Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-01-20
this part of witnesses evidence on the
slme ground and saved the point.

for the firm; have seen him endorse on one
occasion. Saw Bodell give him a note to
sign, but he wouldn't sign it, Bode!l put
some money into his hand and McComb
went to the table and did some writing.
All the time they were in the room they
were talking about a note. For a good
long while he was signing notes for them
every day or SO. McComb knew more of
Clinedinst & Bodell's business than did.
l never knew him to bring any. work
there.
Juror Ker-You say he signed the note.
Did you see him sign note
Witness-I saw him go to the table and
sign paper.
JACOB T. PARENT
sworn-My place of business was near
Clinedinst s. Bodell's. Saw McComb going
there daily. He generally pressed them
pretty close Saturdays-pay day. One day
remarked in joking way, You ought
not TO press these poor fellows so hard ~
He answered, also in a ocular way, "Oh.
1 am running that shebang now.''
called him to g. & B. so often?
Witness Il justexpected he was shaving
those noor fellows to death.
J.H HARVEY BURDETTE,
sworn-This witness testified that he had
had one or two notes Of G. q B., the makers
of which could not be found. In CONVEX
satlon with McComb in 1856, with refer
ence to it, McComb said G. Il B. were max
ing paper apd would get themselves into
trouble by it, McComb at the time had
list of notes and was asking where the
makers lived. McC. seemed innocent of
knowledge that any on the list were bogus.
notes of G. u B. that T held for buggies,
but he refused.
JOHN W. FAUvER
sworn-In the fall of 1856, about Septem-
Der probably, or later, met the accused
who said, 81 have note against YOU"
[ said mo, reckon not" He said "Yes;
[ have" He asked my postotfice and then
got out his book and took out d note pay
able to Clinedinst u Bodell with my name
signed to it. I said, ''Y GU are joking about
il; this is not my signature. You may
look at all my papers and you wont find
my name written with such an "r" as
that" He said he would see about it. l
told him I had never had any dealings
with g. & B., and had never given them
any note. He put the note back in his
pocket. He did not seem surprised when
told him it was forgery. He said moth
ing more to me then. nor to him. After
the flight Of 9. & b. saw McComb at
dinner at Kinney's restaurant. He was
talking about his losses BY G. IL B. [
asked him what had become of the
the note with my name to it. He said he
"didn't know what in the hill had be-
come Of 1t; he believed 1t had been paid
through the bank.''
Cross Eramined By NJ. Cochran-Mc-
Comb didn't hesitate to present the note
to me for payment. It was for $40.
think he thought it WAS my note. He look
ed like be honestly believed it was. He
only seemed to think L was the maker of
it, as 1 was the only J. w. Fauver at that
postoffice. He asked if there was any other
j. w. Fauver there. think S. M. Wilkes
was among the people present at dinner at
Kinney's.
By Mr.. BraGto1.-I told McComb there
was no other J. W. Fauver at my post
office and 1 was positive it was not my
note. He seemed to want to insist it was.
By Mr.. Cochran.-I once contracted
with q. s. B. to build me buggy, but
when l saw it partly made didn't like it
and [ withdrew my order. [ wrote to
them about it.
1.-THE above evidence was excepted to by
counsel for the defendantl
D. BEN. HENTON,
sworn. In December, 1885, met Nc
Comb on the street. He remarked: "Have
you got any money?' said I had some
and he offered to sell me piece Of paper
made by Hall and endorsed by c. 81 B. for
$35 with 80 days to ran. McCom6 en-
dorsed it and I bought it. just before it
fell due at the bank tried to find where
Hall lived. 1 looked over the Assessor s
books and could find no such man. The
note went to protest. l saw McComb and
told him the note was protested and that
be had better go and fix it. 1 suppose he
went to the bank-didn't see him pay it;
but it was paid. On notification L paid
the cost of protest and when 1 saw Nc
Comb and told him 1 had paid it, he said,
''you go and collect il off OF Bodell." l
went to Bodell and he paid it.
.DIr. BrdIton What did McComb tell
you he got for endorsing g. & B 3 notes ?
defendants counsel excepted, were
overruled and saved the point)
Witness continuing McComb told me
that of that $35 note he got SIS for cashing
it and would give me So and keep So him
self. thought that right good for a 30
days note. In the first part Of 1886, was
stopping at the w. G. T. U. Hotel. fire.
quently went out home with McComb and
he frequently staid with me. We had
several conversations about G. u B. g
affairs. McComb would every day tell me
i how much he had made-sometimes IS,
81 and once as high as s45. [ said, How
do you do that?" He said by cashIng pa
per-.these fellows (C. q B. are hard up
and I am carrying the concern" That
spring or early summer, McC. came to me
| With another piece of paper for 500. 1t
was made by Newton Patterson and en-
| dorsed by G. & B. He wanted me to cash
( it, saying Patterson was good for it. ]
| agreed to buy it, but on going to my office
| | looked at the signature which wasn't
| Patterson's. 1 know Patterson's sigma
ture. l said to McC.: ''Jim can't take
| this paper.'' The name was signed Newton