The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-17
DRAFTS AND NOTES
HOW THEY WE'RE DEPOSITED AND
EXCHANGED BY THE HAUGHEYs.
Louis Robinson,s Direct Examination
Concluded-Case May Go TO the
Jury This Week.

DO you happen to notice that Schuyler
Haughey's lawyers are entering few OBJ.
~jections to this evidence?' said an observ-
Ing man in the United States Court .yester-
day.
Oh, that's all right" replied one OF the
district attorneys with a shrug. ''They adj
NIT all our statements, but they are defend
ing him on the theory that he's his fathers
son."
And so 1t looks to the public. There was
little interest manifested in the Haughey
case yesterday, and spectators were few.
The attorneys are pushing the case rapidly
and the fact that the defendants lawyers
allow most of the evidence TO go in the
record unchallenged, saves a great deal OF
time. 1t is probable that the jury will get
the case by Saturday night. Louis Robin.
son. receiving teller of the Haughey bank,
was put on the stand yesterday morning by
the government and at 5 o'clock attorney
Corr said they were practically through
with him. His evidence was similar. in
many respects, to that given by him in the
Coffin case. During the day he went
through the books of the bank and those
Of the curled hair and glue works. explain
ing the various transactions and tracing the
drafts, checks and notes which passed
through the bank.
Schuyler Haughey takes an active inter-
est in all that is brought out on the wit
ness stand. he never refers to his books and
makes no notes, but frequently calls the
attention Of his lawyers to some bit of evil
ience. The defendants wife sits at his side.
ALI day yesterday his mother, Mrs. Theo-
dore +. Haughey, was in the court room.
She was with her friend, Mrs. George, III.
III a nman Mrs HalIUhaV WAS arfira6 in
deep black and wore a dark veil. Occasion
ally her eyes would fill with tears and she
would lean forward with her face In her
hands.
Yesterday morning Louis Robinson, the
expert witness for the government, went
over the transactions Of the curled hair
and glue companies in a general way. In
he afternoon specific acts were brought out
10 prove the charge OF the misappiication
Of funds and false entries. Concerning the
worthless paper found by the bank exam
iner who visited the Indianapolis National
Bank the witness identified the following:
one note for $1,000 and one note for 5000,
filed out by Theodore Haughey and put in
The bank TO replace the paper signed by
w. A. Hoover & Co. and a glue nrm or
Pittsburg; notes signed by S. G.. Haughey,
White for So ,0O0; notes of f.. Strassner for
$4,000; notes of the Pittsburg Glue Conn.,
pany for $4,000; paper Of the INDIANAPOLIS
Glue Company, by A. p. Spruance, amount
ing to s33, 799. 10; paper of l.. c. Haughey,
amounting to $4,000: personal paper of A.
p. Spruance for S3, 500; notes of w. III. Will
son for sss. 7e. The Wilson notes the wit
He also Identified drafts drawn on J. H.
Yocum by the Indianapolis Glue Company
for 5000. Endorsed by schuyler HaugneSy
and other Yocum drafts aggregating 1900.
Among the other assets in the hands of the
receiver identified by the witness was the
note of the Indianapolis Glue Company FOR
1000, signed by Schuyler Haughey and
filled out by Theodore Haughey, and a note
for 5000 that had been given by Schuyler
Haughey In the name Of the glue works.
paper was ~ ,0O0. The remainder of the
paper Identified by the witness constituted
drafts drawn by the glue company. Tor
So. 1910, and accepted py dne o IN ago
the Endorsement of SCHUYLER Haughey. Inc
witness testified that this paper was put
in the bank as cash. Entries OF the us-
but the witness could not mud a record OF
the transactions on the books OF the CURED
hair or glue company -,
The witness said the records or the pank
that the accounts of the two COM
panies were almost constantly overdrawn;
The oyerdrafts were generally MADE good
once. the witness said, the overdrafts were
reduced by Theodore Haughey,. who would
deposit his personal check to the credlt OF
the two companies. Often Mr.. Haugney
would deposit demand checks with the
understanding that, though the amount OF
these checks was to offset the overdraft OF
the glue OF CuTleQ-hdil Atab eO
amount was not TO be charged against or TO
lessen the personal account of Theodore
Haughey. Jan. 1, 1891, the books of the
oyerdraft of 100000. On the same date the
books of the bank showed the overdraft to
be but g, 1912. The witness said that the
posted to reduce the oyerdrafts bore the
handwriting Of Schuyler Haughey. Some
of them were signed by his father.
Attorney Duncan entered an objection TO
r;t,oc factifviup 40 70 what became
of the paper deposited in this manner.
He thought this would require the witness
The witness explained that on
each Saturday night it was the custom OF
bank to report to the clearing mouse
of covering up the overdraft these
checks, notes and drafts were deposited IN
the bank to be taken up again on the
The Witness made the following state-
ment of some of the banks transactions:
Aug. 10. 1891. at the beginning Of business,
to his own account of 1851. On that, day
checks were drawn amounting IN All 10
SAP ssl: One mS check was dor w. r. wa 20 signed Ray
by him.. After the transactions or mat
day the books showed that he had a credlt
of $500 Sept. 3. iSsz' tne curieS
sS7s. IS. Its overdraft had been reduced by
a large deposit on Aug. rs, part OF which
" Was tS E note sem aIsnea y for Str ssseas T an e note is
held nv the receiver of the bank. 1t was
by S. c. Haughey. Sept. 8, two
checks, in the Handwriting of Schuyler
of s7se. Sept. II. 1892. the glue company
out $1,2S2. One OF these checks
was signed by Schuyler Haughey, presi-
dent. to the order Of a New York draft:
"a, 1897 was paid out TO the order or
on checks signed and filled out py
SCHUYLER Haughey. All of these amounts,
the witness said, went to increase a dept
which began Sept. 16, 1892. Oct. I, the
OF the glue company, at the De
ginning of business, was overuraWn stof;
That day s162 was paid out on cnecks signeo
by Schuyler Haughey. Jan. 10, 1875 the
account of the Indianapolis CURED Hair
Company was overdrawn at the opening
of business 5000. Fifteen hundred doiiars
was checked out that day. Later the
was reduced by a note Tor So,Wu
sieaed by f. Strassner, and filled out by
SCHUYLER Haughey. The curied hair COM
nany got credit for the amount The wit
ness testified that on May 8, lS2, the ac-
of the curled hair company was
overdrawn heavily. but the overdraft was
good five days later by a oeP1sit con-
sisting of the note Of John Z. White, an
employe of the company, for $.ioo; me
note was made payable to the CURED hair
company.
to-day by attorney John. 5 Duncan. The
employees who signed checks, as charged, at
the instance of the Haugheys. will then be
on the stand by the government