The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-04


Q.-Whst did Mr.. Cl1re y have to do
| Ale ha noihi' g to do, put he Is still
one OF the directors Of he b: nix.
Q.-Stae t. Tie court If tn the 3rd Of
July you saw Emmett King? A.-Yes,
SIR i did Oh th.t day he Vas at work in
he ba K.
Q.-The rex, day was the All? A
Yes, sir.
O. ID d you know of his in en,ion to be
b ent? A.-Y y, sir; did know Of his
in en,iO t. be bent he said some time
before hat, tina he ", uid 20 10 ST. Louis
to see the II game
Odd you see him on the 4th. A
dad t Sc him on the 4th, nor Sunday
nor Monday. | had DO expla nation Of has
abs nee by anybody.
| q When were you first slarme about
his disappearance? Al was not alarmed
until Monday; he frequent went 20 81.
Louis, and expected he hal git left;
exp cied TO $. him on Tuesdsy but | did
not know what was the mat er vi h him.
DIR. kirg came down and we talked about
it, and he thought rs did.
Q.-When did you first receive informa-
ton that something was wrong? A.-On
Tue sday afternoon, i received my first in
forma ion that somelh n, WIS wrong when
| N iss5d the little sip of piper III We
us On the burglar b, X; the lirrle slip
thai had the combiL a,iOn on 1t. / did BOT
have II In 10y head; II was 20 seldom
Opvne1 tat We did not RENE mber 1t; i
kues where the slip OF paper was Kept,
and started or it, butt wss gone.
| Q.-What did You then do? Al then
woe to s.. Louis to the agent 70 send me
q copy, but he had none. The next day |
telegr@ phei to Cincinnati and got it and
opened the dIaw,r.
| Q-When, to your knowlsdga, was that
burglar drawer oIened? A.-On tine first
| o. July il WIS Opened Tor the cOmmi tee to
| count the money o. the bank. Mr.. Beiltr,
Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Thomson, | think, hand
| ed out the FUNDS for them u count.
Q.-How much was there? A.-Sl0.OO0
in curr ncy and $4,000 10 gold.
| Q-When was that? A.-That was the
last time l orened it until l got the COM
b. nation from Cincinnati
Q.-Do you know VIII became of the
comb nation? A.-Yes, sir; l have baen
told by Mr.. King one wee D. yes erday
that was before he was arrested and alter
he had return, d.
CROSS EXAMINED.
J Q.-Do you know of any promises that
had b en- made to Mr.. King about no, beiDg
prosecuted? A.-Yes, sir. k es of it.
Defendant objects to the admit ance OF
any admissions made by the defendant IN
| der these circumstances.
Q.-Mr. Gentry, you assured him
yourself that no prosecutions
would be made sg,inst him?
A.-No, sir. / did not promise him any
immunity.
By the court.-Did you say there was
something held ont that you would not
prosecute him, if he would return? A.
think Mr.. ClOney nj tde something OF that
lind. When | saw him we talked about
some entries on tie books; j asked him
some questions about that and he told
me.
Odd you ever see5apy Of this money
that was taken out Of that burglar box ?
| Did YOU ever see any OF that sgain
Al Jaw the package Is 1t came back
form Canada.
| Odd YOU rec ME it? At looked
like some OF the pacSag-s; recognized some
| of the handwriting on the bands did
not recognize the bills but think it was the
same money.
R.-Did you give Mr.. King permission
to take this away? A.-NO, sir.
CROSS EXAMINED BY CAPT. BRIDGES.
| O.-You cannot swear that they are the
s4me b:l that were in the drawer on the
3rd of July? Al did not notice them
enough to til; did not examine the num-
bsr; they were legal tender noes.
Q.-Mr. King has always had access 10
all the money IN the bank A.-1es SIR
ne had right to receive and pay out GER
tifcates of deposit.
Q-He had a perfect right to handle
this for eli purposes that the bank could
handle il rOthing wss locked up from
him ? A.-No sir.
Ole was not prohibited to go to the
bank and draw check on his own account?
A.-No sir.
Q.-By Mr.. Lamm-The book-keepar
had 10 right to exhaust the funds of the
bank had he ? A.-No sir.
Or. Kicg was not sent to Canada by
The bank officers A.-No Ar &; he was not.
Ole went with the full knoEledge
and consent of the bank officers? Ave
knew he was gone. told him to tell En-
NETT everything was quiet hire and fOr
him TO come back.
Odd not you know that Mr.. King
came On here and left Emmett in ct. Louis
before h. r.lurned. A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-The bank got all but $500 Of what
was charged that he got from the drawer /;
it got $500, and he turned over some 9TH
sr property. Al think he did.
Q.-What he turned over, what is it
worth ? Al don't know, sir /; he turned
over a house and lot and horse and bug
gy it vas fixed up by Mr.. Thomson.
Dwell, what is it worth -? A.-Per-
haps $1,000.
REDIRECT BY MR.. LAMM,
O.-Do you think that was all the money
he bad taken? A.-Yes. sir IL don't know
of any more.
Odd you know at that time that there
were any other dtfalcatioDs in the bank or
that he had been Systematically taking
money from the bank
| Objected IN hv defendant and no answer