Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-09
THE TRIAL OF RFs:EION.


This morning. in the Criminal Court, Judge wylie,
the TRIAL Of the OF b. T. Bigelow late receiving
ieler or the National Bank OF the Republic for
ehpe2lement, was resumed. The defendant, Bige-
low, tooh the stand and was croSS-eXamined by
VT Iaggart- He said that he was connected with
te oah since the fan OF 1873: had been in the First
National Bank, and about IL years i'm the bust
ness lie Kept several books while receiving teller;
TWO or them to enter his receipts I'm one OF which
he he entered everything he found on the srindeS
lhey were all items OF credit. on the other
BOOK BOOK he entered all foreign checks and
such as belonged 10 the general ledger
For every item on the book there should have been
Ile equivalent in the drawer. At the close of the
day The blotterS are footed up. and should cores
pohu WIN the amount IN the drawer. Witness
then enumerated the books kept by the different
officers &c, the discOunG. books being i'm the keep
ing OF the cashier. The original source Of tnforma-
oh Tor the entries in the individual ledgerS is the
deposit tickets. which come from the receiving
"seI; III cheGk with other papers is received on
Il piilh IN Philadelphia he would credit the ,iepoS-
OTIS pass book IN bulk. ami place il i'm the drawer
me bookkeeper and cashier had access TO this
uIa"eT On witness memorandum book the cashier
had entered checks. on January 1eth there were
nineteen checks entSed i'm Mr.. Bradey's hand
MIltlnS: February 18th. twenty-eght checks cut OF
thirty were entered by Mr.. Witherow: February o3
Two were IN MI. WitherowS handwriting; on March
.Ih three by Mr. Witherow. Witness found March
l.th an alteration OF check entry i'm the hands OF
Mr.. Witherow. Witness said Mr. Bradley : entries
On page were Of foreign checks.
BIGELow ACCOUNTING FOR DISCREPANCIES
The deposit OF Mr.. Stevens OF Aprfl 29th was
made to him twitness). and the deposit slip for
S3,2so was placed on the spindle, the checks il
there were checks. going in the drawer There is
no entry or 1t On the blotter and he accounted for
the omission by the removal OF the slip from the
spindle On May 10th there is a deposit of s3 29o.
put no credit On his pass book for that day there
Is credit or s2.lS9 and he attributed the absence
OF Tue credlt TO the removal OF the Slip. The entry
or 50 aU that day. he said. was because the same
na1ld which took the Slip away may have returned
IL 1nere was no doubt but that the 81 800 was
returned on the 10th OF May. The cash balanced
that day. Witness did not remember having seen
.,e .he dehoslt Slip OF May 10, ISss. Witness was
SHOWN lhe D0oh or MIR. Charles Walter and on April
2sth 1882. he found credit for s@s757 In witness
handwriting, and referring to his blotter said that
there was no credit OF that date. He explained
thlS as the former case 10y the removal OF the slip
and equivalent Witness found on MAY LIST the en-
try OF that deposit, and explained that some one
must nave handed him the money and the sin:
doesn't know if it was party I'm or outside the
bank. MI. Bradley had handed him money from
.. T. stevens The deposit Slip OF May 1st, 1882. OF
Z: walter was I'm his handwriting. Every day.
wheh he was out, money was received and placed
on the counter. Witness knew that one-third of
the deposit Slips were made by him.
Mr. Taggart.-We are not surprised at that; that
Is one of our troubles in the case
WltneSS.-l do not see any trouble about it, Mr.
Bradley said 80 out OF 100 OF the deDoStOrS made
thelr own slips, but examine them and you'll lind
one-th1rd did not make their slips Witness con-
unled, saying that Mr.. Bradley had on several oc-
CiiSlohS received money and brought to witness
from members OF his (Bradleys) family and friends
Witness found entry OF 800 to the credit of MIR
waiter on May 1St on June 81 there Is no credit
on the DlotteT, but on the pass book a credit
which he explained by abstraction OF ticket
rom me spindle and many as before. There is
no credit for bearing d johnson on June 10th but
on the 2lSt for $3.50 on the botter. Witness eX-
planned that the money was pinned to the note
some days before IL was due. and the pin holes
showed TINS He put the note and money in the
discount DoX. Where it laid till charged up Wit
hess Identified the deposit Slip OF June 2ISt i'm his
naTuW fittng, and said that he gave the credit that
remember h. da ba
Charged the note TO bearing & Johnson'S account
BY the Court-WitneSS was told to place the money
10 bearing JohnSon'S account and charge the note
III tney had checked In the meantime they would
nave been thrown out. Witness found on the pass
book Oh r. II. ward a credit OF Sg:2 II on MAY 2gth
ana on the botter the credit of June 2ISt and
ne Identified the slip OF that date; could not saw
that the altered date was i'm his handwriting or NOT
Witness explained this case as he did the others
he was questioned as to the account of Spicer
compton Co. and explained the discrepancies as
IN lhe preceding cases. also the account OF Down.
ing & Bro Witness attention being called to a
nOte payable at the Citizens bank he Stated that
II was the custom 10 send such out 10y the runner:
tnaC a memorandum was furnished the runner
VINO returned the equivalent in cash or papers.
Recess
AFTER RECESS
the defendant was further cross-examined. 1t
was the CUSTOM he said, to lay notes payable
there on his desk Witness did not find any record
or the Bond note blOtter date of June 21st there
was credit OF 200 that date: had no recolec-
the note the next entry would be on the day book.
ana the bookkeeper would get his information from
check or slip from his spindle
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