The evening world., 1894-02-20
hes BlAUT'S JONAH.
dummy" Michael's Testimony
- Against the Banker.
Signed the Report Before He Had
Made Up The Schedule.
A Loan Not Included in the Quarterly
Reports.

cash books rested on n dig taple near
the witness chair In the Court OF Oyer
and Terminer this forenoon. when the
trial Of President Joseph F. Blaut. OF
the defunct Madison Square Bank. for
perjury was resumed. These colossal
books were to furnish evidence OF an
interesting. II not an discriminating ma
ture, and President Blaut evinced a
more than passing interest in the pile.
He looked them over closely prior TO
the opening of court. and seemed to be
Of figures with which the huge pages
were Mmned.
Justice barrett took his seat promptly
t Vim pye oo o,S;Gs Mc and tn, the SO, ssse tv Ssnt on
the. day, Re was called BY Assistant
cpiatrtcf-Attorney Davis.
IN Cashier Lewis Th6mpson's testimony
,yssssrd sy e ihe ~, CLERK ns,, whose n ss notes for
lsharss II the Madison square Bank.
Z which were at once transferred to the
TO witness said he went to work
for The bank in October. iss2. having Sc
cured the position through Mr.. Blaut-
Mr. Davis showed the witness three
s ssss' AZ. Ssfe ask A9Fl him. I; l Il he ana had M Signed Cd
them. Michael answered yes.
9,,"How' Old were you them" inquired
Did You any time own any stock
"Dn you dsposite ny shares Of stock
for those two notes."
s Srn ss,s sitn sweI RiaD tse |. .,o 1sRs W 'i%e' bought %sfn
,Isba YOU deposit any stock" broke in
"Yes' sir." the witness replied with a
I'D ;ae stock belong to your"
..Haa you ever paid anything for It,"
40 whom ala 1t beiong7"
check for Ss,25o.- which, he indorsei and
turned over to Mr.. Helmund.
None OF It came to YOU"
..STon were then a dummy"
bach did not develop anything of inter
est. Mr.. Davis. on the redirect examina.
gtion, brought out the fact that Micha el
house Of the late. had. In fact, been Mr..
Blaut's guest at luncheon frequently dur
Ing the trial. but. singularlE enough, the
{ E!tness said he had not talked with Mr..
Michael said ne had called at Blaut's
house Sunday to see Mrs, Blaut. and she
s ~. na sias hG Tsa e w shsus 81 he /, 'S eoaid rSE
member OF this case being talked over
IN the Blaut household.
-" The witness was then questioned as to
the quarterly report. on which the charge
rests against Biaut. He made the type
written copy Of It. and in his cross,exam-
. iPrssHn ne E fHi1 Nf ssS fls i"g 't the report f"rt
thetore the schedule of the banks hold
ihgs had been made up.
p Sa. Simply she rf ihlerrorn ssa% Milehnsl as M to-
the accuracy Of his statement; Michael
did. not swerve. but stuck to his state
T nMos. that b ,h he r ,hsashss ef slaut th signed T.hed nna
,tsnt factor N. the case as the Charge
c o5 Whether fhe de or NOT he mi narlu msis h pr leIf
was Terminated.
Ss sSase he e'f Ieft the hook wi M'ssse' chair al am" M
"Did you know that this testimony
given this morning was highly impor-
tant TO the defense?"
NO, SIR" was his reply.
And IN all your intercourse with Mr.;
B.aut at his house, In restaurants and
In court you never spoke about the uues-
tons that might he asked OF you In this
And you did not know that YOU would
q the schedule"
Mr.. II. Thompson, manager of the
ute Guaranty Company was next
.. sa sTnsor 100 Is sh ins p OF fSe T bank "s siGss
literal Tor a note OF s7,5toS, on which he
never realized a penny.
; II. was a dummy in more ways than
n s.or we' H ahs rsR,y Let Of Gre Mi'9 Mor,on. a.
he gave his name, was the next witness
He had been a clerk In the, bank from
;sa' f W ,Sot ihG .i tlme d Gt@ o shs ' ihsir time %%nH sc
Of the item Of the Mcdonald FortWayn'
n the quarterly reports and schedWles'
This Is the famous largest loan o
the bank" which, Il Is claimed. serious
ssid the loan did not always appear pea il
the reports. He testified that this trans
action ava not appear IN the last repor
been Included in the aggregate Of loans
and 1t did not. he said, at the dircctioi
OF. Mr., Blaut. .
Preston was called next,
: He was summoned for the purpose o
shaving, Mr. Davis explained, that III
s senee s ssat he ps MPsdisoH sa n1S no ns sT'
-hrd loaned such big sums to Il, 7. Nc
Donald until after the banks failure.
District-Attorney Davis asked him tn
question TO that effect, and Witnes
Preston replied that he Rad no intimH
ton ms 10 those loans until after IN
1aIlure. This testimony goes Il Eres
way ward proving that, In no qua
terly report was the Mcdonald loan Sc
MIR. Davis then announced that II
case for the people was closed.
Counsellor Lauterbach, for the defens
move for a dismissal of the case. II
presented the question whether Il
Court thought II necessary to send Il
case TO the jury, which he regarded I
q question of law instead of a recital
facts. He dilated upon the loan
|3fd0sd0 0 to II. T. Mcdonald as a perfect
legitimate one, a loan for which Il
bank held abundant collateral, In Il
shape OF 8 per cent. bearing stock.
= JGstIce Bartlett interjectcl the RENAL
that he thought II was a question fpr Il
jury to decide, whether the arrangement
under which that Mcdonald loan WI
made. were honestly made. and, besid,
Justice Barrett added, there was son
evidence 10 consider.
AmonE other motions Offered by Cou
seller Lauterbach was one that the Cou
take from the consideration OF the IN
the question Of what amounts were d
fromsdirectors as they appeared in the I
port and schedules In question.
This motion was granted by the CouI