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Knapp Jury Finds Verdict in Four Hours
PHILLIPS RAPS DEFENDANTS AS ALL CROOKED
(Continued From Page One.) he not in bank." position to didn't dare to take the $140,000. but an apparently legitimate loan would pass the bank trict Council note for this amount went in as the assets of the though wasn't worth the paper written He explained why this was handled as was it went on the books showby saying to people who ing as note had ample and any bank aminer have it was but loan at but was the bank for money was McCrady and the banking say that any who does such an act to deceive bank examis liable to
HAND MONEY TRANSACTION.
Then Phillips passed on to the $25.000 hand money given to Knapp as evidence of good faith and by him to McCrady "Kelly (W. Kelly, defendant) said was part of the $37,500 of the penters' Phillips said, "but said was money that was given him Maybe anyhow shown $9,000 worth of bonds out of almost worth he was dickering for it apparently occur to him that the bonds have been queer He was not even interested enough the second batch coupons. Ho secret service man investigate them and he was satisfied.
REFERS TO FOLLY. whole in this case can summed up in damn fool and got trimmed, he knew that who goes into deal every man who handed the money over was prejudicing the Brotherhood Savings and Trust Company McCrady said they were expecting run on the bank momentarily, at any but after banking on tober Charles E. Knapp walk away with all the cash in the bank on gamble that he would help was to the and it defrauded the If wants to be fool that's his business as long as he uses his own McCrady never saw this money again until it counted at detective After Knapp failed to show up the appointed time, he waited in his office for an hour for hours doing not the police giving Knapp more time to get the planted and there might been another purpose this fact that Knapp is time has to do this The of the willing to turn and over to had with the bank and in that guilty of a this indictment and they should be found guilty sank into his chair seemingly by his strenuous of arraignment the five defendants.
DEFENDS M'CRADY.
Attorney Marshall opened his address by that "is thoroughly that the had not of case spiracy He pointed out how Crady had taking stand over his that had hide that he wanted to tell the jury he did and why he did it amount of money involved the only remarkable thing about this Marshall "otherwise it is just what has been taking place for years, people buying gold bricks for the brick around to the treasury to sell for real value, and the machines in $1 bill and out this case all over the of money being the only markable thing." is not case of civil liability against McCrady. who studied many years to master his profession: Squire Redman in old age, Kelly who trusted McCrady implicity, and Nelson have proved what kind of man the question of whether they conspired togetherman has right to know what he charged rich or white or colored. old or has the right to be informed as to the charge and these are charged with conspiring to cheat and defraud the and Trust Company and the only thing they are At this Marshall rupted by Phillips and after conversation Marshall read the other and to the dice of the Brotherhood Savings and Trust Company
TRIED TO SAVE BANK
Marshall contin"that the fifteenth of tober. certain large amount, was given Knapp for the purpose of assisting the Brotherhood Savings & Trust that to defraud was al ready 1926 have been closed had not McCrady. in trying to protect the and got hold of Dr. Morrow of the to get him to the "Every step took to was help the You don't judge man by he but he does," and he passed the testimony of Crady in which said that R. state bank had told him weeks after the bank closed that we known the facts in this case, the would not have been statement uncontradicted on the record." declared Marwe had the facts we found would not made the told an anecdotal story of Judge the of point which was that the jury is correct in its findings 99 times out of 100.
PRAISES PRESIDENT.
"Why these being cases Marshall clean up record, that's all-all the evidence to points one president like at air, he his fortune the then this opportunity He had taken the money out of his pocket to liver almost $16,000 more at other times save the bank -always striving to He thought he saw chance and he took it. Did act like man? Anybody that's crab "If in this case McCrady cannot practice his he will be disbarred, took the stand, though. to tell all his connection It," and he then swung to McCrady's attitude in the entire case take all the blame, fool' was what McCrady told the stand and more forcibly later, but not being tried for being fool. Thousands and thousands of people have been fooled with gold swamp lands in New sey and Florida-as Barnum said there's one born every minute, but then consider that none of us are Marshall then digressed to Knapp. "Knapp," said, "has paid his penalhe was guilty of larceny admire man who is good sport and takes his "Like Houdini, Knapp came along. rolled up his and said," Marshall continued, have bonds- brings the coupons and says that if they are no the Federal Reserve Bank at Cleveland will know The past-due coupons were through and paid, showing the bonds on the crooked The department of justice would down get the had the bonds they McCrady led to believe that the bonds were all was crafty trying to put through the scheme- goldbricked and fooled He got $25,000 from them. came back and said that the man who had the bonds wouldn't deal is the he will deal for they said to themselves 'He must be on the he brought our Then Knapp went to money experienced in the bond business Mr. Dinkey is Knapp fools him. Knapp has his there no Knapp was fooling them Rome its York France had had its Tex and Pittsburgh had its He has the penthe penalty
PLEADS FOR CLIENTS.
"If you these men sending leaned over the rail of the jury and "It's the first degree for Kelly and poor old just to their doom. Because McCrady of to to the that you find all of them not guilty and the be put the county. appreciates the mistake he made: these suffered. all more or less If believe the scriptures all born McCrady on the stand am reif am find guilty They had right to take the from the officers of money the bank were empowered to and has produced no evidence to the The commonwealth didn't produce the of the bank to disprove that they had authority simply were taking the poor bank by the hand help it Let us thank our forefathers that they government where the judgment of 12 such you jurors passes on the guilt of its Do unto these men as Mr. would do were on the find them not shall concluded. Addressing jury in behalf of his client, W. generally for all the Lencher declared soul of this case consists of two faith.' Lencher briefly the story of the bond swindle and declared that the burden of proof rested there bad faith and the proves this, then they are if there good faith, then cannot be convicted." he "are not the are he declared. and to illustrate his point told during this Frank W. Jackson, puty bank had flagrant although he had the books of the bank, slept with them in fact, but testified that in limited search of them he had not found any thing on the with reference to the purchase of $102,500 worth of Liberty bonds and didn't find the record of August 31, 1926, where in compliance with from the banking the of the to sell for. eign and buy Liberty "Jackson slipped Lencher clared, an honest and can't convict people of honest you mistakes."
POINTS TO DINKEY.
"Dinkey and Cunningham are names standing high in the financial Lencher "and Charles Dinkey believed to the tune of 000. He connected with one of the biggest financial houses in the Knapp knew McCrady knew that Dinkey Cunningham believedthe banker it looked so good that he invested not other people's money. but his car attorneys and believed in the propobecause did We can all be guys and good would have been better?" he asked the "This man Knapp in cold you been willing to trust who brought back and said 'thank you. I'm sorry, the deal gave the money back Can you say that men are for lieving a man like this?
KELLY TRUSTED McCRADY.
"Kelly relied on McCrady absolutely Why wouldn't he? You jurors saw like Chancellor judges other men in the business social life of Pittsburgh attest to his honesty and integrity Kelly saw give $16,000 he didn't want the name McCrady with a ing bank you say beyond any reasonable that Kelly did in bad The names he heard Dinkey and the others Kelly Don't convict man from the bottom of his believed his with
PRICHARD PLEADS FOR KNAPP.
Attorney Charles B. brief He moved the of that to find not be by the the motion He offered trial in pleaded to the of growing out of the Prichard there proven and asked that Knapp. who stands charged with the be found not he did not admit that he guilty but pleaded no He pointed out that his paying the penalty for he and asked name and fair that he be found guilty of the conspiracy
ASKS NELSON'S FREEDOM
Homer in of addressed the He said that time Nelson about the and the sation he had with the on the He Nelson of the ing the doing his daily and he make out the he simply lowed the in He pointed out that during the connecting Nelson charge and asked that client be not guilty charge the A large attorneys were spectators at the trial said that without of one the clearest and most heard the courts. his outlined the law in the and the resume of the in showed that had grasped of the highly complicated by the
UNDER GREAT STRAIN.
All of the the great strain the hours dragged by heard from the jury The red on a jury verdict lit up and a of and to the but another jury which of defendants in the under of the other He from 18 to years in the ern the fact that the jury failed to by the time The he the first day of the trial has Mrs Knapp, who has stuck by him through all his his side at every moment that Sheriff E. charge of permit All of the defendants except who taken back the lingered in passed around that there would be no verdict until court opens morning
