The morning call., 1893-06-14

what were the habits of Mr.. Flood ?"
asked General Barnes.
They were good. SO far as saw at the
bank"
Who had charge of the coin vaultP"
Mr.. Flood"
"Was Mr. Flood present when the Bank
Commissioners called on the morning Of
April 4?"
ayes. Mr.. Flood bsde them good
morning. then put on his hat and went
out"
"Did you 60 over the bank with the COM
only as to the securities. We went
over them together and found them cor
rect. Mr.. Flood did not return to the
bank by noou, SO l sent to his house after
him, requesting him TO come down as the
commissioners desired to count the cash.
l sent Mr.. Floods son on the errand. He
came back and said his father had not
been home.
"Then the commissioners proceeded to
count the cash and found it short. On the
9TH of April, in the morning, l saw Flood
again at the bank. We had sent for him
to come down and be interviewed.
Joseph A. Donohoe Sr.. Joseph G.
Eastland, John Birmingham, Philip q.
Galpin and myself were present at that in
terview.
mir. DOnOhoe Do opened the interview by
saying. Flood what have you donep
Flood admitted then that he had taken
the money, but would not tell what he had
done with il. Other people had got the
money, he said, but he would not give the
names. 1t would do no good 20 tell yop,'
he sad. and if l ever get it back l will
repay it..
Once after the interview 1 saw Flood
outside and asked him why he would not
tell who had the money.
ait would do no good, be replied. i
will not tell
The second witness was Joseph G. East
land. lie has been a director of the bank
sipce its foundation. The cash in the bank
was counted by the finance committee, he
said. on the 10Th of February, 1898, and
found to be correct. He gave an account
of the discovery of the shortage, which
corroborated the testimony of the previous
witness.
La the afternoon Mr. Eastland was re-
called to testify to a conversation which
he had with Flood after the shortage was
discovered
"I asked him." said Mr.. Eastland, "how
it was that he had deceived US when we
counted the cash on February IS and
found it correct Flood replied there had
been no deception and that the cash was
all there when we counted it. ASK Louis.
he said. 'he knows, because he sealed it,
After the noon recess Adam Grant. OF
the firm of Murphy, Grant 81 Co., was
called to the stand. He has been stock
incorporation. On February 10, he said.
he went to the bank in company with MIR.
McKinnon. With Cashier Flood they went
to the vault and counted the cash. Mr..
MckinnOn told Flood TO open one of the
bags and turn its contents out. Flood did
so and the cash was found all right.
When they went to the cash-trays they
found Mr.. Eastland there. They all
counted the cash there and found it cor
rect. Mr.. Eastand could not make the
figures of Flood tally with the total
amount of cash at first, but after recount
it was found all right. After adding all
the cash accounts together they went to
the cashiers books and found that the
latter agreed with their figures.
''Were you present when the Bank Com
missioners counted the cash?" asked Cen
eral Barnes.
II was not"
did you ever have any further transac-
tions with Mr. Flood ?''
The witness replied in the negative.
Judge Seawell declined TO strike out Mr..
Grants testimony, though Mr.. Foote
maintained that it was Irrelevant, because
SO far no embezzlement had been shown.
Frank r. Chadwick was the paying
teller of the bank until April 4 last. In
his testimony yesterday be said he had
known the accused for seventeen years
He then identified the paying teller's book
and said all the entriss in it relating to the
cash we're in Floods handwriting.