Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-29
CROSS-EXAMINTNG MIR. DREW.
He Is Questioned about Entries i'm his
Books.
EXPLANATIONS OF HIS ACCOUNTS, &C.

| EXPLANATIONS OF HIS ACCOUNTS, &C.
yesterday afternoon the crosS-examination OF Mr.
| Jonn w. Drew as witness in his own defense un.
der the Indictment charging him with presenting
fraudulent claims to the bureau medicine ana sur
gerry was continued after the STARS report OF the
lIiu Closed he said he kept himself the blotter In
whicn transactions with the bureau OF medicine
| ana surgery were entered though his clerks some.
thns t,mes made entries in 1t. The orders from which
tneSe entries were made were sold, he thought,
WIN MS other old papers He had made a search
ior the blotters spoken OF In his direct examina-
sell and had employed Mr.. McDevitt to look up the
Junk men, He had made search for them without
the he witness explained more particularly
having repeated again that lie kept himself the
| ingtOn said
| "Why?n
swell, had had some clerks" said the witness,
d ",,e 90 not mean TO reflect upon my present
| clerks There were some who had been
with me and left me. l mad been doing
a. considerable ,I business with the government,
other persons In this case thought had pretty
good thing, and thought would keep 1t to my
SELL lie did not care, he said, so much about the
business Win other departments, for 1t not 50
extensive His cash book, he said, would not CON
tain any reference to these transactions, as they
referred only to cash sales. The witness said that
orandum bills with goods. He had furnished uui-
h1ne Ve 6p11nrn Galalne pills sponges at from four to
nearly everything sold in a drug store
OF any other store. He had gone out OF his store
v! Sn oougnt tnlngS Wnlcn ne dd not sell himself.
witness knew when Carrigan gave him the bill that
Che items were not stated correctly but the
amounts were correct. He had furnished an equiv
alent. He was cross-eXamtned at considerable
iehgtn 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..
Drew's books had been placed In charge OF the
cerk; the clerk now declined to leave them In the
clerks Office, but brought them into court The
government desired to have them left I'm the clerk
ONCE Tor inspection by expert. as they desired
70 attack these entries and show that they had
uSeu manufactured for the purposes OF this trial
AFTER some discussion Judge Wylie said the books
would De examined in the presence OF the court. A
place Tor the expert, Mr.. Routt of Mauch Chunk
Pa was then made at the clerks desk and he spent
MS time looking over the books when they were
not s required in the examination Of the witness
MI. Worthlngton said he proposed to show that
these entries were all made on the same day. The
DOCKS he said had been examined In the clerks Of
flee last night by Dr. Schaeffer chemist who
would also testify
Mr.. MOORE PROTESTED AGAINST
permitting the books to be inspected by person
not connected with the trial, ana also complained
that the government had been permitted to go
over the books after they were placed in the hands
Judge Wylie said he had instructed counsel last
evening that they could have access to the books.
lt Is very unfortunate" said Mr.. Moore .sthat
counsel for the defence did not hear that ordern
~ They were your own books, offered in evidence
by you,h 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 put In
ehSaence,n sad Judge Wylie, "unt the court gets
through with them"
THE cRoss-ExAMINATIoN OF MR. DREW
was then resumed by Mr.. Worthlngton, who
questioned the witness very closely as to various
entries In the book. In relation to entry placed
IN d1erent part of the book from other entries of
the same date, Mr.. Drew said that these goods
were for the Naval Dlspensary in Washington, and
Carrlgan told him to make a special account or IT,
Inc Witness was asked to turn inIay nj ha
rSt ledger and tell what that showed in reference
TO the Bureau OF Medicine and Surgery The wit
ness turning 10 the Index, said {readng, "sIJnfted
states Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, folio 140
ana ~ sl7 appears to be scratched out and Az
The 14O appears to be written over an erasuren
said the district attornet
That may be-" said the witness
" II 1t Is proved that the 40 was written over An
gs eTasure, now would you explain 1t?" asked MI.
81 say simply that 1 made mistake. Then
erased the ngures and wrote 1t over again cor
rectly." WI
The district attorney called attention to folio s17
showing that 1t contained number of private
and surgery.
Turning to the other ledger, Mr. worthington called
attention to the entries including the s722 OS ac-
count, on page 376, and asked the witness to find
reference TO 1t in the index. There was no refer
ence to the bureau in the index IThe witness said
he could not account for the omission. excent that
ne had forgotten to index it. The witness was
askea sa os 70 nd eaamne the figure in the entry Of
same time as the other figures
LAS matter OF course 1t was," said the witness
y! want TO call your attention." said Mr.. Worth
1ngton, to difference in the ink, and see whether
you observe It" '-- -'-
baIs ls 6esy %sy be tg9erep said Mr. Drew t may
Mr.. Worthington asked whether the witness had
loaned Carrigan any money individually, aside from
"nat ia = ne LM had advanced for the bureau.
VI nave loaned him money!" said the Witness
bureau?" 10 N'S Va 'no
ST ton,
amounts" ' --1
"FOr the use OF the bureau ?n reneated Mr. Worth
ington. ''''N'' ''' W
eyes, SIR" said the witness.
Ine witness said he entered these cash transac-
tions on his blotter, and noted them In the memo
randum bills sent to the department. When they
amounted to enough, he transferred them to his
ledger as merchandise. The bills were made up by
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 to
ask money to carry on the government?o
Not" said Mr. Drew wnen it is the chief clerk
Mr. Drew repeated that at that time he had the
utmost confidence in CarrIgan.
The witness SAID that since 1880 he had kept no
DanK account except that with the Central Ma
tional bank The district attorney called atten.
ton n to @ the date of March II, 1881, when the
Reared In his document with the bank on that date
The witness read an entry OF ssi7 deposited
IL Woulu IKE 10 Know" said the district attOr-
ney, "What you did with the cash collected which
you didn't pay into bank"
can't tell you, said the witness "I paid part
OF II. probably, into bank, then paid part OF 1t out
proDaDly 10 other people, or maybe spent It"
Ihe witness was asked to read the entries of his
bank deposits during the month OF March. 1881.
and read as follows: March /, S7065; Sd, SIT Is:
5th, $40; 9TH, $1176O; 9Th. s136; 9Th Ss4595 18th
$11a1O 18th, $S47; 18th, Sl16 GOTH $1O6 26th s6a
The district attorney called attention to a paw
ment of $87070 made to Mr. Drew on account OF the
bureau OF medicine and surgery The bank ac
count showed that 1855 was deposited on that day
When asked what he had done with the $500 or
more remaining the witness said 81 presume paid
1t out to somebody or kept It,"
Mr.. WorthingtOn asked whether II he had paid
tnls 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 1t, 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 23d, 1882 the date OF the ST. 97S % payment
On May 23d there were two deposits OF $1I5 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
81 ,97S2s, but said he could not tell this time In
reference to the subsequent payments of
81 83424, 2662 81 500 SO and 81 966 2S the bank
account showed no corresponding increase In the
amount Of deposits The witness said that he NAV
ments or deposited 1T in small amounts, from day
to day. Ny
CONTINUED ON third pa0e.l
District Government Affairs.