Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-03
THE EADER CASE
THB TESTCMoNY YESTERDAY OF AN INTER-
ESTING NATURE
A Long List Of Witnesses on the Stand for
TIE Sats-Spicy Personal Encounters
Between COunsel-The State will
Rest its Case To-Day.

: gress Of the cause was enlivened by
several verbal encounters between OPP
posing counsel, one Of whom was fined
atlast evenings session. So many In
tricacles have been developed that II
seems TO be- impossible to conclude the
case by Saturday evening, when the
term ends, and some sort OF arrange
ment will have 70 be made TO wind 10
up. after the opening OF Court In Wells
burg, Monday.
Much OF the evidence Of yesterday
was devoted 70 tracing the packages OF
s142.75, Sl1930, Sl6S.4S and SST''<o,
missed during the month OF March, ana
w. +. Gibson was called 70 TESTIFY that
he brought the four packages from Lit
tie Washington and turned them over,
two 10 Eader, the defendant, ana Two
70 William Kennedy. Kennedy teSt-
fed 10 receiving two Of the packages
and also giving them to Eader.
Driver ]. A. Parrill testified he had
received q money package from Eader
for the Exchange Bank, but the figures
pGrDorting TO give the amount, had
BEN changed. He did not see the three
0ther packages.
Charles LETTERS, Of the Exchange
Bank, who takes charge OF all such
packages. and opens them and credits
up the amounts 70 the proper parties,
testified that no packages containing
the amou nts stated had been received
by the bank from March 10th up 70 the
present time
WbiIe this witness was on the stand
Cant. Doyener and Mr.. Howard had
lively controversy, which the Court
vainly attempted TO Quell, and finally
directed a page 10 90 for the Clerk. Be
fore Major Mitchell arrived matters
4uieted down, and no fines were i'm
hosed. On two or three other occasions
matters almost reached crisis In the
fame manner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the opening Of this session Mr.. j.
J. Jones, cashier Of the Exchange Bank,
was called and examined briefly as TO
the missing packages.
A. +. Gibson was called and testified
regarding the package for Sl79.50, sent
4 from Washington, Pa, March 18th, and
! delivered to Mr.. Eader. He said Fad
I'll EUEEh MAl n " - VA H. q A~AN~A -"
h Capt. Dovener asked the witness 10 90
;, through any Of the papers or books OF
4 the Express Company, and lind one In
!, stance where Mr.. Ead7r had used IL
e.as a check mark. The State objected
have1 was sustained.
Dutspo w. II. Snyder, General Superin-
nation. ut OF the Company, was
Itcn CARED as TO conversation he
had with Eader as 10 the seals on
the Sl,5OG package. He said Eader
said the seals were not perfect
This was az the time Of the first
discovery of the shortage OF $500. He
said, however, the seals were perfect
when be received the package Witness
further said there was then no charge
against Mr.. Eader-they we're simply
investigating-they were not prepared
20 make a charge then. On the follow
ing day witness informed the defendant
a shortage had been discovered, and
Eader at once said he would make IL
good, out Of a deposit, TO the credit OF
his wife, aG the German Bank. He also
said his father would make good any
sum be might owe the Company.
Eader did not make any denial OF
UELuK SuOALF An0A WAAuESN NQAAG ANNeAAs
The first attempt at an investigation by
witness was on the morning Of March
l9th. He came over from PittSburg
with Col. Byrne, on the afternoon OF
March 18th. They started for Long
Run, and stopped in the Office, when
Col. Byrne asked Eader who had
charge OF the safe, 70 which Eader re-
sDOnded: II am responsible for that
safe"
To Capt. DOvener witness said Col.
Bryne was . special agent Of the Com
pany, charged with the investigation OF
all claims. There had been a demand
made upon the Company for $500.
The shortage he had in his mind
a. the time Eader spoke OF his
bank account was not the $500 matter,
but another matter. Ii had reference
to a shortage among the drivers, etc.
The Captain pushed this matter, and
wanted TO know If the witness had not
tried to have the jury believe Eader had
admitted and agreed 70 pay the $500,
when be had another matter altogether
in his mind The witness said he had
no such intention 10 miSlead. The Cap
tain then went into the matter OF wit
ness sending for Eader on the morning
Of March 22d, to come 70 his room in
the Hotel Windsor, leaving others in
the Office. Col. Byrne was in the room
with witness and Eader, but the door
was not locked. Eader'S statement was
taken, at that time. During this visit,
Snyder was in the Office, with access to
everything. The Captain made il APP
pear that Mr. Eader had been seat for
without notice, and that he had left the
cash drawer there, and then asked
Odd he have 3 chance TO count his
cash before he went? AIR. Eader
was responsible, and If he did not pro-
tect himself, IL was his fault.
Witness added that Eader locked his
vault, and that no one else had the COM
bination OF it, but when pressed as to
how he knew this, said it was from his
general knowledge o. the Office, and
that he did not think Mr.. Eader would
leave his safe unlocked. Eader went TO
dinner from the the hotel, and cane
back to the room, and was there until
supper time. The Captain asked IL he
came back again after supper at the
request OF Byrne and witness, but as 70
this witness was not clear. They took
him 70 tho hotel TO better make
the enquiry. While he was away DR..
Hammond was in charge Of the Office.
Q.-And yet you are trying to make
Mr. Eader responsible for packages
coming in on the 2lst, which could not
be delivered until the s2d9 A. No, sir.
Eader came back TO the hotel again on
the following morning, and was there
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