The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-05


in his community, as was proven, stated
that during the year 1895 he worked
for Mr.. c. NJ Robbins; that one day
last spring he drove Mr.. Robbins
wagon to Raleigh; that when Mr.. Rob-
bins got ready to start home he told
him to go into Mr.. Chappelfs Office and
ask him if he was ready to go home:
that as he got upstairs in the court
house he saw Mr.. Chappell go into the
Treasurer's office; that he followed
him to deliver the message of Mr.. Rob-
bins, and saw Mr.. Chappell hand the
Treasurer four or five silver dollars, and
n note. On being asked if it was a re-
ceipt. Crenshaw replied that he didn't
know what it was, except that it was a
note of some kind. He said to Mr..
Chappell: mfr. Robbins says he is
ready to go" and Mr.. Chappell replied:
"All right; / am ready now"
RIGGsBEE ON AGAIN.
Per" Riggsbee again took the stand
and reaffirmed his first statement He
was asked why he waited so long after
Mr.. ChappelPs term of office before
making the charges. He said he made
them as soon as he found out the dis
crepancy; that he never heard of Mr.
Chappell's illness; read the newspapers,
but didn't know whether Mr.. ChappelPs
sickness was printed. When asked why
he did not notify Mr.. Chappell of the
discrepancy, he said it was not his bust
ness to be notifying men so that they
could cover up their rascality, and he
was not in the habit of helping rascals
to cover up their rascality; that the
golden rule was now changed; it now
reads: ''Do other men, or they will do
you" When asked If that was his
moral code, he said, II didn't say ii
was"
At this point he lost his temper.
walked around the table to where Clerk
Rogers sat, gesticulating and talking
in an angry manner and in an under
tone, but he spoke loud enough to
Rogers for those in the room to catch
the words, S. of B.. When
asked if he called anybody by that
name, he promptly denied it. Where
upon, several gentlemen present stated
that they distinctly heard him use
those words.
Mr.. BEDDfNGFIELD'S STATEMENT.
Mr.. f. c. BeddingfeId was next call
ed. He stated that he went with Mr..
Chappell to Mr.. Riggsbee's office, and
heard Mr.. Chappell ask Mr.. Riggsbee
about the charges. Riggsbee pretend
ed to known very little about them.
When asked to do so, Mr.. Riggsbee
produced his stub-book, but held it in
his own hands, and did not allow Mr..
Chappell to take il in his hands for
examination; that when asked to pro-
tluce the record book upon which
these charges were based, he hesitated
for some time, but finally went and got
it, and threw it down on the desk i'll
front of Mr.. Chappeil; that Mr.. Chap
pell asked Riggsbee If he didn't remem-
Der his paying him money on certain
occasion, Riggsbee replied, "No, by
God; You never paid me d--n cent"
Mr.. BeddingfieId then asked Riggsbee
politely why he didn't notify Mr..
Chappell of his discrepancy instead of
making charges against his character
Riggsbee said: 20, hell, it is none of
my business TO be sending out d-n
notifications" Mr. Beddingfield re-
piled Indignantly that he had no in
tention of insulting Mr.. Riggsbee by
asking him the question, that when he
got ready to insult him, he knew very
well how to go about it, and finally
that he was not a school boy TO be
snapped up in that sort of style. Mr..
Beddingfeld testified that Mr.. Riggs
bees language was profane, and his
language insulting, and that he seem
ed unwilling TO give Mr.. Chappell a
fair opportunity to investigate the
facts in relation to the charges he had
preferred against him.
This closed the testimony, and the
commissioners reserved their decision.