San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-29
PRICE SIS a Year

appears on the paper. was the one given
to the cashier. | never rendered Mr.
GOakum statement of the account be-
tweenuS He never called on me for an
explanation of the $500 item. He never
called on me for an explanation of the
$500 station fund item. | know Mr..
Yoakum handed me a check for S794.59
Mr.. Hoakum wanted to know how he
stood with the cashiers Office and / made
him that statement. | never carried Mr..
Ioakum in any amount, out OF my private
funds. handled plenty Of money for the
receivers joint account and their indi-
yidual accounts, The money was not
drawn on the Kennedy voucher. | made.
this statement for Mr.. Mcnamara. 1t is
a statement OF Mr.. Macnamara'S account
with the cashier made it at the request
Of Mr.. Maenamara. Except these two
statements. | never made any other. The
reason did not place Mr.. Macnamara'S
statement was because up to March 81,
1891, he was not entitled to any.
| gave a statement, on which appeared
:he Kennedy voucher, to Mr.. GOakum. |
never gave any to Mr.. Mcnamara. |
never had any transaction with Mr..
Macnamara wherein either of US were in
vOved to the amount of 81 900 or 81, 800. |
told Mr.. Wheeling that | could make the
81, 500 receipt good in forty eight hours. |
never told Mr.. Wheeling that Mr.. Mac
namara owed me $4,000. Mr.. Spear was
not present when | gave that to Mr..
Wheeling. Mr.. Spear asked me in re-
gard to the $500, what he was to do. !
gave him two $1,000 receipts and would
also give him receipt for 5000. He
said he would fix up the 800 difference.
When Mr.. Wheeling returned, he or Mr..
Spear asked me for q duplicate receipt
and | gave it to him. When these state
ments were made, delivered the receipts
to Mr.. Mcnamara. | gave all joint re-
h.. %
personally. If called upon l could have
settled the 81, 500 in an hour. The reason
that did not want the re-
ceivers TO know that paid Mr..
Stevens the money was because no
| one else was being paid. | borrowed the
money on my own account and paid him.
When these three items, aggregating
| s.. 300, were paid it was credited by Mr..
Wheeling on the blOtter. This statement
was not the one from which the settle
mcnt was made. Those receipts do not
appear because the statement is not here.
That receipt of $1,000 was used to make
| good short receipt against Mr..
| HOakum.'
Mr.. BergStrom said that it was all he
desired to ask Mr.. Cooper and Mr.. Frank
| lin took the witness
THE money on the telegraph slip was
taken from the station fund. 1t was
charged to me from the station record.
1t was carried against him by me but
nothing was on the books. 1t was not
| secret | held those receipts at the time
| of the Hanna investigation. | never told
| them that he owed me that money. L
| could not say whether l said that he
| owed only $1,000 or not, without seeing
the evidence. The money was paid by
me as auditor. | took that money
| from the station fund and paid him
! the money as receiver. All the receipts
| have been carried all alike. | never made
any entry in any book of that money. l
did not regard it as final disbursement
| of the money. When | said | could make
| that Sc. 500 good in 4S hours, | was not re-
| lying on that money, but on the Stevens
receipt. put the 5000 M. X. IL L. re-
ceiptS, which had been already paid, in
| lien of the 81, 500 Mr.. Yoakum and had
| handled that part of the company'S
| money privately. | did not advise Mr..
| Yoakum anything about the $500 re-
| ceipt. AT the time | put in the Nj. X. ~
| Z. receipt. | had the Stevens receipt, the
| Times receipt and the g, 900 receipt. The
| first time that | showed those receipts for
| 50 500 and $1,000 to Mcnamara was after
| | was arrested. That was the first time |
] ever exhibited them TO anyone. The trst
| time | showed him the Stevens receipt
| and the Times receipt, was an hour after
! | was arrested in the San Antonio club
| rooms"
Some of Mr. Cooper's former evidence
was read over to him by MIR. Franklin,
| and several questions, were asked but
| nothing of much Importance was done:
| The witness seemed somewhat confused
| from the interrogatiOnS from Mr.. Frank
| lin.
The court ad iOurned at 1890 until 800,
when the DISCRIMINATION Will con-
| tinue.