New-York tribune., 1900-03-27
DEFENCE BEGIN IN DEAN CASE.
BERNARD SAYS KELLER MEANT TO THROW
THE BLAME on KELLOGG AND
WEINNA<N

The defence IN the ot James z. Kellogg. IN
Gicted on charges OF grand larceny and conspiracy
in connection with the business @ the E > Dean
Company. was taken up yesterday before Recorder
Gor.
Vernon " Davis OF counsel for Kellogg opened
the defendants case. He said; The States case
rests solely the evidence OF sam Keller. who
admits guilt OF infamous crime re Is the only
witness In the case who said kellogg stole and
that he him steal" Mr. Davis added tina, Kel-
iOgg went into speculative business money ne
made himself The defendant would explain how
he made the money
Charles " Miller. typewrtting expert. testified
regarding defendants Exhibit b the paper
signed by Mrs. Emile Goebe. I'D purpcrting be
acknowledgements OF $50 pait her by Kellogg as
blood money. the payment % which she forced
by constantly annoying and harassing kellogg
Mrs Goebel swore that the two upper paragraphs
were not the paper when she signed Ii. and that
she only signed IL a. a simple receipt for money in
hand paid Air. Miller testified thar his Opin-
ION all three paragraphs on the exhibit mad been
written at the same time and The make OF
typewriter Miss Anna p Miller and Robert W.
Hawthorne. tvpewriting experts. also testified that
defendants Exhibit "B" had been written By
operator at the same time AID the same ma
chine
Myron L. Bernard president CT The E s Dean
Company and jointly indicted charges OF grand
larceny and conspiracy with kellogg ard Keller
testified that IT his business for the company
TO write the circulars exploiting the Investments
In regard TO the way in which the money IN the
cash drawer repenished. he said that checks
would be drawn on banks in which the company
kept its accounts and the proceeds would be placed
in the drawer. Then drafts would be drawn against
the drawer and the proceeds taken out in payment
by Keller and others. Bernard told OF CONVEX
SatOn he had with Keller about the regularity or
the dividends Keller explained II 0y sayinS that
the company was simply taking IN money and
paying dividends Later testified Bernard.
he told me things were going wrong. and that ne
could not hold out much longer he said ne
wasn't afraid OF trOubie. because he knew Wnere
he could get protection
Bernard said that shortly before the failure OF
the Dean company he had talk with sam hel-
ler, in which the latter told him that the crash
Weinmann the whole thing n this business
When the Sheriff came. Bernard told him he was
the president. and that there was no property ex-
cept checks in the safe. the proceeds OF the morn
ing mail Before going 70 Montreal IN May. 1891
Keller told him the crash was and that he was
going throw the blame Kellogg and Vein
IN March. before the failure. Keller told
S350O0 10 protect himself, that ne. Bernard Worlc
be taken Of ard that nobody but Kellogg and
Weinmann would suffer.
Bernard also told OF entering the minute
books records of meetings which never were held
He said there were never any certificates or stock
issued. though for .s95 shares made 20 z
s Dean. IL never taken out OF the stock book
pany. The witness declared that when he wrote
the circulars for distribution among customers he
thought he was telling the truth. and that ne only
began 70 grow suspicious OF sam Keller IN FED
ruary and March OF 1881 The trial will be con-
tinued this morning.