New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-24
MRS. GIRTY,S ACCUSATION.
PRACTICALLY CHARGING WILLIAM ROOKIE
TELLER WITH EMBEZZLEMENT.

ARD OH. COMPANY WHO STOLE MONEY OF
THE COMPANY. BUT WASN'T PROSECUTED
BECAUSE HE AND HIS WIFE GAVE
Up THEIR PRoPERTY-Now SHE
SUES TO GET 1T BACK AND
BRINGS OUT CURL
OTIS MEMORANDUM.
A rather unlooked-for phase of the suit Of
Caroline f. Girty. widow Of George W. dlrty' To
compel the STANDARD Or Company to reconvey to
her property in Cleveland. Ohio, was developed In
the supreme Court before Jrdge Gaynor yoster-
dav in Brooklyn. Mrs. Girty. through her al
torney. Charles G.. +. Wahle. of this city, made
application for an order to compel the defendant
company to exhibit for inspection trial ledger r.
of their books. The corporation was represented
by Mcssrs Rome and Choate. Of Evarts. Choate
& Beaman. New-YOrk.
George ". Girty was several Yeas ago in the
employ Of the standard Oil Company in Cleve-
land and occupied place Of trust. having the
handling OF a large am unit of money. He was
accused of having cn.Dez2.sl s27>o00. His wife
was induced To assign % The Standard Oh Com
pany all her property in Cleveland. in consilera
tion OF which the comp my agreed not 20 pro-e-
| cute Girty. Mrs. Girty. VINO IS now destitute.
sues II recover her property on the ground tn2t
| the assignment made under dur, ss.
Yesterday, in court through her counsel. s.e
| presented a most unusual AFFIDAVIT. swcarins that
/ her husband was innocent; tina; the enmi;y ~
| William Rockefell4r OF this city. Iaode =: appear
! tnat her husband was the embezzler, when, AS 4
matter Of fact. he only speculaied iDr different
officers Of the company. and alleging ;hat VIII
| lam Rockefeller was the real defaulter. She
makes her affidavit evidently upon the strength
Of a memorandum which she swears she has just
found among her dead husbands papers. The
memorandum itself is preceded by an account
purporting to be a copy of the reserve fund ac-
count Ledger b. Standard Oil Company, and in
which purchases of Government bonds, amount
ing to sl57.97O A. recorded. The memorandum
| is as follows:
The above bonds were purchased by William
| vaults for ourselves. he said Whom he meant
9grsslyes know not, Perhaps r,a he s,. meant ant
sam Audrey. He was l. e.. Mr.. Rockefeller
sHG e a So have San
knew about them Mr RoGkseIlsr did9t Tant oa5
Island Refining Company to know about the
FUND FUND Mr r"sn wardwel told d. me that William Ro te-
| feer did not want Mr. Payne TO know how mEch
In my opinion the bonds were stolen. and FOR the
use OF the parties interested. do not believe ihe
benefit WILLIAM q. GlRTN.
Mr.. Wahle contended that this memorandum
would explain away the charge Of embezzcment
against Girty. He also said that the books II
the company doctored in order 10 conceal
this alleged transaction. ,'r Rowe, for the cor
poratlon said that the application was without
precedent In law practice. and was only ma ie
for the purpose Of getting possession Of figures
In the company's books He said that the charge
against Mr. Rockefeller groundless: that the
account had been discontinued and the bonds
Doration.
| Judge Gaynor reserved decision.
WHAT MR.. DODD SAYS.
s c. T Dodd. counsel far the Standard OIL
Company. was seen at hiA home. No. ~ East
xty-fourth-st., last night by Tribune reporter.
who showed him the above statement
There is this about the case" he sad. "Giriy
was in the employ Of the company in Cleveland
for a number Of years "A conlidential posln %.
and in 1883. while he was away. 81 was iounI
that the trusted agent defauiter On his
return the confessed mat NJ had tahen
about $27S 900 Of the concerns money. and had
faisnCd the books to conceal his crime Exam
ination Of the books showed that the dcfacation
amounted L. more than 100000. lie gave mis-
note for $500, 900. When asked what he had done
with the money he said it went into speculation.
into Western siiver-mining stocks and into u
fine house which he had built IN Cleveland
THE next morning after the confession" added
Mr. Dodd, his wife came to the Office and begged
that her husband be spared. and promised In that
ca to turn vver to the company all their pos-
sessions 10 recOnpcnse the company as idI "a
possible.
They conveyed their Cleveland property, and
In fact all they had. 10 the Standard on Com
panv the total value being about $l5O0 900 After
this was done the woman made "A plea for her
husband; said they were old and destitute. and
asked that the company retain him. This was
done He got a subordinate position AT "A salary
of $4,000 which he held I'LL he died about "A year
| ago His salary before the defacation was dis
covered $4,000 wear
THE WIDOWS CONTENTION.
almost Immediately after the death OF Girty.
his widow entered ar action declaring that she
had been forced through fear Of having her hus-
band commit suicide to sign the deeds convey
ing the property to the Standard Oh Coinpahy'
1--WE found IL necessary 10 take the testimony
| of an invalid witness who could not appear In
court and while taking this testimony her al
torneys demanded the PRODUCTION Of certain
hooks which we refused % produce on the gf"und
,ha, the witness under examination kne" noun
ING about the books their contents, ana 'h"t
the time and place did not warrant 'heIr piouuG-
ton Our refusal TO produce the oVoHs p"H-.p'y ,
causeJ7 the affidavit TO be made wnich wa fcad
before Judge Gaynor yesterday As 10 thc mem
| orandum IN the affidavit when IL - h,Iu wa"
made in 1S75-all that needs 10 be- aaIG IN I.id-
ZION to n &c that II shows the purchase OF GOV
! ernront honds i'm 1915, and the BOOKS luf me,
! show the delivery of thcs" bondS 10 ihe ot"H"'i'
| OH Company Of Cleveland 49,. o,ad.r,
When a ked az to the cnarge 'nht ,ne ~ =
! Oil Company refuses 10 pr % ,iu', ~. on,rioe In INC
said: 'If the courts mold that the entries III ,,o
looks are relevant, the company VIII n'''"'
the books at the proper tins ana P'"Ve
7uO EOyS RESCUED FROM ICY WAIEES.