The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-07-12
LOST HIS PORK
AND MONEY TCO
When the Oklahoma Man
Wen the Broker
WOuIdn't Pay

Kansas City, Mo-, July Ia. l..
Brown is on trial in the criminal court
on the charge Of embezzlement CT
anout $3.50 from Eugene f Hardvick
OF Alva, Okla Browns appearance
differs much from that Of the average
defendant on criminal charge He
was dressed in the extreme fashion
and his black mustache had been
tightly rolled with aturling iron. The
case against Brown is an interesting
one. particularly because hs lawyer
admits practically all the points
brought out by the state in It's opening
statement, but asks that Brown be
declared not guilty because of a tch-
nioality in the contract between him
(Brown) and Aardwick.
G. e. Burnham, assistant prosecutor,
made the opening statement for the
state. He said:
~. L. Brown g. Co, who called them
selves brokers, had offices in the Glib
raltar building. ]. L. Brown was the
whole show. On February Mr.. Hard
wick at Alva. 0lda., saw Browns ad-
vertisement in a Kansas City trade
paper He telegraphed Brown to buy
him ]. 900 barrels Of July pork and sent
Oh the same day $1,000 through the
Exchange National bank of Alva.
Brown advised Hardwick that he had
pureh ,s I'd the pork at s16.O5 barrel.
Later Brown wrote Hardwick to send
more money to cover his margins. as
he said pork had dropped to $3.50 a
barrel Hardwick sent $500 more.
ION March Hardwick ordered
Brown to buy 500 additional barrels
Of pork and sent $500 q, make the
purchase. Brown advised this custom
er that the pork had been purchased
at si552 barrel
"On April 20 Hardwick and a friend
came to Kansas City and called on
Brown in the Gibraltar building. He
ordered Brown to close both deals. I
Brown went to the telephone and pre-
tended to call up some number. He
told Hardwick that the deals were
closed at s1712 a barrel Hardwicl1
thea asked for his $4,000 and his
pronts. which together would have
been about 81, 500 Brown became very
,,.t~h .s,fe.4ad ,us ,-tr.1 Co. tf.,,o t,
make scttlement He begged to be
allowed until 2 o'clock that afternoon
Hardwick said no He wanted his
money on the spot. Brown induced |
HardwIck TO leave his Office few min
utes while he spoke to his stenosraph- !
er Then he asked Hardwick to give
him until II O'Clock to settle, Hard
wick refused Brown then told him
he had made an assignment
Brown was asked where he had |
placed the trades ordered by Hard /
wick He could not or would not ans
wer II will be shown that on April |
- when the stenographer was called |
in Brown drew his balances from the
Traders bank and the American Ma
tic,.al bank in Kansas CITY. Hardwick /
never received a cent OF his money.
The state contends that Brown never
made the trades and appropriated the
money to his own use"
J. A. McLane, Browns attorney.
said:
"rhe statement made by the prose
cutting attorney is substantially true
in all its details Mr.. Hardwick never
has received a cent and will not re
ceive any money until the last Of July I
This Is according to the agreement be-
tween Brown and Hardwick- When
hardwick ordered Brown TO buy the
pork for him he CHardwiclO signed a
contract. This contract specifically
provides that the isal commodity is
to be delivered any time in July In
other words. he bought July pork,
which meant that he could not close
the deal until July. The deal never
has been closed and win not be closed
until July is out In other words, they
are trying to force a collection from
us three months prior 10 the time
when il is due"
Mr. Hardwick took the witness
stand. His testimony corresponded in
nearly every detail with the states
opening statement
We have not reached the 90 per