Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-29
CROSS-EXAMININt y.SS. DREW.
He il Questioned about Entries i'm hi
Books.

uer tne Indictment charging him with presenting
gerry. was continued after the STAIRS report of the
tria closed He said he kept himself the blotter In
Wnich transactions with the bureau OF medicine
anu surgery were entered, though his clerks some.
!imes made entries In 1t. The orders from which
tneSe entries were made were sold he thought
for the b!otters spoken OF In his direct examina
tlon, but without success He had searched him.
sell aud had employed Mr.. McDevitt to look up the
Juhk men, He had made search for them withou,
success. The witness explained more particularly
the nature OF his bloIters and scratch-books
Having repeated again that he kept himself the
DiO.ter containing these transactions MI. Worth
in s",n said "
l 90 not mean to reflect upon my presen,
clerks. There were some who had been
3 me with ina mad dons
ana when they went away they gave IL away q
oCher persons In this case thought had pretty
good thing, and thought would keep it to my
self" He did not care, he said. so much about the
business with other departments for IL was not 50
extensive. His cash book. ne said, would not con,
tam any reference TO these transactions as they
referred only TO cash sales The witness said that
before the 1872 contract he had furnished mem
orandum bills with goods. He had furnished uui-
n aine, auinine pills, sponges at from four &c
nve dollars apiece, matches, buckets and
n nra any o, everything sold In drug store
ana bought things which he did not sell himself
witness knew when Carrigan gave him the bill tina;
the items were not stated correctly. but the
alent. He was crosse xamined at considerable
length concerning various entries In his books.
| PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY.
| When Judge Wylie took his seat on the bench
this morning, Mr.. Worthington said that Mr.
! DrewS books had been placed tn charge OF the
clerk; the clerk now declined TO leave them in the
clerks ONCE, but brought them into court. The
government desired TO have them left I'm the clerks
once lOr inspection by An expert, they desired
10 attack these entries and show that they had
Deen manufactured for the purposes of this trial.
WOULD De examined In the presence OF the court.
place 1or the expert, Mr. ROutt, of Mauch Chunk
"a, was then made at the clerks desk and he spent
MS time looking over the books when they were
not required In the examination of the witness
MI WorthingtOn said he proposed to show that
tneSe entries were all made on the same day. The
DOCKS ne said had been examined In the clerks Of
nee lasC night by DIR. SchaefIer, chemist, who
would also testify.
Mr.. MOORE PROTESTED AGAINST
permitting the books to be inspected by a person
not connected with the trial. ana also complained
lllat the government had been permitted to GO
over the books after they placed In the hands
OF the clerk.
Judge Wyie said he had instructed counsel last
evening that they could have access to the books
:" IL Is very unfortunate" said Mr. Moore THAT
counsel for the defence did not hear that order"
"They were your own books, offered in evidence
Dy yOu," said the Judge.
THAT is what we thought" said Mr.. Moore,
"that they were our own books"
=" But they were not yours after they were nut I'm
evidence" said Judge Wylle, until the court gets
through with them'
THE CRosS-EXAMINATIoN OF Mr. DREW
was then resumed by Mr.. Worthingtoo, who
questioned the witness very Closely as TO various
entries in The book. In relation to one entry placed
la different part OF the book from other entries OF
the same date, Mr. Drew said that these goods
were Tor the Naval DlSpenSary In Washington, and
Sarrigan told him To make special account OF it.
Inc witness Was asked TO Jurn TO the index OF the
irsi ledger ami tell what that showed reference
10 the Bureau or Medicine and Surgery The Wit
ness turning to the index, said raadn}: "sITaitad
States Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, folio Ia
written above it, "
Tine $40 appears to be written over an erasure,
said the district attorney.
"That may be- said the witness
III IL Is proved that the $40 was written over an
erasure, how would you explain IT." asked Mr.
Worthington
81 say simply that / made mistake. Then
erased the figures and wrote 1t over again cor
rectly." ~
The district attorney called attention to folio az
showing that IL contained number of private
accounts not relating to the bureau or medicine
and surgery.
Turning to the other ledger. Mr. Wortbtnrton co,,aa
attention TO the entries including the OS ac-
count, Oh page 3d. and asked the witness to find
a m 20 10 IL In the Index There was no REFER
cnce 10 the bureau In the index. The witness said
he could not account for the omission, exce.t that
ne had forgotten TO index 1t. The witness was
asked to examine the figure In the entry of
81 ,722.0S, and say whether it was written at the
Same time as the other figures
LAS matter of course it was,' said the witness
II want to call your attention." said Mr. WOrth
you observe It,"
sit may be different said Mr.. Drew. ..It NAV
have been written with different ink
Mr. Worth1ngton asked whether he witness had
loaned Carrigan any money individually, aside from
what he had advanced for the bureau
81 have loaned him money" SAID the witness
mhoW much did you give him for the use OF the
81 cannot tell you, SIR" said the witness "Ihaye
amounts" 0' ~
'FOr the use of the bureau p, reneated Mn Worth
lngtOn
Eyes, SIR said the witness
. The witness said he entered these cash transac-
ions On his Dlotter, and noted them In the memo
randun Bills sent to the department. When they
amounted TO enough, he transferred them to his
ledger as merchandise. The bills Were made IN by
Carrigan,and the cash appeared there as medicines
OF drugs He had never, he said, given money TO
other clerks for the use OF the government.
Does 1t occur to you,' asked Mr. Worthington
"as singular, that clerk should come to you to
ask money to carry on the government?"
Not said Mr.. Drew, "wnen 1t is the chief clerk
In the bureau
Mi. Drew repeated that at that time he had the
utmost confidence In Carrigan.
Inc Witness said that since 1880 he had kept no
Dank account except that with the Central Ma
tonal bank. The district attorney called atten
u I, ~ TO the date OF March II, 1881, when the
2l,I2O w check was paid, and asked what entry an
Reared In his document with the bank on that date
me witness Wines read an entry OF ssi7 deposited.
would like 10 KNOW said the district attor-
ney, "what you did with the cash collected. which
you didn't pay into bank
cdnt teH yOu.' SAID The witness. g. paid part
or IT, probably, into bank, then paid part of IL ont
PROBABLY TO other people, or maybe spent ttn
The witness was asked to read the entries of his
bank deposits during the month OF March, 1881
and read as follows: March l, S7O65: 3D. ST. d.:
5th $70 9TH, S117.60; 8th S136; 9Th $2l5 95; 18th
$lS l7th, $S4; 18th, SIG; 10Th, 1906; Goth s69
Inc uiSCflct attorney called attention to a paw
ment OF $S7O70 made to Mr.. Drew on account OF the
bureau of medicine and surgery. The bank ac-
count showed that $355 was deposited on that day
When asked what he had done with the $500 or
more remaining the witness said ~ presume paid
IL out to somebody or kept It,"
Mr.. WorthngtOn asked whether IL he had paid
this money out in settlement or bills the books
would not show such payments ON that date He
SAID II they were SO paid out, the books would
show IL. but he may have used the money In other
ways
Mr. Drew's attention was called likewise to other
payments made to him. There was no bank entry
On May 3d. 1882 the date of the 81 1878 2S payment
On May 23d there were two deposits OF Sli5 and
$3.50 and no deposits after 1t exceeding the usual de-
pOSitS in course OF business
Mr. drew was asked what he had done with the
$t9'S y but said he could not tell at this time In
reference to the subsequent payments OF
81 S3i s., 266 90, s., 60e 50 and 81 500 IS the bank
account showed no corresponding increase In the
amount Of deposits The witness said that he may
have kept the money in his pocket, used t in paw
mentS Or deposited it In small amounts, from day
to day.
Continued on third pdge1
District Government Affairs.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Commissioners ha vo ant hOriza5 1Iac-r, po,,,