The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-29
PUT BLAME
ON BOSTON
firm HEAD
Defense Shows Plan of Az.
gument q Expert Acceunt-
ant Explains Miss Bent
lagos Books.

The cross examination Of Account
ant Schlautterbach at the Aass0aser-
Benflaes u1al. confinned today ana
indieations are that his tsstimaay vrl
not b completed until ae least leea-
day afesrneoa or Tuesday meaning oe
next week. He has been On the stand
IN entire week. running thr0aeh the
records Of the company IN tie seDoe4 %
present 70 the jaEy the seaeo q The
compa1y's books keot ~ MIS- Louiaa
Beatlaes. whose estate q being sued
By the dsy goods fizm Tor a1Ssoxt
mateay 3lo.eoe.
viii 0lame bsaooaseSoe.
An effort will b mAAo b. the de-
fense in argumsat, and With tAeir ex.
pert. 70 prove that the money ALLEGED
to have 0eea taken ffom The com.
penys ous1ness b. Ales BeatiaeAI vas
In reality taken BY Mr.. Hasameier
himself. In other words. tie deSense
viii attempt 70 prove aoooedin9 20 the
statement Of Charles 6hiveley, that
overdrafts Of members OF the oospora.
ton caused = loss IN the busiAoos TO
the extent OF the sshortase" ahovu IN
the books BY the plaintiff,
Just how this viii be done A not
known. Tho defense WIN aatenpe %
prove further. Il ID believed, that Nise
Bentlage. while shs knew az tho
shortage. had informed the president
OF the company and was. covering II
up tn order to protect him. This 10
refuted By the plaintiffs attorneys
by the statement made In the letter
written to Mr.. Hassnsier BY Miss
Bentiage On the day she committed
suicide In which she said that "you
viii be surprised when you hear of
these (rofeffing to tho unpaid bills. }"
Dividends Declared.
In 1907, Mr.. 0chlautterbach testified
total dividends were declared BY the
H. Q. Hasemeief company to ali the
stockholders. Of $e.S6s.S0. OF this
amount H. O. Hasemsisr received
y4.S17.37 and John Hasemeier received
$lsSS.13, No dividend was paid 70
Edward Hasemeier during that year.
Tho Withdrawals On the dividend &c
count during this year amounted 20
$a.7O.1e oa dividend aeceuata. The
account of II. O. Haselneier vas drawn
on for SS.l06.08 and John Hasemeier.s
eeeount was drawn On for 3elS. 10.
Wfthdrawals were made on the sai..
RES - follows: n. c. Hasemeier. 81.
zo6.bS: John Hasemeier. 31,26a. SO:
Edward Hasemeier $94l.S4.
overdravss Account.
At the beginning OF 1907. r. e
Hasemeier had overdrawn his diyi.
dend account $5.032.6l: John
$1.125.7s. The figures as shown hv
the witness In cross.examination
showed that this total overdravn ac.
count or $6.16S.l0 CT all the stock hold.
ers on January 81. 1907, had been re-
duced to $s.74s.1s on January 81.
The witness was then questioned
REGARDING the finances Of 1908. fiscal
Dividends were paid during 1908 .s
follows: To H. c. Hasemeier-ss.-
39s 1880; GO to John-s7Ss.oo: total-ss.-
BY carrying forward the overdr.wn
dividend accounts Of the preceding
year. the witness said that the bal
ance OF NJ. c. Hasemeier's overdrawn
account was &3.2z0.32.
John Hasemeier's balance was Sl2a.
rs overdrawn. including overdrafts In
previous ysars-a total of 81. 35O 0s
for all stock holders.
Estimates Withdrawal.
Dividend Withdrawal during 1905
amounted to the following: H. c.
Observation-Disclosures John-SeI2.17:
total-$4, 1885. Salary Withdrawals
were as follows: H. c. Hasemeier-
N.133-27: John-$1, ,206.63.
The dividend account overdraft M
n. c. Hasemeier in 1908 was 81. 1885,
%: John-$2S1.94: total-S5.O45.s4.
The dividends declared by the COM
pany In 1909 amounted to S6.s.6. 20.
OF this amount H. c. Hasemeier re-
ceived $5.z32.15 and John-SL.744.05.
Discussion between the attorneys
arose when Schlautterbach testified
that In February. 1909. $2.sS7.l3 was
placed to the account Of H. c. Hase-
meier. although there was no entry
made In the ledger to that amount. He
said that he had not investigated this
item fully. but II appeared to be the
payment Of a note by the corporation.
which was indebted to H. c. Hase.
meier for money borrowed from him
individually. The money had been
placed to the. credit Of H. c. Hase-
meier on his dividend account.
9hlvoley Makes Protest
The object raised BY Attorney Shive-
ICY w Suc "ttucUO u188IOk IN Sx0I001-
ton Of his figures when nothing an
peared on the book from which he
was reading. was overruled By the
court did you ever find an explain
alton Of this entry!" shouted Mr..
Shiveley.
mo. for ! never looked for any. re-
piled the witness.
Now add that amount to $685.. .l3
to the dividend account of H. c. Hase-
meier and tell the court the full
amount of Withdrawals from dividends
chargeable to Chris." said Mr. Shive-
ley.
Refuses 70 Reply.
When Mr.. Schlautterbach protested
against making the addition Of the
paid note to the yearly dividend &C
count. Attorney Shiveley Jumped to
his feet and demanded that the Wit
ness reply to his question.
Il will not reply to your question a
you stated II. because the 93.1o7.l3 is
not dividends." said the witness.
"Never mind what 'you think, you
answer my question" shouted Mr..
Shiveley.
The Judge then interceded anl re-
buked the attorney for the dseense In
attempting TO demand an -a.swar
lcentinvsd On Paos glshGl