The evening world., 1894-04-12
ON THE STAND,
Denies that He Forged Notes or
that He Knows Who Did.
His Father Gave Them to Him and
He Took Them to Kraus.
Handwriting Experts Flatly Contra
dict Each Other.

l~nlTORTIDnN PhItTtS HuNt bttl IlNNtN
against each other in the trial of young
oscar Adler for forgery. in the Court
of oyer and Terminer, and they have
differed materially.
TIL experts for the prosecution, David
y. Carvalho and Dani'l +. Ames. say
with emphasis that the forged names TO
the notes which Maurice j. Kraus, of
Bloomingiale Bros. discounted for
Samuel Adler, Oaclr's father, were writ
ten by one and the same hand that In
dorsel Samuel Adler's name to checks
given to Oscar by Bloomingdale Bros.
If the jury believe that they will convict
oscar Adler.
Counsellor Houses experts In behalf of
the defendant are quite sure that the
different specimens of signatures. In
lorsements and writing nay nave been
written by as many different persons
ns there are specimens. II
defendants experts in ch~irography,
though, are not as eminent as the famed
Carvalho and AmeS. .,
The statements OF the latter suffered
not at all from the testimony Of the
defendants experts, and Lswyer louise
uncommOnly strong attack on the bull
warks of tie prosecution. minated ne
would put the young defendant himself
on tn" stand.
Clean and George orr. of Richmond
Hill. l.. l.. to Offer their evidence: as
supplementary to that OF Editor solo,
mon yesterday in establishing the good
character of the accused.
Then oscar Adler was called. lie said,
IN answer to questions by Nj
House, that he was nineteen years OLD;
had worked for his father, Samuel; for
two years. Before that he attended the
public school in Sixty.third street, be
tween Second and Third avenues. His
duties at his fathers consisted of keep
the time of the workmen and collecting
bills.
He was never employed as a regular
bookkeeper for his father, he said; Both
his two brothers. Abraham and Harry,
and his father and himself all wrote In
the books.
suicide Of his father while Mr.. Kraus
was in the house to secure a settlement
upon the notes involved in this prose
cution. Speaking OF his first meeting
with Kraus. the prisoner said:
My father took me up to Bloom.ng-
dale's, and he went over to a window to
tall to Mr.. Kraus about some notes; he
brought me with him and said to Mr..
he comes up with a note give him a
check for it. and in the future give him
checks for all the notes he may bring
MY father did not say to Kraus that
| remember. eight or ten notes for dis
count to Kraus. If he says took seven
teen or eighteen, why his knowledge Is
any Of the notes given to me to take to
Kraus came from. l did not know who
wrote them or how long they had been
rected me to take them to kraus.''
II hand you fifteen notes. which you
took from time to time to Kraus. Are
any of them in your handwriting or
| NOT ~ nQka1 Mr. House
NO, sir. they are not"
Did you know who did write them
did you know they were forged
mo sir; I believed they We're genuine
notes at the time"
PENDANT the $50 note of l.. f. Robertson
which Is the subject matter OF the in
dictment against him. and asked him:
Did you write that note"
Il did not"
Did you write any part Of it, ,
mot a pen mark on the face or bach
of that note was made by my hand"
Mr.. House then developed the fac
that Adler was arrested on Third avenu,
and Forty-ninth street on Oct. II las
and has ever since been confined to tn,
Tombs awaiting trial.
.District-Attorney Osborne, In begin
ming his cross-eXamination, handed AID
Ter a check drawn on April 3, 1893, b!
Maurice j. Kraus. for 1865. to the orde
| O1 SlIlltl EtNlltI.
rs that your signature on the back?
asked Mr.. Osborne, indicating the in
dorsement, Samuel a. Adler, o. A"
Yes. sir"
was it your habit to indorse you
fathers signature on backs OF checks?''
Yes; at his request l Endorsed check
frequently"
Mr.. Osborne endeavored to induce tn
witness to explain just how much h
knew of his theirs transactions wit
l.. +. Robertson a Co, .Bleier Bros. an
other firms. Adler admitted to a sligh
knowledge only, as he had but little pei
sonal relations with these firms.
Mr.. Osborne called upon Adler for
sample OF his handwriting. Attorne,
feet in a jiffy. Directing vehemently
The Court sustained the objection.
Mr.. Osborne said there was but on
legal privilege that permitted a refusa
; to write, and that was on the groun,
that an answer might incriminatc him.
Judge O'Brien ordered the Assistan
District-Attorney to proceed IN othe
matters. and Mr.. Osborne asked:
"Do you know n girl name May En-
mett?"
II do not" answered Adler.
Lives on West Twenty-third street
doesn't Sha?'
II don't know her"
Did you ever play the races"
An objection by Mr.. House was sus
| tanned, and the witness did not answer
The defense rested at this point. an
Solomon Marks was called in rebutta
to show that the elder Adler said I
Mr.. Marks. in the presence of the dc
PENDANT, that Oscar was his ~bookkecpel
!. Mr.. House objected. but was overruleC
The Court, after Mnrks's testimony, oil
dered It entirely stricken out.
Mr.. House then sumlned up tn
: case for the defendant.
l Assistant DistriCt-Attorney Osborn
; concluded his argument for the proseCr
: lion at go and the jury retired. The
I took all the forged notes and the check
which Kraus gave in payment for thei
1 to Oscar Adler.