The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-12
Respectfully,
CHAs. IL. KLINE,

$4,000
Respectfully
CHAs. IL. KLINE,
Ex-Deputy County Treasurer.
When he called the Commissioners atten-
ton to the discrepancy Mr.. Rentz remark ed
it was prof. ably clerical error. There was
at least one other Commissioner in the room
at the time or possibly both Mr. Martin and
Nr. Meyers
Q. Did the Commissioners make any fur
ther effort to look up the matter of this de-
ii'it; called to their attention by Mr.. Kline Z?
i. None, that | remember.
Q. Here is bill dated September 49, 1896
for interest due the Safe Deposit Bank
amounting to $3.50, have you anything on the
minutes about it?
A. | can find nothing.
q. Turn to the minutes of December Z,
1896
A. They show the payment of temporary
loan to the Safe Deposit Bank of sac, 900, and
$50 interest
Mr.. Ulrich moved to strike out the letter
from Mr.. Kline because he was ex Deputy
County Treasurer at the time he wrote it,
Judge BeChtel reserved his decision
Cross examined by Mr.. Mari: Phil j.
Connell was Chief Clerk in 1S04-5 and '96
Carl CoOgan was first Assistant Clerk during
1894. Irwin MOser was typewriter during
most of those three years. He and Mr.. Con-
nell were the only clerks in the office who
could run the typewriter. Mr.. Reber often
took the minutes at the direction of the Com
missiOners but they were Transcribed by Mr..
| COnnell, or at his direction Connell kept
the minute book locked up in his desk.
never knew of anyone but himself having
key TO his desk. The notes and resolutions
were kept on file in the vaults where any of
the clerks could have access to them The
notes were cancelled with a hammer.
q. Who kept the round punch with which
this noe was cancelled.
A. Mr.. Connell kept it in his desk.
q. Where is the punch now.
A. Mr.. Connell said it was his personal
property and he took it along.
q. Who kept the Commissioners seal.
A. Mr.. Connell kept it in his desk just as
| keep it to-day.
q. Did any other person ever use the seal
A. Yes, the other clerks would use it by
direction of the Commissioners it would
thon be necessary to get it from Mr. Connell.
| talked to Controller Severn, to his deputy,
Mr.. Payne, and to ExDeputy Kline about
the $4,000 claim made by the Safe Deposit
Bank.
Q. Did you not agree that it was clerical
error?
Objected to by the prosecution. The de-
fense claimed the right to show that an effort
was made to investigate the $4,000 alleged
deficit
The Judge ruled the question out but said
any communication between the witness and
the Commissioners about the matter was ad-
missable.
@. Did you tell tho Commissioners about
your talk with Mr.. Kline?
A. have vague recollection that l did /;
| believe / did.
Q. What did you tell themr
A, | can't give either the whole OF the sub
stance of what said to the Commissioners
| about it | can't recall it,
Q. Your attention was called to some papers
found in the bin in the cellar, were they for
1895.
A. They were for 1895 and other years,
and the papers are kept in files. Since tax
ing charge | have the room locked and carry
the only key.
Q. Since that time you have had County
Auditors were not the papers there passed
upon by the County Auditors for the year
before?
A. The papers were put there when all
parties interested in them were through with
them.
Mr. Schalck objected to any reference to
the Auditors saying the question AS to their
proper performance of their duties was not
before the court.
q Why was the keeping of the cash reg
istry stopped in Feb, 1896?
A. Mr. Connel told me the Controller was
the proper officer, and that it wasn't neces-
sary any mOTe2
q. The Controller kept a daily cash ac-
count in Feb, 1896
A. ] cannot remember.
| book containing an account of tenn
pOrarV loans was produced by the defense.
The Commonwealth objected but the evil
dence was allowed The witness said this
book account begins with Jan. 1st 1897, and
includes dates of transactions with various
banks.
Clerk Reber was on the stand all of this
morning.
EX-Deputy Treasurer Charles II. Klein,
now teller at the Union Safe Deposit Bank,
was the next witness. He identified the
cash register and read from the books of
entry, showing the receipt from the Union
Safe Deposit Bank of $4,000 on july 3,
1898, for temporary loan. He identified
/ the duplicate receipt but could not positively
say to whom he had given it. His practice
was TO take the duplicate receipts to the
| Commissioners office personally. He could
/ not say whether he took receipt there that
day, or not, but he never let the receipts ac-
cumuate in his office more than month at
time.
The witness could not remember who
brought the $40 900 to his Office but thought
il was some one from the Commissioners
office. lie never knew or remembered that
any person employed at the bank took the
money to the TTeasurer's office.
Turn to June 9th and sth 1895, and see if
you received any money from the Safe De-
post Bank
There is no receipt,
Did you receive IS, 900 for the county treas.
ury on that date from the Safe Deposit Bank?
To the best of my knowledge and belief
there was no such money received.
Did you ever receive that 5000,
The records do not show the receipt of
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