The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-14
HAUPT'S CASE WITH THE JURY.
Continued from Eighth Page.

and trustee of the Duffy Street Baptist
Church
Mr.. Bugg testified that he was pushing
Mr. Haupt for a settlement for three or
four weeks before the Developments took
place, and had threatened him with ar
rest. Mr.. Wells stated that Mr.. HauW
mad called upon him TO go upon his bond
at the time of his arrest He had also
agreed to assist Mr.. Haupt in making good
MS shortage, and with this in view, Mr..
Haupt turned over 20 him the balance IN
bank to the credit Of the church fund
ana SIC which he had drawn from the
oank. After he learned from MIR. Haupt
some days later how this money had been
obtained he placed 1t In trust with Mr..
). H. Cain, attorney for the church, and
the money was later returned to the Og.e-
thorpe Real Estate Company.
The defense introduced no evidence be-
sides Mr.. Haupt's statement, with the eX-
ception of such deductions as il could
draw from the checks and other records
introduced in the case.
Mr.. Haupt's statement was taken
geographically and is as follows:
Gentlemen of the jury, desire to make
clear and concise statement TO you of
my side of the case In the case Of forS
cry, the state against myself, at the in
stance OF Mr.. j. p Williams, the state
ment l will make to you is just the same
as II permitted TO be sworn. On March
10 1898, in my absence from Savannah,
L was elected treasurer of the Ogle thorpe
Real Estate Company. ] had fulfilled
the duties of that office prior to that for
term of about five years with Mr.. Wal
liams occupying the office Of treasurer. He
then signed checks as treasurer.
Inc salary was the nominal amount of
1888 per month. Mr.. Williams collected
the same and paid me s. out of the
amount, retaining 1888 for himself.
AT the time l was elected treasurer
Tor the Oglethorpe Real Estate Company
filled the Office of secretary of the ]. P.
Williams Co, was treasurer of the Geor-
gia Pine Railway Company and of the
building fund of the Duffy Street Baptist
church. All of these offices l filed to the
entire satisfaction Of the officials and all
interested. This you will find out If the
RECORDS were in court to show by the
thanks that were rendered me for the
ouslnesslike manner in which 1 showed
al Things at a glance. AS treasurer of
these various institutions, / was paid
money at all times from cents up into
thousands of dollars. These moneys we're
paid to me at home, at church. at NV
place OF business, and on the streets. All
OIL these moneys l tried to take care of
ana snow up in a business-like manner
not using even one nickel 40 my own use
with any intent or purpose to defraud
any one of these corporations which 1
represented.
In the latter part of August, 1895. Nr
Williams left for Baltimore in the interest
OF the Georgia Pine Railway Company.
he, OF course, as president of the Georgia
Pine Railway Company, and president Of
the Oglethorpe Real Estate Company, and
IN my position with both as treasurer. he
was in the habit of countersignng checks.
more especially in the Georgia Pine Rail
way Company, and whenever he left the
city on any business whatever there was
always conference between him and nv
self as to what payments were to be
made and what moneys were available to
| pay them He then countersigned the
| checks, l as treasurer of those Institutions
being the drawer and maker of them.
| 4 stated to him that we had some 81 400
in bank TO the credit Of the Oglethorpe
Real Estate Company. He said it would
| be advisable to pay Mrs. Teynac, admins
tratrix-ex ecutrix, $1,000 on account He
had then contersigned several checks. |
| might say ten in number, knowing that
| ne would be gone for about a week of the
| Georgia Pine Railway Company in blank.
without anything on them, save the
printed part of the check I then went
10 my desk hurriedly, as he was going to
leave on the train about midday for Bal
| timore, and flied in a check for 81 600. sim
| ply the amount, no date, no payee, and nv
name not affixed to the same as treasurer.
| This check was not a perfect check. MIR.
| Williams countersigned il, left it in the
! book and handed 1t back to me- The Gus
tom was TO countersign these creeks. even
| prior to my election to the office as treas
urer, by the president and the treasurer.
| which offices Mr.. Williams then filed. and
to date them the day on which 1 was able
to can on Mrs. Teynac she living out on
| Elghth street, and 1t taking good deal of
| time from my business to make the nav
ment. Sometimes it took a week or more
| before l had time to do il, but l ALWAYS
dated the check In accordance with the
payment Endorsed on the notes. and 7
| thing if the gentlemen take the tro,thla 20
look at it they will find every payment.
| ana made as many as, we'll TN saw
twenty to her in my transactions. all dated
| with the check. AS 1 say, This CHECK u,ae
| simply filled out for the amount of q 0Oo
| 1t was countersigned by Mr. Williams II
had no payee, and it was not signed b,,
me as treasurer. Mr.. Williams came back
from Baltimore, and before he left. as he
stated, on his trip to cambridge, he asked
me If the amount had been paid
Il used this check on Sept. IS, 1898 I
| dated it. l then filed in the name of Mrs
@-iANN - S'ioNN GO SnOSN ~ anu appended
| my name to 1t as treasurer. I then in
| dorsed it in my individual name to show
| that alone was responsible for the check
| You will find, Il you consult the stub of
| The check book that there is nothing on
that save the $1,000 alone holding me re-
sponsible for the amount
"Since this matter was brought about
| you win understand. by other compiica-
| tions, whatever your verdict may be. 7
| will say that 1 have suffered since SEN
| TENDER all the anguish and torment that a
man could suffer, even were he consigned
to the penitentiary
And gentlemen of the jury. 1 say to
you that / never used one nickel of that
money with any fraudulent intent or pur-
pose, and to show you that 1 did not,