The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-16
TIE TACOMA SCANDAL
Evidence That County Treas
0rer Hedges Got Interest
ON COUNTY MONEY IN BANK
Loa.s OF the Bennett National Bank,
"hatcofn, TO Nelson Bennett and
Paul schulze Not Wen secured.

Tacoma. Nov. f5.-Specsal-The prelinai- 4
airy hearing OF County Treasurer John 3. 4
Lodges on the charge of receiving interest 4
rom the Columbia National bank on coun- 1
funds deposited by him, was begun to- /
before Justice Of the Peace ]. L. Nc 4
way. An imposing array Of counsel 4
aA~esent when The session was begun. 4
PiiFs court room as well as the Justices 4
spectrlffice was filed by d crowd Of 4
9ondhc. Prosecuting Attorney Coin=r 4
I sisted hyhe case for the state. being as /
+ tord' ana 'hief deputy, John II. Shaekie-
i Is counsel xney Philip Tillinghast, VINO /
/ the bank Receiver Charles Ci8ry, OF 4
assisted the sgey X. @. Hudson also 4
( Witnesses he in the examination of /
! taxpayers Leags been retained 10y the |
f culion OF official m help il in It's prose- |
! ably represented thsctors. and, pTesum-
( tharies E. ClaypoOl adv in the hearing.
/ w Cushman. appeareCfis partner. Frank
/ torneys Hammond and Mr.. Hedges. At
( Tot cashier Peters. were mater, counsel
was sam Aiilgan, who hD present, as
/ BY eX~Ctty Treasurer McCaeen retained
( The principal testimony intrt
state Vas that of Mr.. Clafy ard by the
/ L. Andrus, OF the bank Mr. VeIler A.
now he had taken charge OF they told
me order OF Comptroller Eckels anak on
possession OF its books, accounts as in
g
( nett slips OF the bank. some Of them in'~
proft and loss account and the others
the expense account They were marked
Int. acct. j. 3. H." and Ace. Int" an
Int. on dep. H." and are drawn for va
rious amounts. There were introduced Il
evidence che for $216e6, another for Sls
and another for $l6.s9. Deposit slips TO tn
credit Of Mr. Hedges personal account wer
produced corresponding to the slips show
H. ma Erf14sz frf 20 fEa tFa9 MR.
The witness was cross-examined by At
torney Cushman as TO the condition Of tn
books and correctness Of the balances. Mr.
Clary said he had found discrepancies Il
the books. but when the attorney tried 10 ge
Mr. Clary 10 testify as 10 any false enIrie
ne had discovered Mr.. Tlliinghast, the lat
ter's counsel, objected. and was sustained
after an argument.
Teller Andrus swore 10 the entries OF
the books Of the bank. and said the slip:
were Ia Cashier Peters handwriting. \
Mr.. Peters request he had figured the in
terest on the County's average daily bal
ances once a month at per cent. per an
mum. He also testified 10 having paid Mr.
Hedges checks on his personal account. as
they were presented. When the hank fail.
ed Mr.. Hedges balance was reduced To a
small sum.
County Auditor Gloyd. Bookkeeper
Young and Collector Duenkel. OF the bank
We're also exa<nined, Mr.. Gloyd testifyine
h the fact that Mr.. Hedges was the duly
elected and acting county treasurer, and
that he had deposited county funds In the
Columbia hank. The evidence of Young
and Duenkel was largely corroborative OF
That of Teller Andrus.
At o'clock the state requested adjourn
ment saying they were not prepared at the
time 70 put On any other witnesses. The
defense urged that the hearing proceed
and argued that II the state was through
Il should rest Mr.. Cushman said he didn' I
want any jobs put up over night Jus
tee McMurray firally continued the case
till tomorrow morning
II Is understood the state viii put Cashier
Peters on the stand tomorrow and that the
defense viii make efforts 10 keep him from
testifyng.