The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-06

his credit or account. and 20 advise
him.
II beg Z o say that<I have not &C.
knowledged the receipt OF this settle
ment- not even placed the same on u
records. but intended waiting until we
received. your report of the exact con-
ditions.
"Sinee rea ing your letter. ! have
gone over Ar. Bellamy's letter OF
transmittal OF his check and report.
and cannot see that we would commit
ourselves by any means in accepting
the settlement as offered by him.
His letter calls for the enclosure Of
checks a~ggregating h proper amount.
according to his statement. and also
contains his promise TO make good any
collections that he has made thai do
not appear In this report or n prior
Ones he has submitted. However. I
shall accept u suggestion and ac-
knowledge receipt OF this settlement
on %ccou
You have no DOUBT received my let
ter enclosing q full explanation OF the
settlement forwarded by Mr.. Ballamy,
referred to above, and / trust you will
be able to secure for US all Informal
ton necessary pertaining to bonds not
previously reported. and containing in
that portion % my statement under the
head OF Exhibit 3.
Awaiting your further advices, / re-
main, IaursL very truly.
W. George Hynsou. Auditor"
The foregoing correspondence ex-
plains itself. The original letters are
in my possession. 1t is the correspond
ence upon which my statement. in the
course of Investigating this matter.
was made to Mr.. Springer.
w. j. Bellamy, in his statement, fur
Their says:
The whole matter grew out OF the
candidacy for city attorney when l de-
feated him at the last election. Before
the election he wrote an anonymous
letter to the Board of Aldermen
stating that IL elected 1 would be hand
in hand with John D. Bellamy and
Marsden Bethany. Esqs., and intimated
to them tina. we would defraud this
city. This was resented at the time by
a street fight between Mr.. Meares and
Mr.. John d. Bethany and myself"
The paper he refers TO was not a let
ter. 1t was not anonymous. 1t was
not written TO the Board OF Aldermen.
This fact is known to W. j. Bellamy.
He has e the statement, had a copy
of it and he knew, or ought TO have
known, what II contained. 1t was a
mere memoranda. hand by me, in per-
son.. to Mr.. Maunder. Mr.. Bailey, Mr..
Johnson and Mr.. Harriss and to Mr..
Mcqueen to be handed to Mr.. Skinner,
all a day or two after their election on
the board. Each of these gentlemen
were at liberty to use it as they saw fit.
There were six copies. One copy I re-.
tanned. Here is the article:
MEMORANDA.
suit by Emmaline Mask against the
city for twenty-five hundred dollars,
dc ~ n prnc for a11n-nl s.,--
for plaintiff. William j. and Marsdenl
Bellamy.
1.-Two suits by the city against John
D.. BelIamy, to-wit:
Taxes on Swain property owned by
MIN 800. ....... .S023.OO
Taxes on w. H. Howe o
ty owned nv him .............. $3.50
His own taxes for 1896 ........ 1880
The above two suits are being re-
sisted by Mr.. Bellamy. not because the
X are wrong. but under a technical
plea that their collection are barred
by the Statute of Limitations.
There is a suit pending by the city
against j. w. Mills, for the collection
of 10000, which is not resisted by the
owners, because the taxes and mort
cages cover it, but is resisted by Mr..
John D.. Bellamy, attorney, because he
overlooked the taxes in passing upon
the mortgage tc the Building and Loan
Association, and he hopes to get his
association out by shifting the BURDEN
on the city"
1t would be difficult to extract from
this statement the allegation Of W.. J.
Bellamy that if elected / would be
hand in hand with John D. Bellamy
and Marsden Bellamy, Esq, and init
mated to them that we would defraudl
the city" One who is enough interest
ed in the matter may examine the
court records and find whether the
memoranda is a correct statement or
not. True. Mr.. John D.. Bellamy, with
this statement in his hand, accostedI
me on the street and denounced it as
untrue, and a fight ensued. w. ]. Bel
lamy was n Of his attendants on that
occasion. When the fight commenced
he called on those around to let it bel
a fair fight, and when the difficulty
was about to stop and L was being held
he pitched in and struck me in the
back. When he did so, it was resented
by Mr.. Ruark. The facts were wit
messed by gentlemen whose words will
not be doubted in this community. This
is w. J.. Bellamy's first acknowledge
ment of taking n part in that en-
counter. He is entitled to the credit
Of his part. which seems to be his fa-l
vorite method of attack-FROM THEl
REAR.
Following the statement above COM
mented on, Re further states:
"Since then" (alluding t o the street.
fight with john D. Bellamy) The has
continued to harass me by making|
slanderous statements to the Board OF
Aldermen and the Board of Audit and
Finance, which were derogatory to my
character and ability as a lawyer"
There is not a city official or member
of the Board Of Aldermen or Board Of
Audit and Finance who would state
over his own signature that / have in
n attempted to interfereI
with w. J. Bellamy in the proper ad-l
m~inistration Of his office. / have had
no differences with W. J.. Bellamy rela-|
tive to his office. He demanded, when
succeeding me. Of the Board Of Alder
men hat they allow him to take
charge of certain tax suits, which Il
had prepared. conducted and reduced
to Judgment. There was nothing more
to be done except to sell the property
by the commissioner and collect the
judgment. He claimed to be entitled,
as a perQuisite Of his office, to a CON-