Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-02
Howard asked witness if he would, re-

rites belonging to company The State
objected and was overruled, but wit
ness declined to put it that way, stat
ing that defendant took the securities
away" He was then pressed to know
why he and others did not go after
them, and said defendant made an APP
pointment and then did not keep It,,
and missed the train, to which reply
Mr.. Howard wanted to know why they
didn't take the next train since So 1000
of the ccmpanys property was at stake.
There was no very direct or satisfac-
tory answer to this, but good deal OF
incidental Directing by the State,
which was generally overruled.
At $3.50 p. m. court adjourned until
1880 for night session.
During the afternoon session Mn.
Howard exhibited a couple Of photo
graphs of the Washington office, first,
however, on DR.. Taylors disclaimer
that the Washington Office was the Of
flee of the Company, asking the Doc
tor If the name of the Company and
the Doctors own name as it's President.
were not on the window of the Office.
The Doctor said that was correct, and
the photographs showed the fact. The
Doctor did not have his name removed
from the window, although he said it
had been placed there without author
ity.
At the evening session DR.. Taylor
resumed the stand and the cross-ex-
animation was continued Among 9TH
er things the Doctor told of one trip
he made to Baltimore, in response to a
telegram from defendant. Witness
went to Washington, met defendant,
went with him to Baltimore and back
to Washington, took supper with de-
PENDANT and left for home. and did not
know the real object of the summons
and did not act. Defendant showed
witness an Office in Baltimore. which
defendant said he had rented on his
own individual capacity, at 500 per
month, and witness said he told de-
PENDANT the company would not stand
that rent. Witness said, later on, de-
PENDANT had rented these offices to in
crease the business of the company,
and incidentally his own salary. Wit
ness said he never thought of having
his name removed from the window of
the Washington office; he did not see
how he could have acted in that mat
ter.
Odd you and your brother en-
dorse note to open the Washington
office? A-Not that / know Of
Odd you endorse such note? A.
Il did
Q-Just before the Washington Of
flee was opened? Al believe so.
Q-What bank advanced the mon
ey? A.-No bank; it was not used.
Proceeding, witness said the note
was Reynolds note-he said he would
have to have some money. He tried
to apply it to the Company, and fail
ed The note was returned to me,
and / tore it up.
On redirect examination witness said
he did not know that Reynolds ever
borrowed any money in the east Tor
the Company-he was To sell STOCK.
Stock sold and loans made in Mary
land would be ON the same basis as
similar transactions in West Vlr-
ginia. Witness said in all his trans
actions he never thought OF getting
possession of his $3.50 note, but on
the contrary expected to have to pay
a part of that note 'sif things were
not shaped up" The witness said the
contract entered into between witness
and Sandrich was repudiated by the
Board OF Directors, as it was a matter
wholly between witness and j. B. Som
merville Reynolds had no authority
to remove money paid for stock from
MARYLAND and replace said money with
securities.
H. c. Ogden, editor and manager Of
the News, was then called by the State
and was examined by Mr.. Coniff.
Witness said he was not an incOrpo-
rator. but took stock shortly after
wards. and was stakeholder when
officers were elected Witness identi-
fed books and papers which went into
Mr. Reynolds, hands as secretary and
manager. Witness said he had the
mortgag esl and notes described in the
Indictment and called them off, ex-
amining the envelopes as he did so to
see if the notes and deeds of trust were
intact. This necessarily consumed a
good deal of time. The documents and
books were introduced in evidence.
Witness said some Of the books. were
gotten from the safe at Washington,
and some were not: but the notes.
deeds, ETC., were obtained in Balti-
more, after Reynolds arrest. The de-
tense objected to the introduction of
the books and documents and was
overruled. Witness recounted the
fact that he was once Treasurer of the
Company, but had resigned because
money came to him irregularly, and he
never knew what proportion of the
money of the Company he was receiy-
ing He complained to the Board, and
resigned, and later the account of w.
F. Reynolds, Secretary, absorbed the
account of the Treasurer. Witness
said he dictated a resolution govern
ing the disposition of the Ccmpany's
funds, but it was improperly entered
on the minute book. AS to Mr. Rey-
nolds going East, witness said he was
there before witness heard of it. The
resolution appearing in the minutes,
on page 81, authorizing Reynolds to
go East, witness said was never Of
fered or adopted. AT that meeting it
first discovered the books and papers
were not in the Office of the Company
December 20th), and there was a
very lively storm about it, which /
aided in raising, and Reynolds prom
ised repeatedly they should be back
and audited by January 1st." He said
Reynolds had no authority whatever
to take the property to Washington,
so far as witness knew, and the offices
there were not necessary to the trans
action of any business there on behalf
of the corporation.
Witness described the recovery of the
books and documents, by him, in WASH
ington and Baltimore. and then recountea