Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-18
FRIENDLY CONTEST.
TIE RACE FOR THE eovgsSoRsHTr OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
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fsssia-The Bank Boodlers,
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in the friendly contest for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor. A
dozen or more gentlemen have been
prominently named, any one of whom
would have filed the position with honor
and credit but most lave fallen to the
rear and only few bear the brant OF the
hattie now. Jarvis and Clarke are "out
of IL" and Stcdman, Fowle, and Alex
ander are the central fgures'now. There
is talk of combinations whereby Stedmsn
is 10 be Governor aud Alexander Lieu
tenant-G Governor, and OF others by which
Fowle is ~ take first place and Alcxan-
der the second, while there are vet others
named by which Alexander is to become
the candidate Of the farmers. All OF
these gentlemen are admirable men.
The States interests will be IN good
hands no matter which wins the prize oil
the chief magistracy. Some persons say
Lieutenant Governor Stedman is EMU
fled 10 the nomination. not only for his
merits. but because he is in the line OF
promotion others say Judge Fowl s
work, unrewarded for 8 quarter OF
century. merits some recognition such as
this. While most people regard the con-
test as virtually narrowed down TO these
three gentlemen, with Fowle and Sted-
man in equal balance, some say that they
think some other will win the far prize.
Night before last the jail at Plymouth
Was set on fire by negro prisoner, ana
WAS entirely burned. The building was
Of wood. and the daring man attempted
70 burn the door so that he could effect
his escape. The fire spread rapidly, ana
tn two prisoners lives were with great
difficulty saved.
IL THE NATTER or CROSS AND WHITE.
United States District-Attorney Bus-
bee and Solicitor Argo have had lively
argument concerning Cross and White
and the agreement" by which those
prisoners returned from Canada TO be
trled on three charges Of forgery. Mr..
Busbee gets the better of his opponent,
ard it is hardly probable that the latter
will attempt what he at first declared he
would do-that is. disregard the agree
ment and prosecute the prisoners on any
charges brought against them. MI.
Bus6ee makes an excellent reply to-day
to MIR. Argos last card. Cross and White
cannot be punished under State laws Tor
embezzhng national bank funds. The OBJ
tanning Of money under false pretences
from the Richmond and Norfolk banks
was an offence committed IN the State OF
VIRGINIA, where the kilograms ordering
the money were received. and where the
money was delivered to the express COM
pany. As TO the forgery OF the notes
deposited as collateral with the Park
Bank at New York there Is no evidence
as to the place where they were forged.
except that they were uttered IN New
York, and as the law presumes the
forgery was committed there the courts
OF that State have exclusive jurisdiction.
Mr. Busbee saws: Most of the uneasl-
ness IN the public mind has grown out
OF certain statements IN the press that
there was some doubt about the
conviction of Cross and White
upon the charge of forgery upon the
alleged ground that they did not utter or
use the notes save as false showing TO
deceive the other bank officers and the
bank examiner. The law concerning
foryerv is: To counterfeit any
writing with fraudulent intent, whereby
another may be prejudicted, Is forgery
at common law. The false making OF
an instrument with intent to defraud,
withOm any uttcrin9, amounts to for
gerry IF writing be forged with IN
tent to defraud the crime of forgery IS
complete, even if no one be defrauded
thereby. 1t can hardly be denied that
if bank officers place forged notes among
the genuine notes Of the bank, with any
fraudulent or unlawful intent whatever,
the crime Of forgery is complete. "
lev. Or. L. +. Rockwell, the dstin-
euished Presbyterian preacher OF lredell
county. whose fatal illness wGs an
nounced in the Dispatch some days
ago, died yesterday of pneumonia. lie
was a man Of great learning and widely
known in past years In the educational
world.
Night before last. in Richmond coun-
ty, Angus Privett white was called to
his door and instantly shot dead by a
concealed assassin.
Ex.Secretary OF War r. L. Lincoln is
at the Battery Park Hotel, at Asheville.
That place has been filled with visitors
ell the winter. At Hot Springs there
have been many visitors, and II now has
about hundred guests.
Hon. c. Dowd, receiver of the State
National Bank, spent to-day In receiving
the property and books turned over by
Bank Examiner Tate. Mr.. Dowd this
afternoon appointed Hal. NJ. Worth
cashier. He retains John g. Williams
as assistant cashier.
There were rumors to-day that Cross
and White had given bail and would be
released from Jail. The rumor was not
true. Cross's brother is here, and efforts
are being made in quiet way, some say,
10 secure bail yet counsel for Cross and
White stated some days ago that the idea
Of giving bail had been abandoned, and
that il was thought best that they should
remain in Jail. The idea was that by not
attempting TO give bail they would ex-
cite more sympathy.
James Overs, who was to have been
hanged at Wilkesboro' to-day, has ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court, your corre-
spondent learned to-day upon inquiry at
the executive Office.
There was a strike yesterday OF all the
laborers on the Winston and Wilkesboro'
railroad They demanded an increase
OF twenty-five cents in wages. They
have been working ten hours a day. The
railway contractors offered TO pay the
increase demanded provided the men
worked twelve hours ler day.