The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-19

was often in the hands of Floyd
Bortree as late as o'clock in the
morning; that Swarts had six or
eight teams at the grist mill. When
he was pressed in looking after the
boiler and giving out supplies to men
hurrying him, this bag lay in the
house of Floyd Bortree and he had no
means of making change He would
be obliged to go to the house and
ask Bortree to make the change. lie
would give him S5, get the change,
and S. G. Bortree would put the big
bill in the drawer of the office.
"The same with Floyd Bortree. He
would take the bill, put 1t in his
pocket, and give him change. We
will show you that the young man,
Howell, had free access to the bag
and took bills out of the bag. We
will show you, by dozens of the best
men of Lake Ariel, the work this
man had to do, the crowded Condi-
tion of things and how these per-
sons would slip away without their
checks. The mill was full of checks
that people threw down and refused
to carry home.
"The machine often failed to regis
ter for weeks on the second and
third carbon copy. We will show you
that when Swarts went out to get
change early in the morning he
made an honest report. On one oc-
CasiOn the bag was short 81 in bills,
when it was opened. Later Floyd
Bortree discovered his wife had TAX
en- 1t.
"Often Floyd Bortree would take
the bag Customers would meet
Swarts on the street. The bag was
gone. The report went on next day s
business. 1t was utterly impossible
the way they did business to make
the money and the record agree. Mr..
Swarts comes here with character
sustained by the best people of that
place. We will show that this case is
devoid of any reason of any fw
devoid of any reason or substance as
far as Swarts is concerned"
Floyd Bortree was recalled by At
torney Kimble for re-Cross-examina.
ton. The witness stated that he
found out all of the discrepancies in
the accounts almost Immediately, and
all were found out prior to June /.
Swarts' Story.
/ G. w. Swarts took the stand in his
own behalf at 9:35 a. m. He testi
fed that he had lived in Lake Arie
/ for seven years; that he was SO year.
of age and married. At present he i.
clerking in a hardware store II
Scranton. He worked for S. C. Bor
tree in the milling business. The!
( sold all kinds of feeds, condition
powders, fertilizers, etc, and handled
/ far implements and repairs. A eide
mill was attached to the grist mill
Swarts said he was general maj
about the mill, and had to tend thu
engine and boiler, grind the grist
look after the unloading of the grain
and answer the telephone. The mil
which, has two storage floors abov,
the ground floor, is located very clos
to the residences of S. C. and Floyt
Bortree. In the morning" SAT-
Swarts, :" would receive a bag witt
change in it, delivered to me by diff
ferent ones. 1t was their place t
deliver the bag to me. The bag wa
in my pocket most of the time unit
some one came and asked me for
to make change.
Floyd and S. c. Bortree, or any o
them would come and ask for none
at times. At the end of the day
c., Howell Bortree or some of tn
ladies at the mill, and when no on
was there l would take it to tn
house. 1t was customary to deliver
at the mill.
" The mill is run by steam. A
engine house is attached to the builC
ing, not under the same roof. Tn
, sales department is in the main floC
nf hn I'M ct1 iS a
in all departments of the mill.
; Trade was with the farmers VIII
|, brought their teams and wagon
We had a great many customer
; Eight or ten teams would be ther
; at one time in the morning. TheI
was very seldom any one there bl
myself. The entire work of the mi
, was on my hands.
Il put down the sale of the fee
, on the Autographs Register" an
pulled out two slips. One went to tt
, customer; one to the file, and ii
third was left in the machine
When asked about the care an
custody of the bag, Swarts said:
, ION one occasion | went out an
D gave it to S. C. Bortree. l went int
. his residence the next morning an
! asked where the bag was. He sa
! he didn't know. | told him | gave
] to him the night before. He told n
e to go into the barn and look in IL
q hay loft. / think he said, you
= find it there | went there ar
found the bag.
,. "On another occasion | gave it
S c. Bortree. He put it in his KIN
G jacket. | hunted for the bag ne
morning He said he didn't have
| said there it is in your pocket nov
I And he found it in the pocket of h
u jacket.
II would deliver the bag to Flo!
e Bortree at times, to Howell at time
+ and quite frequently | would leave
y at his residence. His little boy,
e years old, would meet me sometim
y and say IN take the bag II
d little 7-year-old girl would take
e at other times. I'd give it to Nj
: Floyd Bortree or Miss Gilpin or p
). it on the table in the house, som
r times.
II In the morning |. came to 4
y mill. The first thing | had to do W
II to fix my fires. If a customer cam
h I'd go up and wait on him. I'd ha
e to look for change. | would go in