The New York herald., 1922-06-03
He Got $4,000 Personal
Check as Fee in Ticker Af-
fair, Says Andrews.
LOCKWOOD rs MENTIONED
Senator Declined to Help
Brokerage Get Back It's Wire
Service, He Asserts.

Several pages have been torn from
the books of f. d. Dier & Co., the de-
funct brokerage, and are missing. This
was brought out yesterday at the con-
tinuation of the bankruptcy hearing
before Seaman Miller. referee, at ?
Rector street.
Other testimony related to State SEN
ator Clayton r. Lusk, Arthur G.. Hays.
attorney for the receiver, drawing from
Fred Andrews, cashier for Dier. the
statement that Andrews had paid Sem
ator Lusk $4,000 for legal services in
connection with the efforts to get
back the ticker service for DER.
Tie lost pages. said witnesses, car
ried the statements on securities that
Charles A. Stoneham & Co. turned
over to Hughes & Dier when the
Stoneham firm went out of business.
Mr.. Hays said after the hearing that
the fact that the books had been
tampered with certainly did not re-
fleet in any way on Mr.. Stoneham.
Pages Rewritten by stroh.
John L. Dodeahoff. who until short
time before the failure was in charge OF
Dier's bookkeeping department. saw the
books and testified that pages from rs
to 81. dated in April and May OF last
year. were missing and apparently had
been torn from the book. Page 80 was
missing and also pages s. and 66.
With reference to one group of the
missing sheets-the book being OF the
Ioose-leaf variety--the witness said he
had questioned August stroh. Andrews 4
son-in-law. and that Stroh had said he
had had them but could not find them
when he was told to look for them.
Dodenhoff testified that In his judg-
ment. based on his knowledge of the
books, the missing pages related to the
Stoneham transactions.
Stroh, who had been out Of the room,
was called and testified that the sheets
were missing. but could not tell what
became OF them. He recalled they had
been written up in the cashiers depart
ment and then that they related to the
Stoneham transactions. There had been
necessary rewriting on some of the
sheets. he said. and he thought Brooks
the accountant. had done the final re-
writing. though he had rewritten some
Of the sheets.
Stroh was hazy about the reason for
the rewriting. but said the firm con-
stantly was checking up the securities
received from Stoneham and also "se-
curities that Stoneham still owed to the
firm" Stroh also testified regarding
what Mr.. Hays thought was a false
entry in one of his books. but which he
insisted was not.
Andrews Tells of Lusk Check.
Andrews was called next and told of
the payment TO Senator Lusk by per-
sonal check. for which he later was
reimbursed out of the Dier funds
Mr.. Hays did not go into the matter
deeply. but said after the hearing that
he presumed the payment to Senator
Lusk was for legal services.
Andrews at a previous hearing was
asked regarding payment of $500 by
check made to him by Hughes & Dier in
March, 1921. He said he had refreshed
his memory since he testified that he
was not able to remember what the
payment was for.
That was In repayment for a check I
gave TO some one else" he testified yes
terday.
"A check you gave to whom?"
ITO Senator Lusk."
The witness answered clearly and
calmly.
you gave the money to Senate.
Luslx?'
II gave him a check"
II can't say"
names Senator Lockwood.
srIa... ,.1,, 49,. - conror-oa ,.;ft
Senator LuslS since you testified before
regarding this check?'
II have not seen or spoken to him
I simply remembered what the ch eek
was for"
who was present when you gave hin,
your check for s5.0Oo7'
Senator Lockwood and Senator Dun
nigan."
Where did Il happen
I'm Senator Lockwoods office"
who made the arrangement for yol
10 see Lusk7'
"1 did about five minutes before"
This was all the testimony on this
point Senator Lockwood at his home
in Brooklyn last night had this so say
What Andrews has said is not quito
correct. Lusk was In my office or
another matter. Andrews made an ap.
pointment to see him there and had q
consultation with him. was not pres
ent they were In the other room. AZ.
terward Andrews told me he had re.
talned Lusk and he offered TO retain
me. refused. Senator Lusk also OF.
fered to retain me. but | declined"
Had No Losing Accounts.
After he had related the Lusk incidcn;
Andrews was questioned at length anou-
the entries In the r. Andrews account
named for his son the Rose Towie nc.
count. named for his wife the Andrsv-'
special account. the Andrews privie~
account and the Andrews trading 81.
count.
Into these he had paid nothing at oil
in the way Of margins but from ever )
one OF them he had drawn laess sums
the total aggregating about $4,000
Hts accounts never showed loss, bU