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MORE TESTIMONY IN CARLISLE CASE CASHIER HUNTER PRINCIPAL WITNESS. Government Closed Case on Tues day.-The Defense Offers No Testimony. Greenville Ne's, Oct. IS. Beginning the second week yester day in the trial of Milton A. Carlisle, charged with the misapplication of the funds of the Newberry National bank, of which he was formerly presi dent, the government will close its case this morning, with the remain ing of the cross-examination of Mr. Sherrill Smith, banking accountant in the government service. The special term of the district court called to try this case. was begun last Monday, and it is thought that it will be com pleted within the next day or two. The principal witnesses at yester day's session were Mr. Joseph H. Hunter, cashier of the Newberry Na tional bank during the years indicat ed in the indictment, 1907 and 1908, and Mr. Smith, who made an investi gation into the affairs of the bank during Augusta of last year, just prior to the drawing up of the indictment, which was rendered a true bill by the grand jury at the regular session of the district court in this city last October. Nothing particulairly new developed yesterday in the testimony, though many details of the affairs of both the bank and of Mr. Carlisle which were not brought out last week were revealed, and a large portion of the ground covered during the tak ing of the testimony on the days pre ceding, was gone over again with these witnesses. Judge Brawley called the court to order about ten o'clock yesterday morning. and District Attorney Er nest F. Cochrane, called back to the stand one or two of the witnesses who had testified during the week preceding. to clear up one or two matters which had been gone over then, and to bring out a few addition al details of the transactions. Mr. B. C. Matthews, present presi dent of the bank, was first called to the stand. It will be remembered that among the counts in the indict ment, are several to the effect that Mr. Carlisle certified checks when the drawees had not the amount on de posit at the time. It was 'brought out last week that Mr. Carlisle had cer tified a check for Mr. J. A. Black welder, :he transaction being fully explained at that time. Mr. Black welder drew a check in favor of the Standard Oil comj.any for $558. He did not have the funds on deposit at that time in the Newberry National bank, but asked Mr. Carlisle to cer tify same, showing him that he had $1,500 available at Winston-Salem, N. C., with authority to draw upon it. UTpon the assurance that the draft would be deposited at once, and that the funds would be in the bank by time the check returned for collection, Mr. Carlisle, it appears from the tes timony, certified the check'. It appear ed from an examination of the books, that the check had been entered for payment, on the 16th of June, 1908, and that the draft had been entered for collection on the 17th, the pro ceeds returning on the 19th. Dis count slips were brought into evi dence, however, which showed that the draft had been entered on the same day that the check had been paid. Mr. Matthws identified the dis count slips, and testified that the draft ha~c probably not bcen brought in IP: til after the books had been closed,j leing entered as of the following day, according to the customs of the bank. The defense endeavored to bring out that when the check was cashed, the funds were in the bank to meet it. This matter was brought up later in the day more fully, during the cross examination of Mr. Hunter. Mr. Robert Norris, a witness of the past week, a director in the bank, was also returned to the stand, for a few minutes, to clear up some de tails in regard to the action of the discount committee, appointed to ap-' prove loans, etc. The principal witness of the morn ing session was Mr. Joseph H. Huu ter. Mr. Hunter was cashier of the bank for two years, resigning this position in January, 1909. He was also a director, and by virtue of this office, always appointed as chairman of the finance committee, which had in charge the supervision of loans, etc. Mr. Hunter was given a number of checks, drawn by Mr. Carlisle, both in his individual name, and as pres ident and treasurer of the Cold Point Granite company, the indictment al leging that he overdrew both these accounts, with the knowledge that neither he nor the quarry company so drawn. Many of these checks were marked "0. K. M. A. C. Pt." signifying that they had passed through the hands of Mr. Carlisle be fore having the funds paid out upon them. Some of them, however, were not so marked, and Mr. Hunter tes:i fled that these had been paid upon the assurance of Mr. Carlisle, before the checks had come in, that the checks would be in, and that he would pro vide for their payment. Mr. Cochrane, however, explained that these checks not so marked, were not among the counts in the indictment. The checks marked 0. K. had been presented to Mr. Carlisle before they were paid When asked why he permitted Mr. Carlisle to overdraw his account in this manner, in the face of the reso lution which had been passed by the directors to prevent these overdrafts without the approval of the finance committee, Mr. Hunter answered that Mr. Carlisle was president of the bank, and it was brought out that he looked upon him as his superior of ficer. Mr. Hunter stated that he did not approve the overdrafts, and had told Mr. Carlisle he ought not to do it. In regard to the notes made by Mr. Carlisle to cover his overdrafts, Mr. Hunter stated that he allowed these to get the account into a better shape Checks on the plantation account of Mr. Carlisle were also presented, identified, and gone over in like man ner. Under the cross-examination by Mr. Dominick, for the defense, Mr. Hunter was asked concerning the condition of Mr. Carlisle's account at the beginning of his term as cashier, in 1907. In January of that year, it was brought out, Mr. Carlisle was in debted to the bank by about $12,000 In notes, and about a thousand in overdrafts, making a total indebted ness of about thirteen thousand dol lars. During the latter part of No vember, 1908, this indebtedness had reached a total of slightly exceeding eighteen thousand dollars. Indebtedness of Other Directors. One rather interesting statement made by Mr. Hunter, in answer to a question by Mr. Dominick, was that the total indebtedness of the directors of the bank, to the bank, was in March, 1906, about $73,000, of which Mr. Carlisle's was only about $14,000. In 1907, the total indebtedness of the directors was about $67,000, Mr. Car lisle's being about $13,000 of this amount. Mr. Cochrane objected to this testi mony, and some -argument took place, during the course of which some remarks were made which would lead one to believe that there may be other prosecutions similar to that of Mr. Carlisle. Judge Brawley ruled that further testimony along this line was irrelevant. The note for $250, relative to the plantt ton account of Mr. Carlisle was brought up aglain during the cross-examination. This was a de mand note, which it is alleged was never paid. It was brought out in the examination by Mr. Dominicle, however, that on several occasions following the making of this note, there were sufficient funds on hand in this account to pay the note, and that Mr. Hunter could have paid it out of these, the banking laws allow ing this. This, however, Mr. Hunter stated that he never tried to do. It was also brought out as last week that Mr. Carlisle's salary had been applied to his indebtedness each month, and that the board of direc trs knew of these overdrafts, etc., at their meeting of January, 1908, when Mr. Carlisle was reelected presi dent. Mr. Hunter also acknowledged that the relations between himself and Mr. Carlisle had been somewhat strained at times. A good many of the members of the board of direc tors knew of the overdrafts, but Mr. Eunter did not recall any special ac tion in regard to it, though many of the directors had asked Mr. Carlisle to get his account in shape. Mr. Hun er stated also that he had received no instructions from the board in re ard to the overdrafts, except a gen eral resolution adopted, which left the maatter in the hands of the finance ommittee, of which he was chairman. his, however, contained no mention f the Cold Point or individual ac ounts of Mr. Carlisle. When asked: f the entire front part of the bank ad not been in charge of the cash er, Mr. Hunter replied no, and later stated that the president always made the loans. When asked if he could not have refused to cash these checks, Mr. Hunter replied that he could have hardly refused checks signed by the president. Mr. Hunteti also stated that he had not made any report to the board in regard to these matters. The Blackwelder draft, and the cer tified check, was taken up by the prosecution and defense attorneys, during the cross-examination of Mr. Hunter. After the situation had been gone over, and the discount slips, showing the entry of the draft on the 16th of June, 1908, the examination of the books. which showed the cash ing of the Standard Oil company check on the 16th, and the entry of the draft for ccolection on the 17th. Mr. Hunter was asked if he would have paid the check even though c;r tified, if there had been no runds in Leather only .e shoe dealers will tell ey can't give you a good, e shoe for $2.00 or $2.50. are right, they can't. 2.00 shoe they sell is made a demand at this price )t to wear. It is made of conds-from sole to heel. The Southern Girl $2.00 Shoe $2.50 oman who tries it for the he equal of shoes that cost :es the foot feel perfectly at 3 any shoe you ever bought live leather-a quality sole, gs. 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Address Farmers Line Dej SOUTHERN BELL 5 & TELEGRAPH 163 South Pryor St., 2 pli1d th~at ha did not rement>m~ when this particular check came iii, b t1 after some hesitation, stated t.t,at he would not have cashed it had there been no funds on hand to meet it. Ini rply to a que 1.n from Mr Coch r?ue as to whether a certifiel check V. ere not a liabilty of the ban'r Mr. iPrinick asked Mr. Hunter if he had not refused to cash a certified chedl by Mr. Blackwelder, on the second of January, 1909, knowing there ware no funds on hand, to which he replied in the affirmative. It appears from the testimony that the draft intended to cover this note, had been entered for collection at the bank on the same day that the check had been presented for collection, but for some reason never satisfactorily explained, the draft had not been entered on the bank books until the day following the 17th. Mr. Sherrill Smith, bank account ant in the department of justice of the government, was the only other wit ness examined yesterday, and with the completion of his testimony this morning, the government will have closed its case against Mr. Carlisle. Smith stated that he had been in the banking business since 1899, and had been offered this government posi-. tion during May, 1909. He had been to Newberry during August, 1909, staying there some two or three weeks, making an investigation into the affairs of the bank, particularly in regard to the account of Mr. Car lisle. Following his investigation, the indictment ha.d been prepared, which had been redered a true bill by t*he grand jury at the following term of the district court in the Oc tober following. The personal account of Mr. Car lisle was overdrawn at the first of October, 1906, to the extent of $244.24. Deposits were made up to the early rart of 1908. amounting to over $18, (Cnaned on Page seven.. 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