The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-15

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should do with the check
A. What Barrentine should do with the
heck? l do not know.
@. Well, what did he do with the check
Do you know :?
A. Yes, sir; he kept it in his pocket until
he handed it to me at the telegraph oflce
that night.
O. Now, how came he to hand it to you
Was anv arrangement made for him to hand
it to you? And, if 50, was 1t conditional
or unconditional?
4. Barrentine said, & 1t cannot be posi-
BILE that the negro would bring the paper
here if it was not proper g and, said ne,
% am very anxious upon this matter, ana
want the thing settled while am living
and, said he, I" believe | will trust the
negro" and pulled out the check from his /
pocket. and passed the check over to Col. /
Matthews Matthews said, " Hand it to /
Gibbs" Barrentine handed me the check,
and / sat there holding it in my hand
Now" said Barrentine, 4" it don't make /
any difference to me what | pay, provided
get what / pay for; and, said he, " want
you fellows to see that l am Protected III
this thing" q Well" | said, here, here, |
here, take your paper; my connection IN
this affair is for your interest. / do not
propose to be responsible for any lnvaldity
In the pardon" And said, q Take it, }" and
he took it.
Q. Well, you must have got it back; how
did you get it
A. Col Matthews remarked, Davis told
him that Ames has gone out of the State,
and that Ames knew that he was to give
this pardon; that was about the purport OF
what he said. When we were coming out
OF the room, ! said to Barrentlne, lou
might telegraph and find out whether or
not Amas has left the State of Mississippi
Said he, q don't know who to telegraph
to-" | said / knew where to get the intor-
nation from. Well, said he, Z" That is a
good idea; let Us go to the telegraph office
! | telegraphed and the reply to my dispatch
was, . Governor Ames is at his summer resi-
/ dcnce in Bay St Louis" As that I'M
/ satisfactory, | telegraphed again, " When
was Governor Ames at Jackson and when
/ did he leave?" The reply was, He had
/ left on the early morning train OF yesterday,
/ and my recollection is that this was signed,
"Operatoy" J. A. Galbreath had left the
office When | received the dispatches, l
handed them to Barrentine; he asked me to
| read them Well, said he, will risk
/ it"-and pulled this check out OF his pocket,
and Barrentine went home. 1t was then
about 8 O'Clock, or 10 o'clock, at night,
! Q. In the conversation at Col Matthews
office, there was nothing said by Col. Mat
thews, or i'll his presence, by Barrentine, as
| to what he should do with that check?
| ~ Not that / recollect of.
| Q. Was nothing said there as to any ar
rangement by which he was to hand the
| check to YOU
\. | think not Matthews said, Hand
it to Gibbs
/ O. Was this conditional or unconditional?
A. That was all that was said. | am GER
tainly anxious to tell all that know about
it; but | do not recollect any more. | be-
/ lieve | said in my examination, | went to
/ 4 i 'xi1 Il Il ~ find hi nd
went to his house, early on Sunday morn
| ing, and offered it to him.
q. Did he take it, or decline it?
| A. He declined it, and said something
about Barrentine having given him check
previously, and made some to do about it.
| Q. Well, you said you went to Barren
| tine, by directionSof Col. Matthews?
\. May / state the circumstances
Yes
A. Il went into Col. Matthews office, to
return a law book which ! had had some
days. When | went into the office, / dis
! covered Governor Davis there and Colonel
/ Matthews. | put the book on the table,
thanked Col. Matthews for it, and walked
to the door Col. Matthews called me by a
nickname which he uses On coming in, |
met Davis going out When got into the
office, Matthews said, ''There is a pardon
| for Barrentine.' Well said |, Have you
notified Barrentine ~ He said Yes! |
have sent boy from Cook'sa stable, with
note to him. But" said he, 4" want you
to go and tell him to come down here to-
day" / said "Will the boy get there in
time | have no time TO spare. / have to
90 to Texas tomorrow" He said it was
important that Barrentimc should come.
| Well, supposing it wss important, | went
down to the stable, got team, saw Delany,
and asked him if he wanted to take a ride
/ with me- He said Yes" About nine
miles from Columbus, | overlook the boy,
asked him for the note, and told him to
90 home; the note and he went together.
His reply was, that Col Matthews told him
not to give the note to any one but Mr.. Bar
rentne. The boy struck a lope, kept up
with us, and we got to Barrentine's.
q. You spoke about paying a livery bill
out OF the money. What livery bill do you
refer to =?
4. / refer to the bill for the hire of the
buggy and team l used to go after Barren
tine in.
Q. Did you ever 90 more than once to sec
Mr.. Barrentine, i'll this connection?
\. Twice, once on the 18th March, and
the other on the 22d May.
g. Yesterday, you spoke about having
loaned Davis 500. Did you ever loan him
money before?
A. | have sir.
G Did you ever take security for the
money you had loaned him?
A. No, sir.
@ l asked you, yesterday, if you had
ever reimbursed yourself for the money
loaned Davis?
A. Yes ! think in August.
Q. Was it not during the time that the
trial was pending?
\. | think 50.
G. How long was it after this money had
been deposited with Dowsing?
\. l cannot say. l rather think about
two months.
q. And that was the first time you had
ever informed him that you had reimbursed
yourself?
A. 1t was
Q. You said that you gave one of the re-
ceipts to Mr.. Davis, at Artesia, on May "a, |
1870, and that your meeting was accidental |
If you had not seen him, what disposition |
would you have made of the receipt?
\. | would have given it to Mr.. Packer. |
q. BY what means
y. l cannot tell-by the most direct |
means. l had the receipt made to Packer !
for 5000, in my pocket.
q. You say you did not expect to meet |
Mr.. Davis at Artesia. What was your in |
tention regarding tnat receipt, when you |
started from home
\. | had no intention. The receipt came
into my hands at 9 o'clock, Sunday night
V QUA you not nave given 1t TO any
one who would have given it to Packer or I
Davis?
\. | should have given it to any man that
| thought would have carried it to Governor
Davis. | wish to dispossess the minds of
any gentleman, that there was any pre-ar-
ranged meeting with Gov. Davis, for that
purpose.
Q. Did you ever see or hear of Packer. in
connection with that transaction. and that
receipt, except through Davis and Mat
thews7
A. Never, until Sunday, May %, did l
hear Packers name mentioned.
O Ynu Nrote that receint hv camilla