The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-23
And Who Put Up the
Money for 1t?
WHY MAkEA MYSTERY
Col. ]. w. HinsdaIe Says ii Was Either
McBee or Finch for Whom He
Paid $3.50 to Mr.. Ed.
Chambers Smith on
~ Shares.

''Why-?" asks the public. and ''Why?''
comes eehoiag back. Why should there
he made mystery of a clear-cut business
transaction? -
There should be none if it is a ciear-cut
affair, but there is reticence behind the
Finch-McBee reported payment of $2250
II ed. Chambers Smith. Esq.
While on the witness stand testifyins
concerning the deal by which there was
some kind of sale of AZ shares of A.
and n. C. stock to one K S. Finch Mr..
Smith said nothing of any money being
gaid him.
In fact he could not, for 1t is stated that
after his testimony before Chief Justice
Clark in the McBee bench warrant case
for conspiracy was given some money
was paid him, this being s2.250. 1t Is now
stated that at the time that Col. j. W.
Hinsdalc was testifying in the same case.
that he had in his possession $3.50 to be
paid Mr.. Smith.
But again that everlasting ''Why?"
The fact that the Finch note given Mr..
Smith for S4,700 was dated February 23
and was for 90 days would imply that
80 days was needed and that May %
would have been early enough to pay up
en- .he note.
The way and the who" of the mat
ter has not yet lost its interest and keeps
bubbling up, the little that is let out be-
ing just enough to whet the appetite Tor
more. Last night Col Hinsdale said that
he had paid the s., $50 to Mr.. Smith, and
that the payment was for Finch or Nc
no VIII
II MeBee paid the $3.50 to Col Hins'
dale for Mr. Smith then "Why?" The
note is not signed McBee. but K. S.
Finch. Or IS Finch a shadow of Nc
Bee, or is McBee a dream of Finch or
maybe a nightmare of Finch? Who can
say! Which is which in the laying OF The
ground wires for the A. and N. C. Inn
position on the Federal court that made
t highly indignant
Yes said Mr. Smith yesterday. 81
was paid So $50 shortly after the trial
before Judge Clark. The money was
given me by Col Hinsdale and I was told
it was. on the K S. Finch note. ] gave
a receipt in the name of K. S. Finch
Col Hinsdale was seen last night, and
he was asked for some information con-
corning the payment to Mr.. Smith. He
said that he had paid that amount to MI.
Smith, and that the payment was on be-
half of either Finch or McBee. Which
of these it was for he aid not say. as he
held that his relation as attorney TO these
PARTIES would not permit him to disclose
the identity of the party who gave him
the S225O for Mr.. Smith. Here Is Nwhat
Col Hinsdale said. when he was asked 4
number of questions about the matter,
the purport of these being to discover
who paid the money, why it was paid
and where it came from:
Il would like to tell you everything you
ask about the matter" said Col. Hins-
dale 'but my relations as attorney with
the parties forbid me. l will say, how
ever. that the money was here some days
for Mr.. Smith before it was paid. 1t was
not paid him at once after | received 1T
for the reason that he was out of the
city. The money came to me trom-l
cannot say exactly which-but it came
from either Finch or McBee. don't
think l have right to say which one.
st was paid to Mr.. Smith IN conse-
ouence of the contract Finch had made
in giving the 81 700 note. 1t was not IN
full payment, only partial payment as
far as it went, and Finch still owes the
balance of the~note.
Il have no interest in the affair but
cannot say directly which OF the parties
Maid the money, his being on account OF
nav relations to both Finch and McBee
as attorney. I'm not at liberty to say
which The note is still in Smiths hands
and he still holds the Al shares as collat-
cyal. The money was paid simply because