El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-11
WARM CONTEST
OVER CASE OF
YOUNG HELMUS
BY G. A. MARTIN.
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and is therefore not IN the custody Of
an officer OF the court. A prisoner
surrendered to the officers until a
verdict is reached
Progress Is Slow
The first witness Tuesday morning
was ". c. Haden, cashier Of the First
National bank. His testimony was
principally technical. relating 10 the
Consolidation OF the banks and 10 his
duties as cashier and the duties OF
his assistants Several records were
submitted 10 him for Identification
The close examination by the prose-
cution and the rigid cross-examina-
ton by attorney for the defence oc-
cupied the time until after II o'clock,
when Rafael Calderou, jr-. Of Juarez
and Chihuahua, was called.
Calderou was asked by the prose-
cution il Helmus had authority to
sign his name or had any connection
with the banking institution Of which
he is the head in Juarez- he said
he had not
Robert NeuI. for the prosecution.
offered a deposit slip made out in
CalderOn's name and asked Calderon
il he had made such a deposit on the
/ date given He said he had not The
offering OF the slip in evidence as
exhibit 1 in count Of the indict-
ment was the signal for strenuous
objection from the counsel for the
defence and. while the judge heard
D y p
to stretch their legs in the smoky
corridor
CaIderon Denies signature.
Continuing vhe examination. Cal
derOn was shown Il memorandums
OF cashiers checks and counter checks
in amounts ranging from s500.69 to
$4,000 and agEregating S41.018.69.
each bearing what purported to be
Calderon's signature.
With regard TO each check Cal
= al -
that the signature was not his and
that It had not been authorized by
him.
DO you recognize the handwriting,
aanas. Il 50, whose does it appear to
1eE he was asked by Mr.. Neiu, con-
Quoting redirect examination.
1T is Helmus's handwriting" was
Z the response to each such question.
Judge Questions Wines
When the question Of handwriting
was asked with regard 10 the first
I OF the memorandum checks offered
[ IN evidence, objection by defence's
attorneys followed by sharp argu-
ment, caused judge ~. p Smith to
question the witness himself. In re-
Z ply to questions from the bench. Cal
deron asserted that he had seen Hell
mus write many. many times" and
that he had become familiar with the
handwriting Of the defendant Judge
smith then overruled defence's OBJ
I Jecrions.
Amounts Of the various checks in
Z troduced into evidence. and whose
signing Calderon denied. were 5000.
$3.50, Sl178. $1,000. s1Z75. $4,000. $500
s3O0.69, $4,000. 1880. 5000 s566
$1,000 and $4,000. They were dated
az various times during January. Feb
ruary and March. 1920.
tCourL adjourned at noon until 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. with call
ueron still on the stand.)
The Charge.
aelmus Is charged in the Indictment
Win emoezzlements mlsapplfcations
ana lsappropriations totalfnE nearly
et2syuu and with having made false
enlrles &c conceal the alleged defalca-
Mons me offences are ALLEGED TO
nave been committed during January.
February and March OF 1920. sc en-
tered plea Of not guilty.
me first count charges that on
re1ruary q, 1920, he received and
LOOK INTO his possession with intent
% emnezzle SlZ,5Q0. The second
count charges him with @abstracting
ana converting the same ALLEGED Sc
curities 10 his own purposes The
MIRO count alleges application OF
Lue same securities; the fourth with
making and drawing a charge ticket
70 conceal the alleged embeEzIement
the fifth with an alleged false entry
70 conceal the defalcation from the
national bank examiner Of the treas
ury department, and the sixth. with
making a false entry to conceal the
alleged defalcation from the bank. its
officials and patrons.
The Jury.
The jury is composed Of Robert
Davis, Shafter; J. p Bishop. El Paso-
WIZ Cotter, Alpine: J. p Strickland.
FL Paso; c. i. Thomas. John Hamac
and ~ C. Mosely. Maria; J. II. Moore
ana W. q Medley Van Horn; L c
Ritchey, Marathon; Joe Graham. 81
ezra Blanca. and L. l. Fay. Clint.