Mr, Davies:—I submit to you that Mr. Roberts denied that he was a! trustee of any fund, that he sitd he knew nothing of any money in the bank belonging to any relatives of yours, and politely requested you to leave' the ofce?—That Is a lie, Only tone thing is true, We came together under my introduction, Asked if he ever wrote to the defendants asking for written confirma ton of the loan, Zimmerman replied:—"No, why should T disturb them? My brother said "They are holy fathers and will never cheat you" It was such @ small sum.
Mr, Davies:—I am surprised you re in Court on such a small sum.
'Witness:—I am surprised you are appearing for them, 'You know Mr. N. Kretchmar?—Unfortunately, I had the pleasure of meeting him,' and having litigation with him in the Chinese Courts, and will have in the American Court in the future, Did you ever discuss this matter with him?—Never, Father P. Cerezal, managing direc-for of the defendant corporation and Procurator of the Augustinian Procuration, was first called by the plaintift'and later by the defence, He slated the defendants only borrowed about $200,000 from the bank in 1984. They did not borrow any money in, 1935 from the Chartered Bank. Defendants did not need Zimmerman to introduce them to the bank, as they had had business dealings with them for some thirty years, He denied that any mention ever was mad? either of the $3,000,000 loan or that plaintiff would be given a commission fon any such transaction, Very Rich wite Cross-examined:—They were _interested when plaintiff approached them regarding the loan, at a low rate of interest, on his relatives' money, as "everyone in town knew Mr, Zimmerman was married to 4 very rich woman, Mr. G, Pisarevsky, manager of the defendant corporation, gave evidence that the amount of business given the Chartered Bank actually" was very small, and merely as a matter of courtesy, as most of the company's business was with American banks. Zimmerman, he said, wanted to move nto their office with a desk "and we had to throw him out."
Mr, N, Kretchmar, an America civil' engineer, asked it he was elated to the' plaintiff, remarked:—"Zimmerman unfortunately married my sister's money, and we are relates that way, He was my brother-in-law, but is now divorced."
Witness then told the Court of a conversation he had with the plaint-in December, 1933. "After he had married my sister," he said," merman used to ask me for all ki high nance. Knowing my sister had a lot of money, he claimed she had $4.300000,"That_ was In his agitation, Money "On Trust" fe asked me to ask her to let him handle the money. I told him T was not messing in my sister's business. He said: have offered your sister's money to the Spanish fathers, Your sister keeps the money in the Chartered Bank on trust, and she is not getting any incom Witness said he still refused to have thing to do with it, His sister did not have a'single dollar in that bank, "He went on:—"In the boginning of January, 1034, Morris Zimgerman came {0 me, atid sald:—What do you think? Your Spanish fathers are crooks. I arranged a loan for $3,000,000, and now they refuse to ay me and I am going to sue them for $20,000."
'They had a long conversation, after which plaintiff said:—"To tell the truth, T only asked them to let_me work' for them, and they promised 10 five me room for a desk. T thought T could do business and loan your sister's money, but in reality 1 did Apri not arrange any loan for them." Witess asked why he was "trying to chisel them," and Zimmerman replied: "Everyone is getting money out of them. Why cannot I? Pisarevsky makes food money gut of them, Why cannot Witness said he warned his sister, but on his return from the United States he found she had "given him. money to retain Mr, Franklin'
Cross-examined, witness said his brother-in-law approached him to help him out with the Spanish fathers over the matter of commission,
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