The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-16

M'INTYRE DRAWS
TW0-YEAR TERM
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cepting part of the loot OF the
Kingoff robbery in payment o =
driving Rising to Lumberton after
the robbery. In the letter to Fales,
he said:
Here is what 1 want to tell
you. 1t is all the, facts and If you
will put faith in it l an sure goa
will find it is to your advantage.
/ Il learned more since l saw you
last. 1t was on Friday (date, not
established) that we went to Lum-
bcrton-Bill Rising and myself.
called Bob Samet from Whining
ton and told him thai "a friend OF
mine had some stuff m and he
asked me to bring hiln right on
up and he would look Tor us be
tween 8 pm. and $3.50 pm"
According to testimony Of Fales
yesterday, no warrant had been
issued for Samet.
HE asked me how much cash
he would need SO he would have
enough when we got here Nc
Intyre's letter. continued Il told
him l thought he would have
enough on hand anyhow"
The value of the ent:'e loot was
set by police at $500.
In the letter Mcintyre continued
Il left Bill on the corner about
four or five blocks from Bob 5
house, and went On to see him
alone first. l left my car at Bob
house and rode with him back te
pick up Bill, who in the mean
time had the jeWelry with him
We went just outside OF Lumberto,-
and looked the stuff over. l ~
member correctly tina. there were
% watches, of which about two
were mems watches and the rest
ladies'. Bill counted them on the
way up there. l am not positive
but l am quite sure there were
81 rings
According to the letter, the trio
left Lumberton or Rockingham
where they had the jewelry ap
praised at a jewelry store.
Bob stayed in the store abou
30 minutes. 1 don't think he wa:
trying to sell; he just wanted al
idea of what it was worth. Wher
he came back, he said the guy
was afraid of it and that it wa.
worth about 81, 600 or 81, 300. Start.
ing the trip back they began te
decide what he would take for it
Bob said $500. and Bill took him
up at that price"
Mcintyre mentioned various 9th.
err lots of the jewelry which were
disposed of, including part of the
loot to John Robert Stroud, tried
in Recorders court yesterday and
bound over to Superior court.
Bill told me he did the joi
alone; that Charlie (Charles Les.
ter Bair, returned to Texas au
thorities by Sheriff C. David Jones
to finish prison sentence from
where he had escaped) was sup.
posed to help him, but was drunk
when the time came to do the
job
Mcintyre testified in Recorder s
court yesterday morning agains
Sam Lineberry, also charged with
participating in the robbery, ant
said that he bought some of the
jewelry from him for SIS.
The case of Richard Henry, So
year-old Negro, accused of Stay
ing another Negro, James Cham
bers, $40 McRae street, was con
tinued until the next criminal term
of Superior court.
The jury yesterday morning
found Leo Bracey, Negro, innocen
Of a charge of driving under the
influence of intoxicating liquor.
William Wilson jenkins, white
man, who pleaded guilty to lar
ceny of an automobile, was s=n
fenced to eight months on the state
| roads.
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued on the payment of costs O
court in the case of Elizabeth Yer
cen, Negro, who entered a plef
of nolo contenders to a charge O.
misconduct on a bus
Thomas Sterling. 16-year-old Ne
gro, charged with breaking and en-
tering, larceny and receiving, ple'
guilty through his attorney, Aarol
Goldberg, and was sentenced I,
eight months in Jail to be assigned
to work on the state roads.