The semi-weekly messenger., 1898-08-26

for Stealing from the Seaboard Air
Line Warehouse TO Have q Hearing
Today-A White Man Bound Over TO
Court
The Messenger yesterday morning
contained an account of the big haul
made by Policemen w. T. George and
r. F. Rowan in recovering and taking
to the city hall two dray loads of -four
and meat, alleged to have been stolen
from the Seaboard Air Line ware
house In the same article it was
mentioned that the officers had arrest
ed Joseph D. Hooper and William
Murphy, two coloredhand employed at
therailroad warehouse, and Louis Jar
man, a colored drayman empolyed by the
wholesale grocery house of McNair
& Pearsall.
Yesterday at noon in the city court
the case against the accused was call
ed for a preliminary hearing before
Mayor Wright Iredell Meares, Esq,
was present as counsel for the state,
and Messrs RSllamy and Bellamy,
and Herbert McClammy, Esq, appear
ed for the defendants, all of whom
were in court. The court room was
crowded with negroes intensely inter-
ested in the proceedings.
Mr.. McClammy asked that the hear
ing be continued till today at noon.
He said the hearing was a matter of
some Importance to the defendants
and the community as we'll, and as the
attorneys had just come into the case
and had not had time to look into the
matter, he would ask for a continu-
ance.
Mr.. Meares said the state had~no OBJ
lection to a continuance, so Mayor
Wright ordered the case continued un
til today at noon.
A WHITE NAN BOUND OVER TO
COURT.
A case of larceny was then called
against Ed. Lewis, white man en-
ployed as a handy man at the whole
sale grocery of McNair & Pearsall.
Mr.. Meares said if this case was in
volved with the others it might be
we'll to also continue it till today at
noon.
Mr.. Lewis said he wanted a hearing
Immediately, and the mayor went on
with the case.
Officer r. F. Rowan was sworn and
testified that upon information he ar
rested Mr.. Lewis. He stated that he
had been informed by Joe Douglass
a colored drayman, that he had hauled
meat and flour for Lewis and had de-
livered it without any bills.
Joe Douglass was next sworn. He
several times had hauled goods for
Mr.. Lewis to Mr.. G. E. Workman, a
white man who runs a small store at
Seventh and Harnett streets. He
hauled a barrel of -four from the c.
F. and Y. V. depot to Workman's
store. 1t was delivered to him by
Lewis. He had also hauled bag of
meat and box of meat from the Sea-
board Air Line depot. All the goods
were delivered to him by Mr.. Lewis
without a bill.
Mr. Geo. e. Leftwich was sworn as
a witness for Mr.. Lewis. He testified
that he is shipping clerk at the whole
sale grocery of McNair and Pearsall
and that he recollected giving orders,
under an understanding with Mr..
Lewis, to send some meat to Mr..
Workman about 40 to so pounds at one
time and probably IS or 100 pound at
another.
Mr.. Lewis asked to be sworn, and
he testified that he loaned Mr.. Work
+, 81 h,,r; md
that he induced him to do his buying
from the house with which he (Mr.
Lewis was connected He said Mr..
Leftwich knew of the arrangements
and not a dollars worth of goods had
been sent to Mr.. Workman without
Mr.. Leftwich's order. He said one lot
of meat had been sent in a dray and
at another time some had been sent in
a box with a lot of refuse salt. He
said the box was small one.
Joe Douglass was recalled by the
mayor and testified that the box of
meat he carried was about three feet
high and probably that wide; and
that it contained shoulders.
Mr.. Leftwich was recalled and he
testified that a box of meat such as
described would weigh 400 to 500
pounds. and that he had not ordered
box of meat to Mr.. Workman, and that
his house (McNair & Pearsall) handles
no shoulders.
Mayor Wright announced that un-
der the evidence he would hold Mr.
Lewis for the criminal court under a
bond Of 800 justified. Mr. Lewis
during the afternoon gave bond with
Mr. Phil Pearsall, Of the firm of Nc
Nair & Pearsail, as bondsman. He
secured Mr.. Pearsall by a deposit of
cash to cover the bond.
The impression is general that Mr.
Lewis will clear himself of the charge.