New Britain herald., 1926-09-23
WEEPING WOMANI IS ON WITNESS STAND Traces Liberty Bonds in
 Daugherty Trial CHANGED IN ALIEN OFFICE
Evidence Submitted Shows That Elm plOye of Miller Changed SEQ, 900 Bonds Which Were Part Of Ger mans Commission.
mans Commission

New York, Sept. 23 R-A weepnig girl gave testimony to- day that led to the Introduction Of evidence to show that two Liberty loan bonds with value of $2O,OOO that Richard Merton, German metal magnate paid to John T. King, late republican national committeeman from Connecticut, were exchanged for bonds Of smaller denomination by an attorney in the alien property custodian's office.
 Merton gave the bonds to King as part of commission" of S441,- 900 for rushing through the alien property custodian's office in 1921 the claim of the Societe Suisse Pour Faleurs De Metaux on s7,000.000 of shares of the American Metal com pany. Miller at that time was alien property custodian.
 Regina Mullen, the girl witness, who was clerk in the federal re- serve bank at Philadelphia, testified that on February 5, 1923, Vincent Carroll, Philadelphia lawyer at that time employed by Miller, who was alien property custodian, presented Liberty bonds AOOO4301 and 5000 43202 at the federal reserve bank and exchanged them for 20 s1,O00 bonds.
 Under cross-eXamination by Will liam Rand, counsel for Miller, Miss Mullen was asked if the series were lettered to G. After she replied that they did. Rand stipulated that they ended at E. In confusion and em- barassment Miss Mullen broke down and began to weep. She was excused to compose herself.
 The government then called Charles Herman, another Federal Reserve bank employe. and through him drew testimony to show that a woman posing as a representative of the department of justice came to the Federal Reserve bank January 23, exchange of the bonds.
 At this woman's request, Herman said, he took the original application from the files and after making a copy, gave it to her. He said he knew nothing of the woman except that she told him her name was Miss Houston"
 Intends No Wrong
 There is no imputation of wrong doing by Carroll, Buckner said, and it was his belief that Carroll was acting as the unwilling acComplice of Miller, he said.
 Through Harold Ford, clerk In the banking house of Laird, Dissell and Meads at Wilmington, Del, Buckner brought out that on the same day that Carroll exchanged the bonds in Philadelphia, Douerwin thousand dollar bonds bearing the same serial numbers as fl of the bonds issued by Miss Mullen to Car roll were deposited to Miller's aC- count in that bank.
 Ford said he did not know who | the bonds to Miller's ac- count. When asked by Buckner if | he had his memory refreshed by l Miller in the last IS months, Ford 1 replied that he had not.
 Buckner at this time handed the l jury transportation vouchers and re- !. quests for transportation vouchers | and pullman accommodations from | Philadelphia to Wilmington on the | day of these transactions.
 Four more of the S1,000 denom- | ination bonds were traced 10 the 1 brokerage firm of Prentice, Slepack | and Company, New York, where | they were received and ordered sold | February 8, 1928. This testimony was added through Henry J. Merkle, a clerk for the brokerage firm. ! Merkle said he did not see Miller but ! that his accounts showed that it | was Miller who deposited the bonds.
 Railroad transportation vouchers | again were handed the jury to show that Miller requested transportation from Washington to New York on that date.
 Osborne Halstead, 8 member of the firm of Prentice and Slepack, testified that Miller's account was opened February s. 1923 and closed November 12, 1923.