Show Is I 1 I 1 at trial in U S criminal court of charles W morse new york oct 16 A towheaded tow headed youth of 19 until recently a 12 a clerk in a brokerage office was the star witness today at tile t ne trial in tar criminal branch of th abo united states court of charles aw w morse financial mati man and promoter who with alfred H curtis former president of the national bank of north america ili IB charged with having viol violated atod alie we national banking laws in the testimony of F edward P a government bank examiner tt it had bad been revealed that a named magile B E whiting had been one of the heaviest borrowers from the national bank of north america at ono one time owing ue lie institution aa a much as aa hardly a week wean went by in the year of 1907 the tosti mony showed that whiting did not borrow or moro more giving ICO ice stock clock principally as security it always appeared la in the afie records as pre arc tented however that the enormous sums of money borrowed by whiting were credited to the accounts of C chias ass W moree at the conclusion of examiner testimony leslie whiting was wis called to the abo stand and those in the court room who had bad expected to tt a dignified shrewd looking busl cipas man stop atop forth were astonished to L we soo a smooth checked boy or of un anjer Is r twenty years yeara walk nervously to the witness stand A smile swept over an room and judge hough rapped sharply for order after whiting had been maje made to describe how ho he had come to sign the notes whim which made him indebted to the bank for such large amounts ho he was asked could you have P paid dd this note I 1 hold hero here for what me answered tho the startled startle 1 boy no no I 1 could you have paid a note pressed tho the attorney for tho the prosecution no sir air replied the boy a trifle more assured for half an hour longer the youth was waff kept on the stand while a bunch of letters bearing the signature leslie E whiting and directed to the national bank of north america read these letters couched in ID busl busi ness nesa like terms gave orders order to the Alla bank for transferring collateral charges and renewal of notes A son sentence in one letter latter read Ea enclosed closed please find my check tor for which apply to my account the witness explained in answer to questions that ho he had been sent to the bank by his employers to sign the notes he said he knew he was incurring an obligation but felt sure his employers would protect the notes Xhi whiting ting te testified stifled that ho he lidd had never talked with morse or mr hr curtis curels concerning the signing of notes or the p utting putting up or of collateral the boy also arld that lh he did not think his employers know knew that he was not of age davidson bbown another brokers clerk was also a witness to tell of hiving signed the notes for loans for more than brown had a baj bad memory and his testimony was of little value the afternoon session was waa almost devoted to tracing the loans made in the name of whiting bank moxey started with loans made in june of last year and aad showed bow the loans were repeatedly renewed ro it was brought out that at al one time the bank made a profit of on the loans but the profit was on paper only mr moxey said this testimony led id up to the testimony of young whiting after INY lilt ing had testified the case was ad journea for the day the trial will bo be resumed tomorrow a most unu anu sual pual proceeding for not in twenty alve cars it Is said has a federal tribunal here held a session on saturday the jury was kept under guard tonight rev E J terrell and family ot Xen kentucky tucky stopped off in ogden last night while on en their way to Port portland lami oregon where they expect to malce make their future home |