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

NV VI hAly strangers III my place every
day. | am in front of the Orion House.
cannot say that / have had several con-
versatlons with Mr.. Jones except as to
TINS morning and last night, and there was
nothing SAID specially. In fact, l don't
think L talked with Mr.. Jones altogether.
did not go to Goldsboro prior to his
testiiying, and he did not come down to
SEE me. l have not seen Mr.. Jones since
he testified here. After leaving here,
when the grand jury investigation was
made, l went back by Goldsboro; / think
went down to my home for probably a
day, was IN Goldsboro a couple of hours,
ard then went back to Wilmington. l
have not seen Mr.. Jones from that time
up until last night. l was up here at the
January term OF the court at Mr.. Jones
request; to be a witness for him if he
should have called on me. He did not
come down to see me, but telegraphed
me to come to Goldsboro. | stayed there
about forty minutes, and we came up here
together. l did not know that there was
anything in regard to any bonds, or any
thing of the kind. Not until l saw him
in Goldsboro. He said nothing more in
Goldsboro then than l told you a while
ago 1 could not say whether he told
me how many bonds there were or not.
He did not tell me what kind of bonds
they were. We were at the Park Hotel
while here and stayed i'll the same room.
don't recollect that he said anything to
me about the character Of the bonds.
We had no special conversation about
them. We discussed the thing in a gen
eral way. / cannot toll you any more
except just what the grand jury brought
out l had not seen him before we came
UP on the train. He told me lat he was
summoned up here. We lett town that
night after he saw the grand jury.
cannot say that he told me what kind
of bonds they WERE. l never did see d
North Carolina bond. / did not know
about their being North Carolina bonds
until l saw it in the newspaper.
Cross-cxamination: @. Mr.. Pace, Mr.
Jones simply telegraphed you to come to
Gtldsboro? A. Yes. l was at that time
with my father in LAGRANGE. l came to
Goldsboro, and ne told me that the grand
jury wanted to investigate the bonds, and
that the grand jury might want me. He
said ] am summoned to so to Raleigh
tomorrow to appear in the investigation
of the Godfrey bond business, and he
told me that he wanted me to come to
Raleigh. We came to Raleigh, and the
next day he went before the grand jury.
When l saw him again it YVES about half
past two or three in the afternoon ! said
you did not call for me-" He said the
grand jury did not deem it necessary.
He said he told them that l was here as
a witness If they wanted me. I went back
10 Goldsboro that night and went to Will
mngton the next day
O. Now describe to His Honor the APP
pearance of the man who called himself
Bradley to you. What sort of looking man
was he? Was he a well dressed man or
a tramp looking man? A. He was Meth
er. He more or less answered the de-
scription of country merchant. Not
what you might say very well dressed
nor was ne stability dressed.
Q. What was the appearance of the
man? A. He was man of middle age;
anywhere from thrty-f1ve to forty. He
had mustache, but no beard. He did
not wear glasses. He was a man of me-
Idium build. tp
Q. Do you know whether. he had been
in your place more than once the day
he spoke to you? A. He had been in
there the day before There was not
a thing in the appearance of the man to
attract my attention.
G.. Now, Mr.. Pace, your place of bust
ness is perhaps as public a one as there
is in Wilmington? A. The most public
one. The Orion House is in front and
the postoffice is Immediately to my right
and it is or front street. There is moth
ing else about this matter that l wish
to tell.
J. l.. Godfrey, recalled.
Q. You stated that you got your bonds
back? A. Yes.
@. Did you get anything else back? A.
got some money back. / got the 81 900
hack that / paid. l got $3.50 from Col.
Harris, $3.50 from Mr.. Dortch, and $500
through Mr.. Jones attorneys, Messrs.
Pou " Fuller.
Henry Mckee. Of Goldsboro: went into
the Kennon Hotel about eleven o'clock
one night and walked over TO the stove
and was talking with Mr.. Blow, the night
clerk. Mr.. Jones and another man were
talking together, and Mr.. Jones came
over and asked Mr.. Blow to open the safe
Mr.. Jones went into the safe and got
some money out and paid to-thc man he
was talking with. That is all that know
about it. I saw some papers they were
looking over.
Characterization: @. Mr.. Mckee this
was sometime last spring, was it not
A. Yes, sometime in March. 1t was in
the office of the Kennon about eleven
0 clock. There was no concealment about
the transaction? A. No.
q. What sort of looking man was it
that was talking with Mr.. Jones? A. He
was a medium size man, dark hair and
dark mustache. There was nothing styik-
ing about his appearance. He seemed to
be dressed very well. The safe that Mr.
Jones opened was the hotel safe, and the
clerk was Mr. Blow, Of the Kennon Hotel
There was nothing secret about it that
II saw
B. r. Lacy State Treasurer:
G. Will you please state whether the
coupons on the bonds belonging to Mr..
Godfrey were presented TO the State
Treasurer? A. Yes, they were presented
and paid
@. am talking about the July coupons,
1902; were they presented? A. Yes, they
were presented through the Citizens Ma
tional Bank.
O. Were the coupons of January, 1908
presented to the Treasurer? A. Yes,
but cannot say through whom be
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