The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-24

Oct ~. Cash book moItgags sage......... 400 10
Nov 10 book page 800, mortgage - -
Dec. 4. ..ciS:S SGct page oaa. nor,sas. ooo 90
Mortgage russell sage. 80. 80. ,buoO 20
MotlEAHe russell sage. .,......,. N~s25 W
Tota'..... sos 343 20
and s25ss nave to be- ssnrisd as Ra.ss sSSc 80
not pay Them nor dii The PARTIES Thomas Oysrneton
csiye these .payment,. notwiihstsndins they stand
:pseSiye .im, deduct tns!efors ss5s5 which account,
in addition thereto there was paid by Russell sage
s sss & .s Hn ~ Sn5SG wSs Pre
make, 81 u olsa ?. q" that the sum of siS.nstI2 Is
gtth.r ORA attention to the fact tina, of the
constdsratien Of sao.Ogfo the schermerhorn prop
Ne wood, and tns sum oI sS5i2 y /. not sceountsi
$4,000 was paid TIE real estate agent which can be
This eSrlsnsIion gsvesy yet the sum OF saoie 72 uu.
s t ei a o S ns s cos;
should turn oyer the necs,;sry vouchers.
Dated New York ' city Now ~. O isSS
Sincerely your, ARSoLp DAVIDSON
When a reporter called on Mr.. Wood with
this report OF Expert Dayidson's yesterday
about Sis enemies f In the eRufch Witch ouGRt
to have made their ears warm.
ford sent to me" said Mr. Wood. lie was
member. Of the BOARD OF Trustees. and the
piicitly. I did not Keep set Of books myself
| MY check book was my cash book. and the
stub. q my checks we're all the memoranda
u had bookkeeger. though, who did keep
the books for me. He was DIR. Benjamin bur:
| roughs OF 42S Franklin avenue, lie had kent
Tucker. and retained him. "
| Davidsons that retained money credited on
the books to DIR. 1ralmaGe. That is untrue
charge up as paid the whole amount due Dr.
| Talmaae and on the other side ! would set
Church the Gsrsnce efG Between e what
due and what he actually get
the Doctor was recorded MS having received
$1,000 and on the other side 2! the NE nce DS
meant that / had actually paid the pastor
81 900 cash. although $4,000 were actually
THE check to Paulson was 5000 less than
| the bill called for. because when cano to PAY
| him struck him for a subscription. Mr.. STAT
ford was with me at the time and he will vouch
subScripti2In3 Mr.. Wood ?" asked the reporter.
e Then MIR. Davidson must have over ked
-" As to the charge that appropriated 5000
OF interest on two separate occasions, nv
answer Is that the books show, not that tho
| TO the church,s deposit in the bank. The ten
800 bonds which Mr.. Davidson says. l failed
and I hold his receipt for them ~ I'' -'nt
II admit that mistake was made in that
| receipt Tor $50 mentioned in the eleventh
item: For ten or a dozen years had been EN-.
rloyine. Mr.. Tong to do work i9r me, and it
was quite possible to mix up tn the ,S sec9 cunts,
we were $50 short. aud he also found that the
Is2uas hYd rom uSg + s credit
The boo Ok! ssc, 1t should have been cred
Ali right, cLange IL then. answered. and
he wrotei in the words Treasurer and Paint.
Ing. about which all the fuss has been made.
we aiterward found out that my bookkeeper
After Ir. Wills go. his Judgment against
With tss WoS sNesps iOnE
else was afraid he would not get paid. That Ia
he got hard up for ready cash he would come
TO me. Generally had no money in the
ON such occasions he would mako q note
for $500 or so. and would get 1t discounted
for him. When the notes came due he would
sometimes have to meet them himself Then
lwouid repay him as soon as sufficient money
Item No. IA arises from simple clerical
error. It occurred at a time when great
mary people were su6ssriolng toward the
made these two subscriptions had subscribed
for the bonds OF the church. but were errons-
ously recorded as subscribing their money as
nj; Wood denied vigorously that he was
short in his account with the church IN the
the %ri%a% %% and he 20. ss AID the i' SoqGs
would show, It; He explained the so called
accounts. as mere term. a hgure Of speech.
legitimate snhterruge Of the bookkeeDer to
He said this custom was common among
bo9kkeepers and did not mean that call loan
had really been made out; IL simply Indicated
for them. About Feb. !, leSS DR.. Tucker gave
his note for $1,000 TO cover such a deficit
by which -, 100 seemed to no transferred TO
Mr.. Woods own account on that date was
obligation I'LL the money. coming in TO the
church should he sufilcient % pay It back; Mr.
Wood denied that he had said that the $1,000
note Of DR. Talmage had come into his pos
sss Without Icing Pd Tor ne lie eIeI%sd
Il was whom the fire insurance companies
.ss D ar
then about $4,000"
-" The real Inside Of all this" said Mr.. Wood.
Doctor viii let me l will tell you all about It.
us, It because OF a factional fight in the
That is lust what i IS ht the last election
they are having their own way now, They are
bound to ruin me-. Here have stood in the
was able for Twenty-Five years to advance the
interests Of the church.
,ha tS Tts am tbn sons S ne knG%s
o. the church you would not blame the Doctor
~ SS Iso psftIs: II the the, church , t s:sH to Ss
Politics, That's 4. Have, YOU heard any
one sSY SRJthing. A Sh9pt politiGs :" eagerly;
this whole quarrel Ny enemy in the Taber-
naele Church became such on account of poll
ties"
ursr ex-senator James W. Brkstt Z"
Mr.. Wood started for the door Of his store.
time. 80, - =,
leave" he replied.
What are your politics. Mr.. Wood2"
have been a voter for twenty years" be
twice seen the man voted for elected to the
Presidency"
DR. burroughs said that he knew nothing
about Mr.. " o0d's hooks, except that once a
month the treasurer would send him petty
cash book and from II he would enter up reg
ular cash book, journal. and a ledger.
He knew nothing about the charges against
Mr. Mood. lie had not helped Mr.. Wood with
the books at all for two years past.
Both Mr stafford who is Mr. Woods coun-
sci. aud Mr. Louis Klupsch. who il Mr.. Tai