Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18
Defense Attacks Linking Ex-
President With Alleged False
Account of Sal, 300.
ROVER MAKES EFFORT
TO INTRODUCE ENTRIES
Wheatley Holds Each Exhibit Of
fered in Evidence Must Be
Examined Separately.


brokerage houses which a steady pro-
cession of witnesses have been called to
identify in the past week this afternoon
became the battle-ground in the trSal of
Harry v. Haynes, former president of
the Farmers 81 Mechanics National
Bank, as the prosecution sought to offer
them in evidence and was met by Wig
orous counterattacks by the defense.
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover.
prosecuting for the Government, offered
the records en- bloc. H Winship Wheat
ley. chief of defense counsel, Immediately
objected, declaring that every exhibit
would have to be analysed, as there
were many he would seek to have
thrown out.
Objects to PhraSeoIogy.
Taking up the first count in the
indictment, which charges false en-
try of SAL 300 in the general ledgeE-on
November IT, 1927, designed to SHOW
that payment had been made to the
bank of that amount on account of
loan, Wheatley emphasized that there
had been not the slightest testimony
to connect Haynes with the entry in
any way.
Further, he objected to the phrase
ology Again Wheatley said that this
entry of SAL 300 represented notes Of
Haynes, all OF which. With the excep-
ton Of note of $500, had been ap-
proved by the directors of the Planners
& Mechanics, and these notes had later
been merged into notes for $50, 800,
which also were approved by the di-
rectors, and constituted an item which
was shown as a liability OF Haynes in
the report to the controller O: cur
rency on December 81, 1927. The notes,
1t was brought out. were marked off the
books in April, 1929. after the Farmers
e. Mechanics had been taken over as
branch by Riggs
Principle Called Shock.
The prosecution. Wheatley said, Seeks
to put Haynes in jail for notes he
didn't pay" Such a principle, he as
serted, shocks conscience" Further
he added. it is to be supposed the Farm
ers & Mechanics got due compensa-
ton for these notes" when they were
transferred to Riggs
After the court finally passes upon
the admissibility of the records, Mr..
| Rover intends to lay those which may
be admitted before the jury. With the
assistance Of e. J. Armbruster, special
agent of the" Justice Departments Blu
reau of Investigation, he plans to trace
the operations of which Haynes is ac-
cllsed under the IA counts of the in
dictment, namely, false entry, misap-
plication, false report to the controller
and abstraction Of loan collateral
A group of witnesses from the bank
was called this morning to complete the
identification of records. Among these
was Harry l.. Selby cashier OF the
Farmers & Mechanics under Haynes
! regime. who now is manager Of that
branch Of Riggs Bank
The questioning of Selby centered
principally upon a check for $4,000
| which he said came into the bank Sep
TENDER l, 1928, signed by Mr.. Haynes,
and he thought" made payable to
Josephthal & Bro, New York
brokerage house, with which it is said
Mr.. Haynes had dealings. Because
there were not sufficient funds to meet
the check, he said, it was held over
| until the following Tuesday, when Mr..
Haynes came back to the bank. Mr..
Haynes instructed 1t be paid, he said.
This caused an overdraft, and when
the overdraft was brought to the at
tention Of the board OF directors the
following Thursday the question was
raised as to whose 1t was.
Selby said that Haynes did not admit
the overdraft, but said it was a matter
temporarily held up.
Says Haynes Signed Draft.
1t was finally cared for, he said, by
a draft on Hibbs g. Co, local brokers,
signed by Haynes. Selby could not say
II the draft was ever paid.
After comforting frequently with his
client, Mr.. Wheatley questioned Selby
particularly as to who looked after de-
tails around the bank, asking about
Selby's own supervisory work and that
of Fl. w. Burnside, then assistant CASH
Ter and now assistant manager at the
Farmers e. Mechanics Branch.
Il say we trained employees to look
| after details" Selby responded after the
question had been put twice.
Vernon B. LoWrey, counsel for Mrs.
Louise T. Chambers, who now is suing
Haynes, identified three demand notes.
! one for $4,000, one for ISL 900 and one
| for $35, l43.46, but the purpose of this
Identification was not made clear.
William A. Kane, chief of the statist-
ical division, Office of the Controller of
Currency, another witness, identified
the controllers report made by the
Farmers g. Mechanics Bank on De-
! cember 81, 1927.
Charles Randolph Smith, securities
clerk at Hibbs; Louis E. HeiStmon, q
Farmers & Mechanics employe, and
Donald @, Barnhart, employe of mo-
tor car concern, who identified a check
In an automobile transaction, and Miss
Maude A. Morgan. general ledger book
Keeper at the Farmers &c Mechanics,
were other witnesses today.
The jury was excused while the ar
gument proceeded over the admiSsi-
btlity OF the records