The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-23

business men, both before and since his diff
Guilty with VIM. Goodman.
10. w. GLENN,
Subscribed and sworn to before me thii
10Th day of July, 1880
j. N. NELSON, G. S, G.,
of Guiford county.
State of North Carolina Rockingham county
j. A. Smith being duly sworn, on hi
oath says that during the fall Of 1877 M. II
Smith was in the employment Of 5. Lis
berger Il Co., of Reidsvlle, N. g., with whom
at that time ran an account of one or tw,
hundred dollars per month At the tim,
of the difficulty between said M. ii. Smith
and said firm | made the settlement between
them. M. III. Smith informed me that hi
intended 10 leave the employment of th,
firm; that they had mistreated him, and h,
would not live with them any longer, and de-
sired me to make the said settlement
Whereupon | called on William Goodman
q member of said firm, and desired to know
the trouble. He informed me that said Nj
IL. Smith had been drinking too much, Ut
thought, and believed he had taken some
goods with which he had not charged him.
self, but that the said Smith had furnished
him with a list of the articles taken from his
book or memorandum. I requested to sec
the account of Nj. H. Smith, which when
produced was charged with about S75 due
by me on account, | directed Goodman ia
take the charge off of NJ. ii. Smiths ac.
count and put it on mine, where it belonged
He did so, and this left Lisberger Il Co. due
nj. III. Smith thirty or forty dollars, after de-
Quoting the list furnished Goodman by NJ.
III. Smith from his memorandum book The
balance due M. ii. Smith was passed as q
credit to my account, which was closed up
at that time by me with due bill, without
surety, for about $75, The due bill was given
for my own account, and have never given
Goodman or Lisberger & Co. any obi
CATION whatever on NJ III. Smith
account, The articles mentioned A
the said list did not amount ~ .er
S25, and the statement at the bottom thereof
was "that the above is complete list of the
articles taken by me and pot entered on the
books" Signed M. H. amith and witnessed
by Il, Il. Harris ard William NJ. Craften.
William GoodmsE tore up the list then and
there, and asked me to witness him do it. He
also then Stated that bis firm was getting in
bad H., and that they would not be able to
keep 'leir clerks longer then another month,
IA, now; that they could not pay them the
piice to attend to their business, aud that he
had advised nj. ii. Smith to go to Texas or
new state and he would give him the names
OF some firms and good recommendation;
that he had lived in Texas and knew it was
good place to go to. Some time after this,
(,nnlplun tC in, t,I
manner, and told me that j. 9. Gardner h d
presented M. Ii. Smith for larceny and that
he thought it was shame and outrageous.
and asked me what he ought TO do about it, |
told him | would have nothing to do with it.
lie further stated that no was a friend of M.
ii. Smiths, that he was not guilty of
stealing anything and that he would give him
a recommendation any time he desired it.
lie informed me that he would see his attor-
ney, Mr.. DO. w. Glenn, aDd have him stop
the matter He seemed to be much exer
cised over the matter, and thought it was a
shame, rs he said, that NJ. Ii. Smith had been
presented was afterwards al Wentworth
at court, and saw William Goodman and MIR.
Gienn go in to seq the solicitor, and when
he came out he took me aside and said that
the solicitor said he would have nothing to
do with it, since he had learned how the
facts were from him, and that he saw MIR.
Strudwich, the solicitor, enter mol. pros,
and that he was damn glad of it, and that at
any time he could do anything for Nj, ii.
Smith just let him know it; that he would do
all he could for him. After | learned at
nj, Ii, Smith had been presented, wrote to
him. informing him of the fact, and request
ing him to be here at fall term, 1873, and in
the said fall, few weeks before said term, he
returned to Reidsville. Shortly after his re-
turn l met j. A. Bennett, deputy sheriff, in
front of N. Wares store, when he inquired
where Nj. FL. Smith was. told him he had
gone out in the country to my fathers hunt
ing. He asked me when he would return.
told him next morning, which he did, and
in Reidsville about two months and
until after the said term of the court The
etter referred to in the affidavit of William
Goodman was delivered to me, and not to
DR.. John w. Smith. DR.. Smith had asked
'or it, and Goodman said no would have il
prepared then called for il and Goodman
aid he would give it cheerfully, and it was
prepared by Mr.. 10. w, Glenn, his attorney.
j. A. SAITH.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
July IA, 1880. w. Q STAPLES, N. Z.
'tate of North. Caroliua, Rockingham county
William Goodman, being duly sworn, says
hat the following is a true copy Of the list,
him by M. H. Smith, and referred
o in his affidavit in the "Dallas HERALD" |
# July Sth, 1880, to-wit; "Three yards
'ants goods, four and half ditto, one and
lalf dozen socks, two scarfs, one pair pants,
TX shirts, one and half dozen collars, one
est, one undershirt, two pair suspenders,
ash $40. To the best of my knowledge
his is all of the goods that have taken from
. Lisberger Il Co. while in their EMPLOY
,ent." (Signed) III, SAITH.
September 18th, 1877.
further state that there was a mistake in
aid affidavit as to John A. Smith giving his
etc with surety. There was no surety on
10 note. further state that the contents of
40 letter referred to in said affidavit, and
ddressed to Mr.. b. F. Smith, Pine Bluff,
-rkansas, dated January 10, 1879, are true
nd was given as stated in my said affidavit.
WILLIAM GOODMAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
nly l4th, 1880. w. G. STApLEs, N. P.
The attack made upon me by H. Sampson
Id his firm is malicious and false, and per
etrated solely because have come into
,mpetition with them for the Texas trade.
I'd because my house has bid against them
II tobaccos on the warehouse floors. This
disclosed in the foregoing affidavit of Mr..
. 8. Dashiell, in which Robert Harris. of
ampson's firm, figures as old Shylock, with
asal whine in search of a quarter of a cent.