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Show EXPERT ON STAND IN BANK CASE HOIS It Ida.. March 1ft. The government govern-ment has started to weavs Its chain of evidence connecting William F. Ket-tenbach Ket-tenbach and Oeorge If. Kester, defendants defend-ants In the lwtston National bank oae. with wholesale thefts from, that Institution Institu-tion when It placed Lewis M. Gray, an expert bank examiner and accountant, on the stand to point out the fraudulent fraudu-lent manner In which the books were kept. Gray Is the expert who produced the documentary evidence that convicted John R. Walsh. One of the most atartJlng d I scloau res was scored by the government govern-ment through the Introduction of a memorandum mem-orandum of the account between the lwlaton National and the United States National bank of Portland, showing that the defendants represented on the bank tsooke that a note of $16,000 had been received re-ceived from the Portland bank, but the report of the tatter failed to disclose that such a transfer had been made. The fictitious fic-titious transaction was made to Increase the assets of the Lewis ton bank. The defendants, de-fendants, said Gray, used the same methods meth-ods In recording a f 10,000 note as coming from the Continental National bank of Chicago and other banks. C. 8. Ixtveiand of Portland, a national bank examiner and former atate bank examiner ex-aminer of Idaho. teetiQed that he examined ex-amined the bank books Just after the defendant a left the Leerrton National a nd made a report to the comptroller. This was after tho alleged transactions cited In the tiidlctment. Lcveiand was subpoenaed aftar testifying for the government gov-ernment by the defense. Judge Bean la taking every precaution with tho Jury. During the iacesees the Jurors ara con fined to his prlvmta court apartment a and the Jurors are under orders to report spying on them. All of tho Jurors ware selected from southern counties axoept Ada, of which Boise Is the county seat. |