The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-21
NOW WHO IS
A. ]. STAUNT0N?
Full Evidence in the Stolen Bond Case as Given
Before the Grand Jury.
Though l may be mistaken,

Though 1 may be mistaken
Q. Who was your client referred to in
your answer to the last question?
A. Mr. Hab. Dortch, now clerk in the
Department of Agriculture, Raleigh North
Carolina.
Q. For what purpose were you en-
ployed?
A. was employed to see Mr.. Godfrey
for the purpose Of making some arrange
ment with him for the return of the
bonds.
@. Who was the friend who obtained
this loan from your client, and who
You said got in trouble and had to leave
the State?
A. do not know who that was. l
never have known anybody in the trans
action save and except Mr.. Dortch
Q. How did he (your client) happen
to know that the bonds were stolen!
A. He did not know that the bonds
were stolen originally. What informa-
tion he got was some months after the
bends had been stolen.
@. When your client discovered that
the bonds were stolen, and that he really
had no security for the $1,000 he had
leaned on the bonds, why did he not in
form his friend of the fact that he had
learned to-wit, that the bonds were
stolen?
A. 1t was not my client that loaned
money on the bonds.
@. When Mr.. j. l.. Godfrey paid you
81. 900, did you deliver the bonds to him?
A delivered two $1,000 bonds to- Mr.
Godfrey.
Il 4Sc hoo
your possession when you delivered
them to Mr.. Godfrey?
| A. am not certain; but think they
were delivered to me on the day de-
li1ered them to Mr. Godfrey This is my
best recollection of this fact.
@. Where did you place the bonds for
safe-keeping?
A. In the safe In my office.
@. Did you pay the $1,000 referred to
t. your client in the same money Mr..
J. l.. Godfrey paid you or did you give
him your check or some other commercial
paper, draft or order?
A. The amount of money 1 paid my
client was in the identical bills that Mr..
Godfrey paid me.
@. What commission did you receive
for your services?
A. $3.50.
THOS. H. BRIGGS,
foreman.
Examination of Mr.. H. P. Dortch, Jr.,
before the Grand Jury, January, 1904,
Wake Superior Court
Q. Did you employ Mr.. j. c. L. Harris
to restore two $1,000 per cent bonds to
Mr. j. L. Godfrey?
A. I employed him for some one else.
O. Who did you get the bends from and
his address?
A. Mr.. c. c. Jones. Goldosboro. N. G.
@. Did you know the bonds were stolen
when you employed Mr.. Harris?
A. Yes, sir, he (Mr. c. c. Jones) dis
covered they were stolen after they came
into his possession, and they were deliv-
cred to Mr.. Harris with that understand
ing, and he (Mr. Harris) was to deliver
the bonds to the owner the amount of
money for which to be paid not being
mentioned If there was any objection or
to be any hereafter he (Mr. Harris) was
to give them to the owner.
@. How long did you have the bonds in
your possession before employing Mr..
Harris?
A. l did not have them in my possession
when Mr.. Harris was employed. I only
from 23o D. m. to p. m.
O. How long did Mr.. Harris have the
bonds in his possession before settling
with you?
A. think he had them about two
weeks, but l am not sure.
O. Did you loan money on these bonds?
A. No, sir.
O Who loaned money on them?
A. Mr.. c. C. Jones, of Goldsboro, n. C.
O. To whom did Mr.. C. c. Jones lend
money on the bonds?
A. do not know.
O. Did Mr. Harris phone you about an
offer of $500 from Mr.. Godfrey for the
bonds?
A No. sir. he did not phone me at all.
@. Did he communicate with you in any
other way?
A. No, sir.
O. How did Mr.. C. C. Jones discover
that the bonds were stolen?
A. The party he loaned the money to
did not return. Mr.. Jones had better an
swer that question himself.
O. Did Mr.. Harris settle with you the
same day he settled with Mr.. Godfrey?
A.. do not know what day he settled
with Mr. Godfrey.
o. What amount of money did Mr..
Harris deliver to you for MI. Jones?
A. $3.50
@. What commission did you receive
for the transaction?
~ There was no understanding between
Mr.. Jones and myself. l was only deliv-
ering them for him.
@. Did you receive any compensation. If
SO how much?
A. $3.50; he stated that he only wanted
the amount of money he loaned on them,
and therefore paid me the balance.
O. How much did you deliver Mr.. Jones?
A. $3.50.