Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-11
Faces Charges Growings0ut
of Alleged Operations
as Head of Bank.
ACCUSATION CONTAINING
IA COUNTS PRESEETED 20
Rover Calls Bookkeeping in One
Of pASHted Transactions
"Sleight-of- Hand"

Harry v. Haynes, once president Of
the District Bankers Association, today
went on trial in District Supreme Court
on charges growing out Of alleged OPP
erations while he was president and q
director of the Farmers and Mechanics
National Bank,
The early stages of the trial moved
swiftly. The jury was selected in less
than half an hour, only three challenges
being exercised. Eleven men and one
woman will decide Haynes fate.
Immediately after the selection of the
Rover, conducting the prosecution,
launched into his presentation OF the
II counts Haynes faces. In the four
counts of the indictment, Haynes is
charged with making false entries in
the books of the banks Seven counts
charge willful incorporation Of
funds two charge abstraction OF stock
certificates and one a false entry in
the report to the controller OF the
currency.
Rover Severe In Attack.
Rover was severe in his attacks on
HAYNES in his opening statement, re-
ferring to the bookkeeping in one OF
his reputed transactions as "a sleight
Of hand"
H. Winship wheatley. who with his
son, H. Winship Wheatley, jr., Is con-
Quoting the defense objected to the
''sleight -of-hand," but the objection
was overruled by Justice Peyton Cor
don, presiding. As Rover outlined the
case to the jury, Haynes alleged opera
tons ran through 1927 and 1928, and
charged use OF the bank funds for stock
dealing transactions with Hibbs d Co.
here, and with two stock brokerage
houses in New York. the Dyer-HudSon
Co. and Josephthal q Bro.
Rover said the whole amount in
vOlved in the transaction would cover
$3.50. 900 and that the loss growing out
Of the transactions would be 500, 600.
In the brokerage dealings he oper-
ated as Harry v. Haynes and Harry v.
HAYNES Syndicate, Rover said. In his
bank operations he had six accounts.
One of these was q joint account with
his wife and another was Of his wife
alone. but Rover insisted he wanted It
understood Mrs. Haynes has no con-
nection with this case.
Score Of witnesses Called.
In one case. Rover told the Jury.
Haynes took stock that had been left
with the bank as collateral for loans
and used 1t to discharge $32. 900 of a
debt Of slightly more than $4,000 to
Hibbs & Co.
In another instance he said that 200
shares of stock were taken and part
Of the proceeds used to pay back a
niisapplied item at the bank.
A score Of witnesses were called to
testify, but their number did not in
clude Mrs. Louise T. Chambers, who in
q suit against Haynes about ID months
ago charged that he had "dissipated
her entire fortune" through series Of
allegedly unauthorized financial trans
actions and put her loss at $3.50. 900.
Rover said she might or might not be
called
Thea jurors were questioned as to
whether they had any connection with
the Farmers 81 Mechanics Bank. even
being asked If they were depositors
there.
The jury is as follows: Joseph
Brashears, Thomas r. Costello. Russell
r. DeAtley. Arthur F. FlateQual. Ed
ward w. Gray. Donald C. Grist, Rich
ard H. Gunther, Arthur z. Hack, John
G. Hall. Alfred C.. Hayden, Ernest D.
KiIton and Mrs. Esther l.. Jones.
After Mr.. Rover had completed his
opening statement, Mr.. Wheatley an
nounced that the defense would not Of
. fer statement ct present. thus paving
the way for start Of testimony this
afternoon.