The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
STILL A SENSATION.
Captain JacksOh's Card Sustains Interest
in the Redwine Case.


strange and sudden termination Of the Red,
| wine trial, it was yesterday rather on the
| increase than otherwise. On the Streets
| at the hotels. clubs and all other places OF
| resort it dominated all other subjects OF
| conversation. The old story of the crash
| of the Gate City was revived and theories
The most Interesting collateral develop
| ment is unquestionably the statement IGt-
| nished by Captain Harry Jackson ana ms
own suggestions to the press: Nothing
| more MISUNDERSTANDING containing a deep
er vein Of underyng patnos mas n f eyer below
| and is really an application of his demand
before Judge Pardee for the extreme penal penal
aimed to vindicate the. honors and good
| name of his dead son. Thomas Cobb jack A =
son, for everything that mas eyer nvEn Fed
Vine was based on the assumption that
Young Jackson. and not he. recelved II, mos o.,
of the funds obtained from the looted oahh'
| Captain ,JacksOn's Cara.
| Tn tba course of his written card, which
goes fulIv into the case Captain Jackson SAID
''I knew all the admirable quaitles anu
all the faults of my unfortunate son. PHI
liant brave generous, ambitious, prodlgal'
raoly1esche had every element to inspire
the devoted love and constant Apprehension
of the father. Never the slightest appre-
hension that he would prove IN any way
dishonOrablei He was as lncapaple VI til1I
| &c no was of asking aid of his wife's father.
Extravagant YES! DishOnorable, never!
When pushed by debt and harrassed py
creditors, he snapped his hngers III ,ne
faca of wealth which he might have proDa-
hlv commanded, had he but crooked the
! knee His pocketbook, though scanty. was
at the command of any frlehu' anu M
moor and unknown, white ana cololeu VIM
carue to take one last look into MS uedu
face, constituted tribute L Gan A| N
get. ..,uor,+ :
| IS beyond question. E
| 'That he was extravaganza III the use VI
| money is certain.
| ."rhot he was permitted to overcheck by
| tbe officers of the Gate City bank. and to
borrow money therefrom, is beyond ques-
ton. eo,,x,a
| one Of his checks for $1,000, and several
| smaller checks aggregating ABOUT Sl,'oo Is
| also beyond question.
'Tbat he knew prior to RedwInes flSht.
that a single check of his was concealed,
| do not believe.
| .sNith these checks in the same drawer,
were the checks and notes of others, memo
| randa of cash paid out, etc. 1t IS unhec-
essary to mention VINO the others were:
| They are doubtless as innocent OF any
| fraud unon the bank as was Tom Cobb
| Jackson.
| "When It was discovered that this I'M
fortunate man had concealed the checks
| above referred to, the blow was TOO much
| for bis proud spirit to stand. He commenc-
ed drinking and with his brain disordered,
| he felt there was nothing TO pc zone pu1
TO leave the world. Most unfortunate was
| If that I should have attempted to take
| him home when in condition of intoXica-
| ton. such as l found him on the night or
February 23d. Unable to reason, he may
have felt that even his father had turned
| against him. and that the hour had come
| for him to go But he died like a man,
and whatever his faults they should have
| been buried with him.
Immediately after it was ascertained
hat Tom Cobb Jackson was dead Redwine
in
confessions which. in the story they tell,
far exceed the widest works of fiction.
! According to the statement made by Mr..
l.. T. iIil. he gave Tom Cobb Jackson every
! dollar of the $103000, except about $4,000,
| which was lost in some unexplained way
from his cash According to the statement
made to Mr.. Edward S. McCandlcss. Red
wine gave to Tom Cobb 100000, and lost
the balance from his cash He. Redwine,
| did not use one dollar of the money, but
as an unfortunate martyr must expiate the
| SINS of his dead friend. lie. man Of thir-
| ty-iive years Of age, reared IN bank, of
| high order of ability. in the one case
! steals $780, 900 and in the other 100000 that
] ~ may give it 10 a youth tWenty-four
years Of age!
trua how inconsistent was his conduct af-
| for reaching the asylum afforded by Miss
| Cora Howard, knowing Tom Cobb Jack
sons connections and relations who. in
emergency would have come to his aid
knowing that he had returned to the city
M, Tuesday morning the 23d of February,
the dav of Redwine's escape, was it not
extraordinary that Redwine did not call up
on him for aid? Redwlne knew him to be
an able lawyer, of unflinchng nerve and
with friends and relatives commanding re-
sources sufficient to make good the defalca-
| toni Why not the telephone message
sent to him. If Tom Cobb Jackson was con-
nected with the of any portion of the
enormous sum distracted. he had every
quality necessary to serve RedWine. ard
| vet the unfortunate fugitive calls to an
other OF all human beings, the man Red
wine then needed was Tom Cobb JaCkSoni
"On the other hand. what was the course
! of Tom Cobb jackson? On Tuesday even
! ing and Wednesday, threatening to put
| the bank in the hands OF a receiver! On
| Wednesday evening actually engaging the
| services of Mr.. n. J. Hammond to aid
| HIM! Demanding the immediate payment
! of such moneys as his wife and others con-
nected with him, had ia the bank. Impera-
| lively demanding the amount of my stock IN
| the bank; making every effort TO find Red
! wine, with the express purpose of putting
! him back in his place; denOuncing others
| connected with the bank, and asserting his
! confidence in RedWine's innocence!
| Excited, drinking, reckless, it is true.
! but always talking and acting in a manner
entirely inconsisten with the marvellous
| story told by Redwine. So constant were
| his denunciatnns of others in the bank.
I that the president came to my house ard
earnestly requested that / get him horne
1t in my effort to carry out this request
that he terminated his life, Had he not
fired the fatal shot one would have
paid the slightest attention to the creations
of the disordered brain of Redwine. Crea~
tons which followed the death of the man
who had attempted to defend him!
For reasons unnecessary to be detained
here DR.. c. i. Redwine, the father of Lew
is, has been since the year 1866. my persona
friend. He served in my youth when |
was stranger in this city. He subsequent
" employed me in important business, ana
as his son grew TO manhood my attachment
for the father extended to the son. lie was
a most valued friend. He has never had
anvthing but kindness from me, nor 1
aught but kindness from him until he told
this incredible story on my dead son. lie
was more my associate and L constantly
advised with him in reference to Tom Cobb.
When was in the city scarcely a day passed
that we did not meet He would frequently
call me to his desk, and hand me flower.
He was genial and gentle, and | believed,
thoroughly honest. There rises before me
now" occasion after occasion of kindly re-
membrancc, Had | known where he was on
the DAY of his escape, as ! told the preSl-
dent Of the bank at the time, l do not be-
lieve [ would have surrendered him. Had L
been in the city&I would not have been
SURPRISED had he come to my house. He could