Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-08

rect Continuing he proceeded to de
tail an average days work which fell
to his lot during the absence OF fht
assistant postmaster. Commencing at
$3.50 a. m, he enumerated the divers
duties that kept him busy until
1880 p. m. or later. Now and again
some OF the employees would be sick or
government official or two would
come, In which cases he way emphat .
cally busy The monthly reports re-
garding the railway mail service, star
mail routes, pay rolls and other things
connected with the Ogden postofIice al
so took up several days. THE conse-
duence was" said witness, II gradu-
ally fell behind with my work. although
| worked Sundays and holidays" ON
the return of Kelly the latter gave
some assistance in the mornings. At
stated intervals until Oct rs, when Wit
ness was taken sick and remained away
until Nov, 20. when Kelly took charge
but owing 10 Kellys health he could
not remain there all the time.
When witness was In condition
to- return to work he made
DIP his seports as best he could
MADE UP THE DEFICIT.
Coming down to the time OF the an
nual inspection witness said that when
the shortage was discovered In Deem.
her he promptly made up the deficit.
II went out" he said 'and got the
money and ~ the presence OF the In
spectors placed 1t In the cash reck in
tho money order department.
From that time TO Feb. Is when Kelly
rendered his resignation Kelly had
charge OF the money order department.
Al this date Rapp succeeded Kelly AZ
assistant postmaster. A few days later
witness stated that he checked the
oGshbook and the data In the money o.
der department. Just raat
was the outcome OF his is.,lts-
tigation was not forthcoming tor
the benefit u the jury. Atty. 4aftsysm,
worked hard 10 get the question an
swered but was met with strenuous OBJ
Jections on the part OF the government.
counsel for defense then concentrated
MS queries on the visit OF the postoflce
inspectors and the subsequent investl-
cation. Coming down 10 the time IN
spector Fredericks notified witness of
the shortage and the remark made by
Meighan 70 Fredericks as testified by
the inspector when on the stand. de-
PENDANT gave his version Of the CONVEX
sation in the following language:
Mr. Fredericks said, Charlie YOU are
shielding somebody and If you are
shielding somebody, you ought to make
II known | told him that If had a
suspicion IL would not be right for me
10 tell him at that time
After certain written reports had been
Identified by witness the court took a
recess until o'clock.
MATTER OF PAYROLLs.
On the resumption Of the case M
o'clock this afternoon Meighan stated
that In the regular order OF business
when the disbursements Of the Ogden
postotilce exceeded the balance on hand
recourse was had to the $1,000 letter of
credit that the office had on New York
When witness In the ordinary course OF
business required money he drew n
draft on the government reserve at
New York and cashed the paper in an
Ogden bank. on two or three occasions
witness stated the money failed to come
in time and consequently he had an
overdraft at the bank
Witness went on to relate the cir
cumstances surrounding the nvestiga-