Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-04
FORGERY CHARGE
MAY DEVELOP IN
BANKRUPTCY CASE
AIphonse BagIin Says lndorse-
ment on Check Was Not
Written by Him.

A charge of forgery may grow out
of the investigation of the affairs of
the bankrupt Kearny Hat Works
through testimony given at hearing
yesterday afternoon in Bankruptcy
Court before Referee Edwin G..
Adams A check for $1,000, dater May
2S, last, and drawn to the order of
Alphonse Baglin, was introduced in
evidence.
The check was made out by Will
lam A. Baglin as treasurer of the
Kearny Hat Works. William A. Bag
lin is also president of the bankrupt
concern and has been missing since
last Tuesday Alphonse Baglin is a
son of William A. Baglin. On the
back of the check were the indorse-
ments. "Alphonse Baglin" and will
lam A. Baglin."
us that your signature on the back
of this check2" asked Mr.. Bilder
mo, it is not" answered the wit
ness. 81 don't remember ever seeing
the check. l don't know In whose
handwriting my name on that check
is. never got the money, as far as
I can remember"
The witness was again questioned
about his knowledge of Mrs. Stahl,
to whom $500 worth of hats were
shipped shortly before the failure.
The hats were located in the Bowling
Green Warehouse, New York city,
where they are being held under a
restraining order obtained by Mr..
Bilder.
Alphonse Baglin testified that he
saw Mrs. Stahl but twice in his life.
The first time was more than ten
years ago, when she appeared at the
Excelsior Hat Works, in Wickliffe
street, operated at that time by AL
phonse Baglin. The second time was
about three months ago, when, with
his father, the witness said, he met
Mrs. Stahl in the Broadway Central
Hotel, in New York. Asked to de-
scribe the woman, the witness said:
She is about thirty-five or thirty
six years old, neither too light nor too
dark; about the same height as my
self, and slim"
The witness also testified that he
has not heard from his father since
the latter disappeared last Tuesday.
Alphonse Baglin accompanied his
father to the Hudson terminal in New
York and left him there.
Harry T. Baglin, another son OF
| William A. Baglin, was also a witness
at the hearing yesterday. Harry Il.
/ Baglin was secretary and manager OF
| the Kearny Hat Works. He also pro-
| fessed ignorance of his fathers pres
| emit whereabouts. He declared he was
/ worrying about his father, but had
not even inquired of his mother
whether the elder Baglin had been
heard from.
The witness reiterated that he had
never seen Mrs. Stahl, but hoped that
| she would come forward. Harry I.
/ -. tof t,te 20 esafH
| the woman would be produced at the
| proper time. The witness said he
| hoped this would be done for his own
sake and all those concerned in the
| affair
Joseph NJ. Buontempo. mason
contractor, who did some work for the
Kearny Hat Works, testified that he
met Harry T. Baglin on Market street
recently. and that Baglin said he was
waiting for Mrs. Stahl. Buontempc
declared that in the course of theiI
conversation the newspaper notoriety
accorded to Mrs. Stahl was mentioned
and that Baglin said he would pro-
duce her. Then Miss Mahoney
bookkeeper for the Kearny Hal
Works, came along and the converse.
ton ended, said the witness.
Joseph Kahrs, counsel for the Bag.
Inns. then cross-examined Buontempo
The witness contradicted his owl
story and swore that he never testi'
fled that Baglin promised to produces
Mrs. Stahl.
Harry T. Baglin was then shown
two checks made out to his order OF
May IA last by William A. Baglin a;
treasurer of the Kearny Hat Works
One check was for 1909 and the othel
for $51250. On the cash book of thu
Kearny Hat Works these sums wer'
entered as bills payable to Harry 7
Baglin. At first the witness said tn
) | S51250 check was drawn for payroll
purposes and the 5000 check for I
sum which william A. Baglin put int
] the business for the witness.
: Later the witness admitted tina
. both checks were cashed at the direc
ton of William A. Baglin and tn
> money turned over to him. He ais
3 admitted that his father was the Dos
: and his orders were carried out. Whel
asked about the $1,000 check with tn
supposed Endorsement of Alphons
D Baglin,@ the witness declared that h
thought "Alphonse Bag1in" had bee
written by Miss Mahoney, the book
: keeper.
!, Two other checks made payable t
I william A. Baglin were shown to tn
!. | witness. One check was for $3.50
: and the other for $1,000. Harry Bag
b lin said ne thought the 81, 800 chez
: was for accumulated salary due hi
s father. The 81 900 was probabl
> drawn for money advanced to tn
d corporation by William A. Baglin, tn
: witness testified. Both checks wer
a drawn within two weeks of the fai