The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-18
Attorneys In Benflage.Hass.
meier Case Agree e1 JtFsgs
WIN Settle Tfodbk7 FlEsa
Session. ,.>,>' =.
STATEMENT rs, MADE


A jury was ssasctsd today In tAo
case of h c.. Hasensisr vs..fA esta4s
Of Miss Louipa. .Bsntlsss. tor- -ths rsoov.
cry Of $11.ooo alleged .tos hive bsea
confiscatsd by the dGeelssd.
Tho Jury. 10 composed OF . !Gseess
Scott Abroither way.s Hauy- 9ovsss.
Charles Shank. Luther z Klnk. oaeres
Kslsay. Joseph Frsms, Aih1af sCaHp-
ball. Charles Cain Wi1tA0, HAS11R N
thur Ballinger nd,HsetW Bana. :
Henry q. johnson made tn 0pooinG
statement for the plaipttff.. He sn1l
that Mr. Hasemeder had FaOoetof tint
the books OF the eomHany, bad never
been audited by other oefSctals of the
company all during the time Miss Lou
lisa BentlaSe was -b0oakasper aud she
was trusted with al the funds Of tie
company. The first the 'compa4v m6v
Of the shortage was In lAugust 1914.
That was two: months. be6o1s abe con-
mitted suicide on Oct L. 1914. b. tax.
ing carbolic acid. t4N-E-
when Hasemeier told ,her the ae-
counts had been ovesiayaWn sho sid
some mistake had been made and no
further investigation was made at
that time" a. -. :
It is alleged By the plaintses that
during the employment Of Louisa Beat
lage as head bookkeepec OF the Be-
ton Store, over $4,000 sh0rtASO was
found. Because Of statute limitations,
collections can only be made fol. the
past six years and Il 10 alleged 6y
the H. c. Hasemeief company tha1 tie
estate Of Miss BentlaSo 10 indebted to
the company. to the extent Of 39.136
with interest Over afty witnesses
have been summoned. Judge William
Sparks. Of Rush circuit, court isspfe.
siding. He was Appointed spociel
Judge when Judge D. W. -Com0nock,
Judge OF WAYNE circuit .oonrt. peolt ltsQ.
refused 70 eDayG -
Two hours were required 10 oq1eak
. Jury: Prompt1ysst TO- osSto<K de
ateorneys, b41Aa tAe Noek a. luoakida.
Ing the jurymeA. Tho jury wa6 e6an.
plete by noon and aftsr bsiAe SVofa
were dismissed. until aftarn0dn wh6a
the. opening statement ives made BY
attorneys for the plaintiff. John r.
Robbins Of indianapolis and ShivelSy
and Shiveley. OF Richmond. are the
attorneys for the defense while Henry
U. johnson. Gustave Hoelscher and
Gardner. Jessup and White represent
the plaintiff. tEt..ss
The case 10 creating more interest
than any suit that has been tried IN
circuit court. for the past five years.
There were at least fifty perDcns In
the court room while the jury was b.
ing selected. -a :--i-:'
The main question asked. Of all the
jurymen In their preliminary examinA-
ton was regarding their intimate %
quaintance with either party. Every
juryman was asked where he did his
banking and whether he did any trad
Ing. At the Boston store. or with any
of the Bentlages. - 80. - -
Henry. william and Harry Bentlage
were in the court room In Close co.,
sulation with their attorneys, =. Charles
ShiveIey conducted the examination
for the defense and Henry %! JOIN.
son conducted the examination :. for
the plaintiff. 80 - -.:!-. : --l5
John Bennett, who. lives within q
square of the Bentlage home was ex-
cused by the plaintiff because Of his
intimate acquaintance with the IAN
lily. william r. Miller. q mouldes.
was excused by. the defense beeeupe
he was . member Of the St. Poul's
Lutheran church to which the Haze
meier family belongs.- i