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

sided in Sedili1? A.-Since my last com.
ing here; in the neighbOrho,d Of fifteen
years.
O.-Tell the court what position you
have held in tn. Sedalia Ssvirgs bank
Al have ben cashier in II Tor fifteen
years. / cea,ed actirg as cashier in May.
Q-Who took your place? AIR.
Geniry he had been my assistant cashier
for perhaps ten years.
Q.-Who was your book-keeper Tor the
last FIVE or six yeirs? A.-For the last
five or six years, Eume King. His duties
were to keep books and accounts between
individual d-positors and receive d, posts
and pay checks.
Odd any body else interfere with
him? Al think nobody wrote in tn.
book except VIII. he was sick. / assisted
him occasionally. did not see him here
on the third day of July. think was in
the bank on the evening of the second OF
and waited on me.
Q.-Had he Performed the fuactions OF
bJok-keepsr up TO this time? A.-1eS,
sir; under Dick Gentry.
Q-When did you miss him? Al
was in on Mo day for a couple of hours to
write some letters and missed him. ]
a ked Dick where Emmett was, and he told
me he was in 81. LOUIS or Kansas City.
next saw him ab.ut the l2tl or 18th vi
J-ly.
Q.-Where did you see him? Al
saw him in Toronto, Canada. That was
the next time L saw him after the 2ud OF
July.
Odd you know, OF your own knowl-
edge, that any thing was wrong with the
inside of the burg ar proof door? A
\. [ OF my own knowledge; | was at home
sick. when the information was given. i
learned II abou: the seventh of the month.
Q-Have you ever had the combination
of thi, 10 your mind? Ayes, sr.
had the combin alton Of the valit door.
The ,fe on the inside has a conbinat on
set by time lock, aud the iUs:de o. the
safe has burglar box OF a similsr CON-
pirtmeLt, aid there is combination in
that also.
Odd you undertake TO open th-t
burglar box? Al tried TO open 1t on
Tuesday, but b ID forgotten the cOmbina-
ton. IL had be IN in the private drawer OF
nv desk. | searched and look d for ii, bul
could 10; find il. The combination was On
! slip of paper.
Q-How did you get that burglar box
open? Al wrote a telegram 20 the
maker OF the safe at Cincinnati, Ohio
They had preserved the combin alton of the
burglar box, etc, ana wired 1t TO US. We
got a return by wire in few hours.
Odd you examine the burglar box
A.-No sir, | never looked IN il.
Q.-Nhen did you 60 TO Canada A
/ left here Saturday night about 10 or II
o'clock, about the lltn. That was a week
after. He Went to Ct. Louis on The Sd Of
July.
Did anybody go with you? A.-NC
sir.
Q.-Sta.e TO the court how you hap.
pened to learn that he was In Canada A
They showed me a letter at the bank, Phil
ChapT Ell, Dick Gentry, B-eler. 1t was
written in Emm Us hand writing.
Odd you gJ 10 Can ada on account OF
the information derived from this let er
A.-Yes, sr, did. l thought could &C.
complish something.
Q-State whether you had heard OF any
in the bank in regard to moLey
A. Yes. sir.
Q.-When did you get TO Canada? A
think on the 18th. left here Saturday
sight and got TO Canada little before 7
O'Clock Monday morning.
Odd you see young King there? A.
Il did.
Q-State bow much, if sny, money you
got from Mr.. Kirg over there? Al got
:, 800.
Q-What did you do with it? Al
sent il to Mr.. Chapple by express. Icount-
ed he packages and loose money, think,
in the express Office.
Odd you recognize any of this money
as being money of this bank? Al rec
cgnizzd the bands. think they were $500
packages, and there may have been one or
Two Il 900 packages.
Q.-What sort of marks were on them
were the same kind that put on
them before left the Sedalia Savings bank.
We generally kept so much in the burglar
box that was not usei every day. 1t might be
called a r; serve fund. l kept it locked up
in the burglar safe and did not see ii often.
L think i recognized some legal tender
notes that had been there some time and
when | was in the b INK it wss in this bur
glar box. These bands had been put
around the money he gave me.
Q.-How much money did you KEEP in
this box? A.-From $4,000 to $4,000
There was some gold, currency and paper
money. don't know how much was there
on the first of July; [ believe there was
$4,000 in currency ard $4,000 10 gold.
Odd Mr.. King have the combination
ID this burglar box? Al think h did.
Q-To whom did this money belong
Alt was the property of the Sedaiia Saw
ings bank.
Odd you know whether he was in
Car ada by the consent OF the bank officers
or not? A.-No, sir.
CROSS EXAMINED.
Q.-When did you resign as cashier
Al have forgotten the dae. About the
first OF May.
Q-How did you know there was $780,
600 In the burglar box? Al was there
and helped to count it. Mr.. Thomson,
Mr.. Beeler and me were the. committee. i