The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-01

failed to get the money, and then he
asked us to come back next day if pos
sible. l went home that night and got
the money and came back here next
day and paid the money to Mr.. Harris.
We went in his office, and he pulled
down the blinds and tltrIed on the
light, and VIC counted out the money.
That was about eleven or twelve O'Clock
in the day. | counted the money. or my
attorney did, and Mr.. Harris got up and
TUNED around to his safe and got those
bonds and gave them TO me. That was
Just about the substance of the whole
thing
MIR. Pou cross-examincd Mr.. Godfrey
and asked: when the money was paid
over it was Sunday, about IL O'Clock,
Wnen people were coming from church,
Was it not?" Yes" Col. Harris Just
shat the blinds so the people passing
could not see him transacting business
on Sunday?' Yes Mr.. Murch;son was
there also" why didn't you tell just
new that it was Sunday?" II don't
know you asked Col. Harris to get
the bonds and see what was the very
least you could get them for?" mo,
sir did not ask him, and l didn't under
them" Every time you called to see
4 Col. Harris, you went with Mr.. Murchi-
SOM" "All except one time
Mr. w B. Snow, of the Raleigh bar,
was next called by solicitor Jones, who
said to him: state if you were ap-
preached by anyone, if so, by whom, in
regard to those bonds.'
Counsel for the defendant objected, and
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Asked ii he had conversation with
any of the witnesses in the court room,
,Ir. Snow replied that he did not, nor
with anybody at all in regard to those
bonds that he knew of.
Mr.. Joseph G. Brown, President of the
Citizens National Bank, of this city, was
called next, and testified that he had
lad no talk with any of the defendants
in regard to the stolen bonds, that be-
did not see the bonds, except when they
wee originally bought he thought he
had seen them. He did not know wheth.
er coupons answering the numbers came
to his bank. A newspaper reporter had
lcGlled his attention to some coupons that
camc through his bank, but he only knew
that some coupons were collected by the
State Treasurer, and heard afterwards
that had been stolen. They came to the
Citizens Bank from the First National
Bank of Sanford That was after he
heard that the bonds had been delivered
to Mr.. Godfrey.
Counsel for the State admitted that
Nj Godfrey had put those coupons in
for collection
MR.. PAGES TESTIMONY.
Mr.. E. w Pace, of Wilmington: ]
probably had three or four conversations
with Mr.. Jones at different times in re-
gard to these stolen bonds. The first
cony ersation was probably sometime last
spring, and he asked me something about
who was that man I sent to him, that
mar Stanton. l said: l have not sent
any man by the name of Staunton to you :
| do not know any such party. Jones said
he is such and such man. describing
him. l said: you are talking about
a man named Bradley, | guess He said
no, he gave his name as Staunton. ] said
a party that would somewhat answer the
description that you give came to my
place of business. This conversation be-
tween Mr.. Jones and | was sometime
| about the latter part Of April 1908. Mr..
Jones said 1T is very funny he should
give me the name of Stanton" He said
What did you tell him." / said he says
| 20 me in a general way ono day: Che
was in my saloon and pool room ''Have
you got any ready money that you could
lean on good security?" / thought he
probably had a diamond ring or watch
| said Il don't know, l suppose So"
says what sort of security have you He
says the security is all right-good a.
| government bonds. | said how much dc
you want. He said 1000 I said excuse
nc, | don't handle it in that denomina
tons, 1T is out OF my reach. He said
do you know OF anybody that could &C
cor. modate me. / said | don't know OF
anybody, but have friend up the road
that | have borrowed money sometime
from myself. | told him Mr. Jones, in the
pool room at Goldsboro had extended me
favCrs at times. He gave his name az
Bradley. This occurred in my saloon al
, Wilmington. That was the extent Of the
conversation. l cannot say that anyone
was present when that conversation oc
Cured When l first had the cnversatior
With Mr.. Jones, he said it looks ve~y
IqUeer to me that he should give you ont
7 name and me another. He did not state
what kind of bonds they were. | had M
, conversation with Mr.. Jones today comm:
! up | got on the train at. Goldsboro thi,
| morning. l came from Wilmington Il
, LaGrange on Saturday afternoon. | cam,
to Coldsboro last night, and came on her,
this morning. / saw Mr.. Jones i'm Colds
, boro and had talk with him. We sal,
nothing of Importance about these bonds,
jones did not tell me how much he loane,
: OF these bonds. He said he loaned hin
scme money. | do not know what nam,
the man gave Jones except Jones state
, ment. / told Jones what name he CAV,
) me. | never told Jones where Brade7
: came from. had never seen him before