The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-29
ACCUSER Of. Cow
ADMITS HIS OWN
. THEFT FROM BANK
Eashier Campbell Forged
Notes for $4,000 and Used
y Cash, He Says.
NOT INDICTED FOR 1T.
Included Fact in Confession,
A Ha Declares, When He
lk Turned States Evidence.
NOT INDICTED FOR 1T.

The trial Of William Cow for wreck.
Sns the Borough Bank Of Brooklyn was
resumed to-day before Justice Crane in |
the Kings County Supreme Court, with
Arthur D. Campbell, former cashier Of
the institution. on the stand. He con.
tinued for couple Of hours his direct
examination begun yesterday and was
Then turned over for cross examination
20 Martin W. Littleton, counsel for
Cow.
Mr.. Littleton succeeded in establish.
ing within few minutes that Camp.
bell. while cashier of the Borough
Bank. between July 1905. AMI October,
1907. forged notes aggreEating In
value s55,900.69 and appropriated the
proceeds to his own uses He admitted
No had never been indicted for these
forgeries, and when asked II he expected
20 be punished for them, said he did
not know
Because Campbell has turned states
evidence and has furnished the Dis
trict-Attorney with the bulk Of the evil
dence against Cow, M Lit,eton went
At him savagey. He began by asking
when Campbell went to the District
Attorney and offered TO make a con-
fession. Campbell said it was late In
November. 1901.
Told District.Attorney.
ibid YOU tell the District-Attorney
you were a torger to the extent OF
nearly $500" asked MIR. Li,tleton
Il did" replied Campbell.
Did you tell him of forging the name
OF Mr., Cassidy to note for s2,0o?"
Yes, sir"
did you tell him OF forging the name
OF B. G. Hughes-hod on | withdraw
that"--said Mr.. Li,tleton, in some con-
FUSION; b. @. Hughes being none other
than the world-famous practical Joker.
Mr.. L!ttleton then continued about for.
geries, and Campbell confessed to hay.
Ing uttered and passed the following
forged notes:
Ono signed ]. ]. Cunningham for
$4,000, one signed Russell Randolph
for S,oss,oa, one signed John Harri.
gan for $4,000, one signed II ]. Lyons
Tor S4,sl2 and one signed W. G. Rey-
holds for ss,s73.
Just Helped Himself
Campbell said he made out the notes
himself, turned them into himself as
cashier. discounted them as cashier
and turned the money over to himself.
He started with small forgeries. As
the small notes became due he marked
them paid tore them up, drew larger
notes to cover them and the interest
and whatever other money he might
need at the time and put in the new
notes. 1t was an endless chain sys-
TEN, growing heavier all the time
What did you do with the money
you realized from these forgeries?"
Campbell was asked.
u spent IT," was his natural reply.
He wanted 10 explain how lie spent 1t,
but the Court upheld Mr.. I.ittletons oh
5ections. Dstrct.Attorney Clarke ap-
peared to bev cry anxious to spread on
the records Of the case how Campbell
had disposed OF the proceeds of the for.
geries.
On direct examination Campbell told
OF two occasions when Cow without put
ting UP any collateral obtained money
from the bank on notes. on one occa-
sion he got $50 BY this method and ON
the other sl0,O,r.
Campbell told OF meeting Of tie
board OF Directors on Sept. Il, l9l7-a
time when the mutterngs preceding the
panic were beginning TO become quite
apparent. Before the meeting Campbell
said, he informed Cow that tho banks
INN 49,
OF $4,000, Cow tod him to Keep the
fact from the directors and he did.
Did the International Trust Com.
pany have an account In the Borough
Bank until the bank closed"
Yes" said Mr.. Campbell Then bv
reference to the books he showed that
the international Trust Company had
credit with tho bank OF s,3i17se6 on
the day Of the closing but that out
standing checks and the Ike reduced
the actual balance to 500 22i6S
Didn't Need the s145,ooo
Then. II there was that amount to
the credit OF the International Trust
, Company there. was no need for MIR.
Cow to take shs,Oco to mako good that
Comphny's account was there"
NO" said MIR. Campbell
Mr.. Lttleton then carried forward tho
apparent plan OF tho defense 70 hnid
Howard Maxwell. the president Of Tho
bank, responsible for the missing none.
Ibid not YOU say that Mr Maxwell
telephoned to you TO send over u ChecI;
for 3l4S,00o to tho international Trust
Company and that Won had no com
rnunication with Mr.. Cow on that day%.'
me asked.
~ never said anything OF tho sort"
said Campbell.
Campbell was asked II tho dummy
loans made TO employees Of the trust
company were guaranteed by Mr. Max
well. The answer was thai Mr. Maxwell
told him Cow guaranteed these lpnns
and tina. Campbell had taken Mr., Max
wells WORT for the truth Of the qtatc-
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