Evening star., 1909-05-09

Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want
/ What more should man ask? He is my
Shepherd. and do not want"
\ Davis went on to tell OF how ne nao
experienced a change of opinion regard
i ing the hereafter. and said he haa un-
limited wealth at his command. In re-
| sponse to a suggestion that he probably
had buried some Of his wealth. DAVIS
said he had buried 1t in banks. mort
cages and real estate He said ne mao
numerous pieces Of property about the
city and elsewhere. and that there would
be no trouble for him to raise any amount
of money.
100000 or any other amount" said the
| man behind the bars. II have written
them before and can do it again"
THAT may all be true" he was told;
Il can write checks, too. but they wouid
be no good"
There now." said Davis, is the trou-
bic. Your name is entirely different from
mine. I can give a check on any Dank
and 1t will be honored. The LORD Is "1!n
me with emphasis on the mel and Ae
will see that my checks are cashed.
In response to the suggestion that
number OF women we're claFormg TOT
money. Davis said he had an engagement
with Mrs. Duncan today. He was to
have paid her $40. 600. but was locked up
But" said the prisoner, III can get
a check will fill it out for her now,
and she can get the money want
all these people to get their money and
am going to see that they do get II"
Tells Of Insane Asylum.
He repeated the statement made earlier
in the day to a Star reporter about his
having been treated in the state asylum
at Raleigh, n. c. Concerning the report
from Wilmington, N. c., about his hav-
ing provided costly chimes to the Fifth
Street Methodist Church. Davis said he
contributed most Of the money the build
| ing cost
He also contributed money for the erec-
ton OF other churches In Wilmington
and other places in North Carolina. he
said, and is willing to contribute millions
more to them.
.AH the church people have to do in
| order to get what money they want, ne
said, 'is to make the request. l will do
the rest. l will write them checks Tor
any sum they mention"
Davis continues the reading Of his
Bible and discussing religious matters,
always ready, however. to discuss his
millions and express his Willingness 10
write checks.
He says he is just as happy In the cell
as outside, his only desire to get out be-
ing for the purpose of giving him an op-
portunity to write checks "a and settle raa an
prisoner told Star reporter that he
could easily recall a number OF transac-
tions in which he had participated, say
ing he had transacted business in Alex
andria with number Of persons.
Il remember DR.. Wilkins very well" he
said, land know Mr.. Sjsson we'll. I got
several thousand dollars from them and
invested it. l also got money from Chief
Goods Of the Alexandra police force and
several of his relatives. but can't recall
| all their names.
ASK Chief Goods about 1t. He will tell
just what amount he gave me; :.
| But" he added, whats the use OF
bothering about business when I'm SO
HAPPY In the Lord?
Davis declared he had left thousands Of
| dollars in the safe in his ONCE. and re-
peated that his deposits In two Washing
| ton banks were sufficient to more tnan
meet all demands that are to be made
! on him. The police who made the search
| found 20 cents in the safe.
Martin Davis Asserts Innocence.
| Martin T. Davis, brother Of John c..
Davis. and general manager OF the Poto-
| mac Building and Loan Association. oc-
| cupied cell in the south corridor of the
! cellroom at the station. He was not In
clined to take his Imprisonment with
| the ease displayed by his brother. nor did
1 he make any extravagant claims to pos
| sessing millions of dollars.
| He did assert his innocence and dis
| cuss his case briefly with a Star re-
| porter. although, he stated. he had been
| advised by his attorney not to talk.
I'm the first place." he said, II never
received one cent from the transactions
| in which my brother was engaged. Nor
/ did / ever imagine he had received any
| large sums of cash."
What about the books indicating de-
posts of several thousand dollars In the
Potomac Building and Loan Association"
he was asked.
I'm order to answer that question ac-
curately." he responded, Il would have
to go over the books. / do know that q
number Of books were returned to the as
had not issued"
Mr.. Davis said he feared the taking
away of the books of the association
would cause trouble in the matter of
said he thought he was about the only
person who understood the accounts and
could straighten them out.
! IF could get the books and had time
to go over them." he said, II would have
no trouble to prepare a statement which
would satisfy my friends of my honesty"
The man behind the bars was asked for
an opinion as to the whereabouts of 40
having received. He denied any knowledge
of what had been received.
1 He inquired what the Investigation had
developed. The prisoner said he knew
some of the Alexandria people whose
names were involved in the transactions
and said he was surprised to hear the
Alexandrians had given up so much
money.
Hypnotized by Brother.
my brother must have had them hyp-
noticed he said II cannot account for
their giving him the money In any other
way. Why they should have trusted him
for such large sums is beyond my COM
prehension.''
! Martin Davis declared that his brother
was never addicted to any bad habits and
/ he could not understand what he had
done with much money. Had he been
a heavy drinker, gambler or man who
| travelled with persons demanding money,
he said. he could readily understand how
he could have gotten rid of the money
so far as l am concerned" he said of
himself. Il have no fear of the outcome
OF my arrest.
TT does seem that the amount Of bond
| asked is excessive. ] hope the court will
reduce it Mondey. The amount fixed Is,
| 1 believe, sometimes taken in murder
cases.
II wish I could discuss my case more
fully at this time. My counsel has direct
ed that l refrain from discussing 1t at
present"
Affairs of Building Company
Mystified Former EmpIoye
Noel w. Barksdale of the law firm Of