The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-19
LH71S ON THE RACK.
Prosecutor Winfield Cross
Examines Pennsy's As
sistant Cashier.
HE LOST 500 ON THE RACES.
'enies the Conversation With
George b. Fox--Lawyers
Begin TO Sum Up.
HE LOST 500 ON THE RACES.

1esteruay was ueVOleu enlirely Dy
Prosecutor Winfield tn the cross ex-
animation of Alexander S. Let's. who for
days has been on trial charged with
having embezzlsd more Ii $23, 900.
During the examination the pr osecutor
showed Let's some bills that had not
been entered in The cash book and he
asked Let's why this was the case.
II don't KNOW was the reply. "un-
Jess the money WAS stolen before / had a
chance to enter them"
Witness WAS shown checks from the
Ancnor and Union lines and from the
local, aud he WAS asked why the local had
not been entered when The other checks
had been.
''Because it was not my duty to enter
the local checks said Letts.
The yrosecutorDshowed witness the
B. T. q E. M. Stanley check for 81, $50. 6l.
aud asked him why only Sd, 100. 10 had
been entered in the cash book.
Il don't know. If you will show one of
the bills / can probably explain IT,"
The prosecutor did not have the bills
and Let's made no further explanation.
lie said he knew George L. Fox and that
he did not have a conversation with him
soon after the alleged acknowledgements was
made public, bus ne did converse with
him in Jabuary in a saloon on Hender-
son and Second streets. Whau witness
went there he wanted a private room,
but WAS not provided with QUE. Witness
said Fox brought him some papers in
stead of a letter press book that he wanted.
The papers were OF no use to ht,n. they
were not the ones he wanted. Let's
denied positively that he over asked
William Orr to open the Office safe at
night TO get some of the acc ,uut book.
R LETT TESTIFES.
Mrs. Robina Let's was The first witness
called today. She Is the wife of the ac-
cused. She said that ON September %
her husband came home for supper, and
that he devoted the evening 10 amusing
the children. He did not go out that
night. Mr.. Butter called at the house
and said 10 her husband. 1.-The gig is up.
and you had better confess all and save
yourself"
Let's ordered Butler out of the house
and defied him to cause his arrest.
There was no cross-axaminatioB.
Herbert Eabvy testified that he was a
messenger at the office and that at the
time the embeZzlement was discovered
he was asked to deliver q message to the
Long Island railroad by Scott Jacksons
The prosecutor objected and the EVIL
dence was ruled out, Witness testified
that under instruction from jackson he
placed all mail matter on Jackson's
desk.
The defense at this point announced
that their case was closed.
SUMMING UP.
Prosecutor Winfield recalled Charles
E.. Tompkius, who said that corrections
were made in the manifests wnen errors
were discovered. He said the monthly
statement made out by Let's should have
shown the amount of the check that was
credited in the WONG accsHnt. Witness
testified that on one Saturday in August
he wen the races ana Let's showed him
Fh nrn ftUO fioknfa m RnRaIann FOR &100
each. Let's said the odds 21a to
not win. Witness admitted that
he visited the race track fire.
quently, aud that MIR. Bntler knew
be did so. In his visits there he met
Scott Jackson and Henry StunSer.
Tompkins said he was then a friend of
Let's, but that he is not now. The
clerks frequently talked about horse
races in the office.
George w. Boar. a cash clerk. testified
that the Harlem River Station check had
been deposited September l. aud o
September s Let's asked him to maxi q
change in his books, because the check
had got in the wrong account Boar
did SO.
LOST 800 ON THE RACES.
William Paul testified thai he was a
CLERK in the freight office, aud that on
September % he left the office with Let's
auu WdlAcu W GIUN6 duA OSEUnQ SbIO6lS1
Let's got on a street car at this point
and went south. At seven O'Clock that
night he again saw Let's in a saloon ON
Montgomery street playing cards. Paul
said he and Let's on one occasion went
to Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and
Let's lost 500 betting.
When cross-examined Paul said he
frequently visited the races and made 81
aud ~ bets. He and TompkLs very often
sent money to pool rooms to be bet. The
most money he ever won was S32.
Henry Thompson, night waEchmau at
the freight.office, testified tha5 Let's and
jackson on the nighB of September %
entered the Office and opened the safe
and examined a number of papers.
William Orr said that Scott Jackson
had twice taken him to o saloon on Grove
street to meet Let's and that Jackson
said that they wanted to get into the
safe and get the books. He said they
would get a gang of thugs to sandbag
the watchInan if access to the safe could
not otherwise be obtained. During his
conversation Let's said nothing.
Counsel began to sum up Mt one o'clock
and the case will be given to the jury to-
day.