Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-20
WYMAN OFFERED
IMMUNITY FOR
HIS TESTIMONY
Former Cashier Of O'Neil's
Bank Gives Damaging
Testimony Against the
Accused,

Occur d'Alene, Nov. 20.-Immunity
has been promised Edgar Wyman.
cashier of the wrecked State Bank OF
Commerce at Wallace, according TO
Wyman's admissions under cross-ex-
animation.
The cashiers stories of false bank
statements, wildcot borrowings and
lendings and general financial leger-
domain have been feature of the trial
Of Bernard +. O'Neil. president Of the
bank, on charge OF violating the state
banking laws.
The immunity, wyman said. was
promised 10 days ago. Further ques-
tons indicated that the defense will
seek to unload upon Wyman RESPONSE
bility for wrecking the bank.
Wyman. under cross examination.
admitted late yesterday that he was the
author of several OF the false reports,
that he knew they were false and that
upon one occasion he had made a false
report on his own initiative and with
out any special instructions from
O'Neil.
Regarding a report issued April 81,
1910, Wyman testified that the report,
which was signed by O'Neil and which
"oS AAduuuASliep was III " yiiphS "AAs-
ing. that the report did not agree with
the banks books and Il intended they
should not agree"
The intimate relations Of President
O'Neil with the bank examiners, who
are presumed to investigate banks with
no warning. is limited at by the state
in the copy of a telegram introduced
as evidence.
H. AL. t. II
aminer w. G. Cruise in Boise, dat ed
Oct. s. 1910 Cruise is the examiner
with whom the state has already
shown transaction involving the loan
of $1,000 by the bank which was charged
to O'NeiPs account.
The telegram reads: Am planning
going east next few days. Can expect
you soon? (Signed) BARNEY"
The state alleges that this telegram
was sent by O'Neil SO that the two
loans of $4,000 each. made by O'Neil
could be concealed from the examiner
When the report was made on Nov. r.
1910, 1t did not show the two items
according to wyman. the books Of the
bank and the report.
To allay the fears Of depositors dur
ing 1907 O'Neil is given credit for vol
unteering an unofficial report of the
banks condition on Dec. Z, 1907. This
report was not called for by the ex-
aminers, but the witness testified that
1t was printed and the employees of the
bank were kept busy mailing the report
to depositors for several days.
The report showed the following DIFF
ferences from the actual condition II
the bank as shown by the books o.
the bank: Loans and discounts under
stated. $63,503: overdrafts understated
$4,000; real estate and furniture and
fixtures under stated, $S760; bonds and
securities overstated. s78.593; this last
amount was also written in on the
books and carried along as an asset
according to the witness; due from
baNks overstated. $47,103, OF which
an expense account Of $8363 and fur
niture Of $3.50 were made a part; sur
plus and profits overstated, sS363, and
cash on hand increased $4,000.
In the report of May IA, 1908, the
cash items were increased from $60,46e
to $325.sS7. On this same report the
testimony shows that the overdrafts
were decreased $4,000 and the Ssho.
shone county warrants listed in one D!
the schedules of the report were in.
creased $4,000.
Letter From Cruise.
The state attempted to introduce {
letter from State Examiner w. G.
Cruise. in which letter ii was asked
that the letter be read to the direc.