Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-14

wATERED STOCK THE MATTER.
"Watered stock and too much of it is the trouble
at present." sighed an operator, as he sat gazing
at the board.
The question: ''shall hold on?" is the familiar
one to the ears OF brokers just now.
Alleged Illegal Fee i'm a Pen sion Case.
HEARING IN THE CASE OF A. n. AND R. J. BEALL.
Yesterday United States Commissioner Bundy
continued the hearing OF the case OF Mr. A. B.
Beall. charged with having On August g. 1880, re-
>ceved from Mrs. Christina Bremen an illegal fee
In pension case. After THE STARS report closed
Mr. Charles Schneider testified to Mrs Bremen
having told him that she had received the money,
Of it. He further testified that last Thursday at
the Office OF Col w. A. Cook the Bealls. said that
they had given their note for tne money, and were
willing to pay 1t. Witness advised Mrs. Bremen to
take the money. r. j. Beall paid $l37 AMI interest
for three years. A. B. B,all paid $5454 A. One of
the WITNESSES .5 to the claim paid back s another
making the total $753 49, the amount charged to
have been taken When Mr.. Schneider finished
testifylng the case was continued until to-day.
TESTIMONY TODAY.
At II O'Clock today the hearing was resumed
and Mr.. Schneider was recalled and testified that
he had Mrs. Brcmers bank book settled and het
destroyed the papers. The Bealls stated tha
they had borrow ed money OF the old lady and
both OF them made the amount $713.3s, for which
Witness identified the bank book, which was
placed in evidence. The signature Of Mrs. Bfe-
er Pn 0y marx was witnessed oy A. c Beall and
Or. cross-examination by Mr.. Cook witness said
the settlement In his office after he fully ex-
planned the matter to Mrs. Bremen; that she
stated that she could remember that she had the
notes OF the Bealls. Mrs. BIS memory is not good,
and he instanced the fact that she had made a
aepo5lt OF SIS at the bank which she could not
This closed the testimony for the government
FOR THE DEFRNsR
Mr.. Cook, for the defense. referred to the high
character Of the accused and said chat they would
show that A. B. Beau never attended the case:
that when the case was mentioned to r. j. Beall
B. Beall, In consequence of sunstroke, could not
have attended to The case. They would show that
four days after the check was eiven when the
money was deposited; that out OF s75S drawn out
Mrs. B. loaned a portion to Mr. Beall.
TESTIMONY OF R. J. BEALL.
Mr.. R. j. Beall testified that he had known Mrs
Bremen from about the time the application was
filed. Witness learned from his brother that Mrs.
Bremen had claim for pension, having had a
son who died In the Union army. Witness went
to his mothers house, next door to Mrs Bremen
and she was sent for and came In. Witness could
not learn much from her and her daughter-Mrs.
Spresser Being satisfied that there was evidence
sufficient to establish claim, witness proceeded
original application as being IN his handwriting.
Alpha B. Beall had nothing whatever to do with
the claim he is subject to vertigo and Is unable to
attend to any but formal business. Witness mo-
tive was to benefit Mrs Bremer, and she had no un-
derstandtng with him about the fees, although she
and the rest said that he should have half Witness
had note to raise about the time She received
her papers, and in speaking to his brother, the
latter suggested that she might loan him some
money. Witness informed Mrs Bremen that she
Should go to the pension agent, and she went with
HIN and his brother At the agents office witness
was Identified by Mary Clarke, and the check was
given her. They then went to the Central Ma
tlonal bank where the check was deposited, and
she said that she wanted 500 or $780, Witness
told her 1t would be dangerous to take so much
money to her home. Witness persuaded her to
leave 81 600 there, and he counted out $500 of the
remainder, when she closed her hand and held the
other, in which he counted the other $500
She then offered the money in each hand to him
and his brother, and he asked what she meant,
for what they had done. Witness protested
against taking the money, telling her that he had
always told her that he did not want it. AS they
wcre starting out of the bank his brother asked
how about your note, and he then asked her to
loan him Sl40, and she counted out $50 to him,
with which nc, he took up the mote Tnis was all the
pay Justice Hall. Witness sent Mrs Bremen his
note, payable on demand, for $137. His brother
note was given August 18th, 1890 II a loan was
made to his brother he knew nothing of it, nor did
ne hear OF 1t until this case came up. Witness In
This case prepared the affidavtS and did the work
OTHER TESTIMONY.
Lizzie B. Driver testified that she wrote the note
for $780, which her uncle, A B. Beall, signed, and
her grandmother took 1t to Mrs. Bremen, witness
going in with her. This was after Mrs Bremen
received her pension.
On crOSS-eXaminattOn witness stated that her
uncle, grandmother, Mrs. Cassin and her aunt
Miss Beall. were present when she wrote the note.
mrs Lsona N. Beall, the mother OF the accused,
testlned that she saw Lizzie write the note which
was signed by Alpha, and she went to Mrs. Bre-
mer and gave it to her, explaining to her what it
was
On cross-examination, witness said Alpha did
not have anything to do with the pension claim.
the money: When papers were received from the
Pension of11ce witness read them for MIS- Bremen,
and the latter would send them TO Il. j. Beall, or
send Tor him.
Miss Celia E. Beall testified that she heard her
brother say that he had borrowed the money; saw
him give blank note to Lizzie, which She filled
up, and her brother signed it. her mother taking
1t into Mrs. Bremen
Mrs. Nevilla B. Cassin corroborated the preced-
ing witness
Dr. Benz N. Beall testified that his uncle. Alpha
Beall, mas been suffering with vertigo, which, he
said, affected his memory. This was before he
left his trade OF bricklayer and entered the gov
ernment printing Office. For years he had trusted
his business transactions to his brother, r. j.
BealL
Mrs. Cornelia Beal (wife of R. J. BealD testified
that she heard conversation between Mrs. Bre-
ner and B. Beall about the claim at the house
OF A. b. BealL Mrs. Spresser was sent for and
heard Mrs Bremen say to Alpha "You shall have
half OF the money!" but he protested that he did
This closed the evidence for the defense
Mrs Bremer was recalled in fcbuttal. and said
she drew $500 when she first went 10 the bank;
don't remember giving K j. Bean $50, nor that
she ever loaned Alpha Beall $500, nor OF drawing
s75S. or giving any money to Alpha BealL
This closed the testimony, and the case was
briefly argued.