The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
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interest in schooner from savings out OF my
salary The schooner was the Charles Fred
erick.
What income did the schooner yield to you?
About $50 month for four or five years.
sold my interest for $500 or $1,000. | had
another source OF income. l kept books at
night for outside firms, by which l made about
$50 month. / lived at home. My board,
lodging and washing were free. This con-
tinued until I became married in 1888.
When questioned as to investments,
which the witness said he had made, he
declined to answer, and they will again be
submitted before the court.
Mr.. Delmas continued:
Were you ever the attorney in fact of your
father, Claus Spreckels, while you were living
in Philadelphia?
was.
Did you hold his general power of attorney?
did. held the power OF attorney OF my
father, think, fully twelve years; much be-
fore the time went to Philadelphia. held it
until it was revoked, or rather until heard it
was revoked. l left Philadelphia about Decem-
Der, 1891.
As your fathers attorney, did you receive
in Philadelphia two millions and a quarter of
his money?
II you win state that question little more
clearly will answer it. From whom?
l asked you if you received il?
think received more than that.
Did you receive that much at one timer
That or its equivalent.
You mean in actual money or paper repre-
senting money?
Yes, sir.
When was that?
1 think it was in the spring of 1891. 1t was
about year before he sold his interest to the
trust.
Mr.. Delmas scowled at this covert attack
made by the young man on his father and
resumed.
Was your father in Philadelphia at the time
he turned this 50 100000 over to you?
No. He was in California. Shortly after
that he came TO Philadelphia and then left for
a trip to Europe. He LETT me in charge of the
money.
When did he return?
think it was in November 1891. had the
money in charge about eight months. When
my father returned from Europe l met him in
New York. He came to Philadelphia couple
of days later.
Did he ask you for an accounting?
He did.
Did you furnish it?
did. l showed him how much had re-
ceived and. how much had disbursed.
Did you keep an account?
The secretary of the company, Mr.. Uhler,
kept an account.
The testimony then touched on minor
details of the interviews between father
and son. The witness dexterously eyaded
| answering all the pointed questions as to
an accounting by stating that he would
! have to refer to his books. He frequently
repeated the statement that his father,
Claus Spreckels, expressed himself as
satisfied with the accounting.
What did you show your father in the ac-
counting?
/ showed roughly how much money had
received; that is, without any reference TO the
books, for the reason that the secretary was
sick at the time. l made the accounting from
my memory. / cannot recall figures / will
try and refresh my memory Monday.
Did your brother Adolph make any insinua-
ton that you had taken some of this money?
and If so, was it before or after you say that
the account had been struck?
Before. He kept asking, "What has become
! of the money? Where is it?p
What was the difference that you had been
unable to account for?
About 5000, 1000.
How did you finally account for 1t?
don't recall.
You had not been able to account for 1t while
| your brother was present?
That is true, without the aid of the books
L DO not recall just what explanation l did
make concerning the missing 5000 600 NV
father and 1 parted pleasantly and met the
| next day. He then asked me If l was going to
| leave the employ of the company l told him
L had not thought of doing so. / told him
| guessed my brother Adolph had suggested it.
ana that he wanted my place. l Judged SO
! from his ofhciousness around the sugar re.
inery buildings.
The testimony closed for the day with
the repeated assertions by the witness that
| he and his father were on the best of terms
all the way through the transactions.
! BY consent, adjournment was made
until Tuesday at 1920 A. M.