Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-09
MILLER DREW CASH
Bank TeIIers Explain Indorse-
mentS on Checks.
BOOKS NOT IN EVIDENCE
Government Handicapped by Inabil.
ity to Locate Records.
PROSECUTION NEARLY ALL IN
Defense Expects to Present It's Case
Before acknowledgements
Tuesday, Maybe.

With only few more witnesses to be
called, the government today is nearing
the completion of its case against J. Bar
ton Miller, the former secretary treasur-
er of the First Cooperative Building AS
ISOLATION of Georgetown
All this mornings session in the trial
before Justice Stafford in Criminal Court
No. 2 was devoted to proving the techni-
cal phases of the charge Of embezzle-
ment against Miller. Tellers of several
local banks were the principal witnesses.
the sense of their testimony being that
the Endorsements showed the payment to
Miller of various sums of money intended
for the building association.
Handicap on Prosecution.
1t is said the government has never been
able to locate some Of the principal books
of the Georgetown organization. The case
in chief against Miller probably will be
compelled to rest without showing that
credits for the money received were or
were not carried in the accounts kept by
Miller of the associations transactions.
Assuming that District Attorney Will
son and Assistant District Attorney Proc
tor will conclude their case later this
afternoon, it was stated by Attorneys
Davis and Laskey, for the defense, that
the evidence on behalf of Miller will be
placed before the jury probably by next
Monday. so that final arguments may be
made Tuesday
Today is the sixth anniversary of JUS
tice Stafford's service on the bench of
the District Supreme Court.
Tracing Disposition of Money.
Carrying out the theory of it's case, in
the effort to prove the charge of en-
bezzlement against ]. Barton Miller,
former secretary-treasurer Of the First
Cooperative Building Association. the
government today followed several of the
alleged fraudulent transactions still fur
Their and sought to show that Miller
actually received the money which, it
is claimed. he converted to his own uses,
rather than to the uses of the building
association.
the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany; W.. H. Taylor. receiving teller at
Riggs National Bank, and Philip F..
Happ. paying teller at the Columbia Ma
tional Bank, were the first witnesses Of
the day.
Mr.. Doing described the actual working
methods of the local clearing house, in
dicating the system by which checks on
various Washington financial institutions
are passed for payment by the banks on
Messrs Taylor and Happ Identified sew
eral checks drawn on their banks, which
they testified were paid to J. Barton
Miller.
Cross-examination in each instance
was brief Attorneys Davis and Laskey
for the defense, were content to obtain
simple statements from the witnesses
that the stamps "P r." or "R. T." on
the face indicated whether the checks
were paid by the paying teller or were
taken for deposit by the receiving teller.
Lambert Tells Of Suit.
Still another transaction was detailed
before the jury when the government
called Wilton j. Lambert, a member of
the bar, to the witness stand. Mr.. Lam
bert testified concerning a suit which he
instituted against the First Cooperative
Building Association on behalf Of Mrs.
Maggie Kopp.
stock in the building association which
matured. and she found it necessary to
enter suit to get it. Settlement was
made by j. Barton Miller. Mr.. Lambert
said, the payment being made in cash in
Mr.. Lamberts office.
Other witnesses this morning were Will
liam Henry White, a. member of the bar,
who represented Mrs M. Schaeffer Wal
ker in the adjustment of a loan made by
the First Cooperative Building Associa-
ton; 8. g. Gertman, who appeared for
and Joseph H. Lee of the auditing COM
mittee of the association, who identified
Miller's signature on several checks and
letters.