The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-03
ElDER RED TRE COMBINATION,
Ru. other Clerks Could Have Had
Access to tho Safe While He Was at
pInncr-.The Court demonstrates
With the Attorneys and Fines One
of Thorn.

while he was cashier OF the United
states Express company in this city,
was taken up again in Judge Paull's
court Yesterday. William Kennedytes-
ti6ed that he had received two money
packages, and had turned them over to
Eader.
WI. Gibson, the express messenger,
said that he had brought four money
packages from Washington, two of
which he had turned over to Eader and
two to Will Kennedey.
]. A. Parrill, the driver, testified that
he had delivered one package Of money
10 the Exchange bank, but that three
other packages he was asked about had
not been given to him to deliver.
Charles LETTERS, an employe OF the
Exchange bank, was asked about money
narkapes, said to contain: SAP 10,
Sll0 80, Sl6S 45, and. $277 %. None OF
these packages, witness said, had been
delivered to the bank. III
While Mr.. LETTERS was being examined
CAPTAIN Dovener said: =
1T would be better II some OF these
peopIe would wash the dirt of their
own hands before tryingT to hunt up
dirt on the hands OF other people"
"Perhaps," said Mr.. Howard, ut
would be bcttor II some one would have
his mouth washed out"
Judge PAUL. tried TO gel, the attorneys
to desist from pickering but as thoy
kept on iawing he sent for the clerk.
Clerk Mitchell could not be found i'm
mcdiately, aud the gentlemen were not
fined. IN,
superintendent Of the express COM
pany, was put on the Stand. Mr..
SNYDER was asked what Eadef had said
as 10 the condition OF the seals OF the
$1,000 money package addressed to
Father McMenamin, OF BetiNgood. The
witness replied that Eader, had said
when the package came intoIhis hands
tho seals Of the 81 800 package were in
good condition. AT the, TING witness
had this talk with Eader the latter adj
mitted that the seals then
WERE NOT IN GOOD CONDITION
At tina; time, witness sale, no charge
was made against Eader; the company
was simply investigating the loss OF the
money. On the following day Eader
was notified Of shortage in his Office
accounts, and he immediately offered
to make it good. He made no denial OF
a shortage in his accounts.
The witness further said that Eader
was asked by Col. Byrne, Of Buffalo, as
to who had access to the safe, and
Eader replied that he was responsible
for everything that went in and out OF
the safe.
On REORGANIZATION the, witness
said that Col. Byrne was; the special
agent Of the United States Express
Company. On the morning OF March
% the witness said that he sent for Mr..
Eader to comeito his room in the Wind
sor hotel. Eader came and the witness
and Col. Byrne talked with him. While
the three were comforting together, Au-
ditor Snyder, OF Newark, o., was at the
express office investigating the accounts
Of the office. Eader went home for dim
ner and came back afterwards. The
witness said he didn't believe that
EGder came, back after supper. The
next day Eader came back, about the
middle Of the forenoon. He was to re-
turn at / p. M, but he didn't come.
Witness went to the Office shortly be-
fore 2 o'clock and Eader soon came
along.
Capt. Dovener endeayored to get the
witness to admit that others besides
Eaderhad access to the safe. The wit
ness said that no one else could have, II
the clerks and employees followed in
Etructions.
In answer to further questions, the
witness said that when the inyestiga-
ton was aboutito culminate, heleft Col.
Byrne and Mr.. Eader together in the
room at the Hotel Windsor; Knowing
that Col. Byrne was about 10 charge
Eader with the thoft Of. the package Of
$500, the witness retired. Alter Col.
Byrne and Eader came out, Eader told
witness that Col. Byrne had accused
him Of taking the $500. Eader denied
the charge. -.
Capt. Dovener tried to show that
Eader had
oFTERED TO SURRENDER Hr1tsEIF
TO any magistrate, but the questions
we're objected to by the state, and the
objection sustained. .lIls
The witness said that while he was
conierring with the district attorney,
regarding the prosecution Of Eader, he
was served with a notice that Eader had
sued his company for SOD, 900. At
about nine o'clock that night hMitness
swore out warrant charging Eader
with embezzlement.
DR.. Hammond, United States Ex-
press agent was called to the stand. He
identified a check mark 'E" on the
Waybill book as Eader's private cheek
mark. Three money packages, contain.
ing respectively $l19 80, Sl6S IS and
2T1 %, and addressedt TO tho Exchange
bank, were marked on tho way
bills, witness said, as having
been. received by. Eaders but
nothing was shown assto whether the
packages had been delivered TO the
bank. The bank denied having re-
eeived them. Dr.. Hammond said that
Eader alone possessed the combination
tothe safe, so far as witness knew. It
developed, however, that when Eader
was not in the Office during the day
another bonded clerk attended to busi-
ness Tho witness said it was Eader's
business to close the safe when he left
the Office.
Captain Dovener commenced to cross
examine DR.. Hammond, and court adj
loarned until Z o'clock in the evening
ATT o'clock DR.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
animation was resumed. w. H. Snyder,
The nndilnr wa nnIln.l d. ahn ninnh Ha