The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-05-15

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were acting without any special au-
thority from the directors in making
these loans and discounts. He de-
clared that he was incapable of going
through the bank and making up a
complete statement of the bank be-
cause there were SO many notes that
represented nothing. Aside from the
shortage in notes amounting to over
$4,000 the witness stated that there
was a shortage of between $1,000 and
$4,000 in cash items.
The first suspicion that the witness
had of R. A. Turrell having done
wrong was at meeting in Judge
Bowers office in February, 1895.
Here the noon recess was taken.
In the afternoon Mr.. Philbrick stat
ed that Turrell could not explain how
he paid Mr.. Dunnington So, 600 on the
building, when the price stipulated,
over the mortgage, was only $3.50.
"He simply couldn't explain" said the
witness. He did not want his father
to learn of what had happened and
asked the witness to refrain from tell
ing him,
On redirect examination Mr.. Phil
brick stated that the books showed
that there we're notes missing amount
ing to $1,000, and the note of $4,000,
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 were 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 Webber asked the wit
ness whether the defendant was kept
in the employ of'the bank after these
irregularities we're discovered. The
witness did not think so, although he
could not remember whether Turrell's
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
1898, was called, and identified the
$4,000 W. P. Dunnington entry as be-
ing made by her from deposit slip
in the handwriting of R. A. Turrell
She also identified debit slip fol
that amount in the handwriting of the
same person, made against c.. D
Thompson, and marked as bills dis
counted. Miss Riheldaffer had nc
recollection of ever seeing the, e1iote
The discount register, she said, she
made up from the notes, but the regis
ter did not show the Thompson note
W. P. Dunnington, from whom G
Fred Thompson and Turrell purchas
ed the opera block, testified that tn.
building was sold for $s, 500, subject t.
a mortgage of $500, leaving 5000
cash to be paid to him, for whicI
amount 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 t
other parties.
G. Fred Thompson admitted havin,
received a check from w. P. Dunning
ton on March %, 1893, for 1896, ,93 TO
hardware sold by Mr., Thompson.
Alonzo Neale testified that in Marcl
1893, he borrowed $3.50 from the Citi
zens Bank, giving a note for the same
During the latter part of April b.
paid the note, but it was not given II
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 ant
Vinton, through the bank, and afte
the papers we're properly made ou
the extra $50 was given to him.
There was an attempt at this junct
ure to prove that w. P. Dunningtol
had checked out all of the $1,000 de
posted to his credit. Mr.. Dunningtor
was asked to produce these checks paic
by the bank and he visited his home
and found them. Returning, they were
all offered in evidence, and then it was
shown that Mr.. Dunnington had tran
sacted a business amounting to nearly
$4,000 with the bank during the yea1