Evening star., 1933-05-22
|HARR|MAN'S TRIAL
POSTPONED A WEEK
May Be Delayed Even Fur
ther in Order to Com
pIete Mitchell Case.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS
NEW YORK, May 22-Trial of
Joseph w. Hartman, former chairman
Of the Hartman National Bank & Trust
Co., who is charged with falsifying the
accounts Of the bank, was postponed for
week today as Hartman lay in a
Nassau County hospital recovering from
self-inficted wound.
Counsel for Hartman offered to pro-
duce him at once for trial if the
prosecution desired, but the United
States attorney characterized this sug-
gestion as ridiculous"
Although postponing the trial only
one week, Judge Henry Goddard said
the case was subject to further post
ponement, as it is intended to have 1t
follow the income tax trial of Charles
E. Mitchell, former head Of the Ma
tional City Bank, which Is now in
progress.
Guarded In Hospital.
Hartman stabbed himself Saturday
when found by police in Long Island
hotel after having been missing for a
day.
Two agents Of a bonding company
stood guard today over the hospital
room where Hartman is recovering.
They said that, acting under a 18o-
year-old judicial ruling, they would seize
him as soon as he is well, take him
before Federal judge and demand that
his $25,000 bail be invalidated. The
ruling provides that a bailed person is
the prisoner Of these who stand his
surety
Physicians said Harriman's wound
was so slight he would be released soon.
He vanished last Friday, leaving sew
eral suicide notes. The next day he
was found at Roslyn, N. Y, inn. AS
Inspector Harold r. King of Nassau
County waited for him to dress for the
Journey to New York. he plunged a
kitchen knife into his chest, but it
struck a rib.
Mitchell Trial Resumed,
The Mitchell jury entered the court
at 1888 am. and George Sweeney,
Mitchell's former secretary, resumed the
stand
Sweeney, a Government witness, was
under croSS-examination, and Max D.
Steuer. chief counsel for Mitchell,
showed him number of checks ap-
parently in connection with interest
payments in 1880 on MitcheIl's loans
a little more than 100000 at that
time-from the firm Of ]. P. Morgan
& Co.
The checks indicated that in 1880
Mrs. Mitchell was paying to Mitchell
Interest on the 1890 shares of National
City Bank stock, which She had bought
from him. The Government charges
that Mitchell never actually sold the
stock to his wife.
AS Steuer cross-examined him.
Sweeney became confused over the
circumstances surrounding payment CT
the first interest check by Mrs. Mitchell.
Did Mr.. Mitchell say to you on the
day interest on his loan from the Nor
gans was due" Steuer asked, that in
terest was due him from Mrs. Mitchell?"
The witness replied, no"
Steuer, reading from the stenographic
report of Medalie's direct examination,
indicated Sweeney had said, yes" on
Friday.
The day of the payment was April /.
1880. Sweeney said today that on that
date he did not know of the trans
action between Mitchell and his wife.
Steuer read repetedly from Fridays
transcript Of Sweeney's testimony, in
dicating he had known interest was due
to Mitchell from his wife on April /,
$780,
Doesn't that refresh your memory?"
he asked
e YES" Sweeney replied after a pause.
Didn't Know Of Deal.
Sweeney said he did not know about
the transaction until April 2. 1880. The
interest payment on the stock was made
by Mrs. Mitchell April /, the check in
dicated.
1t appeared the witness on Friday
thought he was testifying about later
interest payments to Mitchell by his
wife. He testified today he did not
know about the transaction until April
2. when Mitchell turned over to him
his letter and that Of his wife.
Steuer next introduced in evidence
checks from Mrs. Mitchell to Mitchell,
running through 1880 and 1881, which
Sweeney identified as interest payments
on the Morgan loan involving the
18,300 shares of National City Bank
stock.