The evening world., 1894-06-12

Johnson. assistant bookkeeper. added
Augustus II. Wheeler, a public &c.
countant. who VAS bookkeeper for Il.
fed that on Dec. 81, 1891, there was due
hir. Wiman from the firm OF r. q. Dun
Dc Co. 1886. %. He had been credited
with a check for siSS 900 that day.
70 deposit the check In the bank that
day." said the witness. land he would
iet me know later when to deposit 1t:
Il He w nsVs no, told 5spo me to w dhsposlt 1T, IT; and n
firm in February. 1893. on Dec. 81. 1882,
tne boots showed $2i.29o.a due from
Wiman to the firm.
Mr.. Wel!man tried to bring out. that
because Wheeler held the secret of WI
mans shortages to the firm, Wiman
raised his salary from 5000 to 5000, and
opened a private account with him 30
that the others parties OF the concern
Dun, Douglas and king-would not dis
cover the raise of salary. But Gen.
Tracy objected. and 1t was ruled out.
out that the s135. 900 check Was credited
on the cash book, and the members Of
the firm might have known lt-probably
did know it--and that the check lay In
the cash drawer.
There was no concealment. 1t was on
the books. an open transaction, showing
that MIR. Wiman's account with his firm
was constantly. overdrawn. Mr.. WI
49, ll'ii u 'uSiiiNSS Ntto
$4,000 a year. The profits of the bust
ness were nearly $780, 900 a year. The
bookkeeper. said he never told the
members of the firm about that Sl35. 600
check, because it was their business to
examine the books know for them
selves.
our s%alary?" asked MIR. Wellman.
But Wheeler said no. Indignantly. and
added tina other clerks got an increase
Banker Kennedy recalled, testified that
the highest balance to Wiman was July
2 1892; when IT was s29,2i4. On Feb: G.
i bS 2 I the day day e q k sbe :, alleged forgery the
Gen. Tracy. trying to show that this
the, Bullingcr. check till after the bank
had been paid. succeeded in demonstr1t-
ing exactly the contrary, indicating that
Mr.. Wiman had issued checks for an az
gregate much greater than the amount
of his account until 1t was ,nlarg ed by
the Bullinger check.
who examined the books OF r.. G.. Dun &
Co. for March : to October. 1893. as an
expert, testified hat he found that the
books did not show all OF the items OF
Indebtedness of Wiman to the firm. HI
was not allowed to state how much the
difference was between the accounts and
the facts.
William NJ. Place, receiving teller al
the Central National Bank. identified
the entry in his deposit book. showing
the receipts Of the check Of Feb. g..
Witness Green, with the books before
him, testified that neither the Campbell
Printing Press Company check nor thu
Fitzgerald, Ogden Brown and Bullingel
checks were charged to Mr.. Wiman'!
A.. q. Van Cleaf, Assistant Treasurer
Of the Fairbanks Scale Company. tolC
of an exchange Of checks with Mr.. WI
man. similar to that with Bullinger.
Charles f. Zentgral. Treasurer of thu
International ultramarine Company
testified regarding n similar exchange
of checks with Mr.. Wiman. .
Daniel 7 Ames; the expert In hand
ing on the check. Gen. Tracy again OBJ
jected on the ground that the defendan
admitted that he wrote T.. w. Bullin
, gers name on the back of the check
Mr.. Ames was permitted to testify, how
ever, to that effect.
Gen. Tracy seized upon one Of the sam
pie letters and got 1t In evidence. 1t wa
from Wiman to Dun, In 1891, and showed
that Dun knew at that time of WimanL
financial straits. and that he was s62.0O
in debt to the concern. The trial will g
on tomorrow, when Mr.. Wellman vii
complete the case for the prosecution II
Mr.. Wlman was surrounded to-da,
by his Staten Island neighbors ant
Canadian friends, including Charles ID
Freeman, Henry ". Woodruff. Ernes'
Henry Dun Wiman and Norman s
donald. Bridgeport: ]. Ross Robertson
Charles F. Zentsra}, W. W. Niles AM
James A. Whitney, Of this city.