The New York herald., 1879-03-18
1.-THE eFIsHKILL BANK. SUITS.

THE 1ANKs BOOKS SHOW ENFhdEss1GADE 10
foDEcMsElA "A DfsoRErANoY OF isIxri THOUSAND
sdr,,ocr "a Sgs st,us 80 iT"rfe 2 'ffs"'-A
8 'ofo' VI - PouoHxrrrsrx, March II, 1879.
The elimination of Witnesses in the famous Fish.
kin Bank suits wasa cUaA 81 both sides to-day be-
fore Referee Eugene brewster. of Ncwburg.
Samuel A. Hoyt was recalled. Hc testified that he
knew Mr.. Thompson. president OF the Merchants
Exchange Bank of New York. and had o con-
versat,on with him in relation to loan
and tho plcdging of bonds for tho National
Bank. He said bonds had been left by Mr.. Barlow.
and on being shown copy Of resolution purport-
ing to havc been adopted by the Savings Bank wit
moss replied that Barlow had right to
leave those bonds there under that resolu-
ton. Witness then knew Of no loan from the
Merchants Exchange bank 10 the Fishkin Ma
tional Bank Of ovor $4,000: In Now York Mr..
Thompson sworc the loan amounted to 100000
at the time referred to, and Mr.. Hoyt
WINS President of tho National Bank Of Fishkfl
On crossexaminstion witness denied also that he
testified he knew his bank largely overdrawn at
the Merchants Exchange before tho loan Of $4,000
was made; Mr.. Thompson told him thero . loan
there but to his best recollection he did not name
the amount; he did look upon the books Of his bank
to 500 how the account was in tho summer Of 1874.
but did not look thoshcets of the Merchants Bank
couuscA SnoWcu tooho eAu Pollte<A W
of June. 1874 showing overirsft of $780, Wit
ness said tho statement book he looked at. not
the one before him; the statement book shown
him, but there was memorandum on the I'd of
June, only the 1st aud 9th Of that month.
which showed overdrnst OF $25.0&S IA; he was
shown the accounts Of the bank in the
statement referred 10 under date Of July
Is. which showed overdraft Of asa AZ.
PENCIL MARKS IN TIE BOOKS
On his redirect examination witness said:-So
far as he knew the entries m0y have been made SUBJ
sequent to the dates they bore; no thought they
were; he had no knowledge Of such overdrafts. nor
were they read of to the dirvctors.
On his recross examination witness said that what
no meant when he said he ex9mincd the statement
book that he examined Il when the accounts were
read off, the statement book wus again shown him.
but he could nothing that lsd him to believe tho
accounts had been tampercd with then; tho
figures in pencil. and witness said
'they arc not Barlow's figures; NCashier Barlow al
ways read the statement TO tho dircctors hc didn't
think they examined very ofton they were al
ways supposed to DO correct when read on; witness
never received any intimation from MIR. Thompson,
president of tho Merchants Exchange Bank. about .
loan of 100000
FALSE ENrRrHs.
Arnold w. Sherman, an expert accountant. was re-
called and shown tho statement book under dato of
down at $l17.474 ~. while the ledger states the
amount was S167.l74 d; Dec. ~, ON the statement
book amount duo depoeitors Is psit at S112iG7 ~,
while tho ledger calls for SlG2. ACT 4S alteration
OF S50,000 other alterations were also noted the
falsely kept books the loan Of $50 from tho Mer
chants Exchange Bank to the Fshkill National Bank
first appears tho books OF the latter bank Jan. 20
charged with $20.0O0. thus reducing the loan to
$4,000