New-York tribune., 1909-01-30
ADMITS FORGING NOTES
COWS CASHIER GOT s55 300.
Surprise Sprung in Case by Counsel
for Defence.

The closing the prosecution in the trial Of Will
lam Cow on the charge OF grand larceny before
Justice Crane. in the Supreme Court BROOKLYN,
Eas delayed yesterday by a searching cross-exam-
inatiou Of Arthur D. Campbell. the cashier who
turned states evidence admitting having stolen
So5.ao from the Borough Bank by the forging of
notes. Resuming the stand yesterday the cashier
confessed 10 Martin ". Ltteton. attorney for the
defence that for year he concealed his forgeries by
constantly making and larger notes to pay of
the interest on the old When court adjourned
until Monday, District Attorney Clarks announced
that he would close the prosecution at noon OF that
day, and Mr.. LttIeton said he would open for the
defence in the afternoon.
The defence intmated that a strong attempt
would be made TO place the entire the lar
ceny of s45.oD from the estate OF Carrie Mcguire
upon Howard Maxwell the bank president. who
committed suicide
Did you. three days after the collapse Of the
Borough Bank, say in the presence Of William J.
Buttling, Thomas Martin and Samuel Whitehouss
that Howard Maxwell had the check for $4,000
to Manhattan, and that Maxwell said Cow NOT
present when he received IT, and had nothing do
with the transaction asked Mr. Lttleton Of Camp
bell.
II did not replied Campbell.
Did Howard Maxwell tell you Cow had
part In the transaction
Never
When Campbell took the stand yesterday he testi-
fed about notes discounted by Mr.. Cow the
Borough Bank when the reserve fund was short
an illegal amount. He said unsecured note for
$3.50 was discounted by the defendant on August
p, and another for $1,000. made by Cow N his
secretary, Mr.. poolittle. on September % when he
knew the hank $4,000 short of the required re-
serve fund. The witness said that Mr.. Cow asked
him on October o. the day before the bank
pended. about his account, and when Informed that
1t was overdrawn considerably, said he would
make it all right Csmpbeil asserted that in pre-
vious instances where Mr.. Cow had given the same
arPa
coming TO balance the account
MI Lttleton then began the cross-examinattou.
He brought out that the witness made confes-
sion TO Assistant District Attorney Elder in No
vember, 1907, regarding. forgeries
Did you tell Mr. Elder that YOU had forged
ten notes aggregating $4,000. and that YOU had
torn them I'D and sent the pieces down a sewer2"
asked counsel.
forging note for S3.14a IS signed CASSIDY the 4
II. Lyon note for A.on the n c RAYMOND note
for ss.s7 g. the J. J. Cunningham note for S7 coo
the Russell Randolph note for sos Os and the
John Harrisan for $500 The money had
been used for his own purposes. the witness said
for household expenses. automobile trips on Long
Island, etc.
When you found you about % he caught
suggested Mr.. Littleton, you destroyed the small
forged notes and substituted larger ones 10 make
detection more difficult The witness admitted
this
Mr. Litteton then brought out that Campbell had
never been brought TO trial on the grand Jury in
dictment charging him with grand larceny. and
had never been arrested indicted for forgery
The witness testified that 1857 800 IN loans to Aoat
the Excelsior Fire Insurance Company had never
been removed from the Borough Bank
Why didn't you ssy that yesterday. instead of
giving the Jury the impression IL taken out -
demanded Nr. Iittleton.
I wasn't asked" replied Campbell
The witness also admitted that the payment on
the dummy notes aggTegating SnOH used by Cow
to balance his account guaranteed by his
making assignment the Borough Bank Of
real estate holdings worth more than tha, amount