New-York tribune., 1909-02-02
COW DEFENCE OPENS
LAWYER BLAMES CASHIER
nr. I6ttIetoa attacks Campbell and
HOzodrd MGr1Ueu.

-, ~ ? rs.+le.on said that he would show
Howard Maxwell. former president OF tile 81
Bank who committed suicide. was the I.., e-nlg
entity of the theft OF sI45c9e from that lhSlil
A., ,-ari7- for the deferce yesterday a1tefhcOh AZ
xhe trial of William Cow before Jnsace S'aHe -
The Supreme Court, Brooklyn THIS suA'eiileh'
made after Arthur B. Campbell the casdieI' VIZ
TaSrfaed for the prosecution. repeated MS oecaiS
So rtst he had never said any one except 20"
cot TIE money. and after Beulah h rogers teie
Tbone operator OF the international 1Fu9O
,5any testified 10 hearing conversation II VIZ VI
Cow ordered Campbell TO send 1he money 70 ~
Nrr Is+tleton said he would call 10 the sfano eA-
Sheriff William J. Buttling. Thomas Msruh anu
samuel s. Vgtilenouse 10 prove that CeIApDeil As
serted in the ofice Of the borough 0aiA -
5avs after 4: closed that Gov had no part IN the
yunnropr4atfon OF Sz5oJ5 from tie Carrie Mcclure
xocou-lt Stephen Baldwin. counsel for CampOeh'
viii also be called
In lis one1ing address Mr. Littleton declared that
campbell blamed Mr. Maxwell for the Mcclure
saneac+ion In q confession he made TO the District
Attorney in fact the only evidence that conIecls
,E~ Cow with the theft said the lawyer cams
sro-n an aoaoruplice-came from the lips OF Arthur
y Campbell the forger. Cow was not responsive
the condition Of the books Of the Borough BANK
II was the haitual crimnality or the incorrg1oie
Etupdity this cashier which caused the ialse en-
tries
we wifi show that Maxwell went TO Cow and
asked for help 10 restore the s45o0 and the check
of Cows secretary, Doolittle. was given to the
hank president for thar purpose On OCTOBER y
Bank William Cow assigned 20 that institution
reai estate holdings then worth S750ceo but now
appraised as worth s.oo0,Oo0 which enabled the
bank TO get on its feet again and be doing business
now"
NJ 1attfeton continued his address up 10 the
time Of adjournment He VIII call the first witness
Tor the defence this morning. An attempt VIII be
made first to show that the S45ge alleged to have
been stolen was never removed from the county
District Attorney Clarke closed his case at noon
after obtaining an admission from George W.
Adams cashier OF the Oriental Bank, Manhattan,
that the cashiers check Of S45e0o from the Borough
: Bank had been deposited in the institution with
= which he was employed to the credit Of Nj Cow s
international Trust Company. Beulah II. Rogers
= tas telephone operation. testified she heard part
.pf a conversation between MI Cow and Mr.. Camp
:. fsu m September q. 1907 Il remembered the
conversation she said, because 1t seemed so
strange tc me At time that security should
se offered for 50 large q check. Mr.. Cow asked
Nr Campbell draw cheek for something over
$4,000 Mr. Campbell hesltated after hearing the
: request and ssked to talk with Mr.. Maxwell. Mr.
Maxwell started 70 talk the telephone almost
Immediately
To M-. Littletoa the girl explained she cut in on
1 the wire 10 test il and heard the conversation
Il Miss Rogers couldn't remember the date, and al
VI though she didn't know Mr.. Campbell she was
pretty sure # was he who spoke