The evening world., 1908-10-15

This is the first time In nearly
twenty years that n jury in the United
States Court has been ordered locked
up During the trial. which may l?>i
q week, the twelve men will he lodS,.
at the old Astor House, in the custody
of six special deputy United States
marshals.
This step was taken by Judge Hough
on his own motion. The swearing-in
of the six deputies was the first in
ltimation which the lawyers for the de-
tense had that such an extraordinary
course was contemplated. No explana-
ton was offered.
I'VE are surprised and shocked" said
one OF the lawyers for the accused
bankers. But We have. Of course, no
other comment TO make"
II was learned this afternoon that, IN
addition to the six special deputies who
ARE guarding the jurors, a corps of Sc
cret service men under Capt J. w.
Flynn are watching the jurors and the
principal witnesses for the Govern
ment.
Both to Go on Stand.
II has been definitely ascertained that
both Morse and Curtis will take the wit
ness stand. But while Morse will try
to defend his course in using bank funds
for his Ice Trust pool. his steamship con.
solidation and the other manipulations,
Curtis. II is understood, will go fully and
frankly into the transactions in which
he was the lesser figure.
Some idea of the course which he Is
likely to pursue. and some idea also OF
the attitude in which the prosecution
holds him. was shown In United States
District Attorney Stimson's opening for
the Government. He said he would
show that Curtis had merely been q fig
urehead and a plastic figure In Morses
deft hands.
Throughout his opening, which lasted
for nearly two hours. Mr.. stimson dwelt
with particular emphasis on Morses
domination over Curtis.
Mr.. Stimson said he would show by
evidence that Curtis. although nomi-
nally president OF the National Bank OF
North America. was really only fig
urehead through whom Morse controlled
the assets and resources of the institu-
tion and employed them to further his
own private ends. With this utterance
by Mr.. Stimson there vanished the last
repeated assertion that Curtis would be
made the scapegoat for the man higher
up In the financial game.
Makes Four Charges.
'Briefly." said Stimson. II will divide
the misdoings of these two men under
four headings:
"Flrst-ActiOns regarding Ice
stock consolidation.
"Second Actions regarding
steamship cancellations.
"Thtrd-Bnnk stock juggling.
~Fourth-Overdra fits.
~ will show you that by these manipu-
lations ice trust stock was forced up
from 26 to 90 and that the funds of the
bank were employed by Morse to hold
II to the latter inflated figure. / will
show you also that from first 10 last
these two defendants took various sums
or money belonging to the bank and put
them into this speculation. THESE
SUMS AGGREGATED sl,9OOOOO. When
the stock began to go down the Juggling
OF funds by dummies" and by the os-
tensible loaning of money on notes of a
doubtful value began.
''ro cover up these methods
there were false entries upon the
books of the bank. There wer.
other illegal steps by these two
men to hide their unauthorized
and Improper haudtinS Of funda.
I'VE will prove 10 you that Curtis the
President. and Morse. the Vice-Presi-
dent. did not enter the record OF their
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