Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-11-08
HS,. nit do not purge, pain or
hlOOu > FiilS Rripe. Dru0Viats. 40.
Klein or Krausse had any interest ii

Klein stock; assisted In disposiug Of
10; Klein was salesman not quite a
year at S75 a month and free use OF a
house; took an inventory Christmas
1897; there had been $1,000 stock sold;
August 2s, 1898 last the new stock in-
voiced at sl0,3 300; kept no account OF
sales but only OF profits; had put cash
into the business up TO August 28,
amounting TO S7200. The profits on
sales OF new goods was Sl6l5. The
gross received from the old stock was
s3400; less expense, s2240 was net re-
ceipts from old stock; the added 800
for collections aud old accounts; had
no experience In this line OF goods; In
his Judgment stock was worth when
turned over about 10 to 20 cents on the
dollar.
rCss-examined First saw inven-
tory Aug. IA, 1897, when transfer
was made; IL contained number Of
shoes aud cost price OF same; being
handed q paper identified same with
Figures which represented estimate
on fixtures that went with Klein
stock; the paper was possibly part OF
involc; Klein claimed TO have lost
this Sept. IL, 1898 was date written
by witness on back; thought lG was
made afterwards next Item was safe
at $3.50; Klein put that at 800;
witness made guess at price; next
item was linoleum at 800; he guessed
IL was worth $50. TO see how much
Klein had got the better OF them;
real estimate, or guess he made on
such item OF hxtures: the paper was
offered in evidence.
Klein was working at the store and
witness had asked him about the
invoice. Identified sales books. Did
not keep sales OF old stock separate
until April 10, 1893; sales book before
that di1 not show old or new sales;
some Of old stock sold for profit; not
ableto tell what gross sales had been;
inventory nearly complete OF old
stock on Christmas amounted TO about
$4,000.
John II. Albert: testified relating
20 account OF Mrs Klein before and
after her marriage; Miss Lewis, now
Mrs. Klein, never had an accounts:
was asked 10 furnish abstract OF her
accoun ..
Wm, Brown; engaged 10 trade from
1882 20 1893; succeeded f.. q. Small;
sold TO A. Klein; could lot state de.
probation In value; change in styles
caused great loss; he had offered shoes
at 81 that cost him 90, he was sh own
inventory; IL was not shown such as
he would receive a stock upon; had
sold nut TO Klein at actual cost with
freight and carriage added; vas some
OF Small stock there; but not much.
Cross-examlned by Ford "Do ysu
mean to say that you put of on Klein
shoes that you could not sell for 81 at
80.
A al did,"
Q "And got the money!"
A "Got the cash."
Ford; That's ALL"
A Bush was sworn. knew Klein for
twelve or fifteen years; returned from
east early in July 1897; Klein was
unable 20 pay; latter part OF July
offered TO take the stock; Klein
delayed the Inventory; Mr.. Bingham,
their attorney, was doing the business;
after the papers were exchanged Bush
gave him $500 aud leave to live In the
house; employed him subsequent 10
that; relied on his representations; IN
all the conversation he said repeatedly
he was ready 10 turn over everything
he had; Klein told him the shoes were
unsaleable aud would have TO be sold
at loss; this was after sale:
II he had known OF Krause's $500
0uer he would have taken it; sold his
residence for $500 and agent got slOO'
first learned while east this year that
he had not got all the stock; told
Klein that he had secreted stock and
shipped away; he denied 10; told him
Maplethorpe had exposed the whole
transaction;had no suspicion that any
stock was being moved; had paid Ma
pletaorpe's expenses here; was shown
a substitute inventory OF tixtares;
Klein said that was what Ii had been
billed 10 him fer; had no representa-
tive present when inventory was
taken: had expected to get from so 90
80 cents on the dollar out OF the
claimS; thought he was dealing with
a man 10 the open; was sofs enough
20 be worked upon.
Cross examined by Ford: Knew IL
was not new stock; had furnished
the money s2i 900 20 Brown 20 buy
out Small; supposed stock was nearly
neWi tried TO sell the stock for what |
II would bring; never sold but one
pair himself-a pair TO a child for 25
cents-''all the shoe business l ever
did" said Mr. Bush, "I didn't want
10 DO skunked entirely" lie had been
told that patent leather shoes were |