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Saginaw, April 26. - The examination Df Newell B. Parsons, the alleged bond stealer. on the charge of forging a $5.000 check on Wells, Stone & Coinpany, was tóen up 1n the municipal yourt Wednesday morning. The crowd was not as large as usual. Parsons is beginning to show theeffectsof his confinement, being very pale. E. P. Stone. the first witness, said that only A. W. W right, W. T. Knowlton and himself were authorized to sign checks for Wells, Stone & Coinpany. Mr. Stone was in Galveston from Feb. 17 to March 11, 1894, and bef ore lea ving told Parsons to get all the checks needed from W. T. Knowlton. Since Jan. 1 the checks have been from the book nunibered 13,000 to 14,000, and have been different frorn the checks previously used, being lithographed. Witness never signed a check made out to the order of Newell B. Parsons for $5,000. Parsous uaually fllled out the body of the checks and had full charge of the returned vouchers. W. T. Knowlton, confidential man for A. W. Wright, who viaited Wells, Stone & Company's office every day in the interests of Mr. Wright, and in the absence of Mr. Stone had the exclusive right to sign checks, never signed a check payable to parsons' order for $5,000, and never authorized any such check. Samuel Borland, head of the logging department of the firm, had 50 or 60 blank checks during the time he was connected with the firm. To his knowledge Parsons had not been givén checks signed in blank since Jan. 1. E. Solmes, teller of the First National bank. testified to cashing a check on March 9 for 5.000 drawn to the order of N. B. Parsons and purporting to be aigned by E. P. Stone. under the usual stamp. He cashed another check for Wells, Stone & Company the same day, and noticed a difference of over 70Ö in the numbers of the checks. Arthur Schoeneberg, bookkeeper, and Thomas W. Stalker. cashier of the bank, testified concerning the payment of the check. James Montross, stenographer for Wells, Stone & Company. gave the ouly sensational testimony offered. He received vouchers from the bank bookkeeper and gave them to Parsons. In the middle of March Parsons called the attention of the witness to the signature of E. P. Stone, and remarked that it was a -'dead easy" signature. and expressed the believe that he (Parsons) could duplícate it so that an expert could not teil the difference. The prosecution then rested, and the case was adjourned until this morning. It is rumored that the books and other valuables of the firm have not been destroyed, as first reported, but that Parsons knows where they are and will produce them at a time when he thinks they will do him the most good. There are also numerous stories about the bonds, one being that he can prove that he had a right to do with them as he did and acted in good faith.