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The Richmond Virginian
Richmond, Virginia
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In New York on May 4, during Fritz Augustus Heinze's trial for violating national banking laws, defense attorneys revealed that prosecution transcripts of Otto Heinze & Co. accounts, sworn accurate by Mercantile Bank clerks, were prepared by accountant John A. Fernsler from the Charles W. Morse case. Clerk Adam L. Keppler admitted this and noted extra check descriptions not in bank books but insisted on accuracy.
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NEW YORK, May 4.--At to-day's session of the trial of Fritz Augustus Heinze, charged with violating the National banking law, attorneys for Heinze brought out that transcripts of the accounts of Otto Heinze, Max H. Schultze and other members of the firm of Otto Heinze & Co., which clerks in the Mercantile Bank swore were accurate, had been prepared by John A. Fernsler, the expert accountant who prepared the case against Charles W. Morse.
Adam L. Keppler, clerk in the Mercantile Bank, admitted this fact on cross-examination, and also that the so-called transcripts contained matter descriptive of checks, which did not appear on the bank's books. He insisted, however, that the transcripts were correct, notwithstanding, and Stanhfield Heinze's lawyer let it go at that.
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May 4
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Defense attorneys in Fritz Augustus Heinze's trial for violating national banking law reveal that prosecution transcripts of Otto Heinze & Co. accounts, sworn accurate by Mercantile Bank clerks, were prepared by John A. Fernsler from the Charles W. Morse case; clerk Adam L. Keppler admits this and extra check details not in bank books but insists transcripts are correct.