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

him ticket that day. once in a
while l missed getting ticket" he
admitted. The transaction occurred
in the forenoon. When Lawyer
Kimble wanted to know what the
witness did that afternoon, Mr.. AL
pha replied: Gosh, that's something
you'll have to ask somebody else"
Howell Bortree, son of S. C.
Bortree, was the next witness. He
swore that he saw Alpha at his faith
er's mill on May 10. He didn't know
what time of day it was. He was
just beyond the mill, out at the barn,
when Alpha came.
On crosS-eXamination Howell, Jr.,
said he was % years old, and that
he worked part of the time in the
mill. He said he was watching
Swarts on that day. He denied
ever telling anybody to go there and
get away if possible before taking
a ticket. What he put in the bag.
| Howell said he charged to himself.
He didn't remember having told
Laurice Bell one evening that he
had SI5, showing him the money.
and saying when he wanted money
he got it by going into the mill, and
that he had taken the money out of
the sales of the mill that day He
denied being in the habit of going
to the bag whenever he wanted
money. Swarts. he declared, had
the bag himself. Swarts, he said,
was sometimes fireman, sometimes
engineer, sometimes miller. No 9TH
er person had access to the bag ex-
cept Mr.. Swarts. The bag was kept
at his brothers house over night.
He said no one asked Swarts for the
] I'll /, 10, l..
Mr.. Swarts was often sent for and
carried to the office to make change.
! Howell, Jr., swore he never heard
of any difficulty between himself and
] his father about taking money from
! the bag used by Mr.. Swarts in the
sales department.
Floyd Bortree. the third witness,
swore that he was a member of the
firm of s. c. Bortree and Son.
Swarts he said, worked for them for
the past seven years up to last June.
/ His duties were a little of all kinds
of work on the mill. Swarts attend
ed to the boiler, did the grinding.
acted as clerk and general man
about the mill. He sold goods and
received pay for them. A record of
payments was made on machine,
which was the only way they had of
keeping a record. He explained to
the jury the workings of the ma
chine. Swarts' instructions were to
put all his business through the ma
chine, and give the customer slip
for every sale. He was given charge
of the money bag in the evening. He
had the bag in the day time and kept
his records on the machine. He
would tear it off at night and put it
/ n
the money in the morning and in the
evening Bortree gave him the bag in
the morning and he returned it to
him in the evening". Sometimes
when Bortree wasn't at home, he
took it up to the house.
This machine" said Bortree,
when you write on it has bill
form. Anything you write on the
top slip makes two extra slips. We
put down the day and the name of
the person of every transaction.
= "W' stood for Will. Swarts was
known as viii. He did it all in his
own hand. If l sold anything. l en-
tered il in my own handwriting, and
charged it TO IF" No money was
put in the bag except when paid to
him. Then he would make record
of the sale"
Bortree explained the workings OF
the machine to the jurymen. One
record went TO the customer. A dup
licate went to the clerk. Bortree's 8
record was in the machine. When
night came on this roll was taken
out, wrapped up and put in the mon
ey bag. Swarts did not have to ac-
count for charges made to me and
Howell. Swarts was accountable
only for what he had charged to
himself He would mark $40 out
If Floyd borrowed money OF him, and
[ vice versa. The witness produced
the record of May 10, 1911, which
[ was supposed to have record of all
of their business of the day on it.
e There was no record on ii OF cash
= received from Alpha.
When cross-eXamined by Attorney
, Kimble Bortree denied that the ma
| chine of ten failed to make a third
S impression. When Bortree obtained
a any money from Swarts during the
e day, owarts would mark it on the
t record The entire transactions oi
the mill would be on the roll al
y night. Swarts had charge of the bag
I during the day. Bortree denied tax
S ing the bag from Swarts. SwartI
s would take money out of the bag
h give IL to him and charge it on the
0 record. $40 was given him tha
r morning. Bortree put 1t in the bal
| and gave il to MIN. Howell, Mrs
t Bortree and Miss Gilpin counted the
n money that night.
- Bortree said he was in the autC
I business. l merely handed SwartI
a the bag. / didn't tell him how mucl
Il there was in it. My wife has access
Q to the bag. The bag is kept In M
s desk in the house. l and my fathe