The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-20


be eAdistpr6Sd as little as possible. 1t
waS heEshi1t appearance in court, she
said, with q charming e1ndle. When
court adjourned at noon Mr.. Bickel
jocularly asked II he might not take
his wife out to lunch.
Messrs. Sheehan and Dickson sat
near the counsel table and watched
the proceedings very closely, but do
not expect to be called to the stand.
Robert Sckroeer, Of the money Or
der department Of the st. Paul post
office, was called and had bad quar-
ter of an hour. From the marks on
the orders he could say that they had
gone through the customary routine Of
the office, and been paid, but he could
not say whether he had paid them him.
self or not.
There was long and tedious argu-
ment over the testimony offered by
this witness.
Mr.. Mcdonald claimed that witness
did not pay the orders and did not
know anything about the affair, but
the court held that he might testify ns
ness knew that from an inspection OF
the orders, they had been paid. I'VE
only get possession Of these orders by
paying cash for them," he said.
Charles H. Schade, who had been
bookkeeper in the Minnesota Savings
bank, was called. He was shown the
orders and knew Mr.. Bickel's sigma
lures. Witness also knew the entry
in the pass book as being in the writ
ing Of Mr.. Bickel. Then he was shown
the journal and the ledger, and testi-
fed that on neither did the credit to
Hulda Peterson appear. The entries
on the journal were made by him from
the deposit slips. The books were re-
ceiyed in evidence. ~
Cross sexamined, Mr.. Schade said that
when there was an overdraft, it was
his business to call the attention OF
Mr.. Heinlein7 to the circumstance. Nov.
80, he had snotified Mr.. Heinlein of an
overdrafE OF Miss Peterson, amounting
to $40.
Did you know at the time that she
had a credit on the pass book that did
not appear on the ledger?"
Yes, sir. think that Mr.. Heinlein
asked Mr.. Bickel about the matter.
asked him in my presence; do not
know what Mr. Bickel said. I spoke
to Mr.. Heinlein twice Of the three over
drafts Of Miss Peterson
ION Dec and rs did you not
know that there was deposit that
should be credited to Miss Peterson,
that did not appear on the ledger?"
Il did not know any thing about IT.
The last time I notified Mr.. Heinlein
GCOuN II, 1 Luluh lie WSHI 1uIo NAi q.
BickelssrOom to see him. Mr.. Helm
lein said to me that 1 must have made
g. mistake in entering the items"
Were not mistakes commonly
made?''
"A good many mistakes were made. :"
"And you had to check back to find
them?"
"Yes."
In the afternoon, the county attor-
~,
a book of original entries, and there
was protracted argument made on
the objection Of the defense.
Finally, the court sustained the OBJ
lection for the present.
Senator Sheehan, one Of the receiv--
ers of the Minnesota Savings bank,
was called by the state.
'"Have you examined all the accounts,
both the open accounts and the saw
ings accounts?'
Yes"
HAS Hulda Peterson any other ac-
count than the one which has ap-
peared 2"
Mot to the best of my knowl-
edge"
That was all for the state but on
cross-examination, Mr.. Sheehan was
asked if the cash received on Oct. I
and was all accounted for, meaning
the cash entered upon the cash book.
Another objection, this time by the
county attorney, who insisted that that
was not cross-examination following
his question.
'.He has opened up the entire feld,'
said Donnelly, for the defense
After much talking on both sides,
Senator zSheehan answered. "All the
cash deposited on those days does not
appear to,be. accounted for"
This went to support the. position of
the defense that the Hulda Peterson
cash is covered by the general entry
of cash on those days, while it does not
appear on her credit account
The state here rested it's case.