The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-01
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next sworn. He said The Drought a
| bag Of meal and sack OF nour TO the
+ city on Monday night. Inc! were con-
veyed i'm a two-seated hack. Inese ar
| ticles were in the hack when ne hltched
up. Another trllsty. jordan rritchard'
a negro, was with him. Inc! were car
ried to Breach. at Holderlield mouse.
| They were nut ont TO one sue OF uhe
house, not carried III.
On cross-eyamination Hollingsworth
said he was in the penitentiary for
| shooting man: that he was sent up
| from Henderson county. He said he
had been in the habit of carrying sacks
| ne maol and -four to Holderiield sent
nv tba nrison management as part pay
for his services Such supplies. he said,
were always taken in the day.
Tho witness said this was the first
t;ma he had taken any supplies at night.
He didn't know that the meal and flour
was stolen. he said. or he would not
have had anything to do with it. He
heard Pritchard say nothing about how
the meal and flour came 10 be in the
wagon.
Turner. recalled, said he had examined
the meal and flour in the station house
and the marks and lettering were exact
" the same as that on the meal and Hour
in the penitentiary commissary. He
acknowledged letting Holdertield have
some meal out of the commissary. but
said that taken to his house Monday
night was not part of it,
Officer ]. w. Beasley said that on
Wednesday night he was informed that
there were some goods at Holdertield's
and n negro Oh. Il. Brown who had
been employed for the purpose wanted
to know of him whether or not there
would be any trouble about his moving
them.
II told him no and asked what time
he would move them and where | could
meet him. When he told me I Informed
the Chief of Police and we went down
near Phillips store which was closed.
then went back to the place appointed
to meet the negro Both the chief and
l marked the sacks. The negro then
went on to Phillips store. Breach
came out and helped to carry the flour.
which was in cart. into the sore
Then either Breach or Phillips.
couldn't tell which. called to Brown to
go out and bring in the other sack him
self. He did so, while l went for the
other officers. AS Brown threw the
sack in at the door we walked ip-.he
chief. Officer Conrad and myself Phil
lips was standing in his night clothes.
holding open the door. This was about
II o'clock.
I'VE arrested Phillips. locked his doors
and took the keys. The two sacks are
now in the station house."
This negro Brown said Breach came
to his shop Wednesday and asked him
if he would like to make "a small piece
Of money"
II told him pended altogether on what
'twus. He said twont nothin' much
and wanted to know if my cart would
hold up 200 or 300 pounds. ! told l.iri
didn't know. | hadn't never had dat
much on it. He said he reckon 'twOuld,
and asked me how much I'd charge
him to carry little bundle to Mr..
Phillips store. / asked him how much
he'd give me- He wouldn't say. but
told NE to go mp and see Mrs. Holder
field. After supper l went and she
wanted me to take some things to Mr.
Phillips. / said reckon | could. She
gave me some coffee and biscuit ana
them she wanted me to take the things
! told her | couldn't do it then: had
to step off apiece but I'd be back She
said 10 or 1890 o'clock would do
But she kept trying to impress on
me that if Mr.. Holderfeld was there not
to come up | asked where Holder
field was She said he was gone down
near the gas house to see his girl. She
said Mr.. Holderfield didn't half do his
duty. and that everything she could
get her hands on she was going to
keep. Then l went back to the shop
and went to sleep. When / woke up
took my cart and went to Holderfield's.
Mrs. Holdertield helped me put the
sacks in the cart Then | wes. on IL,
Phillips. | didn't see Mr.. Breach till
got almost to Mr. Phillips store He
went around the back way and about
| five minutes later Mr.. Phillips opened
| the door. Both Breach and Phillips We're
| in the store
"Once before Mr.. Breach asked me
| to take goods to Phillips for him from
| Holderfield's, but | didn't DO it,
On cross-eXamination, the witness said
Mrs. Holderfield told him not to let
| John cher husband or anybody else see
him. On his way he saw Beasley. Null
len, Conrad and Breach and a colored
| womaIl-nobody else. He didn't see
Phillips till the door was opened.
He said. Hurry up there and bring
| that stuff in here.
| Breach. he said. worked on clocks
| and watches and lived at Hollerfied's.
| One of Phillips former clerks. Il. A..
| Smith. said he had seen Breach at
| Phillips store selling meat Once Phillips
brought meat but he didn't like If III d
sent it back. He had heard Phii!iDs SO.
| he bought some hame from Brpach.
This closed the case for the prosecu-
ton.
The defendant. Walter A. Phillips.
was the only witness put on the stand
| for the defense. He said he did bust
| ness on West Cabarrus street. On
Wednesday Afternoon, he said. Broaci
| was in his store and he phillips) started
| to the telephone to order some meal. and
| Breach told him Mrs. Holderfield had
| bag Of meal and a sack of flour that
| she wanted to sell.
Il told him I'd take it, If he would
send it. There was no understanding
as to the time it was going 10 be sent
or who was going to bring 1t. There
was nothing wrong about the trade, so
far as | knew | did not even have a