Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-24

VIII Try to Pay Back.
Il will try" Mr.. siegel replied.
THE verdict is fully justified by the
evidence" said the court. The jury
has been merciful in giving you an
opportunity to pay the debts of Your
bank and I trust the verdict VIII be
a lesson to you.
Il sentence you to pay a fine of
81 600 and to be imprisoned in tho
Monroe County jail in Rochester for
ten months. but I will grant a stay
until the second Monday of June, 1915,
when you must appear in this court.
If. before that time. you have not
made good your promise. the SEN
tence so far as Imprisonment is con-
cerned must be carried out. II you
have done your part the court may
show clemency.'
Attorney Stanchfeld said there
would be no appeal. II was ready
TO enter a plea Of guilty to the lesser
charge at any time.h he said
The abrupt closing of the defense
came as q surprise yesterday after
neon, when John b. Stanchfleld chief
counsel for Mr.. Siegel. announced that
as two witnesses from Pittsburgh and
Kansas City had failed to come. his
client would stand on the testimony
of the eight character witnesses al
ready sworn.
Mr.. Stanehfleld renewed motions
made at the opening of court yester-
day for dismissal of the indictments,
to strike out all testimony as to joint
acts of Siegel and Yogel. and for
ruling that the alleged crime of the
defendant was a misdemeanor and
not a felony. Justice Clark denied
the first two motions and said he
would touch upon the third In his
charge to the jury.
Trains Eloquent Presentation.
Arthur C. Train, assistant district
attorney of New York County,
summed up for the people and Mr..
Stanchfeld spoke for the defendant.
Mr.. Train made what was declared
to be one of the most dramatic
presentations ever heard in a Liv-
ingstone County Court House. He
declared that many facts established
by the people had not been denied
by the defense.
Has it been denied that with the
enormous losses of these enterprises
Siegel accepted the money of poor de- !
positors-no sum too large, none too
small-that he knew money frcm this
hank was being sent TO Boston: that |
as a quorum he and Vogel wiped out |
the loss of $685. goo of the Simpson |
Crawford store with bank funds: that |
he connived to keep false books and |
above all that he laid plans to escape |
from the jurisdiction of the United |
States?
aTf Siegel had been an honorable
said Mr. Train. turning toward |
the defendant. The would have gone |
into bankruptcy long ago. But he
did not. Instead, with his dirty en-
+erprises in mind, he allowed the |
people as Mr. Stanch-
FIELD called them to put their money
into his bank that he might flood it
into his stores. Within eight days of
the failure there was not a penny OF I
a shop girl too insignificant to be I
placed in his hands.
"Did YOU ever hear of bank that |
did re. have a penny in the till, alb
sort " gutted?"
Stanchtield.
referring to statement credited
TO Mr.. Siegel that if he had been left
alone he would have maid OFF the de-
poeitors in full. Mr.. Train said: TT /
there was a sum of money that could |
have been paid TO the depositors why |
wasn't it?"
Mr.. stanchfeld objected on the
ground that Mr. Train was going out ]
side the evidence for his argument
Train Prods stanchheld.
"On your own statement" said Mr.. |
Train. shaking a finger at Mr.. Stanch-
field. you sad that II Siegel wasn't i
the money would be put |
back for the depositors Why?"
Concluding Mr.. Train said: you /
think that Vogel Is dead. He is here. |
Here is the dead Vogel testifying as
to Siegels misdeeds through the
mouth of Prali. And Pralls testi- |
mony is not denied "
Mr.. Stanchfeld spoke in a low tone |
He referred to Slegel as a victim OF
full of faith in his ven
lures. He dwelt on Siegeis personal
loss and his desire to go TO Chicago /
and there set out in life again and |
paw back the depositors in his bank !
dollar for dollar.
In his charge. Justice Clarke said |
that considerable latitude had been |
allowed In the taking of testimony, |
so that every phase of the case might !
have light. for it was only in this way /
that a decision fair to the defendant |
and the people could be reached.
Justice Clarke then read the statute |
covering grand larceny and that de- |
fning a misdemeanor stating that a |
for misdemeanor could be |
If the jury believed that the
greater charge had not been establish |
ed by the evidence.
Regarding the alleged act of con-
spiracy so often referred to in the
trial Justice Clarke charged that
should there be a doubt in their minds
that such conspiracy had been entered
into between Vogel and Siegel. all
testimony in regard to 1t should bs
thrown out. But. he added. above
all else, the jury must remember that