The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-11
Hi,iy Res, .der Fire!

s,raIina press: and had he carried out
ttr .Tttering promises of his repeated
a.r.hrs. letters. editorials" and COL
tracts two years ago. we should to-day
fe supporting him as warmly as we did
then. But he began by showing the
.-Bi. Head" i'll manner and words, with
little deeds i'll practical results. So it
becomes a matter Of interest with our
PEOPLE to see how he progresses at his
home. We have already quoted from
his examination by legislative commit
tee in New York city. Here is the
latest chapter of it:
Mr.. William l.. ROYAL. formerly Of
Richmond. testified that he had been re-
tanned to examine the affairs of Mr..
Best a. receiver of the National Trust
Company. His attention had been at
ira ted to items aggregating $780, 600
"a tpng the liabilities. One of these
iiciuS was a loan OF ten bonds of the
.-i..- Sewing Machine Company. worth
- cents on the dollar. which. in fact.
WIS only an undetermined claim. This
item was also credited to the assets.
This operation 81 led the debt without
diminishing the assets. The next item
was a loan of S2l.0 q to Robertson <
Gleason on some railroad bonds. which
turned out to be toryCries. While this
matter was pending iii the Court Of APP
peals the receiver made this a liability to
Robertson u Gleason, when. as a mat
ter of fact, ii was o a liability at all.
The next item was a sum of money lent
To "A man named Johnson on S45.O 900
worth of bonds of the New jersey Rail
road. Mr.. Best concluded that these
bonds We're not owned by the man who
hypothecated them, so that the loan
went down as a liability. when. as a
matter of fact, Mr.. Best's conclusions
were erroneous. And SO they all went.
Furthermore, i'll Mr.. Best's report
there were $1,000. 900 worth Of securities
valued by him at 100000 only. Wit
ness had satisfied himself that they had
been greatly u~ndervalued. The loans
on collaterals amounted to 81, 10000.
but Mr.. Best had put them down as
worth only $I.0S7. 900. Witness was
unable to account for that shrink
age. Nh. ROYAL then went to work and
compared Mr.. Best's report as examiner
with his later report as receiver. The
llA tIlloI vi d~StI> S1lONtu llstl IIlt
company had 81. l45, 900 less due on
December 18th than on December 18th.
Consequently they must nave paid OF
that much of the debt. a report of
June 29th, reviewed by a referee. showed
IL still stranger discrepancy. In short,
there were about SIOO.0GO of securities
under his count as examiner which
were not put down among his assets as
receiver.
Mr.. Bangs. counsel for Mr.. Best.
cross-eXamined the witness. and in con-
clusion said to the committee that he
considered it scandalous i'll them to pro-
duce Il witness who could so asperse the
character OF his client.
Mr.. Best viii have ample opportu-
nifty to correct m Measurements when
the time comes for his examination"
replied Senator Ecclesine.
After the adjournment there was a
dramatic and exciting incident. An
elderly lady dressed in black. who gave
her name as Elizabeth Green. and lived
i'll Montclair, \. J., appeared. and hand
ing Mr.. Best a paper, exclaimed: Il
want to see you, William j. Best. Where
Is my son: L want my boy you kid
napped.'
Best looked hurriedly about and went
quickly through an open door into the
inner office.
'.Oh. there he goes he always slips
me: | can't catch him he won't see
me-" eXcitedlv ,r;ed the lady, Senators
Herman and koch cndtavprcd to Iac!ty
her, but She l,rsisted i'll talking. He
robbed us" Sic said; me took our
money: he wanted even my husbands
rev uvercoat and his gold watch. and
took his life insurance. lie has kidnaE-
ped my Children
Her story was that Mr.. Best deirauded
her of money and caused son to leave
her. and it has peel impossible for lIeI
10 persuade her son To return home. The
woman'S mind was evidently unbalanced.
aud il Is thought that Ter condition has
Ieen induced 10y mental suffering arism4
from losses she has lccH SAID to hav,
incurred through Mr. Best. WHO had been
an Intimate friend OF her husband. Find
in Il impossible to meet Mir. Best. size
lett the office. but before going she gave
to a reporter of the WORTH Il poem en-.
titled The Traitors Promise" which
concluded with the following lines. III
ludlng Il Mr.. Best:
oh, sucn a man should die,
But. like the Wandering jew,
Should vainly from his fortunes fly
And still feel tortures new"
Mr.. Best said afterwards that tn,
woman had Prosecuted him fer a Ions
time. Her son was with him. but wa,
much happier than when at home. anC
lad refused to return to his mother \.
t. her story about losses of money
Ftr..tIrh him ria.a NnS M truth IN /
whatever.
Nr. ". p. Fiero. United States Dis
trict Attorney. said: Ten years age
Mrs. Elizabeth Green. of Montcllir
y. J.. informed me that Mr.. Samue
Groocock. principal of the firm succeed
ing y. Il. Stewart * Co.; Messrs
IIutch.son and smith, her husband:
lu~lnc-s successors. and Mr.. WI. Best
guardian OF her children. had not man,
aged Ter trusts favorable to her inter
ct. she charged Mr.. Best. who wa:
Iartncr with Hutchinson and Smith. witt
having defrauded her. l looked into rli'
matter. lut found that the accused par
les had all acled in a Straightforward
manner. Mr.. Best superintended th'
education of two of her children, an
employed one of her sons i'll his owl
business.
Senator Ransom passed through thi.
morning wearing a yellow calico shirt
and locked wcll.--Col Bennett Va.
OH the Charlotte bound train this morn
inc. too i'll TO meet his appointment a
ulIsboro. He was at Reidsville yes
to-day, but was too sick to speak,
The other day. when Col. Winston
spoke at the old Battle Field, in TIL
edge OF Alamance county, he had eX
accly TWENTY-FIVE white men. one negro
four children and seven dogs. Notwith
standing the presence of a majority o
1yb;t,S docs ,Ec- the Colonel addresses