The morning call., 1893-03-24
BIDLEMAN COOL.
He Takes Little Interest in
the Books.
cool
A ROW WITH HIS COUNSEL
Henarie Searchingly Cross-Examined
Old Scandals Revived = BidIe-
mans Unique Defense.

d. V. B. Henarie occupied the stand yes
terday morning and testified against his
bookkeeper, Euoch Bideman, whom he
has charged with embezzlement
The rather tedious testimony hitherto ad-
duced during the trial was enlvened by the
cross-examlnati0n 10 which Henarie was
subjected by Bidleman's counsel.
The witness denied having allowed the
defendant unlimited sums of money as
expenses in drumming up trade. and also
that the defendant had sold S125,000 worth
oil the firms stock in two years.
The witness was also interrogated as to
what money he had spent for election pur
poses, and later he was asked If he had not
expended about $4,000 in defending his
divorce suit. He answered mo-"
Inc defense sought to pry into the details
OF the affair, but few well-directed ohjec-
tions of the prosecution served 10 cut this
examination short.
Then Henarie was asked If he had not
directed the defendant to make false entries
IN the books in regard to money paid to the
savage Mining Company, and again the
witness answered in the negative.
On redirect examination Henarie told
how Mrs. Bidleman had come to him soon
after her husband left the city and had
offered to give him a promlss)ry note for
S9OOO, secured by mortgage ON her
and discovered that it was all the property
she had in the world he refused to take it,
In the Afternoon Bidleman took the
stand in his own behalf and promptly denied
ever having taken dollar of Henarie's
money.
He claimed that he had been auth orzed
at certain times to expend large sums for
advertising and in increasing the sales of
the business, and that if all such items did
not appear his employer knew of it.
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that he had worked for the firm of f. Martin
q 20. Tor % years, starting with salary of
500 per month and finally receiving $4,000
per year. which, with the proceeds of
saloon he had owned gave him a total in
come OF $1,000 a year during the latter por-
tiOn of the period during which he worked
for Henarie.
Then the witness made the remarkable
statement that he had been accustomed to
spend his own and his employers money
while drumming up trade, and that he did
not always Keep an account of which was
which.
Bidleman's demeanor was one of apathy
and llstlessness, and his statements at times
seemed unnecessarily indefinite and care
Tess. Nhen shown page of one of the
books supposed TO be kept exclusively by
himself. he would not admit that all of the
writing upon it was in his own handwriting.
lie insisted on answering questions, over
the objection of his own counsel, and at
last his counsel cried out impatiently, "Mr.
Bidleman, if you do not pay attention to
my objections l will throw up your case"
TO which remark the defendant paid not the
slightest attention.
Bdleman made little attempt to contro-
vert the proofs heretofore adduced by the
prosecution in showing false entries in the
books. la answer to the question, "What
can you say OF these entries which You have
failed TO enter upon your ledger 2" he an
swered evasivey: "Oh, don't know any
thing about the books. They're there Just
Tor what they show, but whatever is not in
them they know all about as well as l do"
The case goes on today