The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-22
ALLEN DIDN'T KNOW.
Remarkable Ignorance ofBank
of Tacoma's President.
THE JUGGLING OF WARRANTS.
sorne Vanished, Some Were Sold, Some
Given to Mayor Orr TO Use ~
Collateral for q Loan.

Tacoma, Oct. 2i.--Speciai.--Tne last VII"
meas in the case or the state OF Wasaihs
ton vs.. W. r. Alien. r. :. Alexander ana
Frank Carpenter, charged with contempt
al court in not delivering the missing
books OF the Tacoma Trust and savings
hank 10 Receiver Tttiow, WAS skStniheA
ia Judge Prstcaarta's court this afternoon
and the arguments we're begun ~ t.as
attorneys. These viii probably BE- hnish,
ed tomorrow. and the court ~ e@p@Gtsu
10 render an immediate decision
The most important evidence Ia the case
was uneartbed at today's hearing. FROM
the testimony OF Accountant Chleestef
and the books OF the Bank OF Tacoma =
was proven that the warrant account
was short 81, Iss.lf when the bank idiied.
y,ookleener Molvig swore he had receiv-
ed no consideration whatever for hiS note
Of $3.50. which was found among the
.asseta'' of the bank. and which vas en-
tered on the books June =, ls5a. the same
day that the warrant account sh9"e1
that 5000 OF Bogss' warrants hAa Deeh
sold.
given was supplied by Mr.. Allen himself
Throushout the case Judge Fritcha
has shown a desire 10 have the ~np4s
truth brought out about the slsrlheaht
disappearance OF the banks books. ana
when Allen was on the stand Judge
Charles Richardson. who Is c0nanctihs
fhe case for the state, was allowed 10
gn into n great many OF the matters re-
iattng to the disposition Of the $@EbeJ OK
city warrants deposited By Boess JUS DC
fore he went out OF office April -, 1851
and the dissipation OF the Bank et laco-
mas assets Mr. Aliens answers 70 the
,n,erroEatories OF the attorneys wNrs
very unsatisfactory. He did rot know
anything about the entries on the BOOKS
in the warrant account, particularly the
one showing that $500 worth had been
sold Mr. Alien admitted that he had
Jeen East IN the summer % is9t, and that
he had taken city warrants to sell. lie
couldn't remember. however. how muen
ne sold or 10 whom. or IN fact. Anything
Tangible about the transactions ~ whicn
he himself was most Interested. ne aid
admit. however. that he sold something
over $40 go OF warrants through agents,
but he told the court he didn't remember
who his agents we're. To nearly all the
questions OF JUDGE Richardson AIR. Alien
would answer: 81 don't know" ana THIS
repiv was returned 10 the probing IN
unlrics % the attorney about the entries
on the banks books and the business
transactions they represented.
r. .ha innuiries OF Judge Pritchard. Al
len said he had made diligent efforts TO
know where they were. he did not nave
any hand IN their DISAPPEARANCE, he saia-
Nr Alien VAS asked about an expense
item az g. 90 In favor OF himself evl~
donced by IA credit slip dated July 10 letf
He said he knew nothing about IT, lie
also denied any knowledge OF an expense
item OF sl.ei9 and another slip which
showed that 5000 had been paid 10 Attor-
ney Jones.
Mayor orr firuisheL ons OF tho sensa-
sons OF the dag. Mr Orr went on the
rtand and told how ne had gone 90 the
Bank OF Tacoma for an accommodation
in June las. Mr.. Allen told him he could
not supply him with cash. but would give
him collateral on which perhaps he could
raise a loan Mr.. Orr said that IN pursu-
ance OF Mr.. Aliens offer he received gem
eral fund city warrants amounting TO 1894
rIe had borrowed the money, said the
mayor. and had paid of the note and had
returned the warrants that day TO Mr.
Aliens attorney. The note had been paid
ten days ago. but through an oversight he
had failed to return the warrants to Mr..
Allen When the mayor finished MS ,es
timony Attorney sullivan. for Mr.. Alien
delivered the warrants into the hands Of
Receiver Titlow.
Msssrs. Alexander and CARPENTER both
went on the stand and swore they knew
.ouinS or the Whereabouts Of tho stolen
The books OF the Bank Of Tacoma g.
receiver Titlow's hands contain rnsn,,
slafing irregularities and forced balances
conspicuous among them being an enfry
or thFee warrants which were ntssin-
"heh the receiver took charge The mum,
nvrs OF these warrants were entered on
the page although this was not the Gus.
tom OF the banks bookkeeper. The a..
count was charged $3.50 20. the numbers
being 6faa, loZa and 1928. These war
rants were returned to the receiver TODAY
hy AIen'a attorneys. 20 whom they had
neen gwen hy Mayor Orr. No 6.450 il for
s-oo 1923 for SsN.et and i0.esI for Ssn21.
making the total SOS o. as against s9fo Al
hs charged on the books. 1t Is not believed
the defense has strengthened it's case bv
the production Of these warrants. as they
40 not correspond with the amounts OF
the missing warrants on the books. being
In excess thereof
Judge Richardson's opening argument
Tor the state was a mastery arraignment
OF Allen and methods by which the Bank
OF Tacoma was wrecked. The greatest in
terest Is manifested over the outcome OF
the case. around which hangs the whois
JNggs warrant YnutAle