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Witness: @. c. Bradley.
O.. Ard you gave him what instructions?
A. told him that his mother must eoIIe
up and sign the note, the thousand qollar
note, and endorse the other note; ne saiu ,,a1 70
some other reason for her not to take the TRIP
to Abbeville. told him II she would 90 70
Troy and sign this note I had prepared ana
endorse the other one IN the presence G 1l # bv
mail, that then we would express the money
On the evening of the Ist Of March we receiv;
ed communication. (Shows witness letter }
Witness: That is the instructions: 6pot IN
(Exhiba c.
The Mythical Mrs. Jane G. Williams
is in Need of Money and Wants 1t
Shipped to Augusta.
MARCH 1th 1857
mr. President you will pleas send the money right
away, as am heading now, wouo nss Dc sSa s1u ~
Augusta as am going to day am here IN Troy
swayting for the train I will be in Augusta 9 few
days will mead part Of there pleas send II with ont
delay Respectfully JANE. y. WILLIAMS
Q. You got that letter with the two notes'
E j. il c0nsegosnoe 0n; of receiving that letter
A. We discounted the note and expressed 1t
to Augusta on the I'd of March.
Q. What was the next you heara a- OF 1Ia I9t+er
A. At the same time wrote her q letter,
informing her of the shipment to Augusta
the next thing was the receipt OF note from
her saying that she had left Augusta Tor
Atlanta, and had instructed her son TO call
Solicitor Orr: @. That the note, sir?
A. That is the note, sir:
@. That the envelope It came IN, Sir
A. Yes, sir, that is the envelope. put In
evidence
(EzhshtD)
The Express Agent Did Not Know
MIR. Franklin and Would not Run
the Risk of Letting Him Have II
--.It is Shipped to Troy.
Troy March sLh 1857
Mr. Wardlaw Dear sir you will pleas send word to
Augusta and have that money expressed to me at
troy could not stay in augusta and did not have
time to welt for it. left word with my son to get II
when it come, he went to the office for IL Dut tney
would not let him have it. as they did not know MIN
they would not run the risk want you to rite to
them and tell them to send It right away as l can't
afford to doc with ont II many moro days, am Oil
most vexed about It, don't want to 90 to now more
expense abot 1t than possible knot knowing any thing
about 1t until got home came around by Green
Vile and my son roat to that he could not It get
and that would haftir to send to you about 1t. am
loosing buy not having 1t pleas have Them 70 sena
by the o. and will 60 Or send for 1t that day
Respectfully JANE Y. WILLIAMS
Solicitor Orr: @. In consequence of the
A. Through MIR. Hammond the express agent
at the depot here ordered the money reshlp-
ped to Troy, and at the same time directed q
letter to Troy, stating what had done; and
will state here that the letter 1 wrote 10 Az Az,
were returned from the respective offices, not
called for.
The Money on the Home Run..-Gets
Back Safely.
@. Well, sir, after sending the money-hav-
ing shipped the money to Troy-what other
The next informatioa MORN was the
pondence between the express agent and
Mr. Benet: O. You can not state that fact.
Witness: The result was ] ordered the mon
ey back to this point, sir.
Q. By express?
.: And you got the money baek9
o. When did you next see Mr.. franklin.
4. The latter part OF the month of Feb
ruary; am not positive as TO the date -,.
q. The latter part Of February that he first
presented the note to you?
A. Yes, sir. Latter part Of March when I
next saw him.
@. He came to you in the first instance
G. Williams; what name was he going by the
second time you saw him?
a. was told by the man he came With,
that his name was Jas. T. Franklin.
O. What did you do then?
4. On that day was engaged in the room
in confidence with one Of the Directors Of the
Bank; my son came into the bank, and said,
two men are outside and want to see you,
and
Mr.. Benet: wish the witness would not
repeat the words Of any PERSONS conyersa-
tion not present.
solicitor: In consequence of the message
Then said to the gentleman, Mr.. Smith,
you remain, and told Frank, to ask the two
gentlemen in; as they came in, the party who
he said: did you ever see this man before. I
replied don't know that can give the ex-
act words; think 1 said, probably he has
ness eau do with you to-day; Franklin then
said, he had been accused about this money
that was called for"
@. What else in regard to the matter?
A. l don't recollect now, We were talking
generally, nothing further than that; called
In several gentlemen, and hunted up the
@. Had him arrested?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Did he come himself, or had he been
brought9
A. He and Mr.. A. J. Davis were together
he can tell you better than could; Mr.. Davis
salu I6 Duu ROu0 W ulS WueT0 uc Ndn
ploughing that morning and said there was
suspicion attaching to him, and this man said
he would 20 to Abbeville and see about it.
@. Was there ever a reward offered?
A. No reward ever offered.
@. And this Is the man who originally ap-
piled for the money, here in Abbeville in the
bank?
a. Yes, sir.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Benet: @. Mr.
Wardlaw, how often had you seen Mr.. Frank
lin?
A. l saw Mr.. Franklin the day he first
came in the bank, and l next saw him the
day he came back with Mr.. Davis.
q. Any other time?
A. don't recollect any other time.
The Assistant Cnshier Recognizes
the Prisoner as the Man wbo Pre-.
sentcd the Forged Note.
Frank Wardlaw, sworn for the Siate. Di-
rect examination by Solicitor Orr:
O. Frank, what is your business
g. Assistant in the Bank here.
O. We're you III the National Bank last
\. Yes, sir.
q. Whcn did you first SEQ the defendant
Frank lin?
A. The day lie first presented the note for
$3.50.
q. Tua, the rau there: