The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-17
COYKHNDALL'S KITES.
Drew His Checks too Big
and Built Up His Ac-
count with the
Change.
BUT HE MEANT NO HARM.
Queer Lights Thrown by Cross
Examination ON the Second
National Bank En-
bezzlement.

After ex-Judge Garrick outlined the de-
fense of Coykendall to the Court and jury
yesterday afternoon the defendant was
called to testify. He said he had resided
at his present home six or seven years and
in Jersey City forty years. He was in the
grocery business three or four years on
Newark avenue, and in the same business
on Wayne street for twenty-five years.
He was also manager of John Warmers
grocery store on Branhall avenue after
he gave up his Wayne street business.
He left there and started the store on
Monticello avenue in his wife's name. He
controlled the business during the period
covering the alleged frauds. At present
he is conductor on an Eighth avenue
street car in New York
swAMPED IN 1873
In the panic of 1878" said he. in reply
to question put by his counsel, II lost
my money, and Cornelius Van Worst and
w. I'll. Gllbert were my creditors for
Judgments were obtained against me in
the courts on these claims. | first met
Leeker when manager of the Bramhall
avenue store, 1t was soon after this that
began business in my wife's name on
Monticello avenue 10 do this borrowed
week ond averaged twenty-five per cent
profit. out of which paid the expenses.
WAS depositor in the Second National
Band and had been since before the war;
How long did you know Van Loan
prior to his marriage with your niece,
who was also your adopted daughtera"
counsel asked.
ssSome time But he visited my house
one year and half. / did not then be-
come very intimate with him."
hat I,s L.
riede's
1t was $1,000 or 81, 300 year, and I was
surprised when | learned it: from the
manner in which he lived felt certain it
could not be less than 81, 500. received
this information from Mr.. Haskins, who,
believe. said Johnny was making extra
Dney as q Notary Public by protesting
tes for the bank. In the year 1856 l
ls sick several weeks. and during that
--s.ine my bank account was unintention-
ally overdrawn $780, Van Loan informed
me of this and he said he would like to
have my pass book TO write it up and
straighten out matters. When got the
book back supposed the entries were
correct.
MUTUAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
loan made good some checks Of
mine III 1887, which overdreW my account,
and | also loaned him the last two or
three checks for use. He said he had de-
posted the money with the bank to pay
Them. believed him. He and his wife
boarded With me sixteen months; he had
one nurse there six months and another
eight weeks, the board for all he still
owes. He told me from time to time that
he had deposited money to my credit for
the board bill. After removing to Astor
place he traded with me and sometimes
he paid me in cash or by check, or said
he had placed the sum due to my account
at the bank
when were you first informed that
Van Loans books were irregular?n asked
ex-Judge Garrick.
my first intimation was when Billy
called ON me. Q call Mr.. Hogencamp
Billy for Pve known him SO long.) He
came to my store in June, 1883, and asked
me where John was. He was on his va
cation and in the country. Billy asked
me where he lived and l told MIN. My
wife went with him to the house, but of
course they could not get in. Billy came
back and said there was Il discrepancy in
Johnny's accounts, and that he wanted TO
have whatever checks, books and SO on !
had, in order to correct the error. / gave
them to him. MIR. Hogencamp took them
to the bank, and when IwenG there the
next day [ was told that Johnny's ac-
counts and mine were much muddled,
and that | was either q victim or had
been in collusion with him.
"I denied any knowledge of wrong
doing, and when wa, arrested the Chief
lusion, tell the truth. / had nothing to
tell, and the police took me to Police
Headquarters, where Mr.. HOgencamp
said to me:-'You've lied to me, and /
must lock you up. Are there any more
checksY
81 replied that there were, and at his
request went with him to my house to
get the Leeker checks The reason why
had not given them to him when I
turned over the other checks was be-
cause they were in separate envelope
and did not think of il"
NO INTENTION OF WRONG.
Now" said ex-Judge GarrIck, ssdid
you ever have any understanding of any
nature with Van Loan to swindle the
Second National Bankr'
II did not.n emphatically.
Mr.. CoykendaIl, in response to ques-
tion, said he never depended upon the
stubs of his check book to show how his
account stood, but he relied upon his pass
book. When this evidence was given the
balance of the afternoon was passed in
identifying the checks, a tedious work.
When completed the witness was turned
over to the Prosecutor for crOss-examina-
tion. Judge Lippincott at this time an
nounced That court would adjourn until
morning.
QUEER FINANCIERING.
When the court opened this morning
oykendall resumed his place as wit
ness, and in response to the questions
asked by Prosecutor Winfield said that
he had no reason for not putting dates of
receiving the moneys Leeker claimed he
had deposited with him ON the memoir
anda lie kept. He kept no books of &C
count concerning his business To the
best of his memory he averaged $50
day.
"Did you deposit more than $50 day
from your businessi" asked the Prose
cutor.
mo SIR
II sold from twenty to forty loaves of
bread day at eight cents . loaf. IsetGled
at the end of the week with the baker. /
always gave him u check larger than the
bill because during the week / would
borrow change from him 2
ssNow, Mr. Coykendail, did not you let
Mr.. Twaite, . friend OF yours, have checks
10 cash the same as Leeker had them?'
mo sir.'
In answer to question by the Prose
cutor. the witness said he had lent money
to Leeker to the amount of 800, and then
the Prosecutor asked him how day after
dav for weeks, he made deposits of an
ayerageof from $50 to 500 more than the
receipts Of his business.
II got the money from Leeker, Twaite
and 4 Mr.. smith, | would take my store
money aud put it with that Leeker gave
me for my checks. Smith and Twaite took
nv checks in exchange for money to send
to the country.