Asked by the prosecution if he had suspicions of Tsu, Mr. Raven said he was certain Tsu must be the one who. had done something wrong. It might. be that ho made a mistake In. the first ease and carried on in the second case, Asked who, in his opinion, would benefit by it if the irregular transfer was proved to be intentional, Mr. Raven said the compradore might. Between April and May, the bank was. in need of ash and wanted the com= pradore to draw money from native banks with which the bank had accounts, although they were in the compradore's name. Only after the closure of the bank did he find the compradore had no money in the native banks. The deposits were put the "eat! deposit" account, probably because the compradore wanted to show more money.
Questioned by" Mr. Bryan, Mr. Raven said the acceptance of silver for safe-keeping was unusual, because was rare. He did not seo ihe manager, because the compradore had almost the same authority as the manager regarding Chinese lines of business. Witness saw the manager about the Epport case.
Asked by Mr. Bryan it there was: any difference in banking between Chinese and Russian business, the witness replied in the negative and said there was no other reason why he did not consult the manager regarding the first ese. Tsu always was faithful and not, -ilty of untruthfulness as far as he knew.
Mr. Bryan—Yet you made the suggestion that he did the irregular transfer?—On the face of it, yes. His Signature appeared in the two receipts.
Tu reply to further questions, Mr. Raven said Tsu was a direct subordinate to him and he did not see
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