The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-25

N''U' w. @chho" ieuSlhS that the receipt
was for amount due the church by Mr.
Haupt' and that if settlement was accepted
oy the church Mr.. Haupt was not to be
prosecuted.
IN addition TO this" Mr.. Haupt said,
the church began proceedings in civil
court and secured a judgment against me
for this amount of money"
Inc statement made out by him. he con-
sldered an honest statement he said The
STUBS of the receipts. he said, would show
the amount received. Relative to several
amounts claimed MOTTO appear, Mr.. Haupt
said IAN account was kept with certain
parties who subscribed. l debitcd them
with their subscriptions and credited them
with amounts paid. Payments subsequently
| We're put into the general fund That is
where Mr.. Chapman's and Miss Cabaniss'
collections went"
Mr.. Haupt said that Mr. MedIock turned
OYER $50 to him from the Ladies Aid Socie-
~ This $50 was returned at the request
OF the Ladies AID Society to be used in
paying the pastors salary he said. He not
lted Mr.. Medlock by telepl one and the
latter told him it wasyall right
Mr.. Medlock never made him a payment
without taking a receipt. he said
As regards the distribution of funds of
the building committee. Mr. Haupt denied
Mr.. Bugg's statement that the funds were
TO be disbursed on the order Of the church.
as he had stated. The building committee
was appointed to collect funds and build
a church, he said.
Mr.. Haupt read certain resolutions pub
lished in the Morning News of September
1898, which had been adopted by the church
in reference to the matter, stating that 1t
was not the desire of the church to appear
IN the courts as prosecutor of one of its
former members, a settlement having
been made
AS to the judgment in the City Court, he
said it had been reduced TO a matter of
debt, and he had the receipt for the tender
OF the debt Moneys were paid out he
said, on the order of the building commit
tee, he being elected treasurer to receive
and dsburse the money. He was instructed
to put the fund in a savings bank and an
| arrangement was made with the Citizens
Bank
As regards his ability to
pay the day he was arrested there
was no doubt about it, he said. but ne
did not care to be treated in that man.
ner.
The accused said he had tried to make
| accurate and correct statementsNin his sew
erai trials. He had kept the books of n
the concerns as well as he could. He
feit the notoriety which he had received
he said, and it hurt him and his wife
ana children. The cash book submitted
ne said, was made up by himself from
the stub receipts, the handwriting being
MS wife IS. The statement of receipts on
| account of the building fund was complied
from the receipt books and afterward
posted and made up. A regular account
was opened with the subscribers. Contri-
buttons from those who had not supscrib-
ed were put into the general fund.
Mr. James T. Wells was nlaced ,,Dop tts
stand by the state in rebuttal He testi-
he'd as to his connection with Mr.. Haunt
and the church affair. Mr.. Haupt came to
him.. accompanied by a constable, ana
wanted him to stand his bond. He acted
the part of a friend in endeavoring
to adjust the matter with the church.
His connection, he explained, was due to
his interest in The church, having been
one of its organizers. He was one of the
building committee. He did not desire
any notoriety, either for Mr. Haupt or the
church. lie stood Mr. Haupts bond, and
subsequently, conferred with officers of
the church. Mr.. ffaupt said there was
difference of about 81 100 Mr.. Wells ex-
planned the efforts TO adjust and the man
ner in which the receipt read by Mr..
Haupt was obtained He met committee
of The church the afternoon of Mr.. Haupt's
arrest He told the committee that he had
within certain amount. Mr. Haupt had
estimated the amount collected al $500.
The officers of the church claimed the
amount to be about IS, 400. Mr.. Haupt had
about $500 in bank. He gave Mr.. Wells
81 eco that day Mr.. Wells told them that
he would assume the entire liability on
this basis. The committee, however, was
not agreeable to this. The disagreement
was as to whether the committee
Iii
nent before submitting the matter
70 the church Mr.. Wells urged
that the mission of the church was not
thar of a prosecutor or a prosecutor. He
urged that a settlement should be arrived
at without any publicity. Mr.. Haupt had
told him that he had $500 additional Fiji
dav. Sept 16, another meeting was ned'
and Mr.. Haupt turned over TO MIN VOW
He saw Mr.. Cain and told him that ne
would make up the difference. The com
nittee was called together, Messrs. Chap
man. Cain and others being present. No
terms were arrived at, Mr.. Chapman say
ing thAt he did not know the committee
was authorized to make a settlement.
There was a deficit of $780, He used
81 600 Central Railway first mortgage bond,
his own property, to make the difference
good. The money and the bond were left
with Mr. Cain as a personal deposit The
next morning he met Mr. Cain, VINO was
reading the paper, which had an account
of the Haupt trouble. He was informed
chat the church had accepted his propo-
sition. Later he received note from Mr.
Haunt that he was sick and he went out
to see MIN Later he read the newspapers
and found that the church had amended
the proposition so as to make him respon-
sible for any subsequent amount, and he
declined to- aceept the receipt offered by
Mr.. Cain. q
Mr.. Wells said that the 1000 had come
from the Oglethorpe Real Estate Com
pany. which he subsequently returned TO
the company, after considerable negotia-
ton with the church.
LETTER TO MIR. WELLS LAWYERS.