New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-21

her /. 1903. and call your attention to the in
dorsement on that check Pay to the order Of the
H emhSTk s aaG ca our attention the entry sf
credit to Andrew Hamilton on Decenber tgS
of 1000 Are YOU able TO follow tha'' 10 loeh'iS
o. call your attention to the DEBTS sssinsT
Mr. Eamiltons account of 1903, ana the DEBIT
find on December Is was Andrew Hamilton, $4,000
Are you able to identify that? Al am not not
o@You don't know what that had relation TO?
Q.-You mean TO come here, Mr. Mccall. and state
TO the committee that you have no kn9wIedge or
that $1,000? Al haven't any more idea about
him about the printing house property other than
this that have got every notion IN the word tnat
demand It and will get it. And want to say.
further. If it isn't coming from him guarantee it.
in your mind now for about eighteen months A.
Of the money that the New-York LIES president
has ACCOUNTED &C.! for. ! will pay. ,n+0r0s+o. -
conditions and practices here where even the large
Which yH RTa f to pro of oe a
particularly iy What accounting Judge Hamilton ever
has made to you. what conversations you have
which had T d a 209 S hans Gn have he
many conversations. the last before he went to
Europe.
Al DIDN'T ask him whether he had or not that
Q-1loA you suppose ne 94u a. sutkOSe Ii tS
he had the money on demand Of the New-York Lie
in accordance 9c With Your INSTRUCTIONS could have
disbursed IT? A.-No but know of something that
"Q.@what? Ale made contract with the New
hers state e Of IN @ fort about m n taxes Ra
had been paid for four years, without any payment
the United States Supreme Court, that then and in
that event he was entitled to one-third of that re-
nnd w 1nsf thet S by the
decision Of The Court of Appeals Of the State OF
Q.-it is settled? Ayes, but the State does not
$50 the money has not come in yet? NO;
Q.-Do you regard him as entitled to the money!
60 you mean to say the moneys he has got
will pay him? A A., f, l DO not have not said
On any .way7 No; sir. -... ,.+
ter of December H. 1908 there is entry "Che5ge
to legal expenses and carry on s9o5ieoger botter
ledger. as a matter of fact. one of the clerks
here can identify it for you and show you the
entry.
CHECKS AS CASH IN REPORT.
o-on December 81. 1903. was it reported as a
Department? At was not; it was not SO re-
,Q.@aWell, what was done with it before that hat
cember 81 1904 because that time he expected to
buy that mortgage in connection with the Benneus
which We're carried as cash on December 81. and
when the not not paG anaf S TO- be eo
counted for IN accordance with that voucher
checks in December 1903 aggregating $4,000, on
December 81 1904. gave back to the. company his
poraneous with his getting the checks; ,.
them in the Office; we held them charged in ac-
eordencs with the voucher that you have IN your
Q.--Neve- mind the voucher. We have that
voucher on record Al merely want to justify
Q.-WS!i the facts viii determine the justification
are what We want now. Now. the checks you
gave Mr. Hamilton were for the same AMOUNT; and
o9 ehs gave sane yo oae 9a sRs h Mr
when you Io fEsa to the he END Of faS yer
Insurance Company as having 5000 In cash Fn be-
amount so far as this transaction is concerned?
Q-And therefore you did not report the $4,000 as
& 6G d 1t E9 STt of tRs account OF
II Out @ @ ySg do ofe your report o hoy hoy dd you get
AThe $4,000 not paid to hin, as legal expenses
before t Sanq ,e Va. o,o-.a ,.1or 1,,.- E..
no At WAS Charged Rs'S Mr aamton s per
so9aI aSfoqnEJ tS Hamilton personal account
personal account is the voucher that you have
sSeck Payable to HIM and Sf IN return Tseen
his two checks. to be accounted for before De-
o:-whst want to get at is this: Prior to Jan
have produced 4 said while ago Insurance. report
of 1904 The record should be corrected to 1909
dated peceTber 2 iscs t says hat shall be
book
Q.-You do not know just how this item was
year? No.
Q.-But the account will show? A.-The account
viii show.
Q.-You have said that at the end Of the year
you still had these checks; you carried them for
some time into the new year, 1904? refer 10 the
ow Il pG dG Eou refurn them to ? Aon
January g. take ii from the date of the voucher.
Q.-Why did you return them to him? A.-Be-
using that money in connection with the mortgage,
the parties owning the Bennett property would
undoubtedly clear up the mortgage. and keep the
place for themselves.
Dwell, if there his part for the
money for the purpose for which it was originally
given TO him. and you had his checks for that
amount, why did you not keep that and cash them
and close the transaction? A.-Because on March
2S, which the first conversation had with
from his diary the payments that had been made
and said Here four items I have received
Now that is the 500 600 $50 900 and $4,000 and
March Is the journal entry made charging
those four items to Home ONCE Annex. which was
the amount he would have in hand against the
purchase Of these properties
O-Had carried these two checks of Mn
Hamilton down to March %, 1904? Al couldn't
tell you.
TWO TRANSACTIONS DIFFERENT.
Mr. Mccall could not tell without the ledgers
when the checks were returned to Hamilton
In March, 1904, when he was talking 1t over
with the Albany man. he did not take his check
for the 100000 nor for the 100000. The COM
pany took checks for the $4,000 because 1t
represented money which in no way would be
applied for the annex building. The other sums
were money given in advance for the purchase
Of that annex building, said Mr.. Mccall. AS
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