Evening journal., 1921-04-13

Furman said. had any knowledge Of
| defalcations in the office. nor had
Walter Tanning. clerk. ever spoken
to him about anything being wrong
around the Office When Fennimore
called his attention TO not being
able TO find items on the fee book.
Furman said. he told Fennimore to
lay them to one side and he would
look them up.
The witness said he knew nothing
about the office when he assumed
| charge. but depended on Mr.. Fan
ming and Mr.. Babcock. He said he
so distributed the work as TO re-
lieve his fathers shoulders.
You have pleaded guilty 10 a
charge OF embezzlement.' said Dep
uty Attorney-General Aaron Finger
What time did this Begin" MY
mind Is in such a clouded condition.
/ don't just remember" the witness
replied
Furman then told how he had got
ten away with the funds in the re-
! corder's office. He said that during
the day, unobserved by Babcock. ne
would take certain charters out OF
the tin box on Babcock's desk; that
he then made out bills for them In
I the ofiige at night or Sunday until
last November when he made
number Of them out at home on a
| typewriter he had borrowed from
the Office, a machine formerly used
by Miss Culver. his clerk. The larger
Of these bills were made out. he testi-
hed. to the Corporation Trust Com
pany, the Corporation Service Com
pany, the Delaware Charter Com
pany and the Delaware Registration
Trust Company. in addition TO which
there were many smaller bills. These.
he said, he made up from note books
he kept himself. which contained
records OF fees for mortgages. deeds,
etc. for which he kept the fees
Mr.. Finger attempted to have
the witness demonstrate his ability
as a typist on the borrowed type
writer" which was produced in
court. but an objection TO this as an
unfair test was sustained by the
court
II Babcock indexed papers for
which fees had been diverted. Fur
man declared. Babcock did 1t under
his Furmans direction. and the full
responsibility was his, the latter
said. you want to assume full re-
sponsibility for all OF this. don't
you?" asked Mr.. Finger. Yes" the
witness replied.
In reply TO Mr.. Fingers question
as TO why he had put up the screen
in his office. the witness said that
two years ago. about election day.
he had fallen and struck his head.
which caused him to have frequent
headaches. and rather than rest his
head on his desk he had the screen
erected so that he could go back
OF II and rest his head, as well as
protect himself from solicitors and
others who he did not want to both
er him.
What did you do with the cash. %
asked Mr.. Finger. Il kept that out"
the former recorder replied.
Did you ever have any conver-
sation with either OF these men,"
asked J. Frank Ball, referring TO his
clients, BabcOck and Fennimore,
with reference TO devising any
scheme by which this money could
be taken away from the county?'
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Fennimore. who was next called
testified that Furman c.. Cole passed
him the slips TO enter. after which
he checked them with the letter r. -
Certain slips. not 80 marked, he said,
he handed 10 Furman G.. Cole and
told him they we're not on the fee
book: that Fennimore or Babcock
would then be assigned TO look them
up, and he never had anything more
10 do with them after mat. He
said he did not know how TO look
them up when he did not find them
on the fee book. Furman G.. Cole,
he stated, came to him during the
rush last year and told him 10 GO
20 Charles Donnelly TO learn how
10 index records. Prior to that ne
knew nothing about indexing them
The witness denied that at any
time while employed in the office
he had entered into any agreement
to defraud the county OF money
Secret conferences with Furman G.
Cole. he said, had nothing to do with
any scheme that might have been
formulated in the office to defraud
the county.
III INHlg u n NANAt hN AAAl NnNt -
Southerland. deputy attorney-general
associated with Mr. Finger. the wit
ness said that while for one year he
had frequently discovered Items not
on the fee book. he did not suspect
lanything wrong in the recorders Of
fee; that he did not know where
, the money went. and had just taken
orders from Furman G. Cole
: Victor Barsky. attorney. Jane:
? p. Jones and Frank J. Corsano, for
mer clerk in the Recorder OF Deeds
office, were next called. BarslSy
= and Jones told OF having held quiet
conversation with Furman G. Cole
! but only in reference to matter.
which had nothing TO do with ths
recorders office.
Corsano testified that he frequent.
Is overheard conversations between
! Furman G. Cole. his father. Fenni.
D more and Babcock. and others. fire.
- quentiy about himself and other
3 clerks in the office, but never heard
; them talk about any arrangement
- that might make a deficit in the
, funds OF the county.
5 What did william G. Cole dc
\ when he was made deputy? the wit
! ness was asked. Nothing. onb
D bawl us fellows out and stand be
hind the screen and crack jokes.
70 was the reply He said William G.