The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-05-14
HALL RBTRACTS.
HE RENOUNCES FURTHER con-
NECTION WITH THE CASE,
And Signs a Card Acknowledging
that he Has been Deceived and
Misled in the Matter.
He Exonorates Col. Buagwyn and Makes
an Honorable Amend for the Injury
Done that Gentleman.

He Exonorates Col. 6uagwyn and Makes
an Honorable Amend for the Injury
Done that Gentleman.
Dan Hall has sha, e the dust OF Hen
derson from his feet.
He stepped out of Vance county jail
with more buoyant spirits and elastic
step yesterday than he has done before
since he first found Judgment there on
the afternoon of March 2Sth.
He was about to take his leave OF Hen
derson and return to his home in Atlanta.
The particulars OF his release are as
follows: Monday three gentlemen came
here from Atlanta to see if they could
not do something to get dan" out OF
the trouble he was in. They were Messrs.
W. c. Dodson and d. Parkinson, brothers
in-law, and Mr.. John Hall, brother OF
Dan Hall. They did not state what
course they would pursue and the general
impression was that they had come to
go on his bond and would do this if the
decision of the Supreme Court was I'M
favorable to him. They consulted counsel
on both sides, had an interview with Col.
Burgwyn and talked with citizens of the
town in regard to the matter. They had
come to inform themselves about his at
fair and having done so they were not
long in deciding what was the proper
thing to be done.
Col. Burgwyn was approached on the
subject and while he was frank to express
his regrets at the difficulty Hall and Jen-
kins had got themselves into, he could
not, in justice to himself, drop the matter
and give them their freedom. 1t must be
settled in the courts. 1t had not been
have to go to Jail. He had hoped they
would be able to give their bond, as an
evidence OF which fact he had consented
for it to be reduced. He did not want to
persscue them, but he did feel perfectly
iustifiable in prosecuting them and would
do it to the full extent. He must have
satisfaction, (not in monetary sense,
for those who know Col. Burgwyn haveno
idea that it is ''blood money he is after),
but vindicatiOn of his character and
the integrity of his Bank. His character
had been assailed, the integrity of the
Bank of which he is President, has been
impugned and vindication, full and COM
al l. ,ho+ bu
wanted and not verdict for damages in
dollars and cents.
The books and accounts bearing on
the case (Coi. Burgwyns debt against
the Henderson Tobacco Company,
wherein Jenkins alleges tn ere was fraud
and embezzlement and to establish which
he employed Hall to assist him as special
detective), having been examined and
found to becorrect, Hall discovered thathe
had been deceived and misled by Jenkins
and certain of his friends. He was ready
to confess his error and make proper
for the injury done Col. Burgwyn.
Upon such intimation on his part his rel
could be done in his behalf.
Tuesday a proposition looking to
settlement of the matter as
far as Hall was concerned was made to
Col. Burgwyn, but as he was going to
leave on the 2:3O p. m. train for Raleigh
to attend the immigration Convention
he referred Messrs. Dodson
and Parkinson to DR.. w. T. Cheatham
and Mr.. John D. Cooper, and ascertaining
that they would act for him left the
matter entirely with them. These gen
tlemen were selected because of their
prominence as citizens, their conservatism
and the peculiar position occupied by
them in regard to this whole affair.
DR.. Cheatham is one Of the Oldest and
best citizens of the town, and the father
in-law of the president of the opposition
or rival bank to Col. Burgwyn's. Mr..
Cooper is one of the most prominent citi-
zens and an eX-MayOr OF the town. He
is also one of the stockholders and direc-
tors in the bank above mentioned. While
both gentlemen have had implicit conf
dence in Col Burgwyn's integrity and
the correctness of his accounts, they
have taken no partisan part in the mat
ter, and this was another reason why
they seemed fit and proper persons in the
opinion of Col Burgwyn to represent
him.
As a result OF a consultation between the
parties interested and Gen. W. H. Cheek
and Messrs A. C.. Zollicoffer and j. II.
Bridgers, ofcounsel for Col. Burgwyn (Mr.
W. r. Henry was out of town at the
time) it was agreed thatif Mr.. Hall should
sign card to the public indicating
Col. Burgwyn, the case as far as he was
would not be prosecuted
further.
After the investigation OF the books
he had expressed himself as satisfied and
said he was sick of the matter. He was
ready to do so publicly and.conf TESS that he
had been deceived and misled. Upon this
his kinsmen came here from
Atlanta and as the result OF their visit
Mr. Hall returned home with them yes
terday, having signed the following card
which explains itself:
TO THE PUBLIC.
HENDERSON, n. c., May 18th, 1891.
feel it due to myself and the public,
and especially to Col. VIM. H. S. Burgwyn,
to write the following:
In the matters in controversy between
H. T. Jenkins, the Henderson Tobacco
Company and Gel. Burgwyn, which are
now pending in the Courts OfNorth Caro-
lima, desire to explain my position. At
the beginning OF this trouble | was en-
ployed by II. I. Jenkins as a detective to
the matters of account and
ascertain if there wereerrors. My actions
ia this case have been from the first pro-
fessional, and based upon information fur
nished me and not from any personal
knowledge OF the transaction. Mr.. Jenkins