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

On redirect examination the witness
denied that any inducement had ever
been offered him by anybody to give this
testimony.
From Hawkins State,
A fifth convict put ON the stand was
J. II. Campbell. He was sent up from
Tennessee, he said, for violation of the
United States pension laws. He knew
Hawkins, who was convicted in the same
State. Hawkins, he said, told him that
he had been In two penitentiaries before
this as a prisoner-the Arkansas penl-
tentiary and the Alabama penitentiary.
Detective Perry, recalled denied posi-
lively the statement of Jailer George
Mills in regard to his visits to Polltz
at the Jail. He said that during the time
Politz was in Jail he visited him only
four times He repeated his denial of
Offering Politz any inducement to confess,
as Jailer Mills had testified he did.
''On the day of the arrest of Politz
Marshall came to me in a very excited
manner and asked me whether Nick had
made any disclosures, or if we had found
the moulds. / told him he had made mo
disclosures nor had we found the moulds. "
Politz on the Stand Again.
Politz was now recalled. He swore
that Hawkins testimony i'm regard to his
(Politz's) confession declaring Marshall S
innocence was untrue. He denied that
Perry offered to get him a pardon if he
would duplicate Marshall, or that he
made a confession to Seigler. While i'll
Jail at Wilmington he did not, he said,
talk to anybody about his case, except
his lawyers, and did not tell Claude Leslie
to put the counterfeiting on the Greek.
The witness said that when Marshall
came to the jail to see him he AIarshalD
would allow no one else to be present,
but when his other lawyers came they
Oct the jailer stay while they talked. He
said Perry came to the Jail only four
times.
II have known Marshall ever since
September, 1897. was about to buy out
q firm and Marshall was to draw up the
papers. But finally l backed out and
didn't buy. I've known Marshall ever
since then. We belonged to two secret
orders together. Then employed Mar
shall to defend me in the Sunday selling
cases. j was to give him SO and not
500, as he said. 1 paid him the so and
he now owes me momey-$2.30 paid in
to the Red Men for him.
shall and he went out and employed
Bethany & Bellamy and Mr. McClam-
my. The Belamys would not appear for
less than $50 apiece and l had to give
that to Mr.. McClammy, too. / told them
the combination to my safe, and they
went and got the money. Mr.. Marshal
told me to give him an order for $5(
too like them, so they wouldn't know hC
had anything to do with the counterfeit
ing. | did so and he got his $50 along
with the others, but he afterwards gave
it back to me and j gave it to my wife
'Mr. Marsden Bethany wanted me t.
turn my business over to him to SETTLE
up but / wouldn't, and my wife got Mr.
Jglnius Davis to do it and he collected
some money and paid her, and when Mr.
Bellamy found that out he said III
wouldn't appear for me except for Sol
more. And l paid it and he promised
to get me out of trouble, and he didn'
do it; and we Red Men together and ht
sworn to stand by me as a brother, too
You had my money in your pocket, Mr.
Bellamy, and you know you didn't do
thing for me"
This created a sensation in the cour
room.
The witness then went on to say tha
counterfeiting beyond the fact that h
knew it was going on.
"But Mr. Marshall, there, helped in it
And he ordered stuff so Cotsobelus coult
make better money You know, Mr.
Marshall, that you did, too. You were
right there in the room helping and yol
know it,
This completed Politz's examination
tHa Hyac NOT (sroSS-nupctiOnpd
Politz's Character Proven.
Three prominent citizens of Whining
ton were then put on the stand to prove
Politz's character: Col. Walker Taylor
Mr. r. W. Hicks and Mr.. J. w. Duls
They all testified that Politz bore a goot
character up to the time he was arrest
ed for counterfeiting.
On cross-examination these witnesses
also said that when Politz confessed il
open court at Wilmington, Mr.. MarsdeI
Bellamy arose in COURT and expressed his
surprise, saying that he had never before
been placed in such a position; that he
had the defendants money in his pocket
for defending him and now without say
ing a word to him he had confessed.
Col. A. B. Andrews, first vice-president
of the Southern Railway, said he haG
KNOWN detective Ferry some ten years
and he had never heard his character
questioned; that it was good.
The government then put on J. M. Bish
OPP, an electro-plater, to prove that not
a single article of the material ordered by
Marshall could be used in plating This
was ruled out by the court
At this point the government announc
ed that it had completed its evidence ex
cept the examination of two character
witnesses Chief of Police Williams, Oh
Greenville, s. c., and Mr.. Mullen, OF
Charlotte. They will be put ON the stand
this morning.
Court adjourned at 6 O'Clock to meet
again this morning at $50.
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