Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-11

though, that the date OF those checks
was the commandments the winding
up Of all our connection--and l am pref
ty certain that since that time he has
not owed me anything, or L owed him
anything.
O. Colonel. you are satisfied that those
checks closed up that matter with Mr..
WOmack?
A Yes, sir; am satisfied those are the
last checks ever received from him.
DID NOT KNOW WHY.
@. These checks-one Of them for $500,
and the other for $50-are both dated the
18th of October, 1891. VIII you please
state, sir, in settling debt OF that cha
racter how IL was that two checks were
given on the same day, on the same
in Richmond on the same day-especially.
though, how IL comes that two checks
happened to b" given 70 settle an old
debt, and an All cent obligation?
A. Mr.. Chairman, / said distinctly and
emphatically that | do not recall. l will
tell you how i think 1t occurred. l think
| must have been in Richmond, and when
he gave mo one check 1 put 1t in my
another game the same day-that is my
Interpretation of Ii. / think we must
have gotten in game that night and 1
happened to beat him again. That is my
solution OF the matter
Q. Colonel, the checks are both dated
the same day; they were both cashed
that dav-the 10Th of October-by the
Planters National Bank.
a. Yes. sir.
Q. These checks were given to you on
the 10th on the date they bear?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Well. sir, can you recall which one
OF those checks was given you first-the
800 check or the $50 check?
A. Indeed / cannot, Mr.. Chairman. /
have told you all the facts about them
that j can recall to save my life.
Q. These checks having been given on
the date that is fixed upon them-the 18th
you, you think that that night, perhaps,
another game occurred?
A. or that day. sir, ] reckon. Some
time during the day, reckon, Mr.. Chair
man; ] don't know.
Q. In a matter involving sums OF this
characterised and $2oo-can't you recall
If you had game during the day, after
receiving the first check. and before the
end OF banking hours? Can't you recall
whether you won in that game 500 or
A. Indeed I cannot recall 1t 10 save
my life. sir / tell you the consideration
tending them. 1 have told you all 1
could.
O. 1 believe the Planters National
Bank in this city closes q; o'clock in
the afternoon?
A. / believe so. sir. I deposited them
there. sir. / reckon 1 did; i don't re-
member-either IN person or by letter; l
don't remember which. l am Just telling
you that those two checks must have
been given differently. They are both
the same date. and the considerations
are the same. but | don't remember the
circumstances attending their execution;
have really forgotten
DID NOT CASH THEM.
q. Judging from the endorsement upon
those checks, they were given upon the
10th October: before 3 o'clock on that
day they were either deposited to your
credit or you received the cash for them.
VIII you please state, sir. whether you
collected those checks in cash or whether
the money went 10 your credit at the
Planters National Bank.
a. am very certain that did not re-
ceive that money over the counter or the
Planters National Bank. l have never
received that much over the counter, and
IL must have been that IL was placed TO
my credit. ! cannot recall, sir, that
had the use OF $3.50 In money 10 carry
home with me. or to use out In the coun-
try.
Q. Colonel, since the adjournment or
this committee on yesterday have you
examined the ledger of the Planters Ma
tional Bank to get any further light on
that question?
A. | have not sir; and find out. too.
sir. that II has been my custom, as
have seen 1t shown by my present check
book. just to give the amount Of the
CHECKS OH my tHtElOidnuuut anu flot ny
whom drawn or anything else-perhaps
the date; but / did not see any neces-
sity of going there to the ledger; but,
sir. IL the committee can find out any
thing in the world / crave that the ledger
shall be examined. IL they think II will
throw any light on the subject.
Q. Do you recall the fact that these
checks were read out by Major Randolph
when he produced fhem-the face and the
both?
A. Yes. sir; i was sitting back there.
and understood Major Randolph to say
distinctly that II was October, 1886. but l
was mistaken: and you will remember |
that yesterday. before l took the checks, |
| said II they were dated In 1886 they |
were forgeries. When / saw they were |
dated In 1894 recalled the fact that two |
years previously had ceased having any |
sort Orwell. recognition, of Mr.. Womack, |
previous to that time-lt was In 1884, /
lid not know whether II was In 1893 .or |
1894 / had wound up my transactions |
with him. until l found out from Mr.. |
Booker that IL was in 1894 that we were |
IN birmingham. and then ] said that was |
The consideration OF those checks. and l |
say so still. did understand Major RAM |
iolph TO use the word 1886. and when he |
,aid II. ] said In an undertone, those |
shecks were forged" He read 1t 1894. but
understood him 1896
O. Did 4 nct alan read thoea choclr. o,,-