Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-03
Afternoon Session,

The first witness placed upon the stand
in the afternoon was Stephen l.. Hatfield,
Waterman at the B, & Q. freight depot. He
saw defendant on the night OF March o,
sometime before midnight, enter the eX-
press Office About o'clock next morning
he was in the room adjoining, when
he heard the door of the express
Office open, and heard somebody walking
inside He came out, and walked
around to the side window, when he
looked in, and saw a man stopping in front
of the safe in the corner and evidently TAX
ing something from il or placing something
in it, The safe door was open. He watched
until the man arose. when he discovered
that it was Eader. He then went back TO
the freight Office and walked over to win
dow facing on Fourteenth street. He raised
the window and, looking out, saw Eader
cross the street TO where man was stand
ing and be heard what sounded like the
iingling of coin. The two men walked up
Fourteenth street together.
On the evening of the same day witness
met defendant at the express Office, and
Eader remarked that witness had seen
him about on the evening before. Upon re-
ceiving a reply in the affirmative, he re-
marked that he had been playing some
kind of game, and had lost heavily. He
then produced a roll of bills, said he had
represented his winnings. Witness under
stood him TO say he~had partner with
whom ne divided the money. Capt. Dove
ner conducted a searching cross-examina-
ton, but did not succeed in shak-
ing his testimony. He had been
asked by the agent, DR.. Hammond, if he
ever saw any employees about the Office late
at night. II was not customary for any of
the clerks to be in the office, except during
the holidays, after nine or ten o'clock, and
he did not remember Of ever seeing any
body else in the Office after that hour. He
had talked with Detective Burns about the
case at the Hotel Windsor.
C. w. Griffin, bill clerk in the employ of
the United States Express Company, next
testified that Auditor Snyder made an in
vestigation of the accounts on March 18th,
but he did not hear the result of
the investigation. The Office is usu-
ally closed every evening at
eight o'clock, but during the holidays
IS open until twelve and sometimes one
O'Clock There is no person in the Office to
receive cypress packages from the late
trains. a messengeris employed TO do that
work at night, and If the office is closed he
deposits the money packages in safe in
the passenger depot provided for that pur-
pose. Employees have no business in the
Office after ten O'Clock. The Office safe has
a double door with a combination lock
upon each door. Eader and witness knew
the outside door, but Eader alone knew
the other combination. Money packages
and valuables were kept in the inside vault.
WITNESS was here handed a copy
OF the pre- pay" book, taken
from the impression book. The
account of Emil Stump, one of the
drivers showed a balance against him
when he quit work. Capt Dovener want
ed TO prove that the accounts of the EN-
ployeS were all kept in the prepay book,
and that if the impression" book was
checked up and showed ashortage against
Eader, the shortage could be explained by
a reference to the prepay" hook, as many
OF the employees were behind in their ac-
counts, and defendant was held response
BILE. Griffin referring TO the prepay
book, said that Geo. Whissen, another en-
ploye, quit work, with dehcit Of $S2, but
it was afterward paid. The safe was open
when employees were behind the counter,
but the inner vault was Tot. He had
never had hand inside the inner
vault. Witness said that the record
showed that Esder received the 81, 500
package and told what his duty was IN
reference TO the disposition of il. If re-
turned by the driver, il was entered in the
"On hand" book and deposited in the safe.
When Father McMeDamin reported the
shortage Eader and witness were present
Eader made a memorandum on a blank re-
ceipt. which was found next morning by
Dr. Hammond lying upon the desk. Wit
ness told him the circumstances regarding
the reported shortske.
w. H. Snyder, General Superintendent
Of the Express Company, was next exam
med. He related a conversation with
Eader, in which the latter stated that the
Seals upon the package were in good con-
dition when he handed it to Mr.. He'll. He
said he would have known it, if the seals
were not in good condition. He had an in
terview with defendant on the afternoon
of the twenty-hfth, at the Express Office.
Eader was excited, and was crying. he
was cursing a former employee who owed
him money, and said he would shoot him.
He said he had money in the bank, and
would give him a check for SO, but witness
said he could not entertain such PROPOSE
ton. With Mr.. Snyder's testimony the
hearing closed until Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock.
IL.