The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-16
BANK BOOKKEEPING.
Prosecutor Winfield Con.
ducts Object Lessons
on the Hill.
MR.. LEEKER As A WITNESS.
He Says Coykendall Banked for
Him, But He Got the CHECKS
Cashed.

the Coydendall- Second National Bank
case looked happy when they heard this
for they were tired, and the poor stenog
rapher's arm pained him like a tooth
ache.
During the aftern oon evidence was
given By Mr.. Hogencamp, under cross
examination, that the only check on the
pookkeeper was the teller's cash account.
This was compared each day, but In q
general manner. The bookkeeper would
shout to the teller the result OF
reply from another part Of the room his
receipts. From these daily comparisons
the general ledger was posted. All de-
posits were entered in the daily cash book
and they were first entered in the indi-
yidual ledger and then transferred to the
While this evidence was being given
the Prosecutor sent out for a.magnifying q.
glass, and minutely examined the entries
on the pass book for erasures
When was the earliest defalcationr
asked ex-Judge Garrjck.
The first that Van Loan made was in
1884. so far as we know We did not ex-
anime the books further than that for
they were written up.
In series Of questions ex-Judge Gar
rick asked President Hogencamp TO trace
back the checks and the times on which
give the names of those whose accounts
had been falsified. Prosecutor Winfield OBJ
jected to this and said that Coykendall
was the only man On trial and that he
was accused of having received but
81, 400 or thereabouts.
But" said he, sin regard to Van
Loan, am willing to admit that he stole
whenever he got a chance"
The Court refused to permit the ques-
tion to be answered and after some unim-
portant evidence was given Mr. Hogen-
camps examination was ended.
TELLER VAN WINKLE'ss TALE.
The next witness called was Real Estate
Agent Van Wrinkle, who during the frauds
was the receiving teller at the bank. He
said
1T was my duty to see that the deposit
slips corresponded with the money and
checks received
When shown deposit slip which de-
noted that $195. rs had been deposited to
CoykendRll's account, he identified as his
the figures 95.75, but said some one had
prefxed the figure !. A number OF
similar slips were shown him and In each
instance he swore they had been raised
by prefixing ] or q q
MR.. LREKER's VERSION.
The last witness called was William H.
Leeker. He was accused OF being one of
the conspirasors when Coykendall was
arrested, but the Grand Jury failed to in
ulct AlIn. no IN nau - suAFts- 1--WE alu
wears moustachs and side
business at No. lS9 Monticello
avenue, next door to the grocery store
kept by Coykendall. Leeker began bust
ness there in 1888, and immediately after
said Mr. Coykandall and myself
worked together in 1881 as clerks on
Bramhall and Jackson avenues. When
he left he went in business, and when in
1883 opened Astore l traded with him.
In this examination he was shown
about one hundred and fifty checks cali
ing for amounts ranging from $50 to 500.
He said concerning them that he had
them cashed for Coykendall. Frequently
he would pay 8 negotiable or butchers
bill of small amount, and then give the
cash received in change for the check TO
Coykendali. A large number OF the checks
he had cashsd without paying any
bills. When asked in each case the
nature and the cost Of the articles he
paid for he declared he could not remem-
Der, ner could he tell how 1t happened
that ~ many as three checks were cashed
to pay the vegetable bills for one day on
several occasions. He swore that
ti%e aOSa his banker mss and i'As That he he
trusted him so implicitly that he never
kept account of the money he placed
each day In his hands, but that C0yken-
dali did. 1t was purely a matter Of bust
ness, and he thought the receipts Of his
dali than in his own. That, he
claimed, was the reason why
Coykendall gave him checks to
pay his bills with, and later he admit
ted the checks were made SO much larger
than the bills he paid to enable CoyKen-
dali to make good his bank account.
Lseker calmly swore that he never saw
the account Coykendall kept of the money
he deposited with him from day to day
until Coykendall was arrested. and the
only other time was when 1t was shown
him yesterday.
When court opened today, with Judges
Lippincott Paxton and Hoffman on the
bench, there was fair-sized audience
present to listen to the continuation of
Leeker's evidence. 1t was in the
same strain as that given yesterday
i large part of the time was taken up in
the Identification OF checks he had caused
TO be cashed for Coykendall During
this examination Mr.. Hogencamp
sat beside the Prosecutor and
Counsel for the defense listened patient
~ to the monotonous repetitions Of the
cashing of the checks, and when the tes-
timony of Leeker was completed 1t seemed
a relief 70 all.
Mr.. d0Sencamp was cAlieu Dy the
Prosecutor, and was asked how many
checks signed by Coykendau and made
payable to Leeker had been presented to
The bank.
"Thsrs were l,oas checks.n replied Mr..
Hogencamp.
What is the aggregate amount Of the
sum drawnlp
.sIt Is $5S. .4S6. .S3. y
It transpired later on that the greater
portion OF this money, in fact all hut sl5-
900 had been deposited In the bank to keep
up the credit Of Coykendall Detective
Hottie was called to testify as to the ar
rest OF Coykendali and the case was closed
for the State.
THE DErENcK.
Ex-JudRe Garrick then opened for the
defense, and told the Jury that the
charges of conspiracy was the most dang
erous OF all charges, for It not only made
man responsible for his actions
but also for the actions or others. He
set forth that there was no conspiracy
and that Van Loan was solely responsible
for Whatever wrong that had been done.
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