New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-16

/ hunt made his first appearance yes
terday.
Slender. smooth faced. he looked like
= y"ungster lust out IF high school as
he took the witness chair Vet ne sd
nitted being thirty-fiva years old He
was singularly self possessed. and though
Judge Bruce went after him prettv saw
agelv AZ times be more than held his
own
He answered always in an even voice.
choosing his words with care and hest
Eating slightly AT times as if he were
T trying 70 get an expression to enbody
the exact truth
Harkley said he was for several years
= clerk then = cashier finally conf
Dental clerk for Ellingwood &, Cunning
/ ham. He got sac q week when he left
/ that firm. in September 1904. to go into
/ business for himself. His concern was
/ Hacklev Baxter & Seed. the Baxter
being Charles H. son Of Colonel Archie
! Baxter. then clerk Of the Assemble
Judge Bruce produced page from the
! EIlingwood & Cunningham ledger. and
asked Hackley if he knew whether il
! represented his trading account The
account showed purchases Of high priced
! stocks in one hundred share lots, and
! the debit balance At one time was as
/ high as $4,000
! Never Had Trading Account.
/ HackIey said he never had trading
/ account with Ellingwood & Cunningham
F and this account had been kept and the
/ transactions entered in it without his
/ kowladsa or consent. He did have an
account there known as tho A. 6. Hack
ley special he said
Judge Bruce showed him that account
L was opened with q $500 cash credit
on July Il. 1908. He said that wasn't
the one he remembered. as that was
$40 coo credit.
! The lawyer tried TO get him To- admit
that the $500 account was maintained
with his knowledge, but he stuck to 1t
that while he might at the time have
known of il ne didn't remember il now.
and had 10 reason to think that he ever
knew OF it He certainly had no in
terest in II. he said. or he'd not have
forgotten it. He didn't deposit the
$500 cash. and didn't know that il was
/ deposited 10 his order.
This account showed Withdrawals be
ginning July %. and extending to July
u 1904. ranging from $50 to $4,000 on
July "A. 1904. the $500 was exhausted
HackIev said he never drew any OF the
money and had no knowledge Of its
being drawn He told Judge Bruce ne
knew Tracy Rogers we'll. but didn't
know II. A. Robinson. or ". ". Cole,
and had no business dealings with them.
o.. Robinson or II. NJ. Beardsiey, or the
Street Railways Association.
The $4,000 Draft.
-rb.,, ,ane his story Of the $4,000
draft on which he A {. Hacl1ley sPe-
I cia,- account that he remembered was
( opened. He came 10 the Office one morn
/ ING he said. and found in the mail
$1,000 draft to his order. 1t was
drawn ne thought on the Chemung
/ Canal Trust Company, Of Eln1fTa
..ouite q shock. wasn't it?' querled
Judge Bruce
Yes rather pleasurabie shock
e--,t1ad the witness. He pocketed the
draft. he said. because he felt sure some
thing would happen TO explain II Pres
emily Tracy Rogers came around anu
asked Hackley If he'd received anything
- the mail. Hackley told him about
tho draft Rogers thp-eupon told him TO
denosf+ il 10 his credit in the special
a,,o,,n- and later he'd tell him what TO
do with it
u,rl.Iez did 50. He said he'd seen the
s-oo,,7,+ in the books since then. Judge
Bruce asked him TO point It out IN Ii4e
/ ledger. Hackley couldn't find IL Judge
Bruce said he'd been unable to ma IT,
/ too. Hackley was sure though. that Ne
hadn't confused this with the >'''T"
...~,aciar, account. as the $1,000 item
stuck in his mind
Judge Bruce asked about telegram
| of JuIv- %. 1909. TO Cole. at ElmIra. tell
,rg him that check had been returned
md 70 mail New York funds to Hack
lev's order.
4acklev said he knew nothing ABOUT
r. Also he said that he never wrote 10
cole on July - acknowledging receipt ol
.t,a draft He scrutinized the signature
e the letter. and swore II was not ms
-,--=+7pe Also he said he never wrote
tho letter 10 Senator GoodselL teillng
~, 70 call Al the Office Of Ellingwood q
cunningham TO get $1,000, although tha'
r,,issive was signed with his initials IN
+z-nawritfng. He said he never kne" Oh
the letter or Of the incident
4. to GoodselFs 5000.
Ia didn't know why Goodseu shoulo
cot S5nno. or if he did get it Certainly
he rF4acklev) never gave it to him
4aclzlev said that when he left the
employ Of ElHngwood & Cunningham ne ~
,slie,.ed there was about half the $1,000
1e4r IN his credit. The rest had oee''
I'D n Rogers from time to time as ne
INDEED il. in amounts from 500 UP.
..ze nlaced the money TO my credit
80 he had the right to draw 1t out
5id7.t ask him Why ne wanted It. No
: d;5n,t consider it vas any Of my husi-
ness. me