The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-05-23
Damaging Testimony Heard
In Trial of ]. M. Andrews
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1925 for same. Witness was then
shown the warrant drawn in his favor
for S14, purporting TO be for seven
days work with a team and stated
that he had never before seen the war
rant, had not received the money. nor
had he authorized Andrews to submit
a bill for him, and furthermore, he
said he had no team to hire and had
never in his life worked for or been
employed by Andrews.
Handwriting.
The witness then. upon request OF
Solicitor Loftin. wrote his name upon
slip of paper. and this was COM
pared with the same name upon the
warrant. Hhe solicitor introduced the
signature in evidence.
The defense then took the witness,
but ELECTED no further information,
except that witness and defendant
had always been on friendly terms
He was excused for the present.
Pay Rolls Introduced.
Solicitor LCftIn again offered the
pay rolls of the county. and over the
objection of the defense. Andrews
pay rolls and bills covering several
months were placed in evidence.
When the bills were placed in evi-
After examining the papers, he iden-
titled the batch of warrants, all of
which showed the endorsement of An
drews, and stated the warrants TO be
fer road work in district No. 3, with
the exception OF two or three.
The witness recognized the sigma
ture of James NJ. Andrews upon all of
these warrants, (Which were issued
for road work in district No 81 and
upon bills submitted by Andrews.
Witness said he had seen Mr.. An
drews sign his name possibly one
thousand times.
Davis Recalled.
j. X. Davis was the next witness
called. He was asked regarding a bill
which had been put in for 7 DAYS labor
at 81 a day in district 3
Upon examination of the warrant
bearing his name, Mr. Davis, denied
any knowledge of the signature. and
declared he had given Mr.. Andrews no
authority to endorse for him.
Tampering With Witness.
Upon being questioned, Davis re-
lated that on Sunday morning, April
IA, Mr. Andrews had gone to his home
and said that he had put in bill in
DaviS's name for two weeks work
Upon Davis'S refusal to agree to say
he had done the work, he testified. An
drews, according to Davis's testimony,
offered to supply a doctors certificate
of illness to keep Davis from court.
He also offered, fifty dollars. Davis
said. Both men, were drinking mod
erately during the conversation, &C
cording to Davis, and Andrews re-
peated his proposition upon taking
leave, this time in the presence of
Marion Cowan.
Mr.. Davis informed the court that
he did not press a charge of attempt
ed bribery against Mr.. Andrews, be
cause he considered he had INSULT
cient evidence.
Gus ViIIar Too.
Gus Fillar, a labOrer, residing at
the Little Bayou, was next called He
was shown a warrant for services sup
posed to have been his and disclaim-
ed any knowledge of the work and
denied the signature attached. He
had given no one authority to use his
name, he said.
His son Charles Villar was also
called and testified he had been given
$3.50 for his father. Andrews he
said, had spoken TO him of money due
Gus Villar, but witness had inform
ed Andrews that R. j. Brent had al
ready given him the amount.
r. J. Brent.
R. J. Brent, being called, said he
had given money to Mr.. Villar out
of his own pocket for work done on
the Bayou bridge.
ArtemuS Villar was called to iden-
tify a warrant, and denied the sigma
'ture on the back Another warrant
was submitted, but witness did not re-
member doing work at the time of the
date, which was September, 1905.
Wesley Fell. Series.
Wesley Fell, of Palmetto Beach was
the next witness called. He stated
that he had done no work in district
3 during the year of 1906. He was
shown a series of warrants. on which
his name appeared. The signatures,
he declared, were forgeries. He was
able to tell where he was working at
the times mentioned, and denied own
ing or renting team, with which he
was supposed to have worked accord
ing to the warrants.
A J. Kammack, foreman of the
Southern States Company, where
Wesley Fell had been employed at the
time of the issue of the warrants. was
called next Time books of the COM
pany were examined. and the Fell
testimony found to be correct as to
the time of employment
Money Refunded.
w. H Kilby, member of the last
grand jury, was called and said that
Mr.. Andrews had testified that he
had signed Fell's name to a warrant
by accident. thinking that the work
had been done Later, he had caused
the money (s16.OO) to be returned TO
the county.
Mr.. Mcmillan. who was recalled tes-
titled that sixteen dollars had been re-
turned by him to the county in the
Fell affair He said it had created
considerable talk.
Three Other Warrants
John Henderson, the next witness,
said he had worked four or five times
for the county. one warrant amount
ing to $4,000 for work done in Janu-
arv. he declared 10 be forgery.