Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
MONEY IN COURTROOM
Three Thousand Dollars
Spread on Witness Stand.
TRIAL OF T. 6. HAYES BEGUN
Former Teller of Bank Accused of
Embezzlement.
IOFFICIALS GIVE TESTIMONY
TRIAL OF 7. G. HAYES BEGUN
OFFICIALS GIVE TESTIMONY
Cashier Admits Others Than De-
Where Money Was Taken.

The witness stand in Criminal Court
No. / today resembled miniature bank.
more than s3.Ge0 in notes of various de-
nominations beng spread before the Wit
nesses who testified at the trial before
Justice Gould OF Thomas G. Hayes. for
meriy receiving teller Of the American
National Bank. charged with embezze-
ment and falsircation OF the records OF
the bank.
Hayes sat behind his counsel. Attorneys
Henry Z. Davis and III. wnship Wheat
ley, and from time to time leaned for
ward and suggested i1q@lries 10 be pro-
pounded to the witness. His wife, he
comingly gowned in gray directoire and
carrying d large pillow muff. sat beside
him and seemed engrossed In the testi-
mony. She smiled her approval when
ever an answer favorable to her hus-
bands interest WAS draw from the gov
ernments witnesses By the cross-examin-
ttion by Mr.. Davis
Richard IL. Lynn. president of the Amer
lean National Bank, and formerly cash
Ter of the same institution, was the first
opening statement of Assistant United
States Attorney Jesse c. Adkins. The
witness exhibited the certificate of incor-
poration of the bank and its authority
He said that Hayes had been in the
banks employ for seven years prior TO
December Il. 1907.
That day. he testified he was called 10
the bank and told there was shortage
in a bundle Of money, which purported To
contain si.213. but which by actual count
contained only s.. $50
When Hayes was asked for an eXplana-
ton, he said, the accused declared that
the bundle contained the amount OF
money by packages, and announced the
result to be as claimed. Paying Teller
Selby then counted the money in ca cll
package. and the total was found 10 be
only $3.50.
Cashier a Witness.
William Selby. formerly paying teller
and now cashier of the American Ma
tionai Bank. was the next witness. lie
explained the course of business in the
bank, and said that at the close of each
days business the money in the custody
of the receiving teller was counted by
computing the figures appearing on the
face of each package The computation
was made by an assistant TO the paying
teller and compared with the books OF the
bank. At the close of business December
II, 1907, the witness declared, the money
in hayes custody was placed in pack
ages and the total computed by adding
the amounts Endorsed on each package.
The next day, Mr.. Selby said he count
ed the money in one of the packages
and discovered the shortage as testified
by Mr.. Lynn.
On cross-eXamination Mr. Selby admit
ted that four persons in the employ OF
the bank had access to the cage of the
receiving teller and Were aware that this
leftover package Of money. in which the
shortage is said to exist. was not counted
and verified each night at the close OF
business.
T. S. Wolfe. assistant cashier of the
bank. was next called He. identified
deposit slips. which. he said. We're in
the handwriting of Hayes. He was tes-
tifying when this report closed.
The defense reserved Its opening, but
it is understood. will claim that the
money was intact in the package when
Hayes left the bank the previous even
ing and that others had access thereto.