THE OMAHA DAILY BEJB : SATURDAY , DECEMBER 10 , 1898. 9 HUNT GIVES HIS VERSION BUtt'i Main Witness in the Eechil Case Dataili tba Story , HOW THE OFFICE BANK WAS CONDUCTED Chnrcf * of Mnnlpulntlon of Expense Voucher * nnfl Envelope * with I'er- anal Cheek * nnd the LlUe Ex plained bythr Witness. That Colorado mine In which various ox- Mnclsls and employes ot the Pacific Express company arc alleged to be Interested figured very prominently In the Ilcchol hearing be * fore Judge Slabaugh yesterday. Although the Interest * of A. J. Hunt and W. P. Bechcl In that connection wcro almost con * stantly before the jury during the greater part of the afternoon , they have not been permitted to secure a place In the record , but have been made the subject of almost unending arguments between counsel In re gard to their Inadmlsalblllty. So well sus tained were the recriminations of the law yers on this subject that just before ad journment the court took occasion to re mark that while he was disposed to extend the utmost courtesy /o attorneys that courtesy had reached Ita limit to a dot. The mining business came In on the cross- ,1 examination of Andy Hunt , the principal witness for the state. His testimony went to show that Bechel had received various amounts from the company with the con nivance of the witness , some of which hod subsequently been made good and others of "which had never been paid back. On cross- examination the defense endeavored to show that during the tlmo when these amounts were used Hunt was sending largo amounts of money to assist In the development of this mine , some of which represented the various turns which he had asserted went to Bechcl. To some extent the testimony was allowed , but'every question was vigorously objected to by the county attorney and most ot the objections were sustained. The court held that tome connection must first be shown between these remittances to Colorado and the Identical sums which were alleged to have been appropriated by Bechel. The ll quabble over this evidence was atlll on when the court adjourned until Monday morning. F. M. Powers remained on the stand yes terday morning for cross-examination and he testified that In cases In which employes drew money In cdvnuce they receipted for the entire amount when they received their salaries at the tnd of the month. This was In apparent rebuttal of the proposition advanced by the state that Bechel's signa ture on the pay roll was an Indication that io had drawn his entire salary at the end of the month and that any amounts that toe might have received during the month were not advances of salary. The defense endeavored to show that the checks that had been identified on the direct examina tion were not drawn on the bank In which Hunt kept the money ot the company , but the juestkm was not allowed. Andy Hunt on the Stand. The state then called A. J. Hunt , who tostmed that he had been employed by the express company from 1880 to 1808 , and Btstod what positions he had held during that period. Ho took charge of the office bank In April , 1895. Ho kept money bet - t longing to that account In his own name at both the First Notional and Commercial National banks. .Expense letters were paid exclusively out ot this account. He Identi fied the expense envelopes that had been previously offered In evidence , and also Bechel's chlrography on each. The gen eral method of handling the expense ac counts waa illustrated mainly as It had been related by previous witnesses. The witness -said ; that tin 189Sho had kskid Bechelwhat he should do with the xponse envelopes , as Bechel had drawn on him , and was told to charge them to the refund account The effect of this waste to re < | uc ths earnings-by the company by the amounts charged oft. Envelopes from other offices were alee charged to the re fund account In cases In which a legitimate refund was due those offices. In a general way expensed were charged against the funds to which they belonged , but In the cases ot envelopes this was not done , be cause Bechcl had directed the wit ness to charge them to the re fund account. The office bank was reimbursed for these Items by cash from the treasury of the company , secured on refund vouchers. These were In the form of credit letters , and In some cases the regularly vouchered amount on the credit letter was raised In order to cover the amount ot one of these personal expense nvlopes. He declared that these credit Jettons were raised under Instructions from Bechel , but subsequently admitted that he assumed the Instructions to raise the credit letters because Bechel had told him to charge the envelopes to the refund account. Did Not Represent Salary. Continuing , Hunt swore that the amounts represented by the envelopes drawn on him by Bechel were in no case deducted from Bechel's salary. He had not deducted the amounts because he had been instructed to charge them to the refund account. Dur ing 1198 and 1897 he had had conversations with Beohfel relative to advancing money. Beobel bad asked him for money as often as one * a month and he had given it to him. 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In order to get its beneficial effects , please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN ruAH cisco , CL MEW TAKK. * . T * . Thcfto payments did not represent salary and thry were paid from the office bank. They were tnado by checks or coab , but were not chnrgcd to Docbel on the books ot the company , They were covered tip by raising credit lett ra , ns In the cue of the cxpcnso envelopes. Ho had never refused to give Bechel money when he asked for it. The accounts of the office bank were kept In the name of Bechel on the books of the company , -while tbo bank account was kept in the name ot the witness. Hunt Identified the three checks that were offered In evidence on the previous day and said that ho bad drawn them on the office bank In favor ot Dcchel , The amounts bad never been charged to Dechol and ho had never made th m c ° od to the company. At the afternoon session Hunt was ques tioned In regard to the payment of salaries. Ho testified that be paid the salaries of Bechel and of alt the employes of his de partment. They were paid either In checks or cash. Advances of salary had been made to Becbel as frequently as once a month. Ho had also paid a local building and loan association $13 a month at Bechel's order , as well as a number of other personal bills. Ho Identified & number of checks on the Commercial National bank as those which ha had Issued to Bechel on account of sal ary and explained the fact that the amounts were less than the salary by saying that he had made deductions for money advanced or on account ot bills that he had paid for Bechcl , He also Identified s number of au ditor's drafts on the treasury of the com pany on account of "salaryW. . P. B. , for refund" and declared that he had paid Becbel the money. llefunded for a Draft. In the case ot one draft of $1,804.25 Bechel had paid back the money in cash a day or two after the question of a short age was discussed by President Morsman. The payment of the draft was noted on the cash book and the witness had himself made a corresponding entry on the classi fication book In order to make the books bilance. Otherwise the books would show that a draft for the amount bad been paid , for which there was no voucher. In reply to further questioning Hunt said that the draft had been disposed of by a fictitious entry , the effect of which was to decrease the earnings ot the company , to that amount. The witness was then asked In regard to the visit ho and Bechel were alleged to have paW to the express office one evening In December , 1897. He said he met Bochel by appointment at the Paxton block , They wont to the auditor's office , where they found a number of credit letter stubs and letters. Ho told Becbel that these were all be could find. Bechel said : "As far as I can see th se contain no evidence against anyone but us. " He assented and then Bechel eald : "See 'that ' they are never scon again. " The witness had then taken the books to the furnace and burned them up. This ended the direct examination and Mr. Connell took the witness. In reply tea a series of questions Hunt stated that Bechel bad nothing to do with the details ot the bookkeeping department , wh'lle the witness was chief bookkeeper from 1S93 to 1897. He admitted that Bechel bad never given him any specific instructions In re gard to the expense letters that bad been offered In evidence. The instructions to which he had testified on direct examination were general instructions to charge expense letters ot that character to the refunded ac count. These were given a considerable time before any of the envelopes now in evidence were drawn. In this connection the fact was brought out that at the pre vious hearing Hunt bad testified that Bechtl had never given him any specific Instruc tions. In reply to a question he asserted that Bechel had Instructed him to make fatso and fictitious entries in the books. When asked if be bad not testified on the previous bearing test Bechel had never donenythingof the kind , be said h could not recollect , and added that bis memory was not'very ' good in regard to these trans actions. Taking the bunch of expense envelopes that bad previously figured In the evidence , the witness was asked whether ihe knew what the money was used for. He answered In the negative In each case and stated that , as far a * he knew , It'was used for a proper purpose. He admitted that on at least one occasion bo had accepted an expense en velope from Becbel on account of bis war rant for salary as councilman and had sub sequently taken up the warrant and op- plle'd ' tbo proceeds to offset the expense. Burned Them Hlntielf. Referring to the testimony relative to de stroying the credit letters , the defense again brought up Hunt's 'testimony on the previous hearing to show that this evidence was brought out on cross-examination and not otherwise. Hunt stated positively that the letters had been destroyed by himself and not by Bechel. He had wrapped them In a newspaper In bis own office , taken them home snd burned them. Becbel was In another office when the letters were wrapped up. In regard to the fictitious entry ot $1,804.25 In the classification book , the witness ad mitted that , bo food made the entry of bis own accord. Ho bad never received instruc tions to that effect from Becbel. Ho en tered the amount ss $1,891.75 , or In excess ot tbo draft. In reply to direct questions he said that he know that it was a wrongful entry , that he bad made it himself and that Bechel had nothing to do with It. Re had given the money to Bechel In amounts of $6 < V ) , | 400 and $800 , had not taken a re ceipt or made an entry of any sort , either on 'the books of the company or hla own private books. In this connection the de fense emphasized the statement of the wit- nees that the funds ot the office bank were deposited in his name and Bechel could not draw out a dollar himself. Hunt's testimony In the preliminary hear ing was again invoked , and he said that at that time he bad testified that the $400 draft was drawn by hlmseK , signed and en dorsed by himself and the money drawn by himself without Bechel's knowledge , and that he could have used 'the money to pay bis grocery or meat bills and the amount would have been charged against Bechel on the books ot the express company. Hunt' * Personal Account. The defense then attacked Hunt's state ment that the funds of the office bank wore kept in two banks. It brought out the admission from the witness that he drew checks for bis grocery bills or for other personal expenditures on the Commercial bank and never on the First National bank. He further stated that the checks be had drawn In favor of Bechel were drawn on the Commercial National account and there was nothing to show thst they had any connection with tbe business of tha company. Mr. Connell tried to induce Hunt to admit that be bad given Becbel these checks to be applied on a mining scheme in Colorado in which they were mutually Interested , but tbo only answer he could get was that be did not know. He ad mitted that he was interested in the mine , but denied that Bschel bad taken the checks on bis representation that he bad money coming soon from tbe estate ot a relative. The defense then went Into the mining af fair at some length. Hunt said that the enterprise was known as the Lucy Mining and Milling company , ot which Bechel was president , O , P. Oardntr vice president and blmselt secretary and treasurer. He bad told Becbet that he could obtain money from on aunt , but had not added that be was willing to use tbe money to develop the mine if one-third of the stock were turned over to him. The query whether be had not In an office In Denver said In tha presence of certain witnesses that be had put $14,000 or $15,000 In the mine , that he had put up all the money tint was ex pended , as Bechel had none , was ruled out as Immaterial. A number of other ques tions relative to specific amounts sent at various times wcro also knocked out by ob jections. MOIlTflAGKH ON U1VU11UWN CHOPS. Another Nice Paint In I.air Hnlncd by A nnnk nni > n Partner. A case of considerable Interest to farmers , bankers and loaners ot money generally Is under advisement by Judge Powell and a decision may be rendered Monday. It l the chattel mortgage foreclosure sul- brought by Banker Abram Castetter ot Blair against a young farmer , William Suth erland , whose place la near that city. The chief point Involved Is us to the validity of a verbal chattel mortgage given on a crop which had not yet been sown. Suth erland's defense Is that there Is no mort gage to foreclose because at the tlmo the arrangement was entered Into between him and Castetter there was nothing to mort gage. Sutherland Is said by Castetter to bo in debted to him to a very considerable amount before the last deal. Through a flro bo suf fered 'the loss of bis barn , some horses and wagons and various farm machinery and Implements. According to the story of the banker Sutherland wont to him and arranged for Costotter to let him have enough mono ? to purchase now horses , wagons and ma chlnery and to supply him with provisions for bis family and seed wheat and oats. Castottcr agreed to do this If he would glvohlm a chattel mortgage on the teams and 'wagons purchased and his coming crop. Sutherland gave him a promse to this ef fect. fect.This This somewhat lax agreement ran along smoothly enough until it was > charged that some ot the checks drawn by Sutherland onlthe bank were for other purposes than those specified in the agreement. The bank refused to let him have any more money and Castetter in an action got possession of the teams , wagons and Implements purchased and foreclosure proceedings were com menced on his crop ( by this time grown ) and bis new llvo stock. YVhalen-KItchen Case Submitted. Judge Scott is to decide the Whalen- Kltchen controversy over Paxton hotel stock this morning. The two Whalen boya now live with their mother , Mrs. Lizzie Whalen , at Melrose , la. When Ralph Kitchen died in 1890 he left to each of the two boys , Herbert and Wallace , $10,000 worth of stock In the Kitchen Brothers' Hotel company and a 195- acre farm In Lcavenwortb county , Kansas. James B. Kitchen was made the executor ot the will. The particular provision covering this re quest was that Mr. Kitchen could exercise the option within three years , either of let ting tbo boys have tbo stock or of turning ov r to each of them $10,000 In cash. The stock was In time made over to them , but their attorney , W. D. Beckett , in whose name the suit was brought * their next friend , has contended that it was not done so until the three years had passed. The farm , w nt to Mrs , Whalen. Argument was concluded yesterday after noon. In behalf ot the defendants It was claimed by John C. Cowln , their legal rep resentative , that so long as the spirit of the bequest was carried out tbe mere Item ot time was not material. It was also urged during the progress of the case that in the reorganization ot the Kitchen Brothers' Ho tel company all the parties interested , in cluding the Whalen boys , acquiesced. Madeline Mcbol * Get * Damave * . The Jury In Judge Powell's court returned a verdict yesterday afternoon for the entire sum asked by 12-year-old Madeline Nichols In her action for damages against Thomss Murray of South Omaha , namely , $500. The suit bad been brought in the name ot the girl's father , John C. Nichols , a Union Pa cific passenger brakeman , &n < f the damages were claimed because of injuries suffered by tbe girl on account of one of Murray's teams running Into her In April , two years ago , while It was being driven by one of his men , Smith Garland , through an alley back ot the Brown school. There were two Important questions In volved. One was a test ot a maater's lia bility for tbe acts of a servant and the other was the immaturity of tbe girl In any sup position of contributory negligence. The court's instructions on these two points left the whole matter to be settled by the Jury. On tbe former Judge Powell said If the driving of the team at the time of the acci dent was found to have been within tbo scope of Garland's employment by Murray the question of liability would be estab lished , and , as to contributory negligence , maturity and a certain degree of Intelligence would have to bo presupposed. The girl being only 10 years old at the time , her age had to be taken Into consideration. Divorce Salt * . > Whether any alarming stimulus will be received by divorce circles from a declara tion made by Judge Scott yesterday after noon remains to be seen. The evidence Jn the action of Jessie McKnlght agalnot Oeorge W. McKnlght waa being taken. Mrs. McKnlght told how her husband had Ill- treated her while they lived on Forty-second street near Pierce , and that be had failed to contribute to her support for going on two years and had finally been sent to the , penitentiary for counterfeiting. The Judge then turned to a male witness and asked : "What do you know about It ? " "I know that he slapped this woman , " the witness answered. "Decree , cruelty and nonsupport - port , " thundered the Judge ; "It Is a rule of this court that if any man slaps his wife she is entitled to a divorce. " Tbe Mc- McKnlgbts were married in this city nine years ago. Minnie Lewis was also allowed a divorce from Noah Lewis for cruelty and uonsup- port. Her husband was a barber. Their marriage occurred In Council Bluffs three years ago. She has an 8-year-old son by a former husband , but she said she did not know what had become of the boy. Traded Heal Entute for Orocerle * . Over a day ot Judge Baker's time has been consumed In the trial of a case In- volvlng the proprietorship of a South Park avenue grocery stock and tbe title to two lots in Vllllsca , on Iowa town. Tbo suit arose out of a deal entered into a year ago between Martha J. Oxford and James E. Rail by which Rail was to swap bis Iowa real estate for Mrs. Oxford's gro- eery stock. Mrs. Oxford brought an action In a Justice court to recover on a chattel mortgage given her by Rail and the case eventually found Us way into the district court. According to tbe representations made by Rail bis bargain waa struck with Alfred R. Oxford , the husband of tbe plaintiff. He considered bis two lots In Vllllsca worth $2,500 , save that he bad a mortgage on them for $1,000. Being only a mechanic , so the story goes , he did not know much about groceries ; hence It did not dawn upon htm until ho was fairly launched Into the gro. eery business that the. Oxford stock waa worth only $700. Ho therefore brings a counter claim ( or the difference between the $700 worth of groceries and the $1,500 worth of realty title. The case Is now In the jury's hands. - Llnton MartKftfiD Cane liars Over. The Llnton mortgage case has gone over until the 28th. Both Mrs. Phoebe R. E. E. Llnton and her husband , Adolphua Freder ick Llnton , are In the city. Mr. Llnton was the stand for a short white yesterday ornoon , but he was not allowed to go be yond the record of the trial In Judge Fer guson's court and the eventual appeal to the eupreemo court. Ono ot the claims made by the Llntons was that certain San Sebastian nitrate stock bad been applied on the 10,000 mortgage given to the English banking concern ot Brown , Jansen & Co. on the fifty acres west of Hanscom park. His Attorneys wcro anx ious to bring out this point , but Judge Faw- cott held him down to the record , as no showing could bo made of any payments since the case was tried by Judge Fergu son. son.Tho matter will be argued on Its merits on the 28th and an order win follow In accordance with the Judgment of the supreme premo court. Some Criminal Case * Ulmulised. Judge Keysor did a little criminal busi ness yesterday. A batch Of city coses have been on the docket for some time and City Prosecutor Miller made up his mind they had been there long enough. Thir teen of them wore accordingly dismissed on Mr. Miller's motions. The reason given for this was that the complaining witnesses could not bo found and ihe cases would fall through by default. Two of the case * were against Kitty Owens , who has been giving the- police considerable trouble. She was charged with being an Inmate of a questionable place and with assault and battery. The other cases were against Allco Gordon , Georgia Russell , Nell Shannon , Ida Young and Mary King , for various offenses against sound morals ; Annie Nelson , for vagrancy ; Max Ooodman , John Simon and Thomas Flrney , for disturbing the peace ; Georgia Jackson for the too free use of a pistol , and Loren Porter for assault and battery. BrlnRlnff In 1'rlnoner * . The deputies in the office of Marshal Thummel are beginning to gather In the parties recently Indicted by the grand jury. Deputy Allen has returned from the Wlnne- bago reservation , bringing with him James Nobles and John Crow , two Indians charged with introducing liquor upon the reservation and also with selling the same to the In diana. Deputy Ackerman has returned from the north end of Holt county , having James and Fanny Green In custody , both ot whom I i are charged with Interfering with the trans- 1 mission of mall and delaying a mall carrier 1 while engaged In the discharge of his duties. In this case the road which was usually traveled passed over the land owned by the prisoners. It Is said that last fall they re fused to permit the mall carrier to travel over this particular road. Juror' * Overcoat Stolen. Joseph Kelsey , one of the jurors In th McCarty case , on trial in United States court , la minus an overcoat. The garment was hanging on the rack In the main court room yesterday and when he went to get It at the evening recess It was gone. Mr. Kelaey Is of the opinion that some thief picked up the coat and took it with , him when he left the room. Iltnored the License Law. Deputy Marshal Kelm-'camo In from Au burn last night , bringing 'Bernard Dourch- kolb , Indicted on the charge of having sold .liquor without , having , insured the required authority from -the United ? States , , . * ; Notes of the ! Courts. Notice has been glventhat' the action of Henry Coombs to test ttie garbage contract between the city and Alexander MacDonald - ald will be called up before Judge Scott this morning. Judge Scott will call up the International dining hall case for final determination this morning. This Is the case of the restaurant near the exposition that went into the hands of a receiver and over which three sets of creditors have been fighting. A temporary injunction , until further or ders of 'the court , was granted to the Rlley- Hubbard company against the Automatic Gas Lamp company and others yesterday to prevent the sale of territory claimed by the plaintiff concern. A. C. Raymcr has been awarded a judg ment by Justice Foster for $115.64 against the German Village company and Joseph L. Baker and John C. Whlpplo. The amount rcpresentes a hardware bill. J. J. Gibson has filed a complaint against William C. Dickey for having fallod to Dlo a certificate of copartnership according to the provisions of the law. A hearing will be had next'week in Justice Foster's court. Shafts ; Gets a Diploma. City Electrician Shurlg has been presented with a diploma and medal by the Trans- mlssisslppl Exposition company for the work he did last summer on the exposition grounds. Both medal and diploma state that .they .were awarded "for valuable serv ices. 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Witness testified that on Juno 16 of the present year , while In the employment of the government , he visited John McCarthy's home in Sarpy county , and there was shown the .dies and plant for making counterfeit money. The next day ho sold he bought a quantity of coin from John McCarty and that the delivery was made at a saloon at Twenty-fourth and L streets , South Omaha. Upon this occasion Agent Donnela ot the United States secret service department was Introduced to McCarty and Brown as a man who could be trusted and who wanted some of the spurious coin to take Into Iowa. Twelve of the bad dollars were delivered , Donnola paying for the same the sum of $ 3. At this meeting It was arranged that Mc Carty and Brown should bring up another lot on the following Saturday. Donnela , who had been Introduced OB Roth , an ex-convict suggesting that he could use at least fifty of the counterfeit , dollars. At this time McCarty cautioned Donnela about going Into Iowa , saying , "They give counterfeiters h 11 over there. " On Juno 3 Burk testified that , acting under Instructions , ho visited tbo McCarty premises , near Bellevue , and asked for more counterfeit coin , aaylng he was getting rid of that he had previously purchased. To tha | McCarty and Brown replied that they had none of the counterfeit coin on hand , but would make some , whereupon they In vited Burk to go .along , and conducted him Into a clump of willows , ICO or 200 yards from McCarty'e house , whcro they started n fire and melted up a lot of material which they made Into dollars , McCarty handling the dies and Brown doing th finishing. While there McCarty and Brown made fifteen of these dollars , which were turned over to the witness , and which -wen Identified , by him while on th witness stand. In giving his testimony Burk stated that Brown plated the bad dollars' by dipping them In a solution , and then rubbing them down to give thsm the re quired polish and genuine appearance. \Vhen the Arret W Made. On June 25 , 1898 , both John McCarty and John Brown wera arrested at a saloon at Twenty-fourth and F streets , South Omaha. An arrangement had been made by which Burk was to meet them there on that day and a further arrangement had been made between other secret service men and tha Omaha police that the two men were to bo arrested when < the signal was given. The two alleged counterfeiters drove up to the saloon and were greeted by Burk , who in vited them Into the ealoon to take a drink. When once inside they were arrested and brought to this city. After the arrest tha witness testified that he , with other officers , drove to the McCarty home , searched tha house and found a lot of plaster And metal , after which they went to the brush , where the counterfeit money bad been previously made , and there , burled in the sand , found the dies and other Implements used In coin ing. ing.At At the afternoon session ot court the cross-examination of Burk was concluded and S. A. Donnela called by the United States. He recited the facts In connection with the arrest of John McCarty end John Brown , corroborating the evidence given by Burk. Musical treat Schlltz's cafe tonight Speaking About Christmas And Christmas presents there are som < ! things that are better than others Drex L. Shdoman feels mire that boys' hhoes are about the most sensible Rifts for boys more sensible1 than usual wj.en they come from our store the best $1.50 shoe we've over sold Is the genuine calf solid soled school shoe that \vc offer this winter better tbnn ever the little toes never get cold with these shoes on and the llttlo feet can't kick them out with ordinary wear come and select your ( souvenirs now wl'lle the assortment Is complete a new lot just received. Drexel Shoe Co. , Omnba'i Dp-to-dat * lbo Boose. 1419 FARNAM STREET. Carving Sets- it's Rottlnj ? close to Clirlstninn-glvlnt : tlmo nnd nothing can make a more ap propriate Rift than n carving ot the bl assortment wo are nhowlng at this time Klvos you the opportunity of seleutliiK Just what you want nt the prlco you waut'to pay Hlutf silver ami pearl han dle sets put up tu beautiful cased then th ° ro la our line of cutlery hundreds of different styleH from the 5-cent knife up Sensors' sob ) in cases razors In cases safety razors , etc. , ctc.A special dis count of 10 per cent on the Jewell heat ing stoves this week. A. C. . . RAYMER , WE DELIVER YOUtt PURCHASE. 1514 Farimm St.