Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-16
TEXAN FURNISHES
BIGGEST SENSATION
AT "BUNCO" PROBE
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He first claimed to know of his own
knowledge the story of the robbery
of DR.. Blanchard, son of Governor
ted that his knowledge was hearsay.
The production by Attorney Jones of
the letter purporting to have been
written by Manning was the climax
of Manning'S embarrassment.
The letter was not produced in the
original, but as a photograph of the
original. 1t was written on the letter
head of the Dallas Bond & Mortgage
company, Dallas. Texas. 1t was writ
ten with a typewriter and signed
wv. r. Manning" 1t offered to com
promise with Mrs. Smith" and with
draw prosecution, and sent regards
to Swiftly" 1t was addressed to w.
c. Whitley. 352 Whitehall street.
Manning denied authorship of the
letter before it was read. Then he
ney~Jones read it. He admitted that
the signature was an exact repro
duction of his, but asserted the be-
lief that the letter was forgery.
The hearing recessed with Manning
still on the stand, and many spec
tators crowded around him and con-
graduated him and told him to stick
to them and not lose your nerve"
Lamar First witness
Wade Lamar was recalled to the
stand when the Wednesday night
session of the probe started prompt
~ at 7 o'clock, and Attorney Bob
Jones resumed his cross-eXamination
of the witness where he left off
Tuesday night.
He questioned him about the trip
to West lPeachtree street with Solici-
tor Boykin and his men, asking him
to describe the parapbernalia gotten
at the rooms.
1--WE got a desk, table, chairs, rugs
and a lot of papers," said Lamar.
There was a wire down near the
telegraph wire. No, didn't see any
| other wire"
to A sheH II WIZ VIZ was bogus aHxs stock
change" Lamar said "he didn't know
| as there was"
Did you hear anybody telephone
| the newspapers before the raid to
come down that afternoon and get
some pictures of gambling parapher-
MALTA they were going to get?" asked
| Mr.. Jones.
II did not" replied the witness;
two other places the same day. He
| said he had been to neither Of the
other places before, didn't know
! where they were, and had no. infor-
nation about them. He said he
didn't know where Mr.. Boykin got
Judge Hines, taking the witness,
tried to get him to admit he was
gambling" Mr.. Lamar excited the
risibilities of the audience with his
| canny replies, in which he refused to
say he was gambling, but admit
! ted he expected to share in the
| profits of the deal"
Attorney Herbert Clay, represent
| ing Lieutenant Waggoner, drew from
Mr.. Lamar the statement that Wag-
| goner did not go with him in search
of the race-horse parlor.
Councilman Couch questioned the
witness at length about whether he
til Chairman Sims finally told Mr..
Couch that Lamar had admitted sew
eral times what Mr. Couch was dtiv-
ing at, and Councilman Gordon
moved that only attorneys ask ques-
tons. Chairman Sims did not put
the motion, but Councilman Couch
ceased his grilling.
Attorney Jones took the witness in
hand and asked him if he didn't
know that, if Powers had won money
been a crooked game and the money
he, Lamar, was to receive, was
"stolen money!
NO, sir, / just thought it was
money Powers was going to win"
replied Lamar.
w ell, IL IL WASH l CIOOheu game
and stolen money, will you please
tell me what it wasp asked Mr..
Jones.
Mr.. Lamar thought a minute and
finally said he couldn't answer the
question.
NJ. E. Holley, tombstone-maker of
Aiken, S. c., was then called to the
stand. He corroborated Lamars
story Of how he lost $1,000 to the
bunco ring in the West Peachtree
street "horse-racing parlOr."