Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-26
OVER HALF MILLION STOLEN
Charge Government Says it Will
Prove Against John G. Jenkins.
DEFENDANT BROOKLYN BANKER
IL is ALLEGED that He Made Loans
in Name Of Clerks and Used
Proceeds In Brokerage
Business.

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-District Attorney
Clark in superior court, Brooklyn, %Sester-
day in his opening charge against John @.
Jenkins. president of the defunct Jenkins
Trust company. charged with the larceny
OF $4,000, said that he would produce proof
TO show that jenkins took unlawfully from
the bank altogether 1851. 600, or $1,000 more
than the actual capitalization OF the bank
itself. This money, he alleged, was en-
tered in the books as loans to Kaiser. Hart,
Huntley- and Young, all clerks in the bank,
who knew nothing of the loans.
The specific charge against jenkins is
grand larceny, in that he turned over to
Frank and ]. G. jenkins. jr., a brokerage
concern to which he belonged, the sum Of
$4,000 on a demand note two days before
the trust company went under. This $4,000,
Mr.. Clark charged. amounted to one-half
Of which was enough to keep the bank re-
serve up to the sum required by law. One
hundred thousand dollars had been OBJ
tained but a few days before by discount
ing the paper of customers Of the Jenkins
Trust company.
William A. Conklin. who was secretary
and cashier Of the Jenkins Trust company,
testified that on October %, 1907 he gave
credit to the firm OF Frank and J. G..
Jankins for So, 1000. He had refused TO
make the loan in view OF the condition OF
the finances Of the trust company, but was
ordered to do so by Mr.. jenkins. Mr..
Conklin also testified that he had made all
of the loans to the dummies prior to this
date and that they had not repaid any
profit, but that the amount of each loan
was credited to the brokerage firm. All
OF these loans. he said, were made under
the direction OF John G.. Jenkins, jr.
The witness will continue on the stand to-
morrow.
Jan POurcn Cross Examined.
The cross examination of Jan Pouren,
the Russian exile. who is fighting against
extradltion from this country, came to an
abrupt termination today before United
States Commissioner Hitchcock. After
the commissioner had sustained objection
to many questions. counsel for the Rus
sian government offered to prove tina,
Pouren entered this country by means OF
perjury and fraud and therefore had no
right to it's asylum. The ruling once more
was against the Russian government side
and they declined to proceed further with
the cross examination. On the refusal OF
Russian attorneys to cross examine
Pouren the case was adjourned pending
the receipt of a document from Russia
which the defense was to introduce as
their last point in evidence, claiming II
will show that the czar's government pro-
claimed Pouren a revolutionist and had Of
fered a reward for his capture as such
and not as a criminal.
Warning from Hughes.
Governor Hughes and four of his as
s~ociates on the recently elected republic
can state ticket were the guests at din.
ner tonight of the republican club of the
city of New York.
In response to a toast, Governor Hughes
said:
The real secret of success in the natior
In the last campaign Is that you cannot
fool the people who are dependent upor
the maintenance of business stability into
the adoption OF foolish measures of re
form. Our chief danger lies in the fac
that we have been given such a stronl
endorsement we may forget the promises
that we made. We as republicans devoted
to the success Of the party must hold
stands in the way OF the party doing whaf
ii promised the people 1t would do.
OId-Time photographers to Meet.
The cld-time telegraphers, including many
of the first operators regularly employed
by the United States government in tn.
civil war, will give q dinner Friday nigh
at the Hotel Manhattan in this city II
honor of Andrew Carnegie, who was il
the telegraph service In his early manhood
The occasion is Mr.. Carnegie's seventy
third birthday anniversary. which occurs
tomorrow. but Mr.. Carnegie would no
have been able to attend and the celebra
ton was set for Friday night.
Colonel Robert c. Clowry. president o
the Western Unior Telegraph company