The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-03-26
A BIT OF EXCITEMENT.
Col. 6urg~yn has n. T. Jenkins and
an Atlanta Detective Arrested.

I SOL 0uT8Wyn mas ~. j. Venksn8 ana
an Atlanta Detective Arrested.
A ripple of excitement was createa
yesterday by the arrestof II. T. Jen-
kins and a private detective named
Dan Hall. Of Atlanta, Ga, Immediately
upon their arrival here from the South.
The arrest was made at the instance of
Col. VIM. Fl. S. Burgwyn, charging
them with having arrested him during
a recent visit to Atlanta, unlawfully
OBTAINING him in custody several hours,
and trying to blackmail him. This is
the basis of an action for els, 900 dam
ages which he has instituted against
them. but to make them amenable
to our laws the direct charge is for cir
culating false and malicious reports
damaging to his character and calculated
to injure his business, &C. The case
was argued before Clerk Of the Court
Henry Perry, Esq, to-day, the trial
attracting a great deal of attention.
Able counsel were employed on both
sides, Messrs. A. C.. Zollicoffer, w. r.
Henry, w. H. Cheek and J. H. Bridgers
appearing for plaintiff, and Messrs.
T. T. Hicks, Henderson, and NJ. V.
Lanier, Oxford, representing the de-
PENDANTS. After the case was ably
argued by counsel on both sides it was
continued by request of the prosecution
until Capt. r L. Daingerfield can
arrive from Memphis, Tenn, to testify
in answer to certain allegations made
in affidavit of defendants.
Counsel were then heard as to the
amount of bond, those of the defendants
having previously been fixed at $4,000
each, while Col. Burgwyn's prosecution
bond was $500. Messrs. Hicks and
Lanier thought the bonds Of their
clients excessive and made strong APP
peals in their behalf insisting that the
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would enable them to give bail and
thus secure their liberty until court.
Something being said about the bond
of Col. Burgwyn not being large
enough as compared with the others,
that gentleman announced his readi-
ness to give larger one in such
amount as the Court might determine.
After long and patient hearing of the
case, all the counsel on both sides
strongly and ably contesting for the
mastery, the Court announced that the
prosecution bond of Col. Burgwyn
woald be raised to 100000, and those
of Jenkins and Hall would remain as
they were, $4,000 each. At this
writing the defendants have not been
able to give bail and are now held in
custody by officers.
1t is too long a story to undertake to
give detailed account Of the affair
from beginning to end-or to the
present status of affairs at least. Jen-
kins was a former resident and member
of the Henderson Tobacco Company,
which said company Col. Burgwyn
claims is indebted to him in a certain
sum of money, and it was to confer
with parties interested to effect salts
factory adjustment of the matter that
he went to Atlanta. It was then that
he was arrested by the man Hall who
was employed as a detective by Jen-
kins, the manner of which we have not
space now to speak Of. After the
testimony of Capt. Daingerield has
been given we may speak more fully
of this very interesting case.
LATER.-By consent of Col. Bur-
gwyn the bonds of jenkins and Hall
have been reduced to $1,000 each.
But they have not yet succeeded in
securing bail in this amount.