New-York tribune., 1910-12-09

equally new-looking checkbook. in
which. it was disclosed the first check
stub was dated April g. 1908
Mr., Evans explained at a previous
! session that the Nets had been most
unfortunate in the matter of records
Much Of the detail of their bookkeeping
vas on a card system. he said and Tim
/ Sullivan. the aged secretary Of the club.
! had carried the card system into the
South with him for the winter. And
he himself had decided in the spring
| Of 1905 that the old checks of the
Nets" were not in keeping with the
artistic standards of the club. so had
ordered q new check book and the old
one had inexplicably disappeared As
TO any book TO keep track of his bank
deposits, MIR Evans scorned such an in
vention, and simply jotted down his
/ deposits on the reverse side of his check
stubs.
| Bookkeeping reduced to its utmost
simplicity il ~Upeared TO be, but
strangely lacking in the details which
/ Mr.. kreseI hoped TO bring TO the atten-
| ton Of the graft-hunting committee.
However. Mr- Kresel made the best Of
things as he found them. and discov-
cred on the memoranda of deposits in
the Mutual Bank, in which the bookies'
funds were kept, $50, 600 item on May
! u 1908. That interested him. and he
wanted Mr. Evans TO tell where the
| S2oe00 came from.
'Oh. that was S20ODo I drew out OF
our old account in the Lincoln Trust
| Company" explained Mr.. Evans afably.
| 7 didn't like the way they handled our
account, so took it TO the Mutual"
Has His Banks in Story Mixed
But Nj KreseI had thoughtfuIly sup
piled himself with transcript Of the ac-'
count of the Nets" with the Lincoln
Trust Company, and he asked Mr.. Evans
10 point out the $4,000 withdrawal on
the transcript.
Evans at first scorned to put faith in
the transcript
Why. I read IN the papers this morn
ing that they lost their ledger" he de-
claimed. How could they make up any
Transcript
Mr.. kresel explained that the lost
ledger story had been told by Mr.. Kirk
land. Of the Mutual Bank. so it could
scarcely affect the Lincoln Trust Com
pany's transcript: so Mr.. Evans took the
transcript. hunted IN vain for any 500
600 withdrawal, and then looked up to
make the remark:
Tt must have been a bond sale, then
The lawyer convinced him that it
couldn't have been that. however. be
cause Mr. Evans had previously testified
that he sold bonds only once for the
Nets and that was on February 3.
1909 which put Mr.. Evans completely at
a loss 10 explain the source of the 500
600
Wasn't II in fact an assessment upon
the members of the Metropolitan Turf
Association he was asked.
No. il wasn't" replied Evans. Il
don't know what il was. but il wasn't an
assessment
He stuck "a that answer through a
series Of questions about the mysterious
source Of the S20ooN until Mr.. kresel
dropped his inquiry as TO its source and
went on TO learn as to its destination.
Ultimately it appeared that S12.5oo Of
il went to Davies. Stone & Auerbach
and to Delaney NicoIl. presumably in
equal measure. That was on June 16.
1903. and Mr Evans swore that the
payment was for services to be per-
formed in the future.
To Protect lts Members.
AS he explained the agreement. it was
that those TWO law firms were to defend
any and every one of the members of
the metropolitan Turf Association who
might be arrested at any time in the
future They had to take steps in the
cases Of about fly Of the members, Mr..
Evans said.
From the meagre records available,
however. Mr. Kresel discovered the stub
Of check for s.. 500 drawn in favor OF
! Evans himself. and bearing the nota-
tin legal expense" Thereupon he
wanted 10 know the reason for the
extra 500 for legal expense when the
| S12.5OO was TO cover everything.
That had been handed in cash 70
Eddie" Burke Mr.. Evans said. so he
reimbursed himself by check. and as
/ Burke was president Of the club. and
| had told him he wanted il for legal
/ expenses. he made that note on the
| check stub. but he didn't know how
Burke might have spent the money.
/ AIr Kresel read q list OF q score or so
/ Of members VINO withdrew about the
same time and each one on receiving his
/ share paid back by return check
amounts varying from $50 to $3.50. Mr
/ Kresel thought these return checks were
Tor assessments. presumably made in
/ connection with the fight on the Agnew-
; Hart bills. which the members had not
paid at the time they were levied. but
Evans denied this hotly and declared
they were nothing but accumulation Of
dues. bar bills in the club or their pro-
portionate share Of death benefit as
/ sessments.
/ Charles Z. Heney. who is e member of
the executive committee Of the Nets
was the next witness His business said
/ Mr. Heney. was that Of an art dealer.
ITO protect the racegoing public from
welshing' was the original and only pur-
pose of the formation Of the Nets Mr..
/ Heney testified. and the executive com
mittee was charged with the duty Of re
/ jecting undesirable citizens when they
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