New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-25
WOODEN CHECK MISSING
Much of Trial Yesterday Deooted TO
Tracing Missing Paper.

~, " wco.eu was placed on triai yes'ei"AS
a. tho Criminal Branch of the supreme 1out
emerged with grand larceny in the aleseu oo''-
version oe a check for S1,Sco gwen nm
David Rothschild .,,..,
-, check for 81 600 with which to pay
Tho nren1i1I;n on bond of S4eOOoV which Tue
T..,l,srs, Surety Company had issued to Ro'h-
sob;ld as temporary administrator of the "elS-
"a, estate and that Wooten had casheo inc
.bool al the Federal Bank and converted lhe
money to his own use
ut is a fact that Rothschild is CONVICT aiu
Is now in States prison" said Mr. Rand' ou'
q convict can be stolen from just as Wei as al
honest man This is not a proceeding to re-
coZer the $1,000 for Rothschid, but 1t is a pro-
,ae6ing to punish the defendant for Inert.
The first witness called Abraham FIN
kelstein. of the Surrogates' Office, who produced
the certificate of appointment of Rothschlio as
temporary administrator of the Weissel estate
and also the bond issued by the Bankers Surety
Company.
Een5anoin F CASTOR, manager of the Federal
Rank under Rothschild testified that on Octo-
her "a. 1904 he heard wooten tell Rothschhd
that the Bankers Surety Company was golhS
II get off his bond for the position or temporary
administrator of the Weissel estate unless ne
Maid $1,000 more on the premium. As result
Of this talk, he said, Rothschild told him TO get
a check of the Federal Banks cashier for SlVoo-
He said ne got this check, gave it to Rothschlld'
and saw Rothschild give it 10 Wooten
In cross-examination CASTOR said that, though
he was manager of the bank at a salary of S.
ooo a wear. he had had previous banking
exne-;ence He was credit for cloth house
in St Louis when he obtained the position
through answering an advertisement by Roths-
child Castor testified that neither RothschlId
the banks president, nor Vice-President Aoer-
-croubie as well as several others OF its offi-
GERS, had any salary.
He said he understood that the money was
to be paid to ArrnItage Mathews, then secretary
of the Bankers Security Company, IL this city
other testimony was:
o-Did you visit Rothschild in Sing sing2 A
o'.were you threatened with arrest? A1No.
vtstion? An the District Attorneys office.
o.-Was your salary partly paiq ny Inc G1oo of
the Federal Banks business, salary checks s
came from the Globe Security company o0H
know who sent them
Miss Mary Ann Huckle, cashier of the Federal
Bank and now employed in the office Of the
receiver Of that defunct institution. told OF the
drawing Of the check, on October p, 1914, con-
corning which CASTOR had testified. The check
was drawn to Wooten's order, and taken by
CASTOR TO Rothschild. while later she drew an
other check for the same amount on Roth
schild's account to offset the cashiers check.
The check given to Wooten was not produced
in evidence, as it has not been discovered, hut
the stub of it in the cashiers book was pro
duced, and Rothschilds personal check and the
stub therefor TO offset the cashiers check, were
offered and admitted in evidence
At the afternoon session several witnesses
were called by the prosecution TO give evidence
pertaining to the cashing of the check.
Frederick c.. Trimble, the receiving teller OF
the Peoples Bank, and at the time Of the alleged
crime the paying teller of the Federal Bank
svore that he had cashed a check for large
amount, he could not remember what, for
Wooten about October 81 He was little hazy
on the details. On the cross examination he
was asked if he did not know that wooten
in Wilmington at the time of the alleged CASH
ing of the check, doing business for Rothschild.
He said he did not know it Mary J. Kern, who
the assistant discount clerk of the Federal
Bank swore that she the check after it
paid.
The rest Of the session was taken up trying
to find out what had become Of the check itself,
without success
Testimony given to try to show that the
check placed in a cabinet. and the pur-
chaser Of the cabinet at the sale of the fixtures
was called, but he said he had not found the
check