Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27
GIRL SAYS MOyER
PASSED BAD CHECKS.
North Penn Had $725, 900 In
Overdrafts When Bank Failed,
Witnesses Declare
UPHOLD CLERKS CHARGES

Ovcrdrafts on the books Of tho North
Penn Bank totnlcd ST25, 900 June =
last. when Ralph 7. Meyer. cashier,
who Is now on trial for perjury. made
! his alleged pcrjurcd account ,of the
| banks finances to the State Banking
! Commissioner.
! This developed today through the tcs-
/ timony of the banks three girl book
keepers on the so.CallCd individual
| lcdgcrs.
Helen G. Carr. Margaret Rcgan and
Marie L. Scirup, employed under Wal
ter G. Coticsh. bookkeepcr, testified
that tho ovcrdrafts on their books came
to the following totals Ledger q, to H.,
$50 600; II. to T., S265, ,000;'A. to c..
! SiOO. 900.
Thcsr. with some small miscellaneous
! items. thought tho total ny to .SI21 600.
MoyCr went on trial before Judge
/ Davis. in Quarter Sessions Court. Il
week ago last Monday. The witnesses
called today were largely Corrobora-
tive.
Fictitious Account Found
The session was not without its OK.
citcment. The principal incident Of a
sensational nature was when Miss Re-
gan. pretty twenty. year old bookkCcpcr
f
testified that q fictitious account. in
| the name Of John Jones" had been
ovcrdrawn TO a total of S:i132.;I5.
The witness. tall aud slender and
/ dressed all in black relieved by rope of
| pearls suspended round her throat, said
she had worked for the bank from tho
time she was seventeen years old, first
aS u telephone operator and then as Il
bookkcpcr at S75 a month.
Meyers own account was ono oi
those in Miss Regans charge. She
testified it was ovcrdrawn S4720.0l on
June -
What other accounts were over.
drawn" asked Joseph A. Tauanc. as.
>iStant district attorney in charge of the
prosecution.
"Thcrc was the account of .rohr
IonuCs. ovcrdrnwn S3j32 80 on June
=. answered the witness.
"Who was John jones'" asked Mr.
Taulanc
That was miscellaneous &C.
count answered the girl.
Jones just an Account"
"Thou hc was not person.
"\o- il was just an account.
Their" was Il CommOtiOu in the court
room az this testimony. every one turn
ing their heads, many half rising ir
tnoir seats.
William \. Gray. Meyers counsel
held a hurried whispered conversation
with his cicnt. apparently taken abact
by In" girls testimony.
'rhat u>t profit and loss account
ism it, asked Mr.. Gray Of the girl
, II DON'T know Sh" answered.
> Som" of the large accounts Ovprdrawr
on juno =. according to tho girls tcsti.
mnny. were tho T.OnSakpr CONSTRUCTION
. Co.. which had been ovcrdrawn S;.i.
I24 30 since October 20. 1918. no sub
segment change being made in the nc.
count; McCloSkey K Babies. $50.
80. 40; Eugene Mayer. SG29T 90 Oak
p land Lumber Co. $l1.14S.S5.
Explains Banks Methods
>. Miss Carr. trim. smartly dressed an
! wIth an air Of self possession. "xplainc
clearly what had been her practice n
iCttrrs q 10 l.. The lcdgrrs thpmsclvp
= were wheeled in, large card cabinets q
. metal.
,. She testified she started 10 work fo
I Tn" bank November -. 1915. She tol
of one account. that of Oscar Silver
. whirh she said had been overdrawn froi
t tho time She arrived until the bank
' failure. Checks had come in. Sh" tcS
. tilted. against this account at vuriou
n times between January, .9l9. until III
r bank closed.
. "Chccks wcrc marked y. $. mcanin
9 not suffircut, and sent back to til
I paying teller" said the witness.
d The witness testified that this accour
It was OvcrdrHwn SN2+I 10 when she can
. and $40 9.'53G. l. on June > when the a
t legged false report was made to llar
Il riSburG.
\ Says Meyer Approved Checks
. She identified three checks, two I
them certified. for relatively sma
!. amounts on the Silver account. 4
+. three. she said. were passed by MOyc
Il aud by consulting the card index. ST
. she we'd that on the dates OF all thr'
II checks the account had been overdraw
d by from $4,000 to $4,000.
n Meyers counsel. succeeded in blocl
ing question asked by Mr.. Taulal
to bring out tho general condition
e the Silver account when the bank failC
h The witness told Of other ovcrdra
=. accounts which she knew about. il
: c'uding that of the Stentou Athlct
II club. Of which Meyer was treasure
Il which was SO. 443.90 on June =,
e Says System Was Lax
= II at first marked these checks y
~ +. and sent them down she tcStiie
!, until ! learned that Mr.. Meyer vi
- treasurer and as he already had sign,
- tho checks in this capacity, did n
- need to see them.
- The witness testified she had not taxi
:, trial balance off her ledger until ask
= 10 do 50 bv Cotlesh week before Il
n bank closed
~ when I came to do it ! found 4
,s overdraft cards gone. They had be,
- there the night before. had to ma
- the trial balance without them"
r. Later. she said Colhesh had told t
10 girl boOkkcepcrs to put the Oycrdra
w " cards back into the lodgers. The wi
yt ness said she had not made out n
overdraft cards in the interim, nor h
She seen her ncighbor, Miss Rcgan, W