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

method of doing business, Attorney
Holgate offered in evidence the rolls
from January MAY 81, 1911.
Swarts testified that he knew moth
ing of transaction with Alpha on
May 10, and never knew the mans
name until the hearing at Salem.
Until the prosecution brought it
up he said, 81 didn't know he was
there on that day"
'On May 10 did you retain any of
the monies taken in, for your own
use?"
No, sir. All the monies | got on
May 10 were placed in the bag.
| Along May II or Is | heard there
was shortage on May 10. never
heard from them about it until June
9. | had my wages as | wanted them.
My arrangement with Floyd Bortree
was for $40 a month. Mr.. Bortree
| told me any thing | wanted | should
take and charge myself with. He
| gave me check for $3.50 on June
| 1911. Holgate and | went into his
| office, June "a. We met Floyd.
told him I'd got his letter and came
! over to see him. He said 81 haven't
my books fixed I said it might as
! well be done first as last He fig
| ured up the books. There's some
! things that's not on the books he
said. He told me of lumber. | said
that was settled. Then he asked me
! about some hardware / bought at
a Scranton store. Is that all?' I
said. That's all | know Of he said
According to my account that's all
| now Of
Il asked him If that was a settle
ment for everything. He said it was.
told him Mr.. Holgate is my attor-
ney. Floyd asked DO you want this
check?' Mr.. Holgate said Wen take
that check as a settlement: took the
check and gave it to me.
81 remember Savits being at the
mill on May 12. He came there to
buy feed. He showed me had made
a mistake in a previous days pur-
chase of 40 cents. | put the 40 cents
in the bag. The correction would not
appear on the carbon copy. | was in
the fire room. He had the slip in his
hands | gave him the day before
showing the mistake of 40 cents.
added it to his bill. He took it with
him. Many of them threw the slips
on the floor. Some took them along
Did you ever take any money oil
their tie. Bortree & Son's) and
convert it to your own use?"
mo, sir"
Swarts then went on to give some
idea of the nature and character o
his duties at the mill, where he was
employed years, months and q
days.
1t was impossible to keep records
in the rush. When | was down in tn,
| fire room, they would come down ant
, ask for money. Quite freQuentl,
there was no record made of it. |
was the practice of the house to cal
my attention to shortage. My trans
: actions expired at night. | neve
2 knew but four days when l kney
| how much money was in the bag ii
/ the morning or evening. For tn
! last month or two nothing of an
= discrepancy was reported to me.
} told S. C. BOrtree when told about
5 shortage you know there is too mucI
| business for one man to kee
t straight
1t was twenty-five minutes past l
f o'clock, when Lawyer John T. Scrag
y took the witness in hand for cross
S examination. Despite merciles
!. grilling he could not shake the wit
e ness story in the east. About a
e Mr.. Scragg could get out of him wa
e that he was the Ariel Poultryman,
t who kept chickens for commerce.
purposes, tended his poultry b
n lanternlight in the morning and ha
! his son feed them at night. Swart
e insisted that il Alpha paid him an
r money he put it in the bag Coul
d adjourned at noon.
Wednesday Afternoon.
u Following the opening of Court /;
D. 1880 p. m, Attorney SCragg kel
Swarts on the rack for a full hou
9 firing a volley of questions at hin
. He succeeded in bringing out sever
~ points favorable to the defendant
Il What record" said Swarts, "haN
to show that l ever turned ar
u money over? l never got a receipt
u night" The defendant denied evt
e being told by Floyd Bortree that
% would have to quit his job, If
-, didn't keep his accounts bette
Swarts insisted that the check
last June was given to him as
u settlement for everything he owe
o Floyd Bortree. Bortree told hi
u there was a balance due him of $73
u 67. That settlement" declared II
1t witness, Included everything l owe
re him" Swarts left the stand at .:
tT p. IN.
!, f. B. Curtis, Lake Ariel, testified
~ being at the mill a year ago wht
Swarts was waiting on some peopl
10 S. c. Bortree came out of the off
II and asked him for some none
lt Swarts pulled the bag out of h
t. pocket, gave it to s. c. Bortree wi
:. took it to the office. The bag W
Is not returned while the witness W
there.
I'd Isaac Schaeffer, Gravity, told
$, getting a check cashed at the m
1t one day by Floyd Bortree. The ne
4 day he met BOrtree, and told him
es gave the witness 80 too much. Sa
is Bortree to Schaeffer: You cou
1t have kept the money, and l ney
$ would have known it," The witne
ut saw Swarts cash checks.
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