New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-31
PACIFIC MAIL BOOKKEEPING.
,srrvoyy OF JOHN RouNpEY, ACCOUNTANT.


AT the opening of the session Mr. Beck
called attention to certain statements which had sp-
penred in PRINT whlrh placed two OF the members OF tho
Committee, Mr.. Dawes and himself, in false Light
before the community and which he desired TO eorreei
Mr. Dawes not prcseut, but Mr.. Beck was satsned
that the paragraph which referred 10 him was hcnt
malicious, and that was dropped In rrlato" 10 ME-
Beck II was stated that his name appeared upon the
hotel register in May 1872, in connection with That OK
Mr. King which was tine fact. TOE error was shown
TO have arisen rln the difficulty OF the rcnorers near
ing Alright the confusion OF crowded loOu aDd to
have based upon the stttemeuts OF ohcfs fsthr
than individual observation. The regular proceedings
then began With the examination OF Jobn Rouhdey, no
accountant Of ia, Pacific Mail Steamship Company i'm
1872:
Mr. Kasson-s;atc what was your business during
the first half Of tAe year Is;.-durne that year a.
was accountant
O. At what place was yonr business carried ON a.
AT 40 90 wall-.t., the office OF the Company.
O. At teat time who the President, the Vice
President. and the Secretary OF the Company A. a.
b. stockwel was President, F. w. O. Bellows Was
the Vice Prcsdeut, aud Theodore L. JoLneoD was tho
secretary.
O. What was your especial duty as al accountants A.
had the general charge OF the accounts u the COM
pany bad charge Of the monthly reports OF INC aRep'S
which came INTO the onite
@. From the San Fraucisco agency az wei "a The
o;hersi A. Yes sir; the disbursements hcIe wee
transferred TO the Cdshbook from the ebttkbcck al
various tunes during the month.
O. What books wcse under your particular contIoIf
A. had the casI.hooh, Journal, and ledge, and conc
small books.
O. The check Jach Oas Ret under your ooptToif A.
Not at al, SIR.
O. Did on kuoy r. Z. IIw.C at that time, A DID.
q Did you know Ia what business he was at th"a
timel A. lie aPeUt " the ComT"uy ID Bah
Francisco al that tine
@ Had he any other agency acting for TIC Compauy
anywhere else at that tnci A. Not Officially
O. Did you know that he was employed ~ any Other
capacity for any Oly purpose at that tune A. He
was employed the business OF the Company at WASH
ipcton dor I know why. hal no personal bnowI~
edge OF the facts. Nv business was simply TO keep
record OF the transactions OF the Company after they
had occurred. 49, Q
your business Did you know that he was engaged ae
Washington during tue obtaining OF the subsidy A.
knew, and suppose ever! body else kU,w II 10 tic
Office II was matter VI common belief
O. Look at the casE.bOOk under date OF May "A, 1874,
and observe the entry Of these itcms amounting 70
ESQ O00 without any mentioned indicating Tie
account for which they were Issued 10 whose baDd-
writing il that A. II Is mine.
Q. State. II you know, why no name is mentioned as
Indicating the accOa2 TO which these are TO be chageIS
A. would state. S.r, that that entry made necessa
ry IN copying from the stubs Of the checkbook Those
stubs are marked merely "A. B. g." had no account
of that kind 1t made with the Intention OF after
ward 6liug 1t in can only account FOR 10y saying
that 1t omitted IN that way.
O. You think there is no similar account 10 tic eDtire
book A. think not Sir I; was NOT aware that That
account was left IN that way.
O. And the construction you give TO 1t Is that when
you posted it from stub Of the check cook 10 the
cashbook there notice Of the account " wheh
IL was to be charged A. Yes, Sir.
O. Iook Mt the stub entries under the date AUD
state whether you recognize the stub entries here from
which these items posted. A. think there is DO
question but that these are the stubs.
O. And you think the names on the stubs were sutec-
quently insertedi A. Yes, Sir.
O. First want to ask YOU II those the eorTo.
spending sums from whlc tho entries 10 the cashbOok
were made. In whose handwriting are the entries on
the stubs A. That OF Theodore E. johnson, tDe
Secretary
O. Read one eutryi A. A. B. stochwell, Precedent,
charge EIdrdge & Irwin am confident that when
these entries came first TO me there wac only "A.
B. g."
O WE'LL Sir abou, how long was 10 after the date be-
fore making the entriesi A. cannot say; this cash
book was taken to be written up ct the tune when the
check book was not In use.
Q. What was your customs A. Ny custom per-
haps toward the end OF the month. ct least not untn
after the beginning of the month, TO write up.
O. Look at the entries moro particularly and stats
whether that TO Edrtdge Irwin does not appear 70
be made at different time from that Of "a. B. g." and
with Q different pen, and indicate also whether tho
name President" does not appear 70 have been written
at different time from the name OF A. B. stockwels
A. should not like 70 say 20. bus the frss parts-
uarly looks ike t.
@ only ask you II IL Looks like IL, you aid nos
make the entry Of the names Look. II you please, ~
the journal under date Of May. 1917, and tell me N
whose handwriting the entries made on page N OF
fha i0uFna af "a ada hr n
at that time my assistant
O. They are ell In his haudwritinei A. Yes. Dir.
Q Look under date Of May ~ and zoe ysU recognise