The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-27

/ LEGISLATIVE agent lOf the SUBURBAN DILL ant
that the 5000 was furnished by the Sub
urban peopleT'
mo. sir"
when you took the 5000 check. wher.
was the Suburban bIll-in the hands of tht
committee?''
mo. sir. It had been reported by the
Committee and was before the Council"
so that you received the 5000 check or
February q. and the bill was passed on Feb
ruary 8. less than a week later?'
Yes, sir"
Mr.. Folk then asked the witness to ex.
plain why 1t was he deposited the 500
| check. payable to himself and Stock, in the
| German Savings Institution instead Of in
| the Boatmens Bank. where he had per
sonal account Witness explained that one
| reason was because it was closer TO his
| office by two blocks. and again that he
! could not obtain from the Boatmens Bank
| a cashiers check on a check Of the German
| Savings Institution. He declared that II
| was not because he wished to conceal any
| part OF the transaction.
Mr. Folk asked witness what he paid for
| the ground which he had purchased for the
| Citizens Electric Light and Power Com
| pany in 1891. He replied more than $l6.ss6.
| And in 1897 the property deprecated in
| value sl0.OS0. to secure you against which
| Messrs Eanford, Kobusch and Sutter gave
( YOU their notes for that amount, coilec-
| tively?'
Yes, sir"
..Hanford later paid this note. amounting
| with interest to $500
Yes. sir
THE other two notes. representing the
| balance of the $4,000. were secured by the
| 200 shares Of stock?"
''Yes. sir
you still have the property"
Yes. sir
so that. when you sold the shares to
Philip Stock you had the property. the S.-
5co paid by Hanford and the 5000 paid by
Stock?'
Yes, sir
THAT is ALL
Counsel for defense objected that It was
unfair to defendant to leave the matter
with this abrupt ending. and Mr.. Krum
asked witness what was the present value
Of the property. The State objected. but
the court overruled the objection. and wit
ness replied that the property was worth
little more than 5000. Then followed
general wrangle between the six attorneys
on a declaration bv the State that :he
claim of Meysenburg had been settled
Kobusch and Suffer to secure the $1,000
deficiency. Counsel for the defense argued
that Meysenburg had not recovered on the
notes and that his claim. secured by the
shares of stock. was valid. Mr.. Krum OBJ
served that II was evident the States at
torney's were in need of a course in finan-
cial methods. and the wranele was becom-
Ing complicated when the court called the
attorneys to order.
NOTATION on CHECK
HAD BEEN ERASED.
Witness had testified on direct examina-
ton that when he deposited the 5000 check
in the German Savings Institution he had
made a memorandum on the back OF II,
showing the figures of this check the fig
ures on the cashiers check and the dif-
ference between the two. The check was
handed him By Mr. Krum, aYfd after he
had examined It he said 1t bore evidence
that the memorandum had teen erased.
On cross-examination Mr.. Folk asked him
IL he was certain he had made the memo
randum on the check He replied he was.
A plain sheet OF paper was handed him by
Mr.. Folk, on which the figures indicated
were written. and he was asked II that was
not the paper on which he had made the
He examined II and said the
figures were not his. Mr.. Folk then had
him write the figures indicated on another
sheet OF paper. The Circuit Attorney took
possession of this and handed the check to
the jury for inspection. The object OF this
examination was not made clear yesterday.
Mr.. Meysenburg was excused. and the de-
fence called in turn E. o. Stanard. William
H. Thompson. W. r Donaldson and !. W.
Morton. all Of whom testified to the de-
fendants good reputation. Mr.. Folk was
willing to admit the defendants good repu-
tation. but the defense insisted on prov
ing IT.
Charles B. Stark was the last witness eS-
amined yesterday. He was a director in the
st. Louis Electric Construction Company.
In March. 1900. he sold $50 shares of stock.
The defense made diligent effort to bring
out the value of the shares at that time. the
price he received. etc, but the court sus-
tanned every objection made by the State 10
these questions. Mr.. Krum succeeded, in |
a roundabout manner. In getting the infor- |
nation before the jury by explaining to the |
court that the defense offered to prove that |
Stark had sold $50 shares Of stock for $500 |
to the Kinloch syndicate. Of which Turner |
and Stock were members. The court ruled, |
however. that this evidence should be eX- |
cluded. and the witness was excused.
From indications yesterday. the case may |
go to the jury this evening or by to-nor- |
row at the latest. The defense has but few |
more witnesses to call. and the State has
a few to be used in rebuttal IL necessary. |
The arguments Of counsel will not occupy |
more than four hours. The State has an |
that II will be content with an |
hour. and the defense has agnifed that |
two hours will be sufficient for its presen-
tation.