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CURTIS EXONERATED
OF SERIOUS CHARGE
The much heralded and eagerly
looked for case instituted by Dis
trict Attorney R. F. Roth against
Howard P. Curtis, late general store
keeper of the Alaskan Engineering
commission ,was heard before U. S.
Comimssioner R. S. McDonald last
evening, ending in the dismissal of
the case.
Curtis was specifically charged
with the embezzlement of 792
pounds of meat, the property of the
Alaskan Engineering commission;
the offense is alleged to have been
committed in October last.
The trial was commenced at seven
p. m., at the commissioner’s court
Assistant District Attorney Harry
Pratt conducting the prosecution.
The accused was defended by Fer
nand De Journel assisted by Roy
Douse.
C. H. Hall was the first witness
called by the prosecution. He testi
fied that he was at the time of
the commission of the alleged crime
working in the store department as
receiving and forwarding agent,
under orders of Curtis. A docu
ment purporting to define the duties
of general storekeeper and the re
ceiving and forwarding agent in de
tail, was read, admitted by witness
and put into the records of the case.
Another document, setting forth
that commissary privileges were to
be extended to none other than
employees of the A. E. commission
only, with the sole exception of
James Hagen, U. S. marshal, was
also read and placed on record.
Mr. Hall described the cold storage
building of the A. E. commission,
including that portion of it rented
to Waechter Bros, and testified to
the fact that he was aware of the
transaction involving the loan, in
October last, of a quantity said to
be 792 pounds of meat, and identi
fied the records produced showing
the details of the loan made to
Waechter Bros. He was also aware
of the fact that the meat had not
yet been returned by Waechter
Bros. He told of his friendly re
lations with Curtis and of several
private conversations he had had
with him regarding the purchase by
Curtis of a number of Liberty
Bonds. Cross-examined by Mr. De
Journel, Mr. Hall said that he
understood Curtis to say that he
had purchased Libertry Bonds to the
extent of $30,0000 with the pro
ceeds of some successful speculation
he had undertaken with money be
longing to his mother’s estate.
Henry Ehlen was the next witness
for the prosecution. He said he was
warehouse foreman during October
last, and as such, had charge of and
kept the keys of the cold storage
warehouse. He went into detail in
regard to the matter of the loan
of 792 pounds of meat to Waechter
Bros., which he said he personally
delivered on the orders of his supe
rior and identified the records pro
duced of the transaction. In cross
examination he testified to other
loans having been made to Waechter
Bros, prior to the loan of the 792
pounds of meat in October, which
they had returned. He confirmed
the statements he made in the ex
amination in chief. Re-examined by
Mr. Pratt, he said that the amount
of meat loaned to Waechter Bros,
was contained in 3 hind and 2 front
quarters of beef, the weights of
each being given separately. A re
ceipt for the meat issued by Waech
ter Bros, and the meat book in
which the record of the transaction
was kept by Ehlen was then com
pared and found to tally with the
exception of one item. This item
I was shown in Waechter’s reciept as
lone hind quarter weighing 128
I pounds, and was shown in Mr.
Ehlen’s record as one hind quarter
weighing 127 pounds.
The prosecution rested their case
at this', stage.
Ralph Waechter was the first wit
ness called by the defense. He
testified to having arranged with
Curtis for the loan of the meat,
which was taken delivery of on the
1st of October. The loan was made
necessary owing to the fact that
Waechter Bros, barge was not able
to come up to Nenana, owing to the
low stage of water. He said that
he received from the Commission
on that date 3 hind and 2 front
quarters of beef, but gave no re
ceipt for it at the time. It was
agreed that the meat was to be re
urned to the Commission as soon
as the barge McNab arrived in Ne
nana. He also testified to having
borrowed chickens, pork loins and
mutton from the Commission prior
: to this transaction and to having re
turned it later. Shortly after the
arrival of Waecher Bros.’ consign
ment of beef, he offered to return
the quantity borrowed, but owing
to the difficulty entailed in getting
the exact number of pieces of meat
he offered to return four instead
of five quarters, amounting to the
same weight as the meat borrowed.
A letter written by Mr. Waechter
to Curtis to this effect was produc
ed and acknowledged by Waechter.
There was a footnote on the letter
written by Curtis agreeing to the
return of four instead of five quar
ters, but of the same weight as the
meat loaned to Waechter Bros., but
this footnote, Mr. Waechter said he
did not see. He was not aware of
the fact that Curtis had agreed to
take four quarters in lieu of the
five borrowed, as Curtis had orally
insisted on the return of five quar
ters. He said he explained to Curtis
that he could not pet five quarters
to equal the weight of the five
quarters borrowed, as they were at
the bottom of the pile of meat
stored in the apartment in the Com
mission cold storage plant rented
by Waechter Bros, and Curtis told
him to lay aside these quarters
when he got to them and return
them later on- An agreement was
entered into later on between
Waechter Bros, and Curtis for the
loan of about five tons of meat.
Waechter produced telegrams ex
changed between him and Mr. Par
kin, the manager of the company,
in regard to the transaction. He
gave a receipt on the 7th of March
for the five quarters of beef bor
rowed in October, and produced his
stock book, which showed the en
tries to have been properly made
out. The entries in the Commission
meat book and Mr. Waechter’s book
tallied except that Waechter’s book
showed one pound more meat than
the A. E. C. claimed.
In cross-examination by Mr. Pratt
Waechter confirmed his previous
statement and also spoke of a con
versation he had with Bailey and
Curtis regarding the storage of
some smoked meats. Mr. Bailey,
who was at the head of the Com
mission at the time, was aware of
the transaction regarding the 792
pounds of meat as well as the pro
posal to borrow a further five-ton
lot. He admitted the letter written
to Curtis about the return of four
instead of five quarters of equal
weight, but stated that he did not
get the letter back with Curtis’
endorsement agreeing to a settle
ment on the basis suggested.
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Mr. F. D. Browne was next called.
He said he was in charge of the
Fairbanks division of the Alaskan
Engineering commission as member
of commission and that he had been
summoned by the defense and was
there as a witness and had accepted
witness fees. Curtis, he said, had
absolute control as custodian of
government property until the last
day of May, when Mr. Browne wrote
him that he would accept his resig
nation. The letter was so worded
out of consideration for Curtis’
position. He stated that it was not
proper, under the regulations, to
loan government property. If such
loans were now being made it was
against all rules and regulations and
in direct violation of his orders and
he would like to hear of any such
violation of the rules. He said lie
had nothing to do with having Curtis
brought back. In reply to Mr. Pratt
he said that there was no book of
rules that he knew of for the guid- *
ance of the employees of the de
partment, but that there were a lot^
of circulars issued, clearly defining
such duties. He also explained the
meaning of a clearance or certifi
cate of discharge.
He said he had no conversation
with Curtis after the last day of
May and did not recollect anything '
about Curtis asking for a clearance.
At the request of Mr. De Journel,
Mr. Pratt, the prosecuting attorney, •
produced a telegram from Mr. Riggs
to himself, which stated that he
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