The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-21
CUMM|NS IS GUILTY OF ENTERTAINMENT Remanded to T0mbs Until
 Friday - STUNNED BY RESULT Breaks Down and Weeps-Declare Fight Is Just Beginning-Jury
 Out Five Hours-Trial
 Lengthy One
STUNNED BY RESULT

New York, November 2o.-William J. Cummins. the former Tennessee promoter and recent directing head of the Carnegie Trust company, was found guilty today of the theft of s14o,oo0 from the Nineteenth Ward bank by the jury before which he has been on trial for the last five weeks
 He was remanded to the Tombs until Friday when his counsel may present any motions desired before sentence is pro- nounced.
 Cummins seemed stunned by the result. His attitude throughout the trial was one of apparent assurance and cheerful ness After the verdict was announced the prisoner remained standing in an evil dent daze as Judge Davis thanked the Jury. When told by court attendant that he might sit down. he said huskily: {.
 "Thank you, sir; thank you and sank heavily into the chair. When his pedigree was taken the convicted bankers replies were scarcely audible, but before he was led from the court room he seemed to have recovered some of his composure.
 At the Tombs. however, he broke down and sobhed.
 It IS not myself tlidt diIi tiilihihS about-there are others he said, as he sat weeping on bench in the warden's office Then rising to his feet he ex claimed fiercely: The fight is just be- ginning. feel have done nothing wrong and I am confident that If I was con- fronted with the same circumstances again, I would do the same thing
 The jurymen retired at 12:40 o'clock and were out five hours. They refused to d- vulge the nature of their deliberations. The principal witness against Cummins was Bradley Martin, Jr., vice president of the Nineteenth Ward bank, who testi- fled that the loans put up by that in- stitution and the Van Norden Trust com psny had been turned over to the Car negie Trust company under a trust agree ment by which the money was to be used to retire Van Norden. Nineteenth Ward. and Twelfth Ward bank stocks held as collateral in loans. The state held that Cummns had S14O,O00 of this fund checked to himself and that he used it to bolster up the finances, of his various industrial companies in the south, which the state attorney referred to as paper" companies.
 The penalty for Cummins' offense is in determinate term of from five to ten years as the maximum sentence. Cummins is FU years old and has a wife and married daughter.
 The case of William J. cummins who was accused of bank footing after the collapse of the Carnegie Trust company went to the iiry today tai
 Before beginning his charge Justice Da- wis said that two counts had been with drawn from the consideration of the jury he said, alleging common law larceny be- fore trust in the two institutions being untenable. He said larceny from the Car negie Trust company and from the Nine teenth Ward bank was preferable. He then read statements submitted by the defense which emphasiz the contention that the detandant was on trial only for the theft of sl40,0O0 and that the jury could not find him guilty of any other ciime and that he should not be found guilty as warning to reckless flnan- ciels, ..tfr