Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-30
.COLFLESH TAUGHT
IN SUNDAY SCHOOL
Pastor Says Bank Bookkeeper
Was One Of Best Men in
Congregation
"PM BOOB" CLERK ASSERTS

cuSnler' IN altering the records OIL inc
oanS TO JugsIe S2'l49'ooo shortage IS
q Sunday school teacher.
He conducts tho largest class Of young
men Mt the Twenty ninth Street Meth
odist Church. Twenty ninth and York
streets and bos hoo, known ne an
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ColGosh hos not had ,,,iro ,.horrc
of his srrdov school cIass for so,no
t;n,c ne bc has bonr irro,rI,r in NJ
tendance 1Io rovo,. ro.irnod his ,,osi
,;or ho,.o,.or
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6osh's confo..io, r,,rf a,l.c5 H.,
onip;o,, oe ,Lo ,,,r ,, ,odor IT.,
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raE ',t,"s,NS.r. ".'. me L'n' points ,.sc ~
tolhesh character ana inc nom" Ire
Misses Sunday School
r,,e.-L 10. a..,n.,., S
""S "o "'''n"" '"n'a!
schooI since the oahk crash nc SAID.
Had known then what ! know
today never would nave touched one
ot those books. The good Lord knows
that [ never realized the seriousness
OF the thing: hay" been boob.
TN the witness stand IN the Mover
hnar ri.p ( nj 20
answer questions regarding his business
yLor rrodJod b, Ass;etont D;.+r;ot A.
.,n,,o,- rro,,Iono 20 ovn1oi, so0n o,,o,,
,oru'' ,a "n'"n' 10 "a p'"in I.-, " '-o' o''I
ar",t' ONES" Sa,u ne "Teu ,"' money
IN ms business out d"ci>hed TO name
the concern.
1t was learned today that the twenty
five dollar u week -bookkecper is nreSi-
dent of the Motor Sales and Service
. Cor,no,v largo corogo and so,1inc
station. 2IOI-O9 Ludlow street. His
name. however. does not appear on the
company cards. Winfield X. kates. a
nephew. is treasurer and his name alone
sppears.
F. Colflesh was seated in the parlor of
his home at 3Oo5 North Twenty sixth
street whore $500 crundfathcr's :
cIocL stands against m" wall On
his Ian was tGp older of the lit
10 cbiIdron Ti+tIe Tr;tl Snupcind
close as his father went over the
o,on.s of tba d,y and nov. md tbor bc
lacked IN into lis fathar's face with a
nmizzicai eynrossion Frit2 iq inst tvn
Tsars aid On the front porch was
Mrs. Colfesh with a gathering OF
friends She held in her arms the sec
ond child. lust past six months.
Colfesh showed great relief from the
strain Of the DAYS ordeal in Magis-
Z trate Pennock's court.
But there came another line of ten
sion when npwspaDrr was handed 70
him. II contained n small item limiting
: that ho was marked for arrest
The hookkeener is iust twaDfv- nine
,ears old and docs NOT look Thar He is
of the good .natnreJ nnworried tyne-
1 At least he was M Ia Ten dovs ar9, but
noa, tberc ,ro iinnS fnst onneo,ing in nc
fac" that had II" place there before.
First Time in Court
CoIaesb showed total ignorance of the
law nr Of his rights T., comrt W. '''N' VI '''
,~Tb at ,,,n, 10 r;,.tI Ina -, ,,,,. re-, g.
ho saiJ ermlai,,int his ',or,,Icness .-s ~
,s.o,Jn F.a.,,ro, ''' .,tl'ot
ia 49, 49,. - ,;j
VSu -. IN, "a ,.o o"to too,, " ~ "it' M!.,m.
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a;I SoPue II. An,. ~ W. i""'a"e ''''1'"'!
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,r,f,t Laj al it' -, tL,o,IIt 80
n.hon tro"S", o ""F ,b,,epoeJ T ,,as honnd a
" ,',.o,. 49,. tbo,, ,si,oJ nv
Ia i5o., ,Ior thot 49,, ~ Jo,,ror
ns su arro,t 10 tue" '"'' '"' J."
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meroIr d;d ,,.bni ,rns to1d ' " 10 por
hons tboT n,' +hinI +bor "S ,W'U ~ ~ tlot
roi.od ~ t'iaN hi my ne " ia 7; y,
unror raoa;,.od o-.oI "' ,,o,I,, 49, 49,,
"Wbon Ar Noror Lr'Lla5 "siaJ -Ut' M ~
chongn tbosn tic,rns ~ u,,+ m ra,I;1o
the seriousness nf yhat ba osked 7
. thought then thar the ha1k ros in a
tight nIocc and tLot tL. t;n,ros n,.ra ro
he chanoad 70 tide II o,.nr n no,.;,6 ~
hard times and tboi nvervthin@ wos 10
bc fixed nm had no idea nf ,2,b,t uas
coming.
Wouldn't do 1t Again
Colhesh was asked if he changed the
books because of fear of losing his ioh
in the bank.
Vel. ! was told TO d" what | did
put II ! was TO lose hundred jobs
T%uiIu NJ u I ,.Ipp. 20 IT o'tI usa!h,
oonrsoI ~ IonI after hin ~ ne
messed surnriSe whom ha v.ns o.i,od a.
10 his counsel. When il was explained
that it might be well for him TO have
legal advice he showed no knowledge
Fnrtber CnIaasb said aid % tSst no did no.
believe that Meyer profited persopaIIy
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