The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-19
GOT $266 Of WAR CLAIMS
Charge is Preferred by a. S. Christ
mas, His First Lieutenant.
SAYS He DIDN'T PAY OUT THAT AMOUNT
Haywood, Who is Rural Free Delivery Mail
Carrier Couldn't Give $500 Bail and is
in Jail. Haywood cashed Warrant
For Recruiting Service.

Andrew 7. Haywood, colored, late a
Major in the u. S. Volunteer Army and
at present rural free delivery carrier,
was arrested yesterday on warrant
charging him with procuring 1895 from
the State under false pretence.
Haywood was unable to give $500
justified bond, which Justice J. C. Mar
com required of him, and he is now in
Jail. The hearing was set for today at
noon, but will no. come up until next
week.
The warrant for the arrest was sworn
out by Henry S. Christmas, colored,
who was First Lieutant in Haywoods
company, which was part of Jim
Youngs Third North Carolina Regi-
ment.
In the war claims which the State
made to the government was one from
A. j. Haywood, who put in a bill for
S266. The government paid the States
claims this week and Haywood has since
received the amount of his claim from
the State Treasurer.
Christmas claims that he did the
greatest part of the work in recruiting
and preparing the company, of which
Haywood was captain. for service. He
says Haywood knew this and though he
has demanded half of the amount, he,
(HaywoodD has refused to pay him any
thing. He states that Haywood has not
spent anything like $3.50 in recruiting the
company. Christmas is represented by
Douglas and Simms.
WI 10 ~
Lane, colored, declines to talk of the
case. He says JAS E. Hamlin, who is
his principal witness, is in Washington,
and that he will not be able to proceed
until Hamlin arrives. Haywood is the
carrier of the Rural Free Delivery route
from here to Eagle Rock He was cap
tain of Company c in the Negro Regi-
ment of Volunteers and was later made
Major, serving in that capacity at Camp
Chicamauga, near Knoxville, and also at
the Macon Ca, camp.
The witnesses summoned in the case
by the prosecution are: Gen. B. S. Roy
ster, Mr. d. S. Hamilton, Jim Young. P.
H. Haywood, III. S. Christmas, J. ].
Jones. Booker Hardy and James Rich
ardson.
The complaint set forth is as fol-
lows:
Henry s. Christmas being duly sworn
says: That A. j. Haywood. late of said
county, at and in said county and State,
en- or about the 10Th day Of October, A.
d.. 1900, did as affiant is informed and
believes, knowingly, wickedly, designed
~, unlawfully, wilfully, falsely, fraud
ulently and feloniously pretend to Hal
w. Aver, State Auditor of North Caro-
lima; b. S. Register Adjutant General of
North Carolina, and B. r. Lacy. State
Treasurer Of North Carolina. that the
State of North Carolina was indebted to
him (the defD for sums of money ex-
pended by him fhe deft) during the
year 1898 for preparing Company C. of
the Third Regiment of North Carolina
volunteers Tor service in the sum of
S2oo. whereas in truth and fact as he.
the said a. j. Haywood then and there
Wen knew. the said pretense was false
ana SAID defendant did not expend the
sum OF $3.50 or any part of such sum, and
said State of North Carolina was not in
debted to him on this or any other ac-
count; that by color and means of said
false pretcnse the said A. J. Haywood.
a.; affiant is informed and believes.
falsely, fraudulently, knowingly, will
fully, unlawfully, designedly and felon-
lously did obtain from the Auditor of
said State, the Adjutant General and
the~Treasurer of said State, as aforesaid.
a warrant on the Treasurer of the State
of North Carolina in the sum of $685. of
the value of 1866 with intent to defraud.
contrary to the statute in such case
made and provided and against the
or,1
pFays that warrant issue for said A.
j. haywood, and that he be dealt with
according to law.