The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-05-21
THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1896.

that there we're notes missing amount
ing to $1,000, and the note of $1,000
never given, was among the missing
notes. He could not tell what notes
were missing, other than the Thomp-
son and Neale notes.
"You are book keeper; why can't
you tell what notes we're missing?'
was asked by Judge Baldwin.
81 never kept such a set of books as
that" replied Mr.. Philbrick, pointing
at the books.
Here Judge Weber asked the wit
ness whether the defendant was kept
in the employ OF the bank after these
Irregularities were discovered. The
witness did not think so, although he
could not remember whether Turrells
resignation had been accepted or not,
and admitted that Turrell was around
the bank after the irregularities were
discovered.
Miss Mamie Riheldaffer, book
keeper in the Citizens Bank to June L,
1898, was called, and identified the
$1,000 w. P. Huntington entry as be-
ing made by her from deposit slip
in the handwriting of R. A. Turrell.
She also identified a debit slip for
that amount in the handwriting of the
same person, made against G. D.
Thompson, and marked as bills dis
counted Miss Riheldaffer had no
recollection of ever seeing the note.
The discount register, she said, she
made up from the notes, but the regis
ter did not show the Thompson note.
W. P. Huntington, from whom G.
Fred Thompson and Turrell purchas-
ed the opera block, testified that the
building was sold for S., 800, subject to
a mortgage of $500, leaving $1,000
cash to be paid to him, for which
amount a deposit slip was given him,
The witness said that he only got
small amount of the cash himself;
most of it having been checked out to
other parties.
G. Fred Thompson admitted having
received a check from w. P. Dunning-
ton on March ~, 1898, for $695,93 for
hardware sold by Mr.. Thompson.
Alonzo Neale testified that in March
1898, he borrowed $3.50 from the Citi-
zens Bank, giving note for the same.
During the latter part of April he
paid the note, but it was not given to
him for month later, when R. A.
Turrell handed it to him on the streets.
In the mean time he had made an
other loan OF $3.50 from Graves and
Vinton, through the bank, and after
the papers were properly made out
the extra $50 was given to him.
There was an attempt at this junct-
ure to prove that w. P. Huntington
had checked out all of the $1,000 de-
posted to his credit. Mr.. Huntington
was asked to produce these checks paid
by the bank and he visited his home
and found them. Returning, they we're
all offered in evidence, and then it was
shown that Mr. Huntington had tran
sacted a business amounting to nearly
$4,000 with the bank during the year
ending March %, 1898. This compli-
Gated matters, as Mr.. Huntington
could not tell how much money he
had in the bank just prior to the de-
posting of the $1,000, and as the
Thompson check was dated day
earlier than the date of the $1,000 de-
post, it was technical question as to
what funds the check was paid out of.
MIR. Huntington was given to Thurs
day morning to figure up the balance
in the bank on the morning of March
%, before the $1,000 deposit.
Mr.. Thompson could not state on
what day he received the check in
question, but was of the opinion that
he deposited it on the same day he
received it. The check was stamped
paid" on March "a, but was not en-
tered in Mr.. Thompson's pass book
until March u. Other checks we're
identified by business men in whose
favor they we're issued by Mr.. Dunn
ington.
A recess was here taken until Thurs
day morning.
Thursday morning W. P. Dunning-
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