The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-18
FOUR MORE CONVICTED
NOE AND THE THREE della
MARS FOUND GUILTY OF
CONSPIRACY.
THE BEAUFORT INSURANCE CASES

EUL pAAuEUNl tW0Un 4NkE C@0EJ
his nakes Seven Convictions and
Three submi. siOns for the Past Seven
Days--N obody Has Yet Been Ace
quitted-- The ViIest Conspiracy TO
Defrand Insurance Companies Ever
CoucOcted in the South another
Case Against Delamar and Haseeli.
TRENTON, n. c., Dec. 17.-(SpeciaD
To-day is the seventh day in the trial
of the Beaufort Graveyard insur-
ance conspiracy cases.
The court yesterday resumed the
case of State against Noe, Delamar d
Co., composed of Levi +. Noe. j. c.
Delamar, Selden d. Delamar, agents,
and DIR. T. Il. Delamar, examining
physician.
The first witness called to-day was
Robert c. Strong, the handwriting eX-
pert, who has proved indispensable to
the State.
j. c. Davis, for the State, testified
that he has lived i'm Beaufort all his
life, and was, until the last election,
register of deeds for Carteret county.
.. know Shepard Davis. He was
raised on Davis Shore, but lives in
Beaufort now and has lived there since
the war. / think he is in the neigh
borhood of 50 years old. THE appli-
cation for $4,000 insurance states that
he is 56 years old.)
II am acquainted with Perry Chad
wick. He was the son of negro in
our family. / was told that he had
been in the penitentiary. The last
time ] saw him in Beaufort was per-
haps year and-a-half ago. He was
in very low state of health. His APP
pearance as to health was very thin.
He was a beggar. He was very weak
that is the whole of it. ! heard him
cough. He was sickly looking OBJ
jeet. | thought he had consumption.
II know Melissa Guthrie; saw her
here Saturday. She is in q very low
state OF health. / have looked upon
her as a sickly girl all her life.
Il have known Samuel Windsor ever
since he was boy. He lives on the
Banks. He is in my best Judgment
Is or so wears old.
Il have known Mrs. Sarah NJ. Gabriel
all her life. i have not seen her in two
and a half years. She was at that
time suffering with rheumatism.
think She had been long suffering with
that trouble. | called to see her and
she came in her parlor. / looked upon
her then as woman in bad health She
did not tell me she had rheumatism
She is living yet.
Il know Maria HamiltoD.In my judg-
& no &c ha eI,t. g q
or 10 years.
Il have known William Rice ever
since he has been in Beaufort. In
1894 (time of application for insurance
IN Massachusetts Benefit Company he
was drinking man; drank excessive
ly. lie was very dissipated. / do not
know of my own knowledge that he
used any other stimulant than whis-
key. He had been n dissipated man for
number of years. do not recollect
ever seeing him with delirium tremens.
probably saw him in this state a year
and half ago the last time. He was
not able 10 do his work. lie is a white
man. His dissipation ran back or 5
years"
The application for insurance states
that he had used liquors freely five
years ago but not since that time. and
that he did not use narcotics. Dir. Del
amar states in his medical examination
that he considers the risk in every way
"A first-class one. The agents state
that he did not use liquors, but has us
ed them freely some years ago; that he
is in every way proper subject for
insurance, and they unqualifiedlv re-
commend the risk
The witness further stated that he
had known David Parker. whose testi-
mony was reported in the News and
Observer Saturday, all his life; that
Parker's character was good, and wit
ness had heard nothing against him
until this insurance business came up.
Mrs. Gabriel is n white woman, 40 or
As years old. The widow of Samuel
Gabriel who left her an estate
Mr.. Samuel Chadwick was then call
ed. He testified that he had been liv-
ing near Beaufort Is or 90 years and
knew Maria Hamilton. ''In my opin-
ion she is 65 years old. / think Shep-
ard Davis is so years old"
Il have known Sam Windsor all INV
life. He appears To be 70 years old.
(Application gives his age as IS years.
II know Melissa Guthrie. Her char
acter is good. She has been sici<ly all
her life. | do not know what is the
matter with her. She has spells like
the one she has had Saturday for the
last year or two
shepard Davis hair is white from
age He ed to be one of the strong
est men u. Carteret county"
Allen c. Davis. druggist, testified
that he had lived in Beaufort all his
life. Il know Maria Hamilton. Her
character is good. She is 63 or "a years
old" (Age in the application for in
surance in National Life Association is
stated to be AZ years.
II saw Perry Chadwick in the sum
mer of 1894. His physical condition
was very poor. lie was very thin and
looked like a very weak man. / think
he had consumption.
II knew William Rice. In 1894 he
was drinking most of the time He
had been a drunk man most ever since
[ knew him. / heard he had delirium
tremens.
81 have known David Parker since
his boyhood His general character