The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-07
A. & N. G. Conspiracy
UNDERSTANDING WITH GOVERNOR
mi C0NSP, aACY PROSECUTION
MAS 10 BE- ABANDONED

INT IUNSFi hAJI FhOoGtotbUN
MAS 10 Be ABANDONED
corrup,ion. Favorftism and Had Man
AZ n.nt Of the Atlantic and North
81 CAROLYN. Road 10 Charg~d-A hid. w.t.
. Showing that prominent Democrat
q Were wiaed and Dinsd at tn. EIp-nss
S. of the state and Private stock noId-rs-
81 Tbirty-five Local Attorn Us for rhs
. Road.
The McBee-Finch "Couspiracy'
Gaze had another Inning in Court
q "a urd4y. Alto n-ys for the de-
!. fence made one motion To qua-h The
case and aDo her asking for a Il II
. Particulars rhr judge hii not agre-.
q to quash the cas- but stated that the
State mus furnish the Bill of Par
q ticuiars. This seems to be Il bitter
pill for the attorneys for the prose
s. cutiOn. fhe case will be heard
during the May term OF Wake
81 Superior Cont
Mr.. McBre aud Mr.. w w Clark
q filed affidavit's that they were told
the Governor would drop the con-
spiracy proceedings if they would
abandon the rec-iver5hip Gross
8 mismd nagement is charged against
President Bryan and olhers connect
ed with ihe interest Of the road.
The road has thirty four attorneys
81 e
of the ro4d-Ino5t of them free
8 passes and free lunch. Below we
print two affida Wis that give in
light into the Democrat manage
q menJ OF this road:
Personally appeared before me
8 j. + Turner, VINO being huiy ~ Orn,
depuse and LAY 5 thai ne, under the
directions Of James A Bryan, pre-
! sident OF the Atlantic and NOrCh
8 Carolina Railroad Company, was
manager of the Atlantic Hotel at
Morehead City, n. G., for and dur
ing the summer season OF 1903, and
that, as such manager, ne was re-
quired To report to and to receive
Instructions from the said James A.
Bryan, PRECEDENT.
Tba, depon-nt further states and
qualities to the following facts:
That during the said term of sea-
son of 1903, aud while he was
manager OF the said hotel, large
. number of people or guests arrived
5 and stayed over at the said hotel;
. that under ordinary care and col
ection of cash due from the various
people or guests, this hotel or bust
s. ness should have done we'll, and
q paid interest on the investment,
. but that under the orders and Conn
81 mands of the said James A. Bryan,
president, a large number of people
s or guesIs and their families, and
! friends of the Said James A. Bryan
were allowed 10 leave or depart
8 from the hotel without asking for
or paying the amount of their bills,
which amount, if, paid in full under
Z responsible rates or charge, were
considerable Among the various
. guests of the hotel, cannot remember
name and many of the directors of
! the Atlantic and North Carolina
8 Railroad Company, local counsel
and innumerable public officers and
men throughout the state of North
Carolina and elsewhere, all of whom
came and went free Of charge or col
lection of bills and were dined and
s. wined by the said James A. Bryan,
president of the said Atlantic and
81 North Carolina Railroad Company,
g free of cost to them.
J. E. TURNER.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me, this 14th day of March, A. d.,
1904.
CHARLES GORDON ALLEN,
Notary Public, D. G
Washington, D. c., Mar. IA, 1904
I, Mary Baker, certify that l was
employed at the Atlantic Hotel,
Morehead City, n. c., the season O.
1908, under the management of Mr.
Earle Turner, and that Mr.. Turner'S
hands were tied by the directors o.
the road and Mr.. Bryan; as quite
humber of people were guests a
the hotel under very lew rate an(
that also quite a number were guest
free of charge. That Mr.. Turner t.
the best of my knowledge did all il
his power to make the hotel pay bu
quite number Of prominent peopl
were allowed to leave without pay
ing their bills, as was allowed b,
the directors OF the railroad.
MARY BAKER.
Subscribed and sworn to uefor
me, this 14th day of March, A. D.
1904.
CHARLES GORDON ALLEN.
Notary Public, D. G.
Now that his throat is get+in
along all right. Senator Tillma