, and a friend. During the In
terTiew Rodman
BROKE DOWN AND wEPT BITTERLY.
Assistant District Attorney Cullen will bring the
case of ROdman before the Grand Jury on Monday
next. Yesterday Mr. Cullen requested Corpora
ton Counsel De Witt to furnish him with the
necessary list OF names Of witnesses, and this viii
be done. Treasurer sprague has not yet handed
in his resignation to the Mayor, but will, il is
pected, do so to-day. An interview was had yes
terday with Alderman Ropes, the President OF the
Brooklyn Trust Company, touching gold check
for s5s,375 which was passed upon that comp any
three years ago, and has been known AS
THE VAN SAUN CHECK.
The following dialogue took place.
O. was not the Trust Company stuck with the
Van Saun gold check two or three summers agoY
A. do not know: but there Is nothing IN that
transaction to affect the present condition of the
Trust Company, and not see how IL would benefit
the company to 90 back two or three years to as
certain.
Q. Has not $4,000 been paid on tY A. have
said all can say in the matter There is nothing
can do, unless | took up my time to overhaul
the books of the institution IN order to get at
some mode or replying to your questions, aud
as long as that matter occurred years ago and
at present forms no part of the business of this
public, or anyone else. by pursuing the matter any
further. In view OF what has been developed al
ready, am free to say that
MIR. R0DMAE 49, IN MY OPINION, THE ONLY PERSON
who possesses the truth concerning that check and
all the incidents connected with 1t. He alone can
tell II was to go over the books, they, OF course
would not show the truth, because there is every
evidence that the whole thing was neiarous
And if
THE TRANSACTION WAS NEFARroUs,
as it undoubtedly was, of course the man who
practised 1t would be very sure to leave no evil
dence TO crimnate himself. All know about this
check Is what have seen in the newspapers. l
find that the directors who are here think as
think-that the transaction was not honest and
that Is all there IS TO be said about 1t.
Q. Has not sewing machine stock been deposited
with the Trust Company as security for the remain
ing $4,000, and did not the Board OF Directors
fuse to count 1t as worth anything A. When
became President received the assets OF the CON-
machine stock among them. There are some things
in possession OF the company not counted as
assets, which have not had time to look over yet.
O. Who do the company look to Tor Il settlement
OF the balanceS A. TO the stock; but it does not
follow that the stock covers that particular loan.
O. Is not this the sewing machine company in
which White is Interested? A. Those things are
done In such manner that we can't tell anything
about 1t: the name given may be myth and you
have nothing but the stock to depend on; have
explained this already.
q. Did you know that the
LOANS OF THE wILLIAMANTIC BONDS
were made to White individually, and. Mills
death, were found In the treasury Of the Trust
already in reply to previous one. There is NJ
sewing machine stock among the assets.
Judge McCue one OF the directors of the Trust
| Company, said that the note in question was never
there to his knowledge. "There forged
check passed OF, but never saw 1t in my life re
marked the Judge.