Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-22
ALLEGED FRAUDULENT VOUCHERS
The Trial Of James ID. Cumming Ne.

This morning in the Criminal Court, the trial OF
James D. Cumming, indicted for violating sections
s4lS, &C. r S, In presenting three false vouchers
TO Pay Director Washington, was resumed The
first witness was Mr.. F. V. Walker, chief clerk OF
| the navy pay ONCE, who testified TO the payment
OF the vouchers and to the genuineness OF Cum
mins's signature Witness also identified the
checks given
George ": Bagg, clerk In the navy pay once,
corroborsted Mr.. Walker
y, w. F suansm. Dr; Dean. samuel Wallace and
Poiice Court Cumming acknowledged his signature
TO one OF the vouchers
Dr. HUDSON testified as TO the routine OF the
bureau OF medicine In regard 70 reqGisitions, and
tnat the articles named In the vouchers were not
suen as passed through his hands
DR.. Van Rypen testified that the vouchers were
not entered on the day book OF the bureau, nor
were they on the files OF the Office
Dr. s. $. Coues testified that the articles named
IN the vouchers were not furnished the labo ratory
at Brooklyn.
DR. De:avan Blocdgood, who succeeded Dr. Coues,
DR.. James Sud1ers testified that no hose nor
nrck were received at the Norfolk hospital In May
Dr. J. G. Taylor, who succeeded Dr. Sudders June
10th. 1888, at Norfolk, testified that he got hose
there late In that year from Portsmouth dealer
rubber hose furnished the Norfolk hospital was pro-
duced, dated December 6th, 1853, and Il proven
n,tsi Iaai,q OF Ine pnliade pn,a hos
were from Philadelphia dealer
lnls closed the Case for the government
FOR TIE pEFENsR.
Mr.. A. B. jackson opened the case for the de-
tense.
q. 8. Cornwall, II. D. Barr, d. Loughran, Gen. A.
Pleasanton and others testified that the reputation
OF Cumming for Integrity was good.
Mr. CUNNING TEsTIFIEs IN HIS OWN BEHALF.
After recess the defendant Cumming testified
that he had been In the general commission busl-
ness. dealing In all kinds OF goods and importing
40 CT tom -S~c
he had furnished goods to the government; at that
Time furnishing hose, and had continued To furnish
op 70 Inc present time As to the
TOOK the order In the usual way, and he sent 1t To
ms agent, who agreed 10 furnish the goods, and
when notified that the government had re
ceived the goods he went to the bueau
and got the voucher In this case he
the II
to come to the Office and give him the voucher.
ne collected the money and gave it to the party
commission. Witness room was used because he
was well known here while the dealers were not
Known know The man who furnished the goods was
MI Cumming destined that hose the was fur
Hose Company, Of New u York i1G D and DV the
cent; The third order for bricks was
the amount less IL per cent. He had preserved his
papers for some time and they were destroyed by
JODn roster now In the insane asylum. He had
been at much expense to lind Seyboll, but had
failed
ON cross-examination witness was questioned as
to where he kept his bank account. and said for
about year he had kept IL at Cookies, and before
kept his money In his pocket, adding: at is the
safest banh in the United States" Witness related
| that Foster, after asking him II papers improved
with age, destroyed them; he had known
Carrigan five or six years, and
he owed witness SEQ now; never received orders
from the bureau except through Carrgan. The
latter would drop him note requesting him TO call
and see him on business, and would give him a
memorandum OF items always in pencil) He
would give the order to the agent or send it by
mail.