| Show TiE 1V13IAK CASE iI i I Looks Like Animus on the Part oCR oC-R G Dun Co i New York Feb 25Albert B Board man who has for many years been I Wimans private counsel made the following I fol-lowing statement tonight regarding I Wimans case I The R G Dun Co Mercantile I company employed Nicoll as counsel and he prepared a careful statement of the case for the press Anyone would suppose on reading Nicolls statement state-ment that Wiman was a cashier or a bookkeeper of Dun Co and had no individual business relations of any kind either with Dun or the parties In whose favor the checks were drawn The fact is that for years Wiman has not only been a member of the firm but in the conduct of the business has been the responsible head of the concern con-cern I suppose 90 per cent of all the checks drawn by RG Dun Co during I dur-ing that period have been signed by Wiman Probably Wiman has made the same percentage of all the firms I important contracts Again no reference is made in Ni coIls statements to Wimans Intimate cols personal and business relations with The drawees tf the checks described In the indictments nor to the admitted fact that the endorsement of the drawees named bear no resemblance to their signatures nor to the admitted fact that the endorsements were not used to obtaincredit from any third party but simply for the purpose of transferring trans-ferring credit In the bank from an account ac-count against Wiman and which he had a perfect right td draw The above statement will suffice to I call the attention to the obvious omissions and inaccuracies in the statement prepared by fClcoll and published pub-lished by the firm for the apparent purpose of prejudicing Wimans case with the public before he had an opportunity op-portunity to be heard As showing the animus of the prosecution Boardman recites as a peculiar circumstance the refusal to accept bail proffered by men worth 2000000 he also refers to the manner in which Wiman was indicted and railroaded into the Tombs the carefully prepared statement to his injury and Duns interview ready for prompt publication Wiman has handled han-dled millions belonging to the firm and practically signed 90 per cent of the checks From the moment Wiman took charge of the business the profits increased till Duns share amounted to 400000 per annum The public and any fairminded jury will find it hard to believe that while Wiman was making for himself 575000 to 100000 per annum and for Dun 400000 he was scheming to defraud the firm of I about 10000 through forging names in no way resembling the genuine signatures signa-tures f Boardmen draws attention to Wi mans splendid recd in public enterprises enter-prises his charitable work and to the fact that as soon as it became evident he was insolvent he transferred all his property to Dun as security for any sum finally adequate to be due upon the accounts I these cases are ever brought to trial the public will have a chance to ascertain the motive prompting prompt-ing the prosecution and I shall be much surprised If there are not a number of very estimable gentlemen who like Macbeth will tremble In well appointed dining halls and say with quivering lips Shake not thy gory locks at me thou canst not say I did It As a matter of fact I notice some of them already doing so |
