Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-07
INTEREST IN TRIAL
Proceeding With Bribery-Con-
spiracy Hearing.
THE GREEN-DOREMUS CASE
Former Machine Company Treasurer
Witness Today.
DEFENSE ENTERS OBJECTION
Relation Between Department and
Bundy Time Recording Company
Ruling by Justice Gould.
THE GREEN-DOREMUS CASE
DEFENSE ENTERS OBJECTION

The principal interest today In the trial
before Justice Gould. In Criminal Court No
/. of George f. Green and Willard d. Dore-
mus, charged with bribery and conspiracy
In connection with the postal irregularities,
was centered about the testimony of Her
bert j. Truesdell formerly treasurer of the
Doremus Machine Company. He had been
on the stand only a few minutes before
question arose which involved the relation
of Green with the business between the
Post Office Department and the Bundy
Time Recording Company and its successor,
the International Time-Recording Company.
This was strenuously objected to by the
Defense on the ground that 1t would be
improper In the present trial to inquire into
matters which had been disposed of at the
former trial of Green, when he was
quilted.
The jury was excused during the discus
sion.
In ruling upon the question Justice
Gould said that he would allow the gov
eminent to pursue the line of examina-
ton desired for the purpose of showing
the relation existing between Green and
Beavers prior to the period set forth In
the indictments, but not for the purpose
OF attempting to show any alleged GRIM
inality on the part of the defendant
Green. The jury was then recalled and
the court made an explanation OF the
ruling.
Treasurer Fish Resumes.
When court opened this morning few
minutes before IL o'clock Lemuel s. Fish,
treasurer of the Doremus Machine Com
pany. whose -cstimony consumed the larger
portion of the session yesterday, resumed
the stand. During the direct examination
of Mr.. Fish yesterday afternoon the ledger
OF the Doremus company was placed in
evidence. In offering the book in evidence
al at att tat aH haf a
government would contena that 1t had been
manufactured for the purpose of conceal
ing facts In relation to certain checks, the
subject matter of which figures in the in
dictments. Counsel claimed that the book
contained part, but not all of the actual
record which a ledger should show OF the
business of the company for the period In
question.
Justice Gould permitted the book to be
offered, not to prove the record it contains,
but to support the contention of the gov
eminent that IL was a manufactured ledger
instead OF the original The court refused
TO allow counsel for the defense, in conduct
Ing the cross examination, to ask whether
the directors of the Doremus company at
their meetings in this city had ever consid
cred any proposition to pay to Beavers a
commission on the sale of Doremus ma
chimes to the Post Office Department.
Two Affiliated Concerns.
In continuing his testimony under cross
examination conducted by Mr.. Stanchfeld
this morning the witness stated that before
the ledger in question began to be used in
the business of the company there were
two affiliated concerns interested in the Do
remus machines and having their places of
business in the same building. One was the
Doremus Manufacturing Company con-
cerned In the making of the devices, and
the other was the Doremus Machine Com
pany, the function Of which was to sell the
machines. Before July i, 1902. when the
ledger In evidence came into use, the wilt
ness said. each company kept different
set of books.
After that date, when the concerns had
consolidated. some but not all of the ac-
counts OF the Doremus Manufacturing Com
pany were transferred to the new ledger.
These were the balances of running ac-
counts" the witness stated He added that
the two checks, one for 81 900 and the other
for 81. 1850 about which there was a con-
troversy in court yesterday. belonged to
the accounts which were transferred to the
new ledger from the old books. The wit
ness also explained that the entries of
some accounts the books appeared out
OF order in point of time by reason of the
methods OF the company whereby checks
before they could become negotiable were
forwarded TO Mr. Green as president of the
company, and were then returned for the
signature of the treasurer. In that way he
SAD dinerence OF dates arose.
Accounts Not Omitted.
The witness said he did not know what
had become of the old books of the Dore-
mus Manufacturing Company He denied
that he had been asked by either of the
defendants to omit any accounts In trans
ferrins the record to the new ledger He
also denied that he had attempted to con-
ceal or to hide anything In emitting such
accounts as were left out
The United States attorney objected to a
question as to whether Mr.. Green had ever
seen the books in evidence. but the objec-
ton was overruled, the witness stating
that. so far as he knew, Mr. Green had
never seen the books Mr.. Fish stated that
at the request OF Mr.. Green he had sent
him general statement of the business az
falTS OF the company. This answer was al
lowed after objection by counsel for the
government He added that the statement
was dictated by Herbert J. Truesdell the
FORMER treasurer of the DOremus Company
Owed by Government.
Mr.. Fish stated that the government stin
owed the Doremus Machine Company for
40 machines at s225 each
Justice Gould asked the witness n ntu-
Der OF questions concerning the bookkeep-
ing methods OF the Doremus company. In
reply 10 one question the witness said he
thought II was at the suggestion of Green
and Doremus that the ledger OF July /, 1902
was kept As well as he could remember
II Mr.. Green and Mr.. Doremus had ex-
pressed desire for an Improvement in
the bookkeeping methods of the Doremus
company at the time OF the reorganfzat ton
Subsequently he purchased the book
along with others. and made the transfer
OF accounts. The witness thought that Mr.
Doremus received salary OF SEQ a month
as vice president OF the company and tina,
balance would be shown In the ledger
Upon examination. however. II was found
that the only entry OF that sort Contained
In the ledger was one showing a cash nav
nent OF 600. The witness explained that
he had simply been In error In supposIn q
that there was n balance.
]. W. Sturtevant, vice president of the
Sixth National Bank of Binghamton. N Y.
was called to the stand 10 Identify a chez
purpOrtiDg TO have been drawn by George
e. Green in favor of George W. Beavers
After identifying the signature as being
that OF Green the witness was excused
without cToss-examination.
Herbert J. Truesdell Called
Herbert j. Truesden Of New York, a
salesman. and formerly treasurer OF the
Doremus Machine Company. was then
called to the stand. He stated that he had
known Mr.. Green many years. having been
In the employ of the Bundy Time Record
ing Company when Green was president of