The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-18
ETESE PROTESTS INNOCENCE
N0THiNG RONG ~ ms PART
n THE HOCkING root.
r,,m,ncd IN the I.sthran. lIAsklnS ease
numGounded. Ile SAYS. when Ne
Found BroLers Iiad HscR I sing ltls
srnrA ~ and Eager 90 tso Abroad

srnrA ~ and Eager 10 GO Abroad
Of rr. ind anything wrong In what
rlsr. done will give INV hand under lhe
l,.ra,. laid James D. keene after be
t.H r,rr rNamrncd for an hour Yesterday
t, ur,m tlkus. counsel FOR the reosiVsr
a. ,.r firm IT Iaihrup, Haskins 4 Co.
rt..n vrnt broke because of the collapse
,f,rr Wu.Aing pOnl. There II nothing
l....s assure yOu there was moth
.r.ra,r aa,n't p.rfecily straightforward
d. ,fur,lHug that had any connection
With rHI, runc~rn.
Mp k~,urS examination before Ref
..... ..,r.r Yesterday was hts first u,ies-
r.nmr no the Iathrop. Ilaskins \ co.
,,.s although he has Appeared half a
.sa lines M the J NJ Fisls 4 90 cas-.
BE-. f.- f,-t IN tuesday In the fiske cas.
Hsf Henry = lia-k ins was the man ~
.faUsbla for the COLLAPSE OF tho pool
l.ra4 go he didn't carry out Mr. keens's
Ofir-,
A. tho outset ot the inquiry Mr. Keene
offered statement correcting testimony
frsvlusly gwen Ia the eHsct that he had
o. shares Of Hook ing stock ALWAYS on
hand Ne dldn't know how many more
share, he did have. bat his accounts
would show. he said. Ne supposed that
il. nrokrrs. Popper \ Sternbach. still
lad The a. aD shares Of his stock that was
d.pos tsd with them when tho pool Col-
la sell hat he hadn't seen u and il had
newer been offered 10 him. lie said he
rad never received a penny for the 2 an
s.arrs of his stock that hls brokers took
90 make deliveries on their own account
b. avs that they are responsible 10 him
W ke-ne SAID that although the pool
on.ars.d On January 10 he didnt know
that his brokers had used bis stock
lot their own purposes until February
3 Ehen Nlr Popper had to testify about
u and told Mr. Keene In advance. Ne had
seen Nlr Pepper several times week
surs tho pool collapsed. and although
Mr. Keene asked him on various ocua-
Sons ho knew where the stock came from
that flooded the market and broke the
yoo Mr. Pepper didn know.
That's all the information | could en-
tract from hum said Mr.. keene.
'When he finally told YOU about il
dldn I YOU make a strong proteSty' asked
Mr Elkus.
! vas ~ astounded at the information
and the proceedings a. the interview were
90 uarm don think said along
irai line told him he had put me in a
yerv delicate position. | didn' saw much
10 him because he had been dingdonglng
a. mo 20 get me nut OF the pool long before
t"DaEse the large carriersof the pool stock
vsre very weak
NJ Pupper had testified that enc ~
the reasons his firm used Mr. keene'
stock waE that his account was m such
snana that they were afraid ~ u IN case
awning happened - the pool and u
~, partly - protect him that they used
h.s stock Mr. Eiks asked Mr. ke.ne
q the brokers had asked him the day ~
the COLLAPSE - put up more money o.
make hs account good. Mr.. keene re-
gusd My account was good their
How much was Il above what you
we'd
The stock had was worth that day
about SasnOnO above any clam tho firm
had against me-
-Did Mr. Pepper tell you that he was
sfraid that n called you couldn't make
S7od the amount YOU were 0wing'-
He didn't. Nothing Of the kind hap
ysred
Odd he say he wouldn't take c1anoes
o. y0u2-
4 don't think he would dare do that
No. 7 don't think he would either.
commented Mr.. klkus.
! object n theae comments and asa
thar hey he stricken from tha record.
f91 /. Mooney. counsel Tor Mr.. keene
The trouble u that what u said here
s7 = c1nfined n this room. u gues from
Nsv York % San Francisco
VI Ekus withdrew the statement
W Keene then asked that the question
10 lad q him and he answered then
Hs wouldn't have dared % do what you
sav ] don't like this answer and don't
80 - say u about a broker. Maybe
-H could 80 something ] couldn't ] al
vsvs had better opinion % the stock
than be had
VI keane was asked why II was that
vhar he made 4 payment for Hooking
So bought 4 was done nv a check
--8En ~ the name q his cashier. George
= I IA Blanche. O. the order ~ Mr.,
4s-,1ess. bookkeeper for Pepper A
s'suuach Mr. Keene said Il was done
tha' wav on his order. I wanted no
-i7rmttion ~ get out about IN, con-
rar'l1r between myself and Pepper y
S'srnhach ! didn't want Mr. HaEkins
o kn0w about my dealings with Mr.,
P7ppAr ~ Mr.. Pepper % know about my
cs'llngs with Mr. Haskinss hrms.
ne chief reason was We didn't want
tha brokers' names b appear on the
chs1ks because there IL a certain amount
n eakaDe m hanks.
'Vasn't the real purpoSe Of Il n conceal
your Transactions with Mr.. Pepper from
Nr Haskinss"
7 dhn want Mr.. Haskins NJ any one
s.se - NOV anything about u. said Mr.,
kssrs Then Il was that he declared he
you'd give hs hand II IL could BE- found
pa 10 did anything wrong. He said he
- sh' Mr. Haskins knew about Nj.
F-7per anyhow. Il wasn't case 81
rr.eaIIng u from Mr. Haskins but from
mo public i didn't want my connection
v.t1 arv broker known. said Mr.. heene.
Dldn every one in Wall Strce' know
ma Ia Blanche was your cashier and that
'1e">s earring his name were your
ChecAgs
] don know a. they did. la Blanche
~ ? ms name nv good deal.
~ tI.ls asked n Mr. Keene hadn't
,raf~d 1rough other brokers heaides
F1?, er & ,rernhach and LathrOp. Haskins
4 and he asked about Enrich \ Go.
VI h"7ra ,sId be- had traded a little with
'.s frr,h firm because Mr. La Blanche
taf mad" little money and become a
'-s~n"r = tho firm. ! can say with
af-H..'a Honfdence that | never bought
rs7.1 Through any one else he declared.
Nr January Il. n and 70 weren't You
,.0~ .. any kind " stockY- asked Mr..
HrIm.r' - counsel Tor the receiver.
We rr.a0t ~ thus probing into the per-
s0'7. transactions - the witness N Tar
a '1"s not concern Hooking stock.
- . 81. Mooney
Nr rats1a for asking the question
rH.H W Myg.Tr.. a. ghat 70 NJ Eeena !