El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-20
ROGERS MOTHER
ON STAND.
Admits Getting Money; Ca
nutillo Postmaster Iden-
titles Rogers.

Mrs. &. c. Rogers, mother Of Clare
I. Rogers. who IS on trial in the fed
eIal court on a charge Of embeZZllnS
$4,000 from the mails, testified Tues
day morning that she had received a
package containing $500 IN currency
on September or 6, 1914. at her home
IN Emporia, Kan, four days after the
alleged disappearance Of the currency
jim Ell Paso- The money, she said, was
sent by her SON Enclosed in the
package was a note telling her that
he had made a land DEAL" she testi-
fled. She also testified that her son
had owed her $500 or $1400 for two
years.
Mrs. Rogers was called to the stand
b. the prosecution. Attorneys for the
defence attempted 10 spare her the
o-deal Of testifying against her son
and conferred with judge J. l. Camp,
prosecuting attorney regarding the
admission Of certain facts without
actual testimony from Mrs. Rogers.
Judge Henry d. Clayton, presiding in
the court, finally questioned the wit
ness himself, saying that it seemed
TO him the attempts Of the attorneys
TO reach an agreement was subjecting
the witness TO more embarrassment
than few brief questions would do.
Money Is Mailed.
The first witness called Monday
afternoon was Edward C.. Belt, clerk
in the registry division of the FL Paso
effect that he had received $4,000 in
currency at the registry window here
On the afternoon Of September ., 1914
The money was in five packages, he
testified, sent from the First National
rank here to a bank in New York city.
he was followed on the stand by Rob
ert H Kerr, also a clerk in the reg
lstry division, who testified that he
paced the packages in a mail pouch.
enclosed the pouch in a mail sack, as
Is CUSTOMARY and cd 70
Belt.
Six Persons Had Access to Pouch.
Attorneys W. B. Ware and Victor
Moore, Of the defence. brought from
Kerr the admission that six persons
have access TO the safe where the kew
to the pouches is kept ana tbat en- en-.
ployes Of the postoffice might have
passed by the place where the money
pouch was lying before it passed into
Rogers's keeping. Belts testimony had
SHOWN that Rogers was night man
IN the pOstoffice and IL was his duty
10 attend TO registered mail that had TO
be sent out on night trains.
1uesoay morning was taken I'd in
tracing the progress OF the pouch in
question from Fl Paso to New York
City, where, on being opened, it was
found TO be empty. according to the tes-
timony- Six mail clerks. employed on
the route between FL PasO and New
ork City. testified as 10 having han
--Sl LAle po4Cu IN transit Its contents.
as Tar as shown in the testimony al
ready produced. were not revealed nm
III II reached New York. where IL was
found TO be empty. George A. Cheto--
ney. foreman OF the registry division
OF the New York postoffice. testified as
10 having witnessed the opening OF the
pouch in New York. 1t was empty. he
said
Rogers Identified.
The first excitement apparent in tho
court room tuesday morning was when
n b. Westiake. postmaster at Canu-
ullo. testified that he had received 2
registered package at CanutiIIo on the
afternoon Of September 3. addressed
70 Emporia- Kas- The package. ne
said, was deposited by L. c. frost"
prosecuting attorney Camp then asked
him II the man who gave the name OF
frost was in the room Westlake said
yes" and pointed out Rogers. the de-
PENDANT, as the man who had deposited
me package at the CanutillO office.
Mrs Rogers then took the stand and
admitted having received a package OF
currency from her son She did not re-
member the pOstmark on the package. ;
but said II was not mailed at FL Paso.
She also testified that she did not recol-
iect any other writing on the outside
other than her own name and
address,