The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-24
G. W. HAUPT's FOURTH TRIAL.
WILL FACE THE JURY on THE
THIRD CHARGE TODAY.

The Indictment Charges Larceny
AFTER Trust of s2,50s.os From the
BuiIdine Fund of the Duffy street
Baptist ChuFcb-Tbe Defendant
Was Treasurer of the Building
Fund and an Investigation by the
Church Brought on All His TrOu-
bIeS-Tbe Case One Of Interest to
Many PcOpIe-Many JurymeD Like
Iy to Go on for Cause.
The case against George W. Haupt,
charged with larceny after trust from the
building fund Of the Duffy Street Baptist
Church. will be called in ihe Superior
Court at noon to-day.
This VIII be the fourth time within the
last two weeks that Mr.. Haupt has been
before a jury in the Superior Court. 1t Is
a matter of remark among the court
house officials that this is the first time
within their experience that one person
mas had to face the same set OF jurors so
many times upon serious charges. There
are sxty-tbree jurors upon the list sum
moned to appear this morning. OF this
number thirty-six have already served up
on juries before which MIR Haupt was on
trial OF the remainder twenty-six
went off at the last trial for cause, being
prejudiced for or against the accused, or
having formed an opinion from hearing
the evidence under oath.
If these figures be correct there is only
one man on toe list of talesmen summoned
to appear this morning who is likely to be
sides is that
men who served on the other juTies may
not be preiudiced against the accused ON
the charge on which he has not yet been
tried but the presumption is that they
are Dreiudiced and they are likely 10 view
the matter in this light themselves.
Whether this be the case or not II Is eFb-
dent that a large additional number OF
talesman VIII have to be summoned 10
hermit of a jury being secured. The de-
Tense has twenty strikes and the state
zen and "A is likely that all of these will
be awaited of.
The charge Of larceny after trust is
likely 70 prove in some respects the most
interesting Of the three serious charges
which have been preferred against Mr..
Haunt The other two charges were mat
ters between the defendant and corpora
tons which he served. in which compare
lively only a small number of persons
were interested. There are hundreds OF
people Interested in the church case, in
GLIDING the entire membership OF the
Duffy Street Baptist Church and their
numerous friends. The erection of the
new church was a matter in which the en-
tire membership was deeply interested, and
probably every member of the church, as
well as many outsiders contributed to the
fund which the defendant is charged with
having appropriated to his own use. Nat
uralIy they are all interested in the out
come of the case.
The church case is also of special in
terest. because of the fact that the deyel-
opments in regard to the church matter
led to the investigation of the affairs OF
the Oglethorpe Real Estate Company and
the Georgia Pine Railway Company and
the preferring of charges against Mr.
Haupt on their account. On account Of
the circumstances of the cases 1t is like
~ that the whole story of the alleged mis-
deeds OF the defendant will be brought
out in the trial of the church case.
Among those who have been summoned
to appear as witnesses for the state are
Rev. J. D. Chapman, pastor of the Duffy
Street Church; Mr. B. L. Bugg, chairman
of the board of deacons and Mr.. j. T.
Wells, another deacon, who undertook TO
assist Mr.. Haupt in arranging his affairs
with the church.
It is possible that Mr. Haupt's troubles
may moi be ended with the conclusion of
this case In his statement to the jury
Thursday night Mr. Haupt was particular
~ severe upon his former employer. Mr..
]. p Williams. making several statements
calculated to reflect upon that gentleman
and evidently with this object in view Mr..
Williams stated in the course of his tesu-
mony in the embezzlement case that Mr..
Haupt was short in his accounts with the
Ogethorpe Real Estate Company $3.50.
This matter has never been brought TO
the attention of the grand jury, but it is
intimated that this will be done at the
next meeting of that BODY.