The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-20

BEECHER IN ACCOUNT WITH MOULrON.
The paper which now produce purports said
the witness) TO be an account OF she receipts and
disbursements VI moneys received by me rom H. W.
Beecher; IL IS a correct statement as far taken
from the books; believe one or TWO checks haye
been left out; think there were two payments in
currency besides that account.
The paper Is offered in evidence.
DEBIT SIDE
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S Ssiy psd PAID sSy M, 4 Mss1 81 ssls
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Mays paid Theodore iilion' cheek, 5000
0: July s6icS Ra x I0n nd0rsed by o. Euand aor
' August S "a paid Theodore rton, check $3.50 sepem
So cheek heodore Tton SD pessmss9 pad Fneo
dore rilton, check. $500, December To- paid A. NJ Reed
.1ssSruary a paid Theodore non Mrs Theodore
ad o. W. Fa a9e ehsc $500 naeoaS[s Til
$3.50 May 26 paid Theodore nton, check, $500 footing
l6l-June o. received check Of H. ". Beecher SIS S.
ISay s. Seeeised Check Of L. w. " sseehef so, TO-
lS3.fe5ruary Is received $50; May 70 received
In pencil footing So 100 6l
Witness said-These statements were taken
from the books OF the firm OF Woodruff n Robin
son; the entries were made at the respective
dates on the BOOKS; II Is taken from my own In
divldual account In the ledger. In reply to Mr..
Porter, the witness SAID he would bring The ledger
tomorrow to snow nm now 1t was; this state
ment was an extract rom witnesses account with
the firm.
q. How does it happen that all the sums re-
ceived by you from Mr.. Beecher do rot appear in
the account? A. tnlnk there were some sums
when received in currency, and when I'M
medlately pad out; dld not deposit them; these
do not appear IN tue account
o. That occurred IN several instances? A. ! do
not know; think IN one or two: have no means
of ascertainng this, as did not keep memoran-
DUN; as received cheeks haa the money de.
posted TO my credit.
q If the books show an account between you
and the firm. how does 1t show an individual &C.
count between you and Mr. Beecher3 A. 1t Is put
down so from memorandum. 1 received the ac-
count from our accountant believe VI. Tton
has one OF his own.
Mr.. Porter-we would ike to have the ledger
what does 1t sh0wY A. IL shows my credit account
and the checks That paid out.
z. WHAT Is there on the books TO show to who
the checks were paid? A. The account which Is
kept mere was paid from no other money than
Q. WHAT is there to show that the money was
received from Mr.. Beecher' A. The credit on the
book IS rom Mr. Beecher TO me. Ii you allow me
VIII show you.
The counsel here handed the witness the bal
ance sheet to which ne referred as being q tran
script from the BOOKS OF the accOun. between
Henry Ward Beecher and Francis D. Moulton, and
Cue latter, quietly peru5ing the paper, read aloud
various items sums received rom Mr. Beecher,
with tue date and the amounts set forth, ana the
parties chiefly Mr. AM. and Mrs Hilton. to whom the
amount received comes out as $1,000.
z. In the accounts OF your firm can 1t be shown
what were the financial TRANSACTIONS between
yourself and Mr.. Tlton, or were these accounts
kept separate A. The account was between
myself and Mr.. riltOn.
q. II understand you, there was no account
then, between your irm and lr. Beecher A. No.
sir; there was not.
@. Nor there any account between you and
Mr. Beecher on the books d the frmY A. No. Sir
z. the occasion lor TINS account appearing on
the book was Only to inform YOU wneE money was
received rom Mr.. Beecher and wnen 1t was paid
out by you IN cheeks on the drmy A. YES SIT.
q. When you made CURRENCY payments from
through the firm there would Jnen be no aC-
count entered Of ~ A. No. sir
z. Have you got complete account OF the
money which you received rom Mr.. Beecher? A.
No. sir there IS no complete account oil 1t unless
that De q complete one.
q. Am to liner, then, that all the money you
received from MI. Deecher 10 not accoun ed Tor on
this paper A. Twice, oeleve received money
IRON Ar. Beecher which Is not entered there.
Y. DID you receive money from hlm tnree times
that Is not DereY A. am sure did not receive 1t
from hun three times should say that nave not
received II rom him three times.
q. Can you state, sir, The total amount received
by you from Mr. Beecher A. cannot, sir.
@. How much did you receive on any OF these
occasions A. On one occasion beueve received
$500 from MIN, or thereabouts.
O. How much at the other time A. About $500
/ should think.
q Did you receive, In January, 1871. from Mr..
Q. When was the first DRAFT made on that
money! A. The first draft was made on February
| 3, 1871.
O. Did the $4,000 which you received from Mr.
Beecner, enter into that accom- " Mr.. Tllton's
which kept, IN anything A. No, SIR don't
think IL did.
q. DO you know how Mr.. Tilton kept his money
accounts before he placed the $4,000 your care
A. He kept his money, believe, In bank aud with
q, Tnls $4,000 was money which Mr.. Triton gave
you to be depostedS A. Yes, SIR; It WAS.
| q. Was this money given van by him IN cnrrencv