The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-26

q Doesn't that indicate 20 you tnht
Mr.. Emerson's entry was not on the
books ON November 10th when the ex-
perts took themf
A.-No.
Q.-what does IL indicated
AHA, the experts carried their In
vestigation up to this point.
Q-Tnat they didn't include Mr.. En-
ersou's transaction In the figuresf
Ayes.
po-Are you sure they didn't include
Mr.. Emsrson's transaction In their cal-
oulationsf
A.-There IL no indication Of 10. There
10 no Indication that they included any
Of the transactions which come after their
mark on the book.
Q.-Your explanation OF the little blue
seal.is that they ended their investigation
ct that pointi
A.-Thst Is my idea.
Q-what else could the little blue seal
mean IL IL does not mean that 1t was
placed there at the end Of the last entr,f
A.-That is beyond my knowledge.
Q-You can't explain its
A.-No IL Is q private mark.
Q-Does IL oocur to you that possibly
that mark was placed at the end Of the
entries when they first took hold OF the
books9
A.-No, 1 know II didn't.
Q-You ttiil tx the date Of th e Emer-
SON transaction not latss than November
81
A.-Yes
o-Does the Emerson note appear
among Jour assetss
A.-No.
Q-was 1t included in the Bradley and
verrili circular?
A.-No.
Mr.. verrill at this point said that the
bond was included but the note was not
as the note had bseu paid when the bond
was sold.
Q.-Then In that case II IL impossible
that the Emerson note could have ap-
peersd In the experts reportf
Al think IL may have appeared.
O-what reason have you for suppos-
ing 1t didf
Mr.. Pierce-He did not say he supposed
it did.
Any recollection 10 that 1t didn't.
The experts did not intend to go beyond
Nov. lsk The bills receivable account
will tell. l would like to see the experts
report.
O.-what was the date Of the Emerson
notef
Al can't say.
Q-Wouldp't 10 make any difference II
1t did not appear In that reportf
A.-Ysa
The referee here sent for the experts
report which is In the hands Of the county
attorney.
OIL the experts made their oalcula-
tions up TO November LIST why didn't
the. include the Emerson entry?
A.-Beo.uss tho books were balanced
before that was made.
O-This transaction affected the bust.
ness done on November 1st, didn't It?
A.-Thers was NO change In the results
of the business.
O-Do l understand then from this
statement that the experts threw out
everything that balanced and only took
into account that which did not balance
on the booksf
Al can't testify a. to that.
Of bankruptcy did you or your firm have
any transactions which did not appear
on the books Or accounts.
Ado you mean the firm or myself
The question was repeated.
ALL the nrin's transactions appear
on the: books I never kept porsonal
accounts. All that related to the firms
business appear on the books.
Q.-Do you know anything as to the
method of disposing Of the firms sscuri-
tiesi
A.-whsn the firm bought bonds and
stocks they sold them wherever they
could find purchasers. We sometimes
bought securities which are dealt with on
exchange and then We got commission
for them.
Odd you pay any commissions for
the securing of oustomsrss
Ain some Gases.
DIN many oasesf
A.-Thst depends what you mean by
many. We paid q good many. l believe.
Q.-Do they appear on your booksf
A.-Yes.
Q.-Do you know Of any instance whore
they do not appearf
A.-No
O.-Were the commissions paid by you
to certain parties ever omitted for private
reasonsf
A.-No.
Q-You believe that was never done?
A.-Yes.
Q.-who made the entries - to the
mmissions paid?
A.-Ths person who was keeping the
books at the time.
O.-Who could that be?
A.-The bookks spsr, Mr.. Woodbury. or
myself.
Q-Who kept the books In Mr.. Deer
ing's abssnosf