The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12

gaunt, and lines of worry seam his face
and are stamped indelibly on his forehead.
He was attended in court yesterday by
his pretty blonde wife. She sat beside him
during the entire proceedings. Most of
the time he neId her hand in his, and
would turn every little while to whisper
anxiously or receive some message. Mrs.
Mcdonald was accompanied by her sister.
These two, with Attorney Carroll Cook,
were the only ones who sat with Melon
aid, although he hau several friends among
the spectators who came up to talk with
him before he was returned to his prison
quarters.
Prejudice against the prisoner, against
the Mcdonald family and against the
Pacific Bank caused some delay in getting
a jury. Nearly fifty men had to be ex-
amined before twelve satisfactory to both
sides were obtained. They were P. j..
Egan, T. O'Neil, l. Moore, ]. T. Wiseman,
S. Tripp, w. A. Steele. T. Kirby, E. s..
Rosenblat, ]. j. Pastine, NJ. Gately, g..
OilIman and c. FOSTERING.
Assistant District Attorney Walter s.
Hinkle conducted the prosecution without
assistance. Carroll Cook appeared for
Mcdonald.
The prosecution was unable to get hold
of $4,000 of the $4,000 Mr.. Mcdonald is
accused of embezzling. They expected to
have Louis Vescari, then teller of the
1dClUC testify CUdC he HdQ taken the
money for Z. H. Mcdonald Jr late on the
afternoon of June %, 1893. depositing in it's
stead his personal II. 0. T." for the same.
This Mr.. Vescsri denied yesterday and the
prosecution will be forced to rely on the
two checks for $4,000 and $4,000 respectively,
which Frank V. Mcdonald cashed to get
coin to take to New York with him.
+. 5E-Atkinson, the Grand Jury's expert
accountant who occupied the same posi-
ton in 1888, testified that he had found the
two checks drawn by Frank v Mcdonald
for $4,000 and $4,000. They were in Dr. Nc
Donald's private Office, in a large book
containing the doctors private papers,
which he had discovered in a trunk. Cap
tain Mcdonald was with him at the time
they were found.
w. S. Boldly told of getting the money.
He was collector for the bank. He had
been called into the bank Office by Frank
V. Mcdonald on the afternoon of June
%. 1898, and given the Office check for
$1,000, with instructions to cash it. This
was between and $3.50 o'clock, and was
after the bank had closed and the tellers
had finished their work.
After many objections by Mr.. Cook who
claimed that such testimony did not in
any way tend to support the allegations of
the Indictment, Mr.. Boldly was allowed to
say that he had brought the $6O00 mostly
in gold, to Frank V. Mcdonald in sack
and had given the check to the paying
teller.
About half-hour later, which was some
time after o'clock, he was, he said. given
a second check for $4,000. for which he
brought another sack of gold and paper
into Mr.. McDonald's private Office Only
Frank V. Mcdonald was there at the time.
and the witness did not know what he did
with the money.
In cross-examination Mr.. Cook brought
out that r. HI. Mcdonald ST., on whose
account the checks were drawn, had more
than S14, 900 on deposit at the time. Frank
V. Mcdonald was the cashier and as such
frequently took cash from one part of the
bank to another. He also testified in re-
spouse to a questioning juror that checks
were often cashed after business hours as a
special accommodation to customers.
w. II. III. Hart, who was Attorney-Gen-
eral of the State at the time the Pacific
Bank failed, was put on the stand. He
was questioned by Mr.. Hinkle as to the
condition of the assets at the time of the
last examination of the bank by the Com
missioners. Mr.. Hinkle explained that his
desire was to show that when Mr.. Nc