Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-03


Byrne had a private conversation with
Eader. Witness said he did not want
10 be present when the Investigation
culminated. He thought they had then
found out something, and he knew Col.
Byrne intended to charge him with TAX
ing the $500. Byrne and Eader were
together one-half or three-quarters OF
an hour. Byrne then came out ana
Eader asked TO see witness. Eader SAID
Col. Byrne had charged him with taking
the $500. "Eader did not admit he was
guilty"
O.-What did he sayP Ale said
he did not take the money.
O.-And he said ii indignantly, didn't
he? A.-0h, no.
Eader was requested to come back
again that evening, with his attorney.
The Captain offered to show that Eader
had then offered to go before any magis-
trate and surrender himself, II they had
apy charge to make, but although it
was put in a number OF forms, the
State objected to all, and 1t was sus-
tanned. Witness said they did not sug-
gest to send to his father and get the
$500. and that would be the end OF 1t.
They did not attempt TO get the money
back, but they wanted TO get at the
facts. I'VE knew Eader took the
money"
Capt. Dovener-And yet you let
thief 90 about the city, to his supper,
etc? Ave had no very great fears
OF his skipping out. We had made no
threats Of arrest, but we were NOR
oc-k,fn 40 tnnlr tho mOnpy
Q.-The next day you left this city?
Al did.
Q.-Why did you go away and leave
this matter II you were morally certain
Eader had taken the money? Al had
business in Pittsburg.
O.-You had business in Pittsourg,
why didn't you see the Prosecuting At
torney? You could have gone before
a magistrate in five minutes? Objec-
ton. Well, you went TO PittSourg?
Ayes.
o.-And when did you come back?
A.-The next day.
Q.-And Col. Byrne didn't come back
at all. When did you get out this war
rant? A.-Not until after l had been
served with summons in a S25, 900 dam
age Casa big game OF bluff.
Capt. Dovener-A big game OF bluff.
Well, if Pm permitted to answer you,
I'll say that I'll give you game OF
bluff" which will make it interesting Tor
YOU, and your Company too, If you don't
convict this man. That's why we're so
hard pressed here.
The matter Of Eader's arrest and re-
arrest was then gone over, with many
souabbes and rows, and finally an Of
fer was made by the defense, showing
bias and prejudice Of the witness, the
Jury being sent out. The offer was
overruled.
Witness denied having told DR.. Ham
mond, when he first came here, that
''this thing will have TO be put on some
one" Witness said he had statements
from Mr.. Griffith, DR.. Hammond, and
others, regarding the matter. a writ
ten statement was then taken from
Eader.
After some further examination DR..
Hammond, the local agent OF the Com
pany, was called by the State. He said
he knew of no one who knew the COM
bInation Of the inner vault OF
the safe, outside of Eader. The
vault was locked on March 22d.
Mr.. Eader assisted Mr.. Snyder in
making an audit Of the office. Mr..
Eader was asked to give an account OF
his cash, and did so. Mr.. Eader was
present, he thought, most OF that day.
I'D to the Gath, no one could get into
the inner vault unless they called on
Mr.. Eader. He took and explained a
money sheet which should contain
transcripts of way bills of money pack
ages, arriving at the express office March
9lst, and which should have been sent
out on the morning Of the 22d, TO the
Exchange Bank. There was no record
on the sheet, which was In Mr..
Eader's writing, of package Of S16s.45
or one Of S277.26. Witness said he had
been unable to find either any record OF
the packages, OF the packages them
selves, or Of the way bills regarding
them. The money was sent from Wash
ington, Pa, March 21st. Witness was
notified by the bank and searched for
the packages or any record OF them,
but they could not be found. If Mr..
Eader received the packages from Mes
senger Gibson and receipted for them,
IL would have been his duty to have
placed them in the vault, and write up
the way bills on the drivers book, for
the driver to take to the bank. He
could find DO such record. He recorded
other packages that day, which were
duly delivered and receipted for, but
nothing OF the two Washington pack
ages. The witness was in like manner
Intercepted as to the package sent from
Washington, Pa, on the nth OF March,
containing Sl19.3O, and said no entry OF
10 could be found nor had any trace ever
been found OF the money. He identified
a way bill for two packages, one for
S1l0.35 and one for S11625; both were
checked by Eader with an ''E," but the
first-named amount was not entered up
The freight for both packages was re-
ported-26c.-and was so marked by
Eader.
Regarding the $500 package from
Long Run, witness was asked IL Eader
had reported the loss Of the $500 to him,
when Father McMenamin complained,
and in reply said Mr.. Eader was not
present at the time. Mr.. Griffin called
attention to it. Mr.. Eader had left
memorandum of the shortage, and
Griffith called attention to it. That
paper gave the information.
In cross-examination witness said the
office handled over 10000 sealed c. o.
ID. money packages during 1891. Some
days as high as three hundred c. o. DIS
came in. The vault would not hold them,
and the most valuable packages went
into the vault and the rest into the safe.
The Captain then brought out the fact
that some OF the banks had requested