Evening journal., 1914-04-09
Former Bank Cashier Spends
Another Day on The Stand

1T appears So"
"And by this incorrect posting you
got the $4,000, did you notg' asked
Nr. Nields
1T is out, replied the witness.
'You got rid OF it, asked Mr..
Nields
Mr.. Ball objected, and was over
ruled and took an exception.
That posting reduced the amount
OF the notes BY S10,0OO,r said Mr..
Kelly.
by reducing that amount were
not the deposits reduced correspond
ingly,' asked Mr. Nields.
II don't know" replied the witness.
Then entry in the journal was s5,-
O7S.34.
Mr.. Kelly said he would like TO
make statement. Certainly. said
Mr. Nields
During all this time was away
from the bank a great deal" he said.
But these are your figures said
the district attorney.
"Yes, sir"
"And IL the books were 10 be put
in accord, these changes had to be
nader"
"Yes."
you make the deposit up without
any reference to the overdrafts. don't
your"
Eyes, SIR,
80 that nothing that Mr. Lockwood
gave you about oyordrafts entered into
this and you made up your reports.
Yes sir. | think they We're correct
Didn't you know there was q short
uge OF sls,lo in the deposit account Z"
asked Mr.. Nicldf
II wouldn't say 30. ! still think my
accounts are correctF said the witness.
lie admitted That errors had been point
ed out TO him
The witness declared that he had
totaled the figures week after week aud
had no recollection of the difference be-
tween them. Tie said he had no recol
lection of the. transactions and tue
transcripts in the other books.
II don't know anything about IT, he.
answered tire and time again.
When you added that + into the
note account without amy warrant, you
say you have no recollection of tliatf"
asked Mr. Niclds
None whatever was the rep
80 when this investigation was
started You had no recollection"
NO, sirn
when Mr. Fowler came to you with
tho Sis,700 discrepancy. did you mention
the SIS. 100 difference IN trial balance
you took oiff' asked Mr.. Nields.
= don't remember told him of q
difference in the Individual ledger before
he brought me the balance which he
took OF, said the witness.
you did not say TO him that there
was a discrepancy of $1S.l00?'
"No sir. / did not know IT,"
did you call Mr. Stockton's at
tentlon that you had put $4,000
credit TO the account"
81 did not / didn't know anything
about IT, / could not say anything.
] did not know abont IT," replied Mr.
Kelly.
Mr.. Nields took up the addition Of
the notes by Mr.. Fowler when they
We're out only $50 and the second ex-
animation a few months later when
the notes were out about $1,000.
Where was this $4,000 worth OF
notes Mr.. Kelly?" asked Mr.. Ball.
Il don't know" was the answer.
Mr. Kelly declared that he never
made a statement to the bank direc-
tors that nothing wrong would be
found after 1904
II never made such statement to
Mr.. Foard or anyone
Mr. Ball took the witness for re-
/ direct examination and asked him
concerning the Fourth Street National
Bank audit statements.
did the statement Of the bank cor
respond with the ledger?" asked Mr.
Ball.
+ II don't know, sir. II was done by
the president of the bank
] Mr. Kelly was questioned about the
difference between the statement book
and the general ledger and said he
did not make the statement Intention
ally or make the additions Incorrectly
with his knowledge.
you have already testified to these
fiye items that made up the incorrect
amount that you did not make them
| knowingly said Mr.. Ball.
"Yes sir I did not make them
knowing that they we're wrong and
had no intention of deceiying anyone.
replied the witness.
The witness said that while the eX.
animation OF the books OF the banl
and the Investigation was going OF
he made statement to the comp
troller OF currency, the same as h'
made the other reports. He declared
he had confidence In his books anC
made the statement from them. know
ing what would occur II he made :
false statement Vilfully
81 viii ask you n anything happen.
ed TO you that would keep you from
knowing anything about the erasure'
In 1902" asked Mr.. Ball.
Eyes sir: ] lost two sons, one on
March 3. 1902. He was % years old.
the other on March %, the same year
20 years old" Mention of the deati
OF the two sons clearly affected the
witness He sat down and held hii
eyes.
Mr. Ball offered a paper, which Mr.
Melds objected to but the court over
ruled the objection.
Mr.. Ball read the paper to the jury
II was a settlement of the note ac-
count between the bank and Mr.. Kelly
The paper stated that $5,l661S haC
been paid TO the bank by Mr. Kell,
In settlement OF a shortage In notes
In making the settlement the paper
stated that Mr. Kelly did so not be
cause he was responsible for th'
shortage. but because he was bondeC
and had been given legal advice tha
on account OF being cashier he wouls
have 70 pay the shortage. He has
not been 10 the bank.
Mr. Pail cfafod that Mr. En1ly haf