The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-11

Is the reason assigned for not wanting
the person who donated the amount
to be known.
Exhibit was a check for SIPS drawn
on the Merriam Park bank by Mr..
Stevens, and it had followed the course,
according to the witness, of the other
drafts. 1t should have been credited
to Mr.. Stevens account Oct 81. butS
the ledger failed to show the proper
entry.
Exhibit F was a check for SIPS, pay
able to Stevens, and was drawn on
Dec %. the day following the closing
of the Bank of Minnesota. Witness
said 1t had not gone through the usual
channels, but had been sent over to
the Allemannia by a messenger, and
mad been paid to the Minnesota Saw
lngs bank. There was no credit on
the ledger to Mr.. Stevens account for
the amount
Witness said he made compilation
from the books of the bank and the
drafts and checks submitted by, MIR
stevens, and the result was as shown
on Two large sheets of paper The
papers were marked exhibits G. and n
ana offered in evidence by Mr. Butler
The accounts or figures commenced
Aug. %, 1896, and continued tn and in
Guiding Jan. 2, 1897, the dates covered
IN the amended bill of particulars
Inc hgures showed that, on Aug 90
1896, the correct balance to the credit
OF Mr.. Stevens was 81, 500. 40 from that
time 1T was, until Jan. 2, never less
than $1,000 and on that date was
S3,486.57 These figures, the witness
SAID, were a true account of Mr.
Stevens account
MT. Butler told the jury he would
not read the balance as they were too
long, but the figures represented tba
true balance as copied from the false
DOCK and corrected by the drafts and
checks which had been introduced as
evidence.
OVER CASH SHOWN.
The witness, Schade, was taken in
nand for redirect examination by
County Attorney Anderson. He tes+i
fled that Mr. Stevens had not examin-
ed the bank books at any time prior to
the closing of the bank, and that he did
nor nave either a pass book or bank
DOCK Witness had first learned of the
oraIts and checks, which had been in
troduced as evidence after Mr. Stevens
had been indicted None of the drafts
or checks had been handed to him In
MS ofhclal capacity as bookkeeper for
the purpose of having them properly
credited to Mr. Stevens account. Wit
ness was asked if there was any ref
erence in any Of the other bank books
to show that the drafts or cheeks be-
longed to Mr.. Stevens.
MI Butler objected, but Mr.. Ander-
son thought it should be shown nv
the witness as to how he knew the
money from the drafts or checks should
nave been placed to Mr.. Stevens credit.
ne court allowed the question and
witness said there was no reference on
other books in Mr.. Stevens name as
10 the amounts. He knew however
that the money belonged to Stevens.
because the petty. cash book showed
over cash OF $l,25O on the same day
tnat the draft known as Exhibit A had
passed through the bank He also
could Identify the identical amounts
as shown in the petty cash book. be-
cause Mr.. Stevens had drawn checks
Tor the same amount against them.
The debit side of the ledger of Mr..
stevens account, showed that the
checks drawn had been paid Witness
testified as to the same thing regard
ing the draft for $3.50, which had been
marked Exhibit B. The petty cash
book on Aug. showed over cash
amounting to $3.50. There We're simply
the, figures, but for the reasons he
had given the witness knew it meant
Mr.. Stevens drafts Mr.. Anderson
wanted to know how witness arrived
at the conclusions he had Just testified
to.
Mr.. Butler objected. He argued that.
by the states own witness. the
money did belong to Mr. Stevens They
u
Jan. 2, there had been omitted from
the credit side of Mr.. Stevens account.
the large sum of $1,000, while on the
other side each and every check Mr..
Stevens had drawn was charged I'D
= to, his account He said if the state
claimed the amounts did not belong
to Mr.. Stevens, then the question was
not proper redirect examination The
court allowed the county attorney to
proceed and the witness said he knew
the money was that of Mr.. Stevens,
because 1t was practice of Mr.. Stevens
to deposit drafts and draw checks
against the same. Witness suddenly
remembered that he had knowledge of
the fact that it was Mr.. Stevens money
from the fact that the account of the
Allemannia had showed that such
drafts had been collected by them and
turned over to the Minnesota Savings
bank.
On recross- examination Mr. Butler
brought out from Sthe witness that all
the checks ever drawn by Mr. Stevens
were charged to his account and Show
ed on the ledger of the Minnesota Saw
ings bank
Mr.. Anderson, Pierce Butler and Mr..
Hawthorne held a whispered consulta-
ton with Judge Lewis, and the court
announced that there would be a re-
cess of five minutes.
When this was taken the ledger and
OIIiSI papers were inspected by the
court and the footings and balances
examined by Judge Lewis for some
time. After the recess County Attorney
Anderson made his motion to have the
case dismissed as heretofore told, and
Judge Lewis directed the jury to re-
turn a verdict Of not guilty. This
form having been gone through with
the court ordered the bonds given for
Mr.. Stevens appearance discharged
and Mr. Stevens received the congratu-
lations of a coterie of friends on his
acQuittal
J. M. Hawthorne, who did the bulk
of the work in preparing the evidence
for Mr.. Stevens defense, said to a
reporter for the G o b e:
81 knew the verdict could not be
otherwise in view of what I had seen
when along with other members of
the depositors committee. 1 examined
the books of the bank last February.
1 stated then at Labor hall, that Mr..
Stevens was not guilty of any wrong
doing. and such was also the opinion
of Messrs. Lambert Mitsch Conroy
and Burden. the other members OF
that committee. and I know that they
will unite with me in feeling that the
position we then took has been vindi-
Gated by the verdict"