The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-05-14
R. a. TURRELL ON Trial
On the Indictment for Grand Lar
ceny of $4,000 Over
Three Years Ago.
Several Complications Arise and
Add to the Great Inter-
est of the Case.

zens Bank on the indictment charging
him with grand larceny in the first de-
gree in connection with the alleged
stealing of $1,000 from the bank on
March l, 1893, commenced Tuseday
morning last. County Attorney
Clague, assisted by A. G. Dolliff, ap-
peared for the prosecution and Bald
win, Harriet & Patterson and Somer-
vile & Olsen appearing for the de-
fendant. In the forenoon ten jurors
were secured out of the regular panel,
Messrs. Hans Jensen, A. j. Weldon,
John A. Anderson, J. T. Hojem, John
Clark, Thomas johnson, Henry Gra-
bow, Lars George, Frank Conklin and
HIN. Sandager, forming the ten. In
the afternoon c. F. Roth of Charles
town and VIM. Bartholomew of Red
wood Falls were secured.
1t was just three o'clock when the
last juror was accepted and County
Attorney Clague opened the case for
the State. He read the indictment
and said that he expected to prove
that while Turrell might not have
taken $1,000, he took between $1,000
and $1,000; he would show that Tur-
rell was indebted to W. P. Dunning-
ton for $1,000 at that time; that when
Mr.. Dunnington called for a settle
ment Turrell gave him deposit slip
for $1,000, afterwards checked out by
Mr., Dunnington; that Mr.. Turrell
covered this up by false entry max
ing it appear that one c. D. Thomp-
son had given his note for that amount; !;
that the officers could not find out
where the note went to; that when Mr..
Turrell was accused of taking the
amount he broke down and admitted
that he had taken $1,000 or more of
the banks money, and that the records
of the bank showed that the false note
was lost.
Register of Deeds Evans was the
first witness called. His testimony
was to prove the incorporation of the
Citizens Bank and occupied only a
few minutes of time.
0. B. Turrell was the next witness
called. He was connected with the
bank as cashier from 1856 to 1895.
He first proved the record book of the
bank. In this book it was shown that
R. A. Turrell had been appointed as
sistant cashier of the bank in July
1891. Mr.. Turrell testified that R. A.
Turrell continued to act as such until
March 1895. In March 1898, the
witness claimed he was present at the
bank. He identified "Cash Book G."
of the institution. The entries in the
cash book were made by Miss Riheldaf-
fer and G. G. Chollar, some of them
were taken from the draft register,
some from entry receivable cash regis
ter and some from bills and some
from slips.
The witness was referred to page
"a of the book and identified the en-
tries therein as having been made by
Miss Riheldaffer. Mr.. Clague called
attention to the item on that page
showing credit to w. P. Dunnington
of $1,000 and Mr.. Turrell stated that
while it was credit it did not show
what the amount consisted of. Page
35 was offered in evidence. Itshowed
an item of $1,000 charged up to G. D..
Thompson as bills discounted or
loan made during the day. The wit
ness explained it as such. He identi-
fed the discount register No. 5 of the
bank, and on page 81, a note was en-
tered purporting to have been for
1920, signed by Alonza Neale and en-
dorsed by R. A. Turrell. The witness
stated that the endorsement showed it
to have been the property of the bank.
On cross-examination the witness
stated that the note might have been
paid and not entered on the register.
| F. w. Philbrick, who was vice-presi-
dent of the bank in 1898, was called.
In 1894, he stated that the directors
discovered a shortage of notes belong
ing to the bank, the one given by
Neale being missing. He discovered
a shortage of money in 1894. The
shortage was about $S, ,O0Oi in cash or in