New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-28
RE|CHMANN TRIAL ENDS.
Justice Davis Will Charge Jury
This Morning.
HITS ROBINS INFLUENCE
Client Coerced, Says Counsel
While Whitman Talks OF Cheat
ing, Lying Proceedings,

T,te.-ic, ATTORNEY Whitman summed uP
cor the Peorle in the Reichmann case last
riqht and this morning Justice vernon -''
ro,se will charge the jury In the afteI-
,oon John 3. Stanchfeld summed up lol
Tho defence. after calling 10 the stsnd sew
.rsi character witnesses among them Ell
,a-6 r Bedford, president of the CorE
,oroducts refining Company and dlrectoT
~ the Standard oil Company. MT Be"
ford said that Joseph p. Reichmann' VINO
q sccused az a misdemeanor IN haNl"s
signed. as president Of the Carnegie I'uS'
COMPANY. an alleged false report OF the
,-ust comnanv's condition, had always
horne a splendid reputation.
vr peichmann as president Of the Ma
,,onal starch Company. suhsidiarN OF t'e
corn Products Company. had been on terms
NJ business Intimacy with the StanoaIu
on man before he became preslden' OF t"e
cerreria Trust Company. He received $l'
no O year as president OF the starch con-
oorr Mr. Bedford testified. and K l."
smith. yice-president Of the Carnegie Irus
,.o-rrerv asserted that as president o.
che .rust company Mr.. Reichmann received
sooooo 2 year Il was brought out NOV"
.,or trat f0r the first six OF his nine
months. ircumhency tho Defendants sd'
-. vas turned over 70 the late C. c. Ilch
,rson lis predecessor in the ofNce'
Brine Joy to Defence
Roth =. 7. ! Ball. the trust oompanE
o,5i-,r and I5ston /. Lewis, us co"iS
cd director. were recalled As Witness
:, The morning and both testine1' mu'H -
.re low Of the defence, that Kel'hlll''"
"a originally spoken Of the Northern fai'N
-, ~ ,r2o ooo az p participation. This iodn
49, .~. ~ the items which he Is accused %
(.,.te,.irr IN tho report 10 the state bahh-
d. Derartrent-that is. tn so Tar as lis
.i-,irq o. the report constitutes deoep'io"'
WE, vas the first time YOU had con
,.srsa,ior with Nj Reichmann ieSarulne
- sl2o 90 Transaction stephen T.. halu
a., ~ counsel for the defence asker MI
Pail on cross-eXaminatlon
THE raw before IL was rade-Ausus' 80
1910" replied the witness
What did Mr. Reicnmarn say 10 you
on that DAY
He said the Carnegie Trust Company
NC irving 20 sell a participation. on the
fouoU.ire dav. August %. Mr. Reichmann
ed the carnegie Trust Company nae
given demand note for $1,000" ano re-
ceive6 check for the same amount from
the Northern Bank"
Did be say that Robin had Insisted on
having q note
I don't rernen ber.
Mr. baldwin was still anxious 10 estao.lsh
what measure Of responsibility Melvin w
t4u-obfns. chief examiner Of the state
ranking Department. had for the note
o5arre into participation. His next
,,ee-ior was therefore.
Now when Mr.. Reichnann he'd CON
~arsa-ion with YOU regarding the change IN
the entry relating 70 the $4,000 WASH
Mr. Hutchins within hearirg
HE was.
..D,dn't Won turn 20 Hutchins right then
and there and ask him If you should make
the change and DIDN'T Won say II the
Ranking Department was agreeable You
worid mako the change
Yves
"yvha, did Mr. Futchins saw
.'F1e replied II that's an error II ought
70 be changed.
"nidn't he also say that YOU should 70
ahead and make that change. as that was
the only proper thing 70 do''
81 can't recall his exact words
isn't that the substance Of what he
said'"
yes"
Telephone Conversation Described.
II vas John x CLARK. Assistant District
ATTORNEY. who asked Liston l. Lewis about
The telephone conversation he had with
Roichrnann on August %.
"Reichmann told me-" said Lewis. that
he was preparing 10 sell 10 the Northern
Bank a participation in a mortgage loan
and asked me how Il should he carried on
The books"
But in subsequent conversation Reich
mann told the banks counsel that Robin
had insisted that the Carnegie Trust Com
pary give him a note for the $3.50. 600
They were all mighty scared of Robin
bur 7 was not" was the ingenious remark
o. Miss Mary Murphy. telephone operator