The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-14
NOT A CENT
 FROM PARENTS Testimony Continues in
 Chisholm Trial. BANK REFUSED SUGGESTION Would Not Accept Anything from
 Father and Mother. witness Says Books of Alleged Ds- fauIser at One Time Showed
 Shortage of sIs7,Ooo--Brok-
 srs Must Hsvs Exnown.

Birmingham. Nov. 13.--(SpocfaI.) )-- Walker Percy, one of the directors and attorneys for the First National Bank, was cross examined today in the trial of Alexander R. Chisholm, late paying teller of the First National Bank of this city. who h on trial for embez- xling funds amounting to nearly sio0.- eco. In the course of this examina- ton it developed that young ChisoIn had asked If there was any way to Ak the matter and suggested that his father and mother had home on the South Highlands which they might ba willing to give up. The witness stat ed he told Chisolm that the bank would net be willing tv accept cent from his father or mother.
 National Bank Examiner S. H. L. Cooper was the first witness on the stand after Mir. Percy was excused. His testimony, was In Iine with tnat brought out before, In reference to the scene in the oflce of Mir. Percy when the defendant returned from his vacation trip and was asked in refer erce 10 the missing money. Mir. Coop CT said the first thing Chisolm said to him was:
 ':Mr. Cooper. they have 1t in their power to ruin me. That money was in the box when turned 1t over to Bowron." The testimony of several bookkeepers win next be brought out, showing the operations of tho bank. There is no indication that the case will reach conclusion within a week.
 Cooper ou stand.
 Bank Examiner Cooper described the scene that ensued when Cfllsolm's grip was brought to the ofIice and the in eliminating letters. papers and note book found therein. When these were found ChisoIm broke down and con- fessed in the words: "Mr. nPercy. might as we'll be frank wtth you. got your money" He said Chigolm then told how he had lost the money and when asked if the brokers knew where the money came from he an- swered: "Mr. Cooper. I don't see how they could have failed to know 1t: they knew I had no monsv of my own.
 Then followed q description of the details of Chisofm's transactions with the brokers which was In substance the same as that given in the testi- mony of previous witnesses.
 Witness said he examined the bank last May IS. On that occasion he counted all of the currency, silver and gold, in charge of the paying teller, and made a comparison with the baE- ance as shown by the books of the general bookkeeper. He made no memorandum of any charge tickets that were on hand at that time.
 Covered bx ChaeRa Tickets,
 At Percy's ofSice Chiso1m told him that the dedication had been covered up by charge tickets. A subsequent examination revealed the fact fhnt the false charge tickets used to cover the shortage were as foIiowss
 Tutwiler Coal, Coke & Iron Co. ss.- 729.34.
 sIoss-shemeId Steel 6 Iron CO. ss.- s63.46.
 southern Steel Company. ss,iss.Ss.
 Pratt Consolidated Coal Co. $1o,. 2s5.
 Woodward Iron Company. sie,326.5B.
 Making . total of s52.225.
 The charge tickets appeared on tile books May IS and on the 18th the books showed deposits that exactly corresponded, resulting In cross enc tries on the boc'ss that did not dis turb the actual cash balance of the companies at all
 The deposit slips covering these amounts were shown to the witness and he Identified them as being in Chisolm's handwriting.
 Cooper testified that in checking up the accounts of the bank after the discovesy of the dedication 1t was found that the Bank of Jasper had not been given credit for a remittance of S1.000. When asked about the matter Chisolm told him that while appear ances were against him he had not taken that thousand dollars.
 Highest Point S1S7; ;O00.
 witness said his examination