Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-29
FOOLISH QUERIES
TO SCHETTLER.
En- Banker Was "GriIIed' With
Questions Court Thought Were
UnimpOrtant
DELAY CAUSED BY DEPOSITORS.
Referee Baldwin Made It Clear that
Line OF Examination Was SLOW
And InconseQuential.

Although eN-Banker r.. H. ,SChettler
was "griled,' az one Of the attorneys
expressed H. for the greater portion Of
q two-hour session OF the court this
morning, little that was new was do
yeloped.
The questions of Attorney @, u. stew
art for the deposItors were asked and
reaskcd 80 many times that Referee
Charles Baldwin finally characterized
the line of questioning as frivolous AMI
! inconsequcntial lie even mtimatei
! that the depositors We're delaying the
examination Of the bankrupt merely to
| keep Mr.. SChettler answering questions
| for the longest possible length OF time.
| Today he was asked how much he spent
| month I'm sustaining his family, how
| he could prove that $50 a month was
| not an eNhorbitaut salary 20 pay hIs
| son for keeping books why he didn't
| keep tab on all his son made on the
| side as commissions and how much %
| month another son earned from the
company for which he worked,
OBJECT or ATTACK.
The special object Of the attack was
| 10 develop the claim that SChettIer
| had been partial IN his dealings with
! his family, and had paid them In full
| all money TO their credit shortly before
! the bank failed. one question indicated
n serious charge against "a member Of
| the Schettler family although It was
| not pressed II was directed 10 Re-
| ceiver Anderson, and sked him TO state
whether on the day he took charge az
! receiver he saw Ernest Schettler burn
! records OF the bank, or knew anything
| of his taking certain records and
burning them. Mr. Anderson denied
any knowledge Of the incident.
BROWN TEsTIFIEs.
The examination began at 10 o'clock,
| and at noon an adjournment was taken
until late this afternoon when IL was
! scheduled 10 be resun cd for an hour.
Besides Mr. Schettler David Hirsche.
Samuel j. Brown and Receiver Ander-
son were placed on the stand MIR
! Brown testified that he had trusted hts
money to the Schettler bank because he
believed that the Schettler properly was
| behind It, He told Of an incident that
| happened on Dec Is, 1899 for the pur-
| pose of proving that Schettler gave out
the belief that he owned the property.
u called at the bank on Dec TO-" he
| said, ITO see Mr. Schettcr about some
deeds ] wanted to have made out, ana
! / asked what he thought would be the
| best way to make them out-so as ~
! protect my family In case anything hap
! pened 20 me. Mr.. Schettler said he
| had managed that by making out
deeds for his property TO his wives
| ana locking them M In the bank vault.
they 10 be delivered after his death
At the same time Mr. Schettler referred
10 the Brigham street property as his
home, and said that It cost him $40 a
month to live In his own home"
DENIED BY SCHETTLER.
In cross-eNamination on this point,
Mr. Schettlcr denied ever making the
statement although he admitted that
conversation about deeds had taken
| place on the date named
| David Hirsche related % conversation
he had with Mr. SChettlar during Jipu-
airy Of this year I'm which MIR Schottler
had said he was trying 10 sell his
Brigham street home 20 pay off his
creditors Mr. SchettIer explained I'm
regard 10 this that he was acting as
agent Tor Mrs Mary Schettler.
SOUTH TEMPLE DEED.
The questioning in regard to the
land titles brought out the fact that
the Brigham street home had been reg
istered not I'm the name Of b. ~.
| Schcttler all the wears he lived upon It.
but i'm the name OF Daniel H. Wells,
from whom ho held am uuracorded deed.
II never recorded this Wells deed.
| said SChettloU Just so my bank cus-
| toners would not get the impression
that that property was mine"
DRAWN our" MONEY.
Under ross-examuation by Mr.. Ray
| Mr. SChetter stated that he loaned
! money To members of his family 40 8
| per cent and that one Of them borrowed
money elsewhere because he could get
| II at o per cent, and was stNl owing IT,
| George Calder who drew out $500 lust
| before the bank closed, he explained
had $1,000 ON deposit and left $500 In
| the bank Mrs. Lydia D. Alder, "a moth
cr-in-law Of Cornelius Schcttlcr, had
| drawn 5000 I'm October 1904, add Mr.
| SChettler explained that this money
| was a trust fund he had Invested for
| Mrs. Alder, which had been paid back,
| and was not part of the banks regular
| funds. I'm addition 20 this fund Mrs.
| Alder had savings account which was
| not Withdrawn aud was sim on the
| books, carl Lester Schcttler had with
! drawn $3.50 his whole deposit, Just be-
fore the bank closed, and this Mr..
| Schettler explained by stating that the
boy had bought some shares In "a duck
| club from the bank with $3.50 OF this
| money receiving only about $50 In cash.
| This money Carl Lester had earned as
| uu omploye Of the Rio Graude Western
| railroad, and not from the bank
Peter Hansen, the Danish consul, re-
! manned outside Of the court-raulngs
today At yesterday afternoons SEES.
sion he was roprmanded by the court
| for SlakinE slurring remarks 10 Nh
! Schettler while he was IN the witness
! chair, When asked by the court 10 re-
peat what Hansen had called him. MI
Schettler said. He called me "a id
/ low down rascal" The court was plain
| An his language when he rcprcmandcd
/ Consul Hansen for the offonsc