The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

this bank?
Q.-Are you any relation to Mr.. M.
A.-By marriage, yes
Q.-You say you have known Cen
| eral GODDARD some five years?
A--That is an offhand estimate
yes.
Q.-You are tolerably well ac-
4 quainted with him?
A.-Yes, I was interested in several
institutions of his.
Q.-Is he president of any bank at
| Topeka?
Ale is.
| Q.-What is it?
A.-State Savings bank.
Q--Has he done business through
your bank, either when you were at
Horton or here, that you had knowI-
edge of before this?
A.-Yes sir; his bank has.
| Q-When did you first have any
communication with Gen. GODDARD
about this loan?
! Al should say it was perhaps Is
or 20 days before the loan was made.
Q.-When Mr.. Thompson and Mr..
/ GODDARD appeared here on July % and
| Mr.. GODDARD having made his note to
! your bank for the loan. as 1 under
stand you, the bonds were delivered to
Mr.. GODDARD and by Mr.. GODDARD turned
over to you as collateral for the note.
Is that correct?
At is.
Q.-Was anything said to you by
Il.
up this deal SO he could pay this note
off?
A.-There was
Q.-When was that done?
A.-Well in three days; that would
be the 25th of July.
Odd he ever explain to you why
it happened that it was not closed up
at that time2
Al don't think he did.
Q.-Now up to the time that Mr..
Henrici went to Topeka to make de-
livery of those bonds had you ever
heard of Mr.. Kelly in this deal in any
way?
Al had never heard of him at all.
Q.-Are you acquainted with him
A--No, sir. -
Q-Then the first knowledge you
ever had of Mr.. Kelly in this deal was
the news that these checks had come
from him?
An fact, I did not know that at
the time
Q.-How many directors are there
in this bank?
A.-Nine teen.
Q.=Are there any other Kansas di-
rectors besides Mr.. Burrow?
A.-Yes, sir.
Did the fact of your acquaint-
ance with Mr.. GODDARD and also his
being president of the State Savings
bank have anything Ito do with his
personal credit for $115,000?
Alt certainly had something to do
with it, but the chief consideration in
extending the credit was the collateral
behind the loan.
O-There was no other security be-
hind the collateral to the note except
his own signature?
A.-No, sir.
Q.-Did you have any communica-
tions from Mr.. J. r. Burrow. secretary
of state. relative to this loan2
Al did.
Q.-When?
Al am unable to state the date,
JxS77 f17a liar
Q.-What was the nature of the
communication?
Al asked Mr.. Burrow what MS
opinion would be of the desirability of
the loan stating to him that he being
a director of this bank, we would rely
yery largely upon his judgment. as to
whether the loan would be good or
not
Ale said he thought we would
take little or no chance of loss in max
o.@Was that an oral communica-
At was over the telephone:
q Odd he in the communication
say anything to you about the school
fund commission having bought these
bonds or going to buy them?
Ale did.
O.-What did he say?
Al understood in general way
the bonds were to be purchased, or
the commission contemplated purchas-
ing them, or had been offered these
bonds. oo5
dav of July, 1904, was this conversa-
ton with Mr.. ]. r. Burrow over the
1aps one day.
O.-When you speak of these bonds
with relation to the purchase Dy the
school fund commission, you mean 90
1ou not the refunding issue thereof!
o-Now did you learn from Gen:
-odard that he expected or 1ntendeo
n sell the refunding bonds to the l.
school fund commission at or ABOUT
he time this loan was mace?
Al did.
O-Now did you get your informa-
io3 from Gen. GODDARD or did you
nquire about this of Mr.. Burrow?
Al am unable to state whether
r Gained any information from Mr.
R,irrow or not. 1 do know that
/ went into the matter fully with Mr.
4o6ard at the time he made the ap-
Dlication for the loan, whlcn was solIe
IO or Is days before the loan was
made on the 22nd of July, 1904.
O-Now this communication from
Mr. Rurrow regarding the advisabil1ty
IF the loan to Mr.. GODDARD, you say
vas made the day before tne oeilVerS
Al should say either the day be-
ore. or perhaps two days before.
The Cashiers Testimony.
The said defendant also produces
he following witness, to wit: =
Mr.. William c. Henrici, of lawful
lge being by me first duly exam
ned. cautioned and subsequently,
worn to testify the truth. the whole
ruth and nothing but the truth, de-
poses and says as follows:
Q.-State your name, age and resi-
lence?
A.-WiIliam c. Henrici, As years
Id Kansas City. Mo-
Q.-What is your present business {
,r vocation?