The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-06
THE BABBITT- BECKWITH CASE.

TESTIMONY AGAINST BEcKwITH-HE Is LOCKED
UP WITHOUT BAIL.
Tho examination In the case Of Charles r. Beckwith
the alleged embezzer up yesterday at the Tombs
before Justice Bixby At ten O'Clock A. NJ the room
crowded, and many obliged to stand through
out the proceedings
The prisoner a small and rather youthful looking
man, brought up at haIfpast ten A NJ. He took
a scat beside his counsel Mr. Fullerton He appeared
composed
Mr. Rabbit was the nrst witness called He said he
manufacturer OF soap, and his Office at No 90
Washington street. had been engaged since 1913;
became acquainted with the prisoner in 1868 but had
known him for several years Previous employed him
in 1868 to supervise his (wltnessD business generally;
he looked the books and made purchases Of alow
Soda &C Beckwith paid tho bills and had charge OF the
bank accounts witness signed checks two or three at
time; Beckwth nlled them out; tho checks
always made payable TO Beckwith; when bill became
due he took check out OF tho book and paid it; Mr.
Lewis bookkeeper under Beckwith Beckwth
sometimes made entries in the books; in witness
absence IL Beckwlth's custom TO write 10 him
daily as to the state OF the business Beckwith had
charge OF tho bank and check book, the return book
and nearly everything in tact.
Here counsel showed to witness check for $l1 $50 S.
dated January 81, 1872 and Endorsed by Beckwith He
askei him II he had He replied that ho
had not Witness enumerated the names OF the differ
ent books kept in his establishment Mr.. Rabbit did
not seem to be very familiar with
HIS SYSTEM or BOOKKEEPING,
but said thero weight aud taro book a check
book ledger and day book Witness said that some
OF his check books were missing.
number Of books were introduced and severally
identified by Mr. Babbtt
Witness continued that from tho year 1868 to tho
year 1878 the average receipts of his business per
annum were about 81 600 600
Mr. NcGurkey, paying teller OF the Metropolitan
National Bank, was the next witness He testified TO
receiving the check already referred to from Beckwth,
e R. Barton, Mr. Rabbits chief clerk, was next
called. He read from the ledger of Mr. Rabbit the
following entry
Paid T Babbitt. January 81, 1872, S11 CSC IS.
Witness had examined the books could nnd
neither on the debit nor credit side any entry cor
from book another entry Of bill for
tallow pnrporting to have been rendered by
trace nothing; the bill for $3l os2 40; so far
witness could ascertain II had never been paid TO Fra
ger, but that amount had been paid at a subsequent
date TO Bcckwith by the Metropolitan Bank; witness
testified to another transaction somewhat similar but OF
Andrew X Mcdonald was caIled-He resides in
Brooklyn He said he was bookkeeper with Frazer,
Major Co. Tor twenty years; no pronounced the re-
cept for s3 os2 49, purporng to have been signed by
himself behalf OF Frazer Il Co., forgery checks,
he said, sometimes passed through his (wi,ncss9
Mr. r. Wildwood an empoye of Frazer h Co, testi.
fed that they furnished no talow to Rabbit about
March I, 1871 and that the bin aforesaid purport
ing TO have been furnished them was false.
Mr. Barton recalled, and stated that Mr.. Bab-
bits cash book there was the following entry :-"Paid
TO Murray Ferris & Co account OF taow So 302 o.
February IL, 1871" and another for SO $50 20 date
following; for neither OF these there any
spending entry ON the weight and taro book there
were, however, receipts for those amounts from Muir
ray, Ferris < Co among Mr.. Rabbits papers
Mr. George b. Mills, bookkeepor for Murray, Ferris
Co., called and testified that the said receipts
wore not genuine; his own signature attached TO them
spurious.
Mr. Barton recalled testified to large amounts
having been paid out in July, 1872 for taow by Beck
WITH for which invoices could be found Tho
moneys purported to have been paid out never
paid at oil
The Investigation took the same course all through.
II appeared from the testimony OF witnesses that
Reckwirh had continually been making out receipts for
moneys that had never been paid, and which aggro-
gated at least $1i5. 900.
James t. Mitchell, bookkeeper for Doves Co.,
testified that the amount credited 20 them had never
been paid, had they delivered goods al the tmes
stated.
Thomas McNulty testified TO a similar state OF facts
All the rest OF the testimony was precisely like the
foregoing
Counsellor Fullerton moved in regard to bail that 10
should be made reasonable
Judge Bixby replied that that matter should be set
tied by the District Attorney the Supreme Court
II finally agreed that the question Of bail should
be arranged at tho District Attorneys Office. Beck
with thoreupon taken to his cell by officer Goden-