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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
Had a Gun Nine Feet Long.

A third convict sworn was j. Il. Spar
row. He knew Hawkins, he said; and
that Hawkins tried to hire him to swear
something about the Marshall case. He
couldn't remember exactly what it was,
except that he was to swear that he
(Sparrow) heard Politz say Marshall
as innocent. For this Hawkins was to
give him $50. This was at the bakery
during the month of October.
On cross-examination the witness said
he was sent up to the penitentiary from
HYDE county. He claimed to be p
years old, though he looks much older.
He said he was a Yankee and not Il
native of this State. He came down
here shooting.
"And what were you convicted OFF,
asked Col. Argo
Being nonresident"
81 didn't know that was crime"
Neither did l but it led to my ar
rest"
''Oh. led to your arrest. I don't want
to know what led to your arrest. What
were you convicted OFF,
"WelI, | had an unlawful gun"
can unlawful gun? What's that?"
1--WE come down TO the edge of Hyde
county--me and my partner; he was
from Washington City, We were hunt
ing ducks and they told us if we didn't
leave they'd arrest us. We told EN- TO
go ahead and arrest"
did they arrest!
GAS / tell you, we Were hunting ducks
and l had q gun nine feet long"
''And you ought to have been arrested
"a man with a gun nine feet long"
"Well. we killed ducks for two days
then fourteen men with fourteen guns
came out and arrested u.s."
mo wonder. You had a gun nine
feet long. Was it on wheels?"
"Well, they took us to the jail. That
night we put our back against the wall
and proped our feet and pushed down
both walls of the house. Then | went
for the boat and my partner went TO
the house where they had put our guns.
He broke in and took them. After we
got out On the water we found that we
had two Of their guns. But my partner
said it was too late to rectify amy ms
takes. Then q calm came and our boat
stopped as still as a stump, and them
same fourteen fellows with their four
teen guns came out and arrested us
again. They took us back and then boxed
me UP and sent me up here for three
years TIE other fellow, my partner,
they turned loose"
Didn't they give you trial?
mo. They didn't let me open my
mouth. Didn't have no jury at all, and
the Judge, they say, had been in the in
sane asylum three or four years"
Didn't you have a lawyer"
''Oh yes. L had three till a Yankee
named Dodson came there, then | had
none.'
Yankee got 'em, did hep
Don't know I know that Yankee
robbed me of $3S."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
A Counterfeiter Testifies.

When court re-convened at 3:15 O'Clock
the defence put on the two character wit
nesses of which they had given notice:
f. B. Arendell and Mr. Honeycutt, of the
penitentiary, to prove the good charac-
ter of Hawkins as a prisoner.
This closed the case for the defense
and the prosecution resumed its teStl-
mony by putting on the stand another CON
vict. Il. j.. Mcleod.
Mcleod said he was i'm the penitentia-
ry for counterfeiting; that he was sent
up from Harnett county, this State. He
knew Chas s. d. Hawkins, and that in
the latter part of September or in Octo-
her Hawkins tried to hire him to testify
falsely.
''He told me if I'd swear that POLITE
told me Marshall was not guilty I'd re
ceive money for it. j said Politz had told
me no such thing; that he'd told me Mar
shall was as guilty as he was. He said
that made no difference, that If I'd swear
that Politz had said Marshall wasn't in
it | could make some money. j told
him / didn't want to make money in that
way"
NO" said Col. Argo, cross-eXamining
him, you prefer to make it at night III
some blacksmith shop"
Mcleod acknowledged that he and
Politz were pretty good friends. He
didn't think anybody was present when
Hawkins made the proposition to him
They were in Hawkins cell. The wit
ness said he had told several of the Other
conyicts about what Hawkins had pro
posed He had also told Detective Bar
ker and Perry. and thought he had also
told Convicts Billiard, Mullen and Spar
row.
"Well isn't it a fact that you four got
together and made up this tale!"
''No there are others there that know
it."
Continued on Sixth Page)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

WHO were your lawyers?
"a man named Meekins from Eliza
beth City, one named Mann from Swan
Quarter and one named Warren from
Washington. Il gave Warren So, but he
Won't to open his mouth"
You say they boxed you up when they
sent you up here?"
We'll they tied me and handcuffed me,
and led me like a horse"
And the other follow?
'"They turned him aloose, cause his
mother was there, and he was the man
that broke into the house and got the
guns"
The witness denied that anyone had
offered him any inducement to testify,
except the inducement offered by Haw-
kins. He acknowledged, however, that
he had been talked to by the detective,
Perry.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
TO THE
Of
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TO THE

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
WILL CONSUME ALL DAY
SOME SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
GIVEN YESTERDAY.
DID HAWKINS TRY TO BRIBE WITNESS
Five of His Fellow Conyicts Swear That He
Offered Them Money to Swear For Mar
shall. Dramatic Scene While Politz
Was on the Stand.

Today will see the end of the Marshall
counterfeiting trial in the Federal court.
1t began last Thursday morning; it will
end tonight, having consumed exactly
one week.
Argument will begin this morning and
will continue for six hours-three hours to
each side. For the defense Messrs.
Meares, Argo and Bellamy will speak;
for the prosecution, Messrs. Bernard and
Spears.
Then the case will be given to the
jury. What the verdict will be, of course
it is impossible to predict.
In the course of the trial yesterday
there were several rather sensational in
cidents:
The defence played a trump card Wy
bringing i'm Gov. Russell to prove Mar
shall's good character.
Later in the day the prosecution evened
up by proving good character for De
tective Perry by Col. A. B. Andrews,
first vice-president of the Southern Rail-
way.
Then POLITE was given a good character
by three prominent business mem of Will
mington-Col. Walker Taylor, r. ".
Hicks and j. w. Duls.
The defence proved a good character
as a prisoner for Ex-Convict Chas. S. ID.
Hawkins, by the officials at the peniten-
tiary. Hawkins, it will be remembered.
is the imam who testified that Politz con-
fessed to him Marshall's innocence, but
said he had been promised q pardon if
he would implicate him.
The prosecution attacked Hawkins mer-
cilessly and proved by half dozen other
convicts that he (Hawkins) had attempt
ed to hire them to swear falsely for Mar
shall.
In the testimony of all these convicts
there was something more or less sensa-
tional. One of them, for instance, said
that Hawkins told him that if he (the
convict agreed to testify for Marshall he
must talk with Mr.. Iredell Meares, Mar
shall's attorney, before going on the stand
and find out what to swear to.
Then there was Politz's testimony fat
ly envying what had been sworn to by the
witnesses for the defence and reiterating
his charge that Marshall was a partner
in the counterfeiting business. As he did
this he addressed Mr.. Marshall directly
and said: you know you did. You We're
in that room and helped make the money
and you know it,"
Then finally, referring to his trial at
Wilmington, POLITE charged that Mr..
Marsden Bellamy, his attorney then but
Marshalrs in this trial, took his money
to defend him and then failed to do 50.
To this Mr.. Bellamy made reply that
Politz confessed without consulting HIM
or giving him any sort of warming, and
he had no chance to defend him.
And thus it was sensational sort of
day in the court. and very amusing one,
too. The testimony of some of the con
victs. especially of man named Sparrow.
sent up from Hyde county, was spicy
to a high degree. No one could help
laughing at these fellows explaining how
they, innocent men, happened to get into
the penitentiary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
MCGOWAN Disclaims Contempt.

The first witness called was Capt. J.
NJ. MCGOWAN. He said he was in Mar
shalPs office i'll October, 1898, and a
foreigner, who seemed to be sailor,
came in and had a conversation with
Marshall He gave Marshall $40, and
Marshall spoke about ordering something
for him.
On cross-examination the witness said
vthat he and Marshall were good friends,
their offices were close together, and he
transacted all of Marshall's magistrate
business for him.
Haven't you, since your presence IN
this city, tried to mould public sentiment
in MarShal's favorY
II have spoken in his favor, because
| believed him innocent
Haven't yoou in the secrecy and under
the sanctity of a secret order, made Il
speech in Marshall's favor?'
Il don't know whether | ought to tell
things about secret order or not"
You needn't tell it If you don't want
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10


PRISON."
Eyes, one for himself"
''Where did he get the names that he
signed to it,"
"From Dunn's Trade Review"
"Where We're the people from whose
names he put on itT'
"Some of them from Kinsey, Miss. de
said he knew some people there.
wrote some of them for him"
"Dou you know Meares when you see
him?"
NO"
On cross-examination the witness said
he was q little over p years old; that
he embeZzled 1852. He acknowledged
that he had once escaped, but he had
come back and surrendered himself ten
days later.
.'Who is the first man to whom YOU
told of Hawkins proposition?
ITO Politz.'
Anybody go to the penitentiary to
see you about it,"
"Yes. Mr.. Barker"
He's a detective, isn't hep
Il don't know"
Anybody offer you any inducements
to swear this?"
"No."
did you communicate with anybody
outside the penitentiaTy"
"No."
"What We're you whipped for?"
"Insubordination.'
'In what way?"
"They wanted to lock me up and
wouldn't be locked up"
On redirect examination the witness
said Politz told him Marshall was guilt
Ter than he was.
How much longer have you to serve
in the penitentiary"
'Until March 19th-a little over two
months"
Marshall Furnished Money.
Another CONVICT. 3. Bullard-was
sworn. This convict, like Mullen, is in
prison for embezzling postal funds. He
came from Mobile, Ala.
He said he knew Chas. s. y. Hawkins,
and about October 10Th he told him (Bul-
lard) that if he would go and swear
that Politz had confessed to him that
Marshall had nothing to do with the
counterfeiting he (Hawkins) would pay
him.
"Three or four days later he came
back and said that if I'd testify for
Marshall he and Marshall would get me
pardon. He told me Marshall was
furnishing the money"
did you ever have a conversation
with Politz?"
yes He always said Marshall was
connected with counterfeiting.
On cross-examinatiOn by Col. Argo,
the witness said he had been postmaster
at Nexia. Ala, and had been sent up for
four years for embezzling $1.116.
Haven't you been arrested for other
things?"
Only frivolous things. l was never
in prison before"
Are you not accused of murder:
Yes
'SThe murder of whom!"
"a farmer named Saultus."
"Have any detectives been out to the
penitentiary to see yOu?"
Eyes, Perry and Barker"
sHow many times has Perry been
there
"Once."
"Whom did you tell about Hawkins
proposition"
"Politz."
"Have you ever been in trouble at
the penitentiary?
Yes for trying to escape"
On redirect examination the witness
told of his killing of Saultrrs. He said
Saultus was Populist. and he was a
Democrat. The trouble arose at coun-
ty election. Saultus was trying to run
the Democrats from the polls.
II resisted SauItus, and he made three
attempts to cut me. Chen | shot him and
took the money and ran away. had
no money Of my own"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10

to-"
Mr.. Bellamy-"A Answer it for him, Mr..
MCGOWAN"
Il did make a speech asking them to
recognize Mr.. Marshall'S as a brother
"And you have been talking ON the
street and for it haven't you been ar
rested for contempt of court?'
Il have been arrested
On redirect examination Capt. Nc
Gowan disclaimed any contempt.
The next witness was W. E. Yopp, an
undertaken. He testified that he took
Politz to Marshall's office, that he (Po-
litz) might have his insurance money
collected. This, he said, was III April
1898.
On cross examination the witness said
he was four doors from Marshall's of
fee when the conversation with Politz
took place.
Did YOU ever employ Marshall?"
''Once, l think. Mr.. McClammy was
my lawyer
Wasn't Mr.. McClammy in town that
day."
Il reckon he was"
The third witness was A. Il. Pember-
ton, a farmer from Brunswick county.
He said he was i'll Marshalls office u
day or two before the election in Novem-
Der. He saw a foreigner there, and
saw him pay Marshall $40.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
Day and Darkley Again.

0NJ oAA 0oA navy AA3OAA'
w. II. Day, superintendent of the pen
itentiary, gave Chas. S. ID. Hawkins, q
good character as prisoner while he
was in the penitentiary.
On cross-examination Day said he
didn't know who escaped from the prison,
how they got out or where they got out
He didn't know what Hawkins did while
in the prison. or whether he helped the
prisoners escape.
Haven't you heard that Hawkins was
in the penitentiary befOre""
mo. l never heard it."
On redirect examination Mr.. Bellamy
asked the witness:
Wasn't information given by Haw
kins that these men were about to es
cape:"
mo. 1t came to me after the escape.
Not directly from Hawkins but through
Hawkins"
With this the defence closed its case,
reserving the right to introduce two
other character witnesses-Arendell and
Honeycutt-whe they should come.
The government now put on its rebuff
tai testimony. The first one was Theo-
dore Darkley. the Greek who clerked for
Politz. He identified his naturalization
paper.
"Who served you as Attorney" asked
Mr. Bernard.
Marshall"
The witness said he had two converse
| lions with w. III. Howell, one before his
| (Darkley's) Indictment and one after it.
The first time nothing was said about
Marshall. In course of the second con-
versation he told Howell he knew moth
ing about Marshall. He did this be-
cause he had been instructed not to talk.
lie also acknowledged having a CONVEX
sation with j. +. Tolar, but said he did
not deny to him that Marshall was con-
nected with the counterfeiting. He also
told l.. Gay two weeks before his Ozark
ley's) arrest that he knew nothing about
the counterfeiting matter. He did this,
he said, under instruction from Mar
shall.
ut was about two days after the ar
rest of Nick Politz that Marshall gave
me this instruction, in his office He
sent for me. | also told VIM. Holden
and c. Il. Collins | knew nothing about
the case This was under instructions
from the District Attorney"
The witness denied passing a fifty
cents piece on w. A. Farris or promising
TO redeem such a piece; or ever having
Il talk with w. J. johnson or G. G.. Sim
mons. He said he didn't even know Sim
mons.
Attempt to Bride Witness.
The next witness sworn was. J. +.
Mullen. a Federal convict from the
penitentiary. He came here from West
Point. Miss He was sent up for EN-
bezzling postal funds, while assistant
money order clerk at West Point
k''In October last year did you have
conversation with a convict named
Hawkins about this case?'
''He came to me and asked if / want
ed to make some money. | told him
| didn't know. He said if you'll do
what / tell you you can make SO. He
said you go to court at Wilmington and
swear to what l tell You and you will
get the money. | asked him how he
knew I'd get it. He said that's alright
You do what | tell you and you'll get
it,"
Did he tell you that you must first
see somebody before testifying|
Yes he told me to see lawyer Meares,
and he'd tell me what to say"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
Governor Russell Testifies.


Governor Russell now came in and was
sworn as character witness for Mar
shall.
His EXcellency waddled up, his bulg-
ing eyes glaring reStleSsly at court, jury
and attorneys as he smacked the Good
Book, pleding himself to tell the truth.
He did not take the witness chair but
stood with his right arm resting on the
clerks desk. Mr.. Bellamy questioned
him:
Governor will you be kind enough to
state if you know Mr.. Marshall?'
Il believe So
How long?'
Il think for several years"
What is his character?'
To this the prosecution objected, hold
ing that Marshall having gone on the
stand as a witness, his character could
only be proved up to the time his alleged
crime was committed.
While this squabble was going on the
Governor shifted his position to the end
of the judges stand and the judge spoke
to him for the first time. There they
talked till the lawyers finished. Then
Mr.. Bellamy asked:
''How long, Governor since you resi-
ded III wilmington ::
''In 1897"
what was Mr.. Marshall's character
them
Good"
The government did not cross-QueStion
this witnesses
Samuel Northrop was next sworn.
Touching his testimony the same SQUAD
bic arose as about the Governors evil
deEce, except in magnified degree. The
argument lasted more than half an hour.
On conclusion of argument the court
held that the defendant having offered
himself as a witness he would be
entitled to prove a good character if he
could, as much as any other witness. The
defence proceeded:
DO you know Marshall's general char
acter?'
Il do"
What is it?'
''Good."
A good character for Marshall was also
proved by George Harris.