The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-08

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| A la my own place
| y. How far from the bank F!
| A. One hundred ana Il " Yards.
| Q. Did he go with you To the bank?
A No, sir; he dil not.
| .. When you drew the money out of the
| bank, did yod count 1t
A Yes, sir; and made It into a roll, and
handed it TO him when | saw him.
| 2. Did he count it:
| A. No, sir: he did not
Q. What did he do with it?
A He took il, and marched ri ght out.
q Anything more said!
A No.
Q. Had you the pardon in your possession
when you drew the money out:
A. No, sir; had not.
Q. When did you get the pardon:
A. When paid the money over to him
he handed me the pardon.
Q. That was June 18th:
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you examine the pardon?
A. No; l read it afterwards.
Q. Who was it for?
4. Young Barrentine.
Q. Who was it signed by?
A. Davis, the Lieutenant-Go
Q. And you took the pardon aud he took
the money?
Q. And nothing more was said when you
parted?
A Nothing more
@ When the Lieutenant-Go Governor pre-
scented you that receipt, did he say any
thing?
A. Well, he said he had the pardon and
the receipt.
II Did he say whose pardon it was?
A. Yes, sir-Barrentinr's pardon.
Q. will ask you to look at this paper and
see il you recognize this signature as yours
signed when Gibbs left the money with you.
A. Yes, sir; this is my handwrite.
q. This is one of the papers you signed
when Gibbs left the money with you?
A This is one OF the papers.
Q. Gibbs left the money on Sunday?
A. On a Sunday.
Q. What was this day with reference to
the day he started for Texas?
A. | think he started next morning.
Q. Well, the evening before he left he
paid you the money!
A. Yes, sir, the evening before.
q. This is not the receipt he presented to
you, is it?
A. No, sir, this is not the one.
q. Where is that receipt!
A. | do not knoW-either miSlaid or lost.
q Have you made search?
a. | have.
Q. Were the two alike?
A. They were alike-duDlicateG.
Q. You say thai the receipt which lie pre-
Sented was endorsed?
A. 1t was, sir.
@. Explain to the Court what you mean
by endorsed?
A. Well. sir, l am positive that it was
endorsed on the back or front of it. My
impression is that it was endorsed on the
face of it.
Q. What was on the face2
A. A. G. PACKER.
@ Had you ever seen or known Packer
before that?
A. never had seen him.
q. When the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pre-
SantaO that 1a Opr did Won read in before Won
entered the bank?
A do not recolleet, sir, if did or not
| know | read it before [ paid the money.
l read it to see if could see the names. |
knew it was receipt, and it was Barren
tines pardon.
Q. You knew it was your receipt, and
that you received pardon for Burrentine
when you paid out the moneyf
A. Yes. sir.
Q. What led you AFTER receiving the pa
per from him, to go aud get the money out
OF the bank? Was it because you read the
paper, or because of what he said that made
you go to the bank?
A | am not certain. | do not recOllect
whether had seen the pardon.
@ am not talking about TIE pardon,
a. Wei. what he saitl.
@. What did lie says
a. He said he had the pardon for Barren
tine, and he wanted the money for Packer,
and | went and got it. They were his
words.
@. When you received the I,oneY from
Gibbs What Instructions did he give in re-
gard toll
\. lie gave me Instruction to pay 1t to
a. q. Packer wherever he brought the par
don.
q He gave you instructions to pay to
Packer; but you did not pay it to him, did
you?
A. No, sir,
9. You paid it 20 the Govern
A. Yes, sir,
@. Hon We're notified what the money
was for?
Q. Did you know Packers handwrite?
A. did not.
Q Did You know anything of the gem
uineness of his name OF the fa9e or the
back
\. No, sir; 1 knew nothing about it.
Q You required no proofs from the Lieu
tenant Governor when he presented the
paper?
a. No, sir.
Q. Well, now, We're y2u INSTRUCTED by
Gibbs to pay tue money to Packer, or to the
person who presented that paper with
Packers name upon it?
A. do net recollect If anybody else's
name was mentioned.
Q. Would you have paid the money to
A. No, sir; both had to come together.
.. What did you do with that pardon?
4. | don't recollect how long kept it
maybe one week, or two weeks, before l
gave il to his father, Henry Barrentine.
Q. Had you deposited this money which
you paid out ON presentation of this receipt?
A. Yes, sir; this very money.
Q. Had you any other deposit there?
A. No, sir; no other.
O. Did Lieutenant-Governor Davis live in
Columbus at that time?
A. Yes, his family lived there,
Q. When did his family move there?
A. do not recollect. His family was
living there, and he had bou .ht a residence.
@. Was he living there at the time that
Gibbs left the money with you?
A. do not know.
Q. Did you see him in town that Sunday
that Gibbs gave you the money!
A. No, sir,
Z. DID you see him the day before, Sat
urday
A. do not think did.
Q. Don't you reeolect that on that even
ing the Observation-Disclosures aud Wylie
johnson passed you in Il buggy?
A. | don't recollect.
Manager Barksdale: desire to offer this
proclamation as evidence:
OFFICE OF SECRETARY oF STATEl
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (
l. James Hill, Secretary of State, do GER
tify the attached transcript of proclama
ton reward of 500 for Thos. H. Barrentine
and Wallace DIwsiLg is n true and correct
copy of the original now on file in this Of
flee.
Given under my hand and the great seal
of ting State OF Mississippi here
IsEAL OF unto affixed, this 18th day of Feb
STATE. ] ruary, 1876.