The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
ORR TRIAL WAS CONTINUED.
FORMER DAWSON MAN is AR
RAIGNED ON SERIOUS CHARGE
As Cashier of the Exchange Bank
He, With President Cabaniss, Is
Charged With EmbezzIement
and Other Grimes.

anu OIIleF OfIIueS.
Clifford M. Orr, Dawson man who
was cashier of the defunct Exchange
Bank of Macon, was arraigned in
Bibb superior court Monday for trial
on charges embracing felony and mis-
demeanor offenses and ENLIGHTENMENT.
With him J. w. Cabaniss, who was
president of the bank, must answer
the same charges.
These cases grew out of the fail
ure of the bank last July, the details
of which are already familiar to the
readers of The News.
The trial was continued until Mon
day, Feb. 3, on the motion of Olin
]. Wimberly, one of the attorneys
for Orr.
The Macon Telegraph says attor-
neys for Cabaniss announced their
readiness to proceed with the trial,
and Orr appeared dissatisfied with
the delay, but his attorneys deemed
it advisable to postpone the case I'M
til the February term.
Mr.. Wimberly said he was forced,
though with a great deal of regret,
to say that the defendant was not
ready to go on with the case. The
expert accountant employed by the
defendants to examine the books of
the bank had been unable with the
assistance of another accountant to
complete the work. He said further
that the investigation had gone so
60 10 ic1, Got n
show that Orr was not guilty of get
ting one dollar of the banks money.
Here Mr. Wimberly read the follow
ing letter.
February 4, 1880. M. Orr,
Esq: In regard to the cash of the
Exchange Bank, | wish to say that
when | took the place of teller there
was a discrepancy of several thou
sand dollars between the books and
the actual cash, cash being short,
This was a lact well known to the
authorities of the bank. Since that
time there has been further short
age caused by the speculations of
an employe of the bank, amount not
definitely known, but running up the
shortage many thousand dollars.
This fact is also known by the presi-
dent Another employe was also de-
tected at another time in robberies,
and was discharged for the same;
amount not known. These amounts
have been made up temporarily to
satisfy the bank examiner when in
speeding the bank by issuing cash
iers' checks, getting them cashed by
some other bank, and. making no
records on Exchange Banks books
for the same and holding out deposit
slips.
slips. (Signed) FLOYD ROSS"
Mr.. Wimberly said Mr.. Ross was
dead, but the records would show
that this letter was written before
his death. The investigation had
progressed far enough to show that
the cash in Orr's keeping had been
depleted by one transaction 100000,
taken from the bank, and in which
no cone claims that Orr had any
knowledge or connection. There
were, he said, embellishments by 9TH
er employees amounting to thousands
of dollars.
The solicitor general readily &C
ceded to the request for continu-
ance, for he contemplated such &C
ton himself, owing to the fact that
one of the states principal witnesses,
Mr.. w. D. Williams, is confined to
his bed with broken leg.
1t is stated by both the attorneys
for the defendants and by the solicit
or that the trial will positively COM
mence on February 3.
The following are the indictments
that were returned against ex-Cash-
Ter Orr: Misdemeanor, borrowing
$4,000 without the knowledge or
consent of the board of directors;
felony, declaring a dividend of 3 per
cent. when the banks business for
the year did not warrant it; embez-
element, converting 100000 of the
banks fund to his personal use.
The charges against j. w. Caba-
Mss are the same as the above, with
the exception that he is charged with
appropriating 100000 to his personal