The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-04-10
ANOTHER IN JAIL.
Julius Wilson, Jr., Committed to
Jail Yesterday.

Jail Yesterday.
When the hour arrived yesterday
for the preliminary examination of
Julius Wilson, Jr., tice.Summey's
court was filed with people inter-
ested in the case. Wilson was
promptly brought into court by
deputy sheriff Worley, and Mr.. T.
A. Jones, the prisoners attorney,
entered few minutes later accom-
panied by Mr.. H. B. Carter, coun-
sci for the plaintiff Bost was also
in court as witness for the State.
After little legal sp'rring between
the counsel on both sides regarding
the separate examination of wit
nesses. Attorney Jones carried his
point, and all the witnesses save
s Mr.. CD. Harkins, the special de.
teetive, were removed from the
room.
Mr.. Harkins was then sworn and
testified as follows: I found goods
in Wilson's house in Salisbury, on
Saturday last. 1 read warrant to
him and told him 1 had a search
warrant for his house; he volunta
rily sent for the articles in question
and his wife brought them in the
room; he denied the charge on
which he was arrested and said he
bought the goods from Bost; paid
him $14.50 for same; thegoods were
cheaper than could be bought at
wholesale store, SO witness said; the
prisoner said that he had bought
goods from Bost ir Asheyille, on
Aus. .ust 9th OF last year, about Z
o'clock in the morning; he shipped
goods same morning to his wife in
Newton; he denied sleeping with
Bost. Cross exAminated by Nj.
Jones, the witness said prisoner
told him he bought the goods from
Bost, but knew that they came from
Graham's. Wilson said he shipped
the trunk containing goods to his
wife at Newton, care of Rev L. &.
Killian, who was his brother-in law;
Bost owed him SIS borrowed money,
didn't owe Bost a cent; prisoner
came up town one night; I arrested |
him for carrying pistol; he said !
that he intended to pay Graham or
Bost for the goods, but didn't have
the money after he had paid his
fine; prisoner told him he had no
receipt at all from Bost; said Bost |
had sent statement of account but !
wife mad burnt it up; said Frank
Crump was present when Bost
dunned him; [ arrested Bost in |
December.
Mr.. Ed Weddin, express agent |
was next sworn, and exhibited a
memoranda of one trunk shipped |
to Mrs. J. NJ. Wilson, Newton, N.
c., by J. M. Wilson, Jr., Ct Ashes
YilleN- -CA-an-sAssszEsllstt- 8 1897 z. :
r. H. BoSt was sworn: l staid at
store last summer; Wilson slept with
me sometimes; I let him have 1915
worth of goods, ginghams, flannels,
hosiery, etc; the goods were really
worth more; let him have a trunk;
he picked out goods the night before
he bought them; he was to pay me
for them; l told him not to say any
thing about it; he knew all about
how be was getting them; he paid
me 81 25 since that time I never
owed him a cent; he only got goods
when he staid all night; he exercis-
ed a complete control over me, 1
could not refuse him anything; he
was living in Asheville at the time;
1 did not sign the receipt, nor l
never gave him one ne paid me
50 % four weeks ago.
Mr.. R. L Graham then testified
that the signature on the receipt
was not Bost's.
Mr.. Harkins recalled testified that
prisoner told him Saturday that If
Bost would tell the truth he would
come ,'ut all right; but he had
never had any receipt from Bost at
all; told me this morning that he
had found receipt.
The prisoner was then sworn, and
testified that he. thought everything
was all right; that Bost was author
lied to sell goods. He went first to
see Graham but he wasn't in. Never
got any goods but once. l had no
idea goods were stolen; Bost owed
me fye dollars. I have paid Bost
al I owed him. These goods are
the same that I purched from Bost.
l shipped goods to my wife. l did
not steal the goods.
This closed the testimony and
the prisoner was remanded to Jail
in default of bonl in the sum of
5000. He will make bond this
week, and the case will be investi-
gated by the grand jury of the In
terior court.
Other parties are being shadowed
and it will not be long before an
other arrest is made in connection
with this matter.