The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-18
CAPT. JACKSON UNDER FIRE
Cashier MCCandleSS Aroused By the
Attack On Him.
BE Asserts THAT Capt. Jackson is On

Guilty of Any Criminal Conduct.
Capt. jackson Demands Justice to
His Dead Sons DIemory-Fears
That the Cards May Lead to an En-
counter.
Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 1.-THE Redwine
case continues to furnish sensational
matter.
Today Edward S. McCandless, cashier
of the Gate City Bank when it closed its
doors, publishes scathing answer to
Capt. Harry Jacksou's recent card defend
ing his sons name and announcing his de-
termination to bring every guilty man to
justice. Mr.. McCandless is under indict-
ment, and took Capt. Jacksons card to
himself.
Capt. Jackson is well known to be q
man of a high sense Of honor, and Mr.
McCandless is also of a similar high
strung nature, and in view of the publica-
tions made on both sides, trouble of a
more serious nature between the two gen
tlemen is predicted.
Alongside of MIR. McCandless card
Capt. jackson publishes a second burning
defense of his son, and reterates what
guilty with Redwine, who attempted to
load Cobb Jackson's name with their in
fanny In his card Mr. McCandless saws:
ION the morning after the fight of Lewis
Redwine Capt. jackson met Messrs. j.
and A. w. Hill and myself in the bank,
and on my informing him of the existence
of certain checks of Thomas Cobb Jack
son, which were found in Redwines
private fdrawer, and one of which
particularly flor $4,000 Cobb jackson
admitted to me he owed, Capt. jackson
remarked to US (this was his exact Ian
guage as near as | can quote it,: Gen
tlemen, do you know that when I first
read the news of Redwine's defalcation,
knowing the intimacy existing between
Redwine and Cobb, and knowing my sons
mania for spending money, it flashed over
my mind that my son might in some way
be connected with this defalcationl'
JACKSON INCENsBD.
Redwine was indicted, but very soon
thereafter report reached us that Capt
Jackson felt outraged against Mr. Hill
and myself on account of our testimony
against Cobb before the grand jury,
whereupon Mr.. l.. Hill called to see Capt
Jackson, and inquired If the report was
true, to which Mr.. jackson replied in
substance Yes, and you had no bust
ness to answer any such questions to the
grand jury
I'm few days after Bank Examiner
Stone informed me that Capt. Jackson had
secured an appointment for himself as
special attorney for the United States in
the case and was going to attack Mr.. L.
J. Hill and myself, although he Mr..
Stone had assured him that after
a rigid examination of the af-
fairs of the bank he found
nothing that would in the least implicate
ATp Id
again and again an immediate trial, and
have been delayed in it and put off, and
was informed by the district at
torney' MIR. James that perhaps
after the Redwine trial my case
would be dropped. No, never; thou
sand times never. Messrs. James &
Jackson, demand that you try this case
throw down the gauntlet to you both,
and dare you to your utmost and to
speedy trial. All that insist on is that
the trial be just and fair.
ONLY ONE GUILTY.
subsequent to this at meeting of the
stockholders OF the Gate City National
Bank, at which Capt jackson was pres
emit, he voluntarily stated in that meet
ing that though it was not the proper
place for it, yet he felt it his duty to say
that after an unprecedented and thor
ough investigation conducted by himself
before the grand jury regarding the Red
wine defalcation there was nothing that
reflected on the honesty and integrity of
any of the officers of the bank, except
Lewis Redwine, and that he was simply
anticipating what he intended to say and
emphasize in a public manner at the
proper time at the trial of the case, and
furthermore, that while Mr. Hill and my
self might have felt hurt at his action,
yet he was satisfied that we would now
see that it was all for the best, as we
(Mr. Hill and myself had been com
pletely indicated.
"Some months after this, in the face of
such strong language Capt. jackson APP
peared before another grand jury, and, on
ex parte evidence Chemically the same in
part as that given before the former
grand jury without full, fair and free
Investigation, obtained true bills against
myself.
CAN be PROVEN.
"The foregoing are facts which can be
proven by competent witnesses and l
challenge Capt jackson. 1t was not
and misfortune by the wrecking of the
Gate City National Bank but now am
called on to offer my good name as a will
ing sacrifice to crafty theinsatiate thirst
for revenge on the part of him who did
not at the proper time and place carry
out ms voluntary promise made IN good
faith to the stockholders of the
Gate City National Bank to
exonerate both Mr.. L. j. Hill
and myself. II was indeed a scene to
bring the blush Of shame to the cheek of
manhood when the novel spectacle was
presented at the conclusion of Redwine's
trial that while the prisoner, self-con-
victed criminal though he was, with up
lifted hands was pleading for mercy, the
iusatiate victor must rise and strike down
his pitiful plea and thus nail him to the
cross. No wonder that such a man had
few friends in this life when his most
valued friend in the depths of his desola-
ton, and coweringin his guilty misery,
could find no sympathetic chord in his
desolate heart for his misfortune"
JAcKsoN's CARD.
Capt Jackson's card, which is mainly
devoted TO refuting the charge that Cobb
Jackson got the stolen 100000 and squan-
dered it, concludes in the following dra-
matte language: AT times, when l re-
alize the extent of the infamy he has at
tempted to place on my dead son, feel
that no punishment would be too great
but hunted fugitive does not weigh the
means at hand which he may regard as
affording an avenue Of escape The public
must pardon me for again inflicting COM
munication upon them TO read and ponder
what have written. My motives are as
pure and honest as ever influenced one