The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-05
TRIAL OF S. S. CABOT.
v,oUhners or gsBEzzLEMrNr
,,n FORGERY BEING Examined
c BEFORE Judge Witt In the Hust
ing. oOurt-rre'iden' OF the h'''o
n,.ull.ry Company rs s. witness

~. trial OF seymour $. Cadet charged
..s ombezzlemcn, and forgery was com
va before Judge :. 3. witt In the
toes Court yesterday after teVera'
dement's. \ large crowd Witnessed
.-,.codings and several witnesses
.,smined. According TO the agree
made between council the hrst
,.-.nent taken up was the one charging
r.3ot with embezzling $'0s OF the
.. ~ the Live oak Distillery Com
., Cincinnati. which had been
''+ 49,, l-om 4. Glrolami, of this city.
che accused had pleaded not
,., thc foliowing jury was sworn
y Knowles. W. ). Ward Daniei
John r. Tygoe. W. Is. Martin
cr,rn. q. Miner. Edward Doremus,
h,.-..s SPIES j. 3. Page. William Trim
ST. and j. c. Nrenn.
,.. rrmston. Of Cincinnati and Mr.
richardson. assisted Common
attorney Spotswood. for The
...e..ts.o. and Mr.. {. v Meredlth
-..,-,.I The accused.
.-.+ witness called was Mr.
.....r.aq. president OF the Live OAK
...m.-. Company. He stated that MI
..rl-r p~.or 20 May, 1884. was
.,,r,h and $40 allowed for eX-
..us since then he had received
..- month. Every six months
....-. was sent TO MIR. CABOT as TO his
s-
v,NrY COLLECTED.
,,...- asked tr Colonel Spotswood
'....- mp not Nr CABOT had collected
,--,..-, .s question from Mr.. Giro
.4 s.urI t1 turn over the funds
... company. the witness said;
.s. s.r.emher ! was called TO the
No. fra live oak Company. when
e. vast ttc secretary and manager.
bon showed me- i'm Iii. Cadets presence,
tt.. - sums. acrrcEating $1,000, which
;, Ye.r said he learned through cor
-,.o5rf.r-. bad been collected by Mr..
r..., and not turned over to the COM
..-r ST. yost chen though. the sum
,A.. collected would reach $500 but Mr..
r,s7- said be thought il would not be so
~gh The defendant then proposed 10
tsra his lie insured to secure the com
parry against loss"
continuing his evidence. Mr. Schmid-
ara said. Il remarked in this connection
that I had taken care If him once be-
T7-e. and that he could no. expect me
90 Io SO again. j asked him what he
bad done with this money that he had
stolen. and he replied that he had no
money The defendant broke down and
commenced CRYING. and / left the Office"
lfr. Schmidlapp said in regard 10 the al
legged forgery. that while he was discus
sing the dcfalcations with Messrs CABOT
and Yost. a letter was received from
~ Giralomi. which was shown 10 the
witness.
DO Was IN reply to a regular
statement sent by the house TO
ST. Gir1lami and set forth that she
latter had paid his bill and had receipt
for the same sipDcd The Live Oak Dis
ticry COMPANY George Yost score
try" N-. Celct was asked about this
DIS the witness and the defendant replied
b. re sirned the receipt he added per
CABOT" Mr. Schmid'app was shown the
piece Of paper. but there was no per
CABOT 20 70.
Witness added that q; that time he had
not So, decided TO prosecute AR. CABOT
nut the Proceedings were subsequently in
s',ga'od 5y Mr. Yost without his encour-
aceucut
EXAMINATION.
on craes-oNamination by Mr.. Meredith,
witness vas asked good many dues-
tons as to the outage. rebates, discounts,
freight. etc.,. which Alr. Meredith thought
would make up for the alleged discrep-
aucy. Apparently SIR Schmidiapp knew
vcrJ litle iu regard 20 the books of the
company. aud could give hut few direct
answers. At one time Mr. Meredith asked
q h.f A.. bo
jury that after deductinc the outage.
discount freight etc. thai should be
taken of i'm favor of Mr.. CABOT the de-
PENDANT owed him dollar. The presi-
dent Of the Live Oak made an affirma-
tive reply.
"Hov much?" sir Meredith quered
pe'sistenly.
ION. ! could not tell about that: I am
not sufficiently familiar with the books"
Give thousand dollars asked the
city Attornev.
ooh. yes. more than that"
The witness afterward modified his
statement in this connection. by saying
That. as The president Of the company, he
knew that Mr.. Cadot was 50 indebted to
thc concern.
Witness stated that Mr. CABOT had. by
general consent. been allowed to collect
funds Tor the company since 1885, and
that there was a time when the accused
would receive his salary from the House
or take 10 from his collections. Speaking
~ the signing OF the name Of George
lost. secretary 20 the Grolami re-
cept. Mr.. Schmillapr said that. If the
collection had been properly reported 10
The company be- would have regarded the
omission Of the per CABOT as an acct
dent
WINES DONATE.
SIl.re Y. Donati. Of V. Donau & Bro. |
vas The next witness His evidence had |
"'sey % 90 with the sale Of the bill
%. liquor % Giralomi and the collection /
Wy Ne money therefor He stated that /
..' had been some misunderstanding |
-.'"een Nes-rs. Cadot and Giralomi. /
apon. witness went 10 see the lat |
W t'4 secured the order.
'''-i iea days after the arrival Of the |
c.. ne lDonatD was paid the bill By |
s-1.'1I after deduction Of per cent
f... -.' and the freight. The sum paid |
..- was something more tran $50. and
r., t ,4A To Nr CABOT, VINO receiptcd
T.,g,l. w. The name Of the Live oak