The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
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Jeffries Quickly Deok1en
Hold Frederick D.
ployes Not to 1l1zno
Says Currie.

Admissions forced from Cameg
Currie, Tuesday afternoon, when
cross-examination as q witness TOR q
people In the conspiracy. case aUnxM
his former partner. Louis H. Ca, 81
six former employees, was resumed
Attorney Edwin Henderson. mator11
weakened the prosecutors Casa
a result of these admissions, one Z
the defendants. Frederick Dolsen. \
telegraph operator, was discharges
Justice Jeffries. The attorneys
the other defendants are hopeful ~
their clients will be similarly froo|
The examination will be resumed
1 o'clock and will probably be fInlr
ed before evening. N
Attorney Henderson's cross-exam1
alton was even more gruelling than
had been In the morning. He ~
Obliged to admit that he was ~ a.
sponsible as any one else for $7S1.o
Of bad accounts, and acknowledge
that, IL these accounts had been me-
good there would have been no I'M
ure.
1T is ridiculous to charge The
young men with wrscking the dfx
isn't it," asked Henderson.
Eyes" was Currie's reply.
The examination shed consideroG
light on the inside workings Of ~
brokerage business, all Of wh1GE
proved very ed.fying tothe laymon
Among other customers Of the inst1tu
ton whose names were dragged inf<
the mess was Judge Donovan, Of thu
circuit court, who, Currie said, deal
under another name, as did many
others. Mr.. Currie was unable to Say
just when Judge Donovan started deal
ing with the firm. He denied that 4
was at his direction that the judge
placed his account under a fictttioui
name.
But you knew all about it?''
Il don't remember, but It wasn't
surprising thing"
Attorney Henderson brought on
that the first partnership Currie wa
in ended I'm the failure OF his partner
James ". Campbell. And Currie wa
also forced to admit this second part
ner, Osborne. quite the firm consider
ably in the hole.
Curie's dealings with Frank G. An
drews, who, even after the City banl
failure, continued to trade under tn
name Of A. G. Frank, and the familia
story of the 100000 certified checl
was gone over again. Andrews deal
ings, he said, were on short sales an,
Andrews mad nothing I lose. Ho als.
admitted that he himself was reall,
! the one who carried on the dealing
lin the name OF "A. c. Frank" for hi
own protection.
| With reference to tbs M. p. Bourks
account, Currie said nat he ceased
trading with Bourke II January. 1907
but no settlement was effected be
tween them, and whatever interest
Bourke had in the account remained
unpaid at the time q the failure. Nc
one In the ONCE, oltside Of himself
knew abou these transactions, Currie
said. Though awar that Bourke's &C.
count was In bad shape, Currie ad.
mitted that he mae no effort to limit
the transactions.
Mr.. Currie repdiated alleged ex.
cerpts from his Pand jury testimony,
published in a Ttroit paper. Amona
the items of los which he admitted
could not be sbuldered on any one
else we're the FLOWING:
Frank Andrewssnd A. c. Frank. ss5. ooo
S, e. Bartlett ...-...--~.... 500
G. w. Bartlett'........-s ~s.... 1900
| Judge Donovan ..ss.~..-. 7.d0O
The Caviar efount ..k........ 10000
Imperial Ming Co. -......... "A. O0O
| Mexican Mi4g Co. s..~. 80. $4,000
Burton Paryr ...s.-.~.,..... 10000
And othe hccounts Bringing the total
to s354,O00j
Referrigto the above list, Attorney
Henderson, said:
'Tf wehdd to this the debts you
charge t(your own account, together
with thdBourke account. we have .
total of $4,000. You can't blame any
of the (hers more than yourself, can