The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-15
JONES HELD ON
ROBBERY CHARGE
Two Post Steals
in Court.
APEX AND WHITEvILLE
Godfrey Bond Case Man Held For
Federal Court on $4,000 Bond
Charged With Participating
in Robbery and Having
Stolen Stamps.


name has become known throughout the
State in connection with the Godfrey Bond
Steal, was on trial here yesterday.
This was before United States Commits
sioner John Nichols and the matter was
understood to be that of his connection
with the sale of stamps alleged to have
beer stolen and sold to the proprietor of
the Hotel KennOn in Goldsboro.
But the affidavit on which Commission
er John Nichols held Jones in $4,000 bond
yesterday was i'll stronger terms than was
expected. This charged Jones with par
ticipating in the robbery OF the postofhces
III Apex, Wake county, and Whiteville.
Columbus county, and 1t was made by
Pcstoffce Inspector Davis.
Jones had given a bond of $4,000 for his
al pearance here yesterday and was on
hand. He was represented by Mr.. James
Fl. Pou, of Raleigh, and eX-Judge w. S.
O'B. Robinson as attorneys, while Dis
t,lct Attorney Harry Skinner appeared
for the government, the offence being q
Federal one.
As a result of the examination, held
in the Federal court room, Jones was
bound over in the sum of $4,000 on prob
able cause, and his bond requires that he
appear at the next term of the Federal
court here to stand trial. His bondsmen
is Mr.. Ed. V. Danton, Of this city.
MIR. B. H. Griffin, OF Goldsboro, proprie-
tor of the Hotel Kennon, was first on
the stand. Jones, who up 10 some years
ago, was a baggage master on the South
ern Railway Greensboro to Goldsboro,
rented the pool room in the hotel. He
bought large quantities of postage stamps
from Jones in 1902 and 1903. The first
lot was bought on December IL, 1902, Tor
about 1893, Jones having taken of per
cent. The stamps were ones, twos, Fights
and tens, the tens being special denv-
cries. November 4, 1903, he paid Jones
$163 for Sl76.30 worth of stamps, a de-
duction CT Z IL per cent being allowed
HIM. these were ones, twos, Fights and
special delivery stamps. He pushed the
last trade on me, first offering to take
off and then 7 1-2 per cent. did not
question him as to where he got the
stamps Part were. in sheets. He knew
nothing OF the tiiae Jones left the hotel
when he went North. l had gone to
Florida but had notified Inspector Davis
and Col. Skinner as I was a witness in
this case.
Mr. A. ]. Cooke. OF Goldsboro. mana ger
OF the hotel, gave similar testimony and
in addition said that the white border
on the sheets of stamps were cut
off when he had received them
from Jones. He never inquired where they
had come from. Did not know Jones had
left till after he was gone. He did not
tell me to tell Griffin to help him out
He said that he wanted to see Griffin,
that the postoffice inspector was looking
into the stamp business He said the
stamps were all straight, but he could
not prove all about where he got thin.
he knew nothing of a man Whitaker
coming 10 Goldsboro to get Jones' trunks
after Jones left He had heard talk Of
Jones selling stamps to others. to We'll,
and that Jones paid for Il suit Of clothes
with stamps.
Postmaster s. " Hudson. of Apex. tes>
titled that the postoffce at Apex had
been robbed on Sept. %. 1903. safe blown
open and between s176 and SIT worth Of
stamps stolen, these being ones, twos and
special delivery stamps of series 1862. The
white edge had been cut off the sheets
and some stamps that had folded over
were broken Being shown a sheet, taken
from the Hotel Kenon, he said the stamps
broken were Just as the ones broken in
his office. He identified Jones as the man
who on the morning of Sept. %, 1903 had
asked him in Apex to change a $40 bill
50 he could pay his railroad fare and
said the man had followed him into the
postoffice behind the partitions and was
at the safe when he took out the money.
He said that last week he had gone to
Goldsboro end there in a crowd of eight
men saw Jones and recognized HIM as
the man who had been IN the Apex post
office nthe morning preceding the rob
berry. He looked at Jones IN court and
said again that to the best of his knowl-
edge C. C. Jones was the man. In the