The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-03-25
FORMER DAWSON MAN CHARGED
WITH ENiBEZZLENEENT.
Two witnesses Have Given Sensa-
tiOnal Testimony. Cabanlss
Case Was Continued.

Case Was continued
clifford NJ. Orr was placed on tria
in Bibb superior court Monday
charged with the embezzlement o.
money in the approximate sum OF
500 600 from the Exchange Bank OF
Macon.
Upon the showing made by the at
tornevs for Mr.. Cabaniss that his
chief counsel, Hon. Joseph H. Hall
was i'll at White Springs, Fla, and
was unable to appear in court, the
ease was continued until the regular
Anril term of Bibb superior court,
which will convene on the 23rd OF
next month.
After a jury had been secured for
the trial of Orr Solicitor Brunson
stated that he expected to prove that
the defendant, C. NJ Orr, had know
inglv deceived the state bank exam
iner as to the true condition Of the
Exchange bank, that he had MADE
false afidavits in the matter, and had
converted the funds of the bank to
his personal uses, embezzling large
sums He said that he would snow
where large sums had been used by
the defendant for the Improvement
and profit of the c. M. Orr q Com
many real estate firm.
MIR. DIN Wimberly outlined the
defense's case. He would show, he
stated. that when the defendant as
sumed the office of cashier there then
existed a shortage of $4,000 in the
hanks funds, and that this shortage
was never made up during Orr's IN
cumbency. He stated that written
proof of this, a letter from Mr. FIoyd
Ross. deceased, who was cashier pre-
yious to Orr, would be submitted;
and that he would also show how the
banks funds had been depleted by
later defalcations on the part OF en-
ployes. Mr. Wimberly said that eY-
erv penny of the money borrowed by
the defendant from the bank had
been paid up, and that he would
submit a receipt in full given by the
directors.
Mr.. A. D. Schofeld was the first
witness called. He said he had been
a director Of the bank since 1897.
He related an incident connected
with the counting of the cash OF the
bank in June, 1906, and that at the
time there was surplus OF ST.
369.S0 which could not be accounted
for. He stated that he did not know
of any shortage in the banks funds
until May of last year, although a
director. He said that the operation
of the bank was left almost entirely
to the president, ]. w. Cabaniss. He
said that the directors always ac-
cepted as true the statements made
by either Cabaniss or Orr. He also
stated that he did not know of the
existence Of the c. NJ. Orr Real Es-
tate Co. until the failure of the bank,
and had no idea that this firm, COM
posed of c. M. Orr and j. w. Caba-
Miss, had any dealings with the bank,
such as borrowing money, etc.
1907. He said that these checks and
ond witness. The principal feature
of his testimony, which caused a stiI
in the court room, was that he swore
to a false statement on March p OF
last year in making out report OF
the banks condition for the state In
spector. 81 did so under protest
however" he said.
Mr.. Burdick identified numbers Of
checks and notes given by G. M. Orr
]. w. Cabaniss and c. NJ. Orr & Co
which, he testified, were in the safe
when he became cashier in January
1907. H said that these checks anC
notes were counted as part of the
banks cash funds, although in max
ing a count of the banks money