New-York tribune., 1907-10-02

. ,susDense" account distributed at the end OF
each year Nevertheless the check stubs did
not show the names of the payees. The exam
ination continued:
QIs that the reason why it was n9eessaTy t a5eHt OF OF
the destruction OF the ledger and tn destruction I %
the absence in the check stub books of the names @
OF any payee that there would be abSoIutely ~
Q--Is not that the result? A.-Possibly & X oId ID
mnot able TO say SIR because as as @ nd FOR the
you. have not made complete search yet lo' ''0
.QEtIVhat was the reason? Al don't know;
sir. There was no reason for the destruction oi
the checks. As say they were probably taken 4nl 3b
the time TO get the proper distriPuton OF t6e tn
account they were probably thrown back INTO % @ Ine
ent nd anon 1san os or eprobabl slowed away
some hole or corner that have not found chase
checks wers taken out at the time and DESTROYED @
or lost the time that they were taken taken Out u
0EAre you aware Of the fact that the immunity
which is offered you under this law Is nov lil M
munity in action for perjury? APeT%tectly % Yin i.
out any reason whatever. 50 far as you know, thlS
e o5s Of he bo5 80 the loss Of the checks
the absence of any indication In the check STUDS;
entirely hidden from sight, with the eNCePtIo ~ ~
enc s Two te1aS a1G W( ~" NE bofore stated
which owing the shorlness of the time haN
O.-Weli now. most of these stubs were drawn
on special construction account without any NAME
Q.-Most of them were drawn by you personally
01Why did you fail to name the payee on the
check stubs? A-There were quite number ,id %I
not want the clerks and the general office force
to know to whom those checks were pau nn did not
want the general public. as well as your ciefN'' u
o.@You were mors anxious TO keep them from
your clerks than you We're TO kTGp & enera pubIiS
had nothing TO do with It ..-..a.,... -.,.,,
Q-Partcularly these items OF constructor WIN Win
which the Railroad Commissioners at that tlhle
had nothing to do? A.--As l have told you bafore
merely suspense account. There was very hotae oG
of it remained in the special account at the END
Q.-Brt the fact remains that cannot now
tell what distribution was made of that $9S'""
Q-And that We have no. indication to the
payees Of those checks except such as YOU now
supply me WITH regard to the two items in ques-
uons? A.-Excepting that my memorandums VIII
Q.-As to the rest everything is blind at the pres
ent time? A.--At this present moment. yes. sir.
Q.-But those items which have EiVcn me,
however. indicate sufficiently the general charac;
construetion I mace account? N|To quite an extent
$50 it is fair to assume that the general char
mned BY ' 6 he wo items @ o $4,000 and
s37, 600 which you have supplied me? A-Yes;
Rf Hember to 1852 @sf ss fo2TS R E ousg + N g.
r. Mexican Barry $50: W. D. Reed 5000 Who was
Mr.. Reed? Ale was engineer OF maintenance of
Q--N. G. starrett January 8 1909 $3.50 Who
Q-,W; H. Page. 1r.. January :, 1903. $4,000 Who
~ LAWYER
o. lawyer Why did You pay him through
construction account and suppress his name trom
the stub? A-Mereiy following out the general
Q-Oh you had a general plan for that? A
Q-bidn't it have the effect Of reducing your
earnings? ANNo. sir.
Another suspense account was kept. the sec
retary went on, but this was closed out usually
within a month. He found it hard 10 tell why
this account was kept with the names OF the
payees while the construction account. also
termed a suspense account. was blind
rs it not fact that the suspense account
proper was a proper suspense account, and the
other suspense account was an improper sus-
pense account?" asked Mr.. Wins significantly.
The 600 paid to Mr.. Vreeland. declared Mr..
Moorhead. was $4,000 for salary and $1,000
for expenses There never was any jtemIzed
account of the expenses furnished to Mr.. Moor
head, and voucher except the cancelled
check. The arrangements 10 the payments
to Mr.. Quigg were made by officials Of the road,
Mr. Moorhead said-Mr. Vreeland for one. Mr..
Vreeland did not tell him to keep the check
stubs without the names OF the payees. but he
could not remember who did. He would not
have kept the books in that fashion without
orders His orders, on second thought must
have come from Mr.. Nreeland Mr. Warren.
at that time the secretary. After a wrangle
between Mr.. WINS and Mr.. Nicoll, Mr. Moore
head declared that these items OF payments to
Mr.. Vreeland and Mr.. Quigg showed the gem
eral character of this account-it was used for
the payment OF special salaries. 1t included
salaries of Mr.. Starrett Francis L. Wellman
Mr.. Barry and others.
Though Mr.. Moorehead did not know what
work Mr.. Quigg doing he passed bill
itemized as follows: