Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-04
THE GERMAN.AMERICAN BANK
CASES.
The President and Cashier Of the Insti.
tuition on Trial i'm the CriminalC court.

| The cases of John Hitz Qate presidenD and
Charles E. Prentiss Qate cashier), of the Ger
man National bank, fifteen in number, charging
| them with making false entries in the books of
the bank in 1873, were called in the Criminal
Court, Judge Macarthur, yesterday afternoon,
as stated in THE STAR. Five indictments re-
| lating to the entries on the bank books as to
the credits held for it by the Importers and
Traders national bank of New York city, were
| selected for trial, and the following jury was
selected: George b. Sheriff, Walter Over. Thos
A. Henderson, VIM. b. Clagett, George w.
jackson, John f. Tucker, Oliver ID. Denham
R B ID ,nb asHnS I R W OK FAY T Nathan
Pryor.
PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY.
This morning Mr.. Wilson opened for the de-
| PENDANTS, claiming that at the time of the al
legged making of the false entries there was in
the New York bank a demand note of $40, 900
OF the defendants to the credit of the German
American National bank.
The government put in documentary evidence
as To the organization of the bank, the appoint
ment of Mr.. b. U. Keyser as receiver, &c.
Mr. keyser testified that as receiver he took
1875. f"f~ wv
George H. Wood, OF the controller of the cur
rency S office, produced certain papers.
The government offered a report of December
18th. 1877, showing that the amount of reserve
Iund, which should have been $50, 900, was but
George b. CorkhilI testified that he was Dis
trict attorney when the indictments were found
and he did not take from the office any papers
relating to the case.
MIR. Wood produced other papers, and was
crossexam1ned at length.
The Spenceriam College Graduates.
YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHO WILL
GET DIPLOMAS THURSDAY NIGHT.
The following is a list of the young gentlemen
and ladies who will graduate at the Spencerian
Business college commencement at Albaugh's
opera lOuSe Thursday eveDipp.
Ladies.-Day Class-Alice V. Anderson, DC;
Margaret w. Anderson, DC; Julia A. BOgue,
Fla; Bertha l.. DeGrafe, salutatorian, DC Kate
ID. Houck, Va; Mary X. Hubbel, KY; Clara X.
n. Nelson, DC; Nancy May Nesbit, Md; Au-
gusta Nj. Pettigrew, Me-; Mabel A. Robinson, d.
DC; Harriet F. Smith, Conn.,. Margaret L Sui
llvan, DC; Augusta c. Willige, valedictorian,
e.; Julius ;: Buynitzky, DC; John Brock, DC;
Lincoln p. Buck, Mimi; George w: Cook, DC;
VIM. d. Deloe, WA; Daniel A.. Duffy. b. G.:
Archibald Edmonston, DC; Jno. Adrian Ep-
ping. Md; Eberhard Jordan, DC; George {.
french, DC; HOratiO q. Gibson, jr., KY: Jos.
ID HeaIy, DC; Julius lose, DC; Albert Johns,
Mimi; VIM. J. Jones, Nd. Louis p Keyser,
DC; Edward X. Mahoney, DC; HARDWOOD Mat
tnsly, DC; Meinard \. Menke, DC; Guy f.
Mitchell. Ny; Hilary l.. Mitchell, Md; Preston
Brown Peters, DC; Samuel t. Phillips, Va;
Ihon.as c. Phillips, DC; Elmer ]. Shane, D. c.;
faul n. steele, valedlctorian, DC; William T..
Taylor, Mo-; Charles B. Telling pc: samuel r
Ihorne, lr., NC; Charles L. TOOmb, DC; IT.
wing u. Townsend NY.
Gentlemen.-Night Class-Theodore Abner,
DC; Walter $. Barker, DC; Aaron HI. Bell,
ME-; Ellis w. Brown, Va; Preston c. Day, Nd;
Charles r. Ely, Pa; Gus. NJ. Finnerty, No.; H.
Norman Fleming, salutatOrian, Pa; Alfred T.
Gage. DC: benjamin = Graves, Pa; Rodolph
Hampton, Miss; Nicholas p. Jones, Va; VIM.
Lotion Ark; Ransom L. Powell, Md; John NJ.
Rordan, Md; Edward NJ Robinson, Ind; Geo.
Z. Voneiff, DC.
The class committee is composed of Guy E.
Brock, Ellis w. Brown, Geo. W. Cook Preston
I: Day, VIM ID. Deloe, Archibald Edmonston,
Horatlo o. Gibson, jr., Rodolph Hampton,
Augusta VI. Pettigrew, Kate ID. Houck, Julius
lose, Nicholas z. Jones, Preston Myers and
Harriet +. smith. The program comprises an
invocation by Rev. L. a. King, of Baltimore:
salutatories by III. Norman Fleming and Bertha
L. De Giraffe; valedictories by Paul A. Steele
ana Augusta c. Willige, and addresses by Prof.
and Mrs. Spencer. Senator Voorhees,, 1t is an
nOunced. will award the dinlomas