Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-24
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Offers Correspondence In Evidence.
The court was called to order before
the Jury filed in in order to give Mr..
Hogan of counsel for the defense an
opportunity to offer in evidence corre-
spondence received by Mr.. Williams,
controller of the currency. from the de-
fendants in 1914, explaining the stock
transactions on account of Flather and
Father and Glover and Father with
Lewis johnson & Co. Following an
objection by the government to the
introduction of this evidence. on the
grounds of immateriality, the court
ruled against Mr.. Hogan, who noted an
exception. The jury was then brought
into the courtroom.
The defense Immediately took up the
examination of additional character
witnesses. 1t was evident that they
proposed to continue bringing in this
type of evidence until such a time as
the court should order them to discon-
tinue. This belief was confirmed later
in the morning when the court inquired
as to how many more character wit
nesses the defense proposed to bring
forward. and notified Mr. Hogan that
the number must be limited. MI
Hogan spoke of the great difficulty in
restricting the number of Washing
tonians who desired to testify to the
high reputation of the defendants in
the community.
List of Character Witnesses.
During the course of the mornings
procedure the following witnesses testi-
fed as to the reputation Of Charles c.
Glover. in respect to probity, honesty. in
tegrity and veracity: Charles ]. Bell.
president of the American Security and
Trust Company; Rev. Charles T. Warner,
rector of ST. Adams Church. of which
Mr.. Glover is member. Samuel b. Hay
den. an attorney, who took prominent
part several years ago in getting Mrs.
Maybury out of the English prison where
she had been incarcerated for twenty
years; John H. Small, florist; Clarence X.
Wilson, former United States district at
torney; Fulton r. Gordon. real estate.
George B. Mullen and Rev. DR.. Archer,
registrar of the American University. of
which MIR. Glover has been trustee and
treasurer and chairman of the finance
lowing characterizations to Mr.. Glover's
reputation along the lines indicated:
Very highest absolutely the best"
couldn't be better" stands in a class
by himself" excellent
The following testified as to the repu-
tation Of W. j. Father and H. H. Father:
Mr.. Bell. Harry S. WEIGH, Mr.. Hayden.
Mr.. Small, Jacob Frech, chairman of
son, w. b. Turpin and James B. Lambie.
Similar characterizations to those used
in the case of Mr.. Glover were employed
by these witnesses.
was brought to a stop by an order
from the court. Mr.. Hogan remarking
in this regard that otherwise they
would have gone on Indefinitely in es-
tablfshing the high reoute Of the de-
PENDANTS.
Milton E. Allies on the Stand.
Milton E. Allies. vice president of the
Riggs National Bank. was the next
witness called by the defense. Mr.
Allies stated that he had served as
assistant secretary of the Treasury
under Presidents Mckinley and Roose-
Welt. and that he had been a director
Of the National City Bank of New
York: He described the details Of the
the National City Bank of New York
purchased government bonds at his
suggestion. He then described the
turning over of orders from depositors
transactions to the defendants and
stated that this practice was stopped
after July. 1914.
He testified that cash items" are car
the Riggs National Bank. under the re-
quirements of the Office of the con-
troller. saying that forms provide a
separate column for such items.
Asked by Mr.. Hogan as to whether
the orders he referred to were turned
over to the defendants to be executed
oy the bank. or by them as individuals.
counsel for the government objected
vigorously on the grounds that the
answering of this question would con-
stitmte a legal conclusion.
xIhat Is the position We have been
seemed much pleased at this claim Of
counsel for the prosecution, and let
the matter drop.
,e GndeT ,sos - s Mr.: Allies
pilis for stock transactions were car
rieo oy the bank as cash items
Testimony of Charles P. Williams.
Charles p. Williams, former member
Of the firm of Lewis johnson Co.,
was the next witness called An
effort was made by counsel for the de-
Tense to show that he was subpoenaed
a. a witness by the government and
never put on the stand. This was
court.
liams testified that he had been in the
banking business for forty years Co.
ing into the method of stock transac-
Mons on accounts of Flather and
stated that customers OF the bank gave
orders for the purchase or sale of stock
through the officers Of the bank, dur
ing the period in which he was a mem
Der OF the firm, which lasted from 1904
TO 1913. He stated that the accounta
were carried in the name of the Riggs
National Bank, as in the case of other
national banks. for the convenience
OF Lewis Johnson Co. His tes-
timony established the fact that i'm
medtately following these transactions
in stocks the certificates were trans
TERED to the individuals for whom
the transaction was made, a 1.-THE order
OF the officer of the bank who made the
transaction.
The court brought out the fact that
When a purchase or sale was made
there was no information as to who
the buyer was.
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