Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-26
MONEY WAS RETURNED,
IS WOODWARD'S CLAIM
Denies He Obtained 5000
From A. P. OrdWay & Co.
and Retained It.

Robert G. Woodward Of New York
former manager of \. p. Ordway 4
Co. this Afternoon in Criminal Court
No. 1, before Justice Wright, took the
stand in his own defense to answer
the Indictment charging that he OBJ
tanned $1,000 from his concern on the
false representation that it was to pay
an attorney and that he misappropri-
ated the money.
The defendant declared positively that
he never made the alleged representation.
and that the money was sent on DR.. Ord
ways initiative and against the advice
Of defendant. When he returned to New
York. he stated he carried the cash with
him. in envelope, and returned the
money intact to Dr. Ordway in person
The telephone commun- cation, which
according to the witnesses. with Or.
Ordway, and not with third party, as
testified by DIR. Ordway. The witness
told the jury that instead of seeking a
posit on with A. p. OrdWay e. Co, he
was sent for. and the proposition for
his employment came from the COM
pany.
He had been a public accountant for
twenty years. he said. and when he
answered the letter to call DR.. Ord
way asked him for his charge to audit
the books. He set the price at $1,000.
but compromised on $1,000 for three hours
work day
shortly after this employment, the
witness said. DR.. Ordway promoted him
to manager and gave him entire charge
The defendant will resume his testi-
mony next Monday. to which time the
court adjourned today.
Copies of Letters Identified.
Miss Margaret T. Hewitt of New York.
private secretary to the defendant in his
business as public accountant. was the
first witnesses called for the defense. Miss
Hewitt identified several carbon copies OF
letters which she had written at the die
tation of the defendant and sent to DR..
Ordway.
Attorney Henry +. Davis. in an effort
to prove that no letter could have been
received in France the day that DR.. Ord
way testified he had a letter from the
defendant which had been lost, called to
the witness stand Basil Miles, clerk in
charge Of the for eisn mails in the Post
Office Department.
The record offered by Mr.. Miles tended
to prove that no letter leaving New York
on the date mentioned reached France In
time for delivery claimed by the prosecu-
ton.
Statement For the Defense.
Mr.. Davis in his opening statement Tor
the defense said he expected to prove
that Mr. Woodward had come to Wash
ington August 10. 1908, for the purpose
of settling a controversy with the inter-
nal revenue bureau The defendant called
up DR.. Ordway by long-distance telephone,
MIR. Days said. and notified him that the
matter was not settled, and that the pro-
prietor of the medicine then proposed to
send money to Woodward, to which prop
osition the defendant demurred, but was
told the money would be sent.
Mr.. Davis said the testimony would
unfold the reason actuating DR.. Ord
way in sending the money. He de-
clared the name of Attorney George IL
Lamar was not mentioned over the
telephone and intimated that DR.. Ord
way did not intend the money to pay
counsel.
Attorney Davis told the jury the testt-
mony would show that Mr.. Woodward
took the money intact with him to New
York and placed it in the hands Of Dr..
OrGaway. Shortly thereafter. he stated.
Mr.. Woodward announced his resignation
as manager, in effect December 81. 1905
Five days before that time arrived.
Mr.. Davis averred, Woodward entered
two suits in New York against DR..
Ordway to recover $4,000. which are
still pending. Counsel did not explain
to the jury the nature of the suits.