The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1912-12-23
MANY FAD NOTES.

VALDEZ. Dec. 1.-THE Barncttc-
Wing case goes to the jury to-day.
ana the result Is only GGess. Most
Of the Witnesses Tor the prosecution
have gone over 10 Ra.nette. only
h. c. Wood and J. l.. Sale standing
pat, which further queers the out
look for the prosecution.
John Clark testified that he had
certified TO the bank statement ON
September %. dating the same Sep
;ember Ia aud that he had faile 4
TO swear the defendant as the 10
tary's signature significi that he
had Il. \. jackson. john A. Clark,
john l.. McGiun and Frank HaW kins
testified that the notes Of Tharp
{. RUsk. G f. Claypool. Dan Jonas.
John Flygar, Charles Robinson, York
and Billy Barnette and others still
unpaid We're all perfectly good loans
in September, 1910,
A letter was produced which was
written to Captain Barnette in 1909.
advising him TO reduce The amount
of bad loans which the bank was
carrying, but Dick Wood testified
hat only $4,000 OF such loans were
written off because under its then
condition the bank could stand no
more losses in 1909.
The testimony shows that G. +.
Claypool. Jack lesson nd Dan Jonas
we're directors who accepted the
Cold Bar stocks increase i'll valua-
ion. and also accepted the worthless
notes as good paper, and that CLAY
p0Ui and Jonas always did and still
owe the defunct bank.
IATER-Speeial Prosecutor Glib
son opened his argument before the
jury this morning. He Went into
he dealings of the bank before and
Der. ICES He read a letter written
BY X. c. Wood to Barnette and Hill
relative to the reorganization, and
showed that Wood at that time had
protested against the conspiracy 20
unload the Gold Bar stock upon the
bank; that the assets Of the bank
(the Gold Bar Stock We're raised
a. aH in value at that time to save
the bank, which was then insolvent
~ $ii $50. had not the Gold Bar
stock valuation been raised to cover
the shortage
FINK JUGGLED NOTES.
VALDEZ, Dec. 1.-THE third case
AGAINST Barnette and associates
went to the jury at noon, after the
close of Crossleys argument. The
jury went to dinner. and retired at
90 p. m, to consider the case.
The arguments before the jury, i'll
which Attorneys Gibson, Fink,
~.
cupied nine hours time. A sensation
al feature of the argument was
inks production and presentation
to the jury of six notes in exhibit
which had been entered by the pros
ecution as overdue and worthless
paper at the time the bank was
reorganizcd, and which it was al
legged by the bank We're used to es-
tablish a fictitious capital, and
which notes Fink showed had been
made on dates after the date of tn,
statement upon which the indic.-
ment was procured. or after the
statement had been prepared and
sworn to-in one case, three months
later.
In reply. Crossley intimated tha
= lilh f!dl DIT lcdSt JuS6iti " IL
those notes.
RARNETTE FOUND GUILTY.
VALDEZ, Dec Il. - The trial of
Captain e. r. Barnette and Lew
Wing. on the charge of falsely
reporting the condition of the bank
of which they we're officers. came
to an end this afternoon at 6 O'Clock.
when the jury returned a verdict OF
guilty against Barnette. and yer
diet of not guilty in the case of
Wing.
The closing argument of District
Attorney Crossley and the instruc'