Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-04

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arrested again.
He was asked specifically about
making up the drivers sheets on March
10th TO 2lst, on which days
the four Washington packages,
amounting 10 S707.76, were
missed, and incidentally, referring
to testimony by DR.. Hammond that he
never had anything to do with the cash,
said that In November he went to the
PEOPLES bank and got $4,000 in cash.
On going back TO the Office he got tel
ephone message that his daughter was
dying. He threw the money in drawer,
and told Mr.. Griffith to take charge OF
it. When he came back DR.. Hammond
had the keys Of the drawer, and the
money chad been shifted by DR.. Ham
mond, or some one" He denied specific
ally having ever taken any OF the
missing money. The two packages
missed on the 2lst, were missed, If at
all, two or three days after Col. Byrne
and Snyder had accused him OF taking
the $500. As to his check-mark, he
said he had invariably checked with
IN" for two years. As to the two
''E's." in Kennedy's book, on January
10th, he was talking with Kennedy
about check-marks, and made two az S"
10 illustrate his conversation. He said
he receipted for the package missed
March nth; he could not tell what be-
came Of IL, except that he placed 1t
in the vault, as ne al
ways did. He testified in ike
manner as to those missed on the 10Th
and 2lst Of March. He was asked about
the erasure on the delivery sheet OF
March nth, and said he had made no
erasure, on that date and none OF the
figures 'I42. rs" were his except the
first, "I." The witness said he did not
make up the March sheet book, and
could not tell whether or not all the
bank delivery sheets were present or
not. In explaining the moneys coming
10 the Exchange Bank, he said all sta
ton agents on the b. & o. between
PittSburg and Wheeling sent to the
Exchange Bank, as did also the B. & o.
money from Bellaire. All money from
stations between Grafton and Wheeling
went TO the City Bank. He identified
certain writings as to the S142.75 item
as being in the handwriting OF DR..
Hammond. He did not know when 1t
was made. In Gibson's receipt book,
said now to be "March 21st," he said
there was an erasure, it looking as II
the 40" had originally been 81" In
Kennedy's book, the date now said TO
be March 10TH" it looked as II the
~" had originally been "2.
Asked about the episode described by
Hatfield, Thursday night, witness said
he had no such interview with Hatfield,
nor exhibited money to him. Hatfield
may have seen him, as he had no regular
hours. Sometimes No. AZ was as late as
3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. He never
heard of any packages OF money being
missing about the time Hatfield said he
looked through the window and saw
''Eader at the safe and then go out and
meet man and give him money"
He was asked about meeting be-
tween Ed. EitzsimmonS, Howard Caro-
theirs, Henry Sturgeon and witness,
where there was talk about renting
room, and said FitZSimmOns was not
there by his invitation, and he did not
20 into a room with FitZsimmons. tie
never had any talk with FitzsimmonS
about 81, 500 package in December.
There was no such package in the eX-
press office in December, and he did not
propose TO FitZSimmons TO come to the
office and let FitzSimmons receipt for a
81, 500 package and take it. He never
told him he had "missed a chance" by
not coming to the office and getting
81, 500 package. He never told FitZ-
simmons he was tired Of the express
business and wanted to start a saloon,
nor did he ever try to hire Fitzsimmons
as barkeeper.
The croSs-examination was commenc-
ed by Mr.. Howard at 3;45. Mr.. Howard
began with the package missing on the
10th OF March. He said he did not
write the ''142 IS" on the delivery sheet
in the manner it was written. He wrote
all the sheet except the figures, which
he denied. He wrote the 81" and might
have written the "5," but not the 81,
the 80" or the 81" The only recollec-
tion he had of that particular package,
was the receipt. He was asked, IL they
were not his figures, why he did not
write them, and in reply he said he may
have written it in, but he did not write
what appeared at present. He was then
asked about receipt Of his for Sl79. so.
on March 18th, and said it should have
been on the delivery sheet for the fol-
lowing day. Mr.. Howard then asked If
he did not know it was not delivered
until March 18th, and in reply he said
he did not know when ii was delivered.
Mr.. Howard then asked If be did not
hold the package Of S179. 80, received on
the 18th, until the 18th, and then deliver
il, keeping the package Of Sl42.52, which
should have been delivered on that day
and inserting eformer figures on the
sheet for the 10th instead Of Sl42.50. In
reply 20 this, Eader said heidi not do it.
He was pushed as to whether or-Rot he
delivered the S179. so on the 18th, but
declined to say, except by what the
sheet said, as he could not remember.
Mr.. Howard asked many questions, CAL
culated 10 have the witness explain the
discrepancy, but he said be could tell
nothing, except that his books were
written up from the way-bills and from
what he had on hand. When the way
bills were written up they were given TO
the driver. He was asked about pack
age Of S119.5O, which he receipted for on
the 18th, but failed TO put on the sheet
OF the 18th, although three other pack
ages received on the same date, on the
same train and for the same bank, were
on the sheet. He said the package
might be recorded on the bottom Of an
other sheet. He was then asked, II that
was so, how he could account for
the fact that il was never delivered at
the bank, and said he could not account
for il. He was then asked whether he
asked specifically whether he ever sent