The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-15
COURT AFTER NJ BEE
c. and N. Receivers Cited
to Make Proper Re-
ports or Give Up.


| McBee, the famous ghost Of Banquo
| can have no longer, at least in North
| Carolina the particular palm of refus-
| ing to be laid.
Not only will Capt. McBee absolutely
not be kept down, but he has Il dis
concerning habit OF periodically APP
Fearing to have reached the finalty of
interest, only to rise again to the sur
face of public notice blowing the sea
foam from his nostrils and again
claiming the fore-g ground of the view.
1t will be recalled how IN the mat
ter of the Atlantic and North Carolina
Captain McBee WhIrled like a dancer in
the ballet IN the very centre of the
water spout from sensation 10 sensa-
ton; how he threw fits into every body
and had several himself; how, after
one explosion he drifted into another
still smoking his pipe and impervious
to circumstances; how, when he
wreck OF his railroad ambitions lay
about him. he figured out his hotel
bills at fifteen per day and made the
best Of a monstrouS loss Of time and
trouble with the retrospective delight
OF the sumptuouS three days of high
life as a railroad man: now, Wnca
everybody thought 1t was Ill over with
McBee, when the Indictment against
him had been uuashcd by consent and
his bondsmen released and he depart
ed, he again came to light as the re-
ceiver with Mr.. Edwards Of the Caro-
lima Northern Railroad and departed
for the woods around Lumberton, still
glad and still unconscious in his mcr-
ry mein.
That was some weeks ago, and
there have since been but McBecthan
echoes. SO to speak. It has been herald
ed that even the taste of his glory in the
fifteen dollar per day hotels had been
taken from him by order of the court;
but that he was still glad and unafraid
One heard of him inspecting the road
over which he had been sent to rule,
and eevn from the swamps of Robson
there came the murlnur Of his spirits
and his wit, how he had spent q long
day in travel over the railroad prop
erty and at the end had lit his pipe
and pulled forth decisive cloud of
smoke and ventured the assertion that
Mo him the road seemed wide enough,
bt least.
Last week, however, there came a
disturbing and prophetic echo from
the Federal court In the shape of an
order from Judge Purnell to the eff
feet that unless co-receiyer McBee and
Receiver Edwards sent in their quar-
terly reports they would be removed.
And yesterday there came another
order of the court which promises al
most certain assurance that again Mr..
Melee may be expected to be In the
midst. The reports have been receiv-
cd, 1t seems, but from the order ii APP
pears that Mr. McBee is too much en-
CROSSED 10 sign his name and too con-
fident to furnish vouchers for his ex-
pcnses. Probably Mr.. McBee knew
the consequences OF his act and played
the game for his re-aDpcarance. Any
one who has seen his ''air" in Raleigh
knows him for man who likes the
role OF william. That IS doubtless II:
Mr. McBea would come back even at
The risk of his job!
No Names Signed--No Vouchers.
The order of the court. which is in
reference to and called forth by the
former order referred to, indicates that
the court is In a state of mind" over
It's receivers. It appears that Mr.. Nc
Bee did not take the trouble to sign
his name to his own report or that
he was somewhere else. And the
court, having preemptorily ordered the
report sent in. is evidently in no hui
NOR for the yapors of a clerk The
court wants the real thing and il
means to have it. In fact. Mr.. McEee
must hurry and explain or quit rail-
r'GQlnS. IA3L K the Juilcial. ulu
matum, which will no doubt replace
the Mcl3ee vision to the local world.
Says Judge Purnell
THE following, pIrpo:tirg to be
tie quarterly report of the receivers
OF the c. n. r. r. Company, was re-
Ceived this the nth day Of February,
by mail from Charleston, s. &. The
same ill unaccompanled by vouchers
according to the practice Of the court
and is evidently not signed by Y. 4.
NcBee, co-receiver. On examination
of papers filed in the clerks office it
is evidently not his signature There
is some doubt as to the signature of
W. J. Edwards thereto. There is no
evidence the said papers purporting to
De signed by said receivers were sign
ed by some other person In the pres-
e'"~~ IF cold re"eivars. or that such
person was authorized to sign the
s. ~ There are several items reauir-
ing explanation in said report aud for
which VOUCHERS should. be provided.
at is therefore ordered that the
clerk file the parers aforesaid and 1t
once notify the said receivers that uO-
less said report is made TO conform 10
the practice Of the court and the Or