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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JANUARY 26, 1003. ilAYOBFBAXKLIK HETUESS TKLlfl ABOirr IX)R6E3tX CASE. Chief EienUve of the City, Who Spent Week ta Sew York Trying to Cou vtct Samuel Otrou, Who u Charged W1Uj luertng a Forged IlirlnlU Rnnll. M1M 1'lial the 1)C- ' fradaat " Could Speak English, Al- 1 hough Tills Was the Technical TPnLvt That Snared II tm of Convio- Woo Trail Full of Many Iiuerewi lug and Some Rather besmailoiial 1-aatares. "I knew the ease waa lost for us as soon a Judge Crane delivered his charge to the Jury," said Mayor T. S. Franklin yesterday, who bad Just re turned from New York. lu-re he at tended the trial of Samuel Citron, charged with uttering forgo" city bond. "The court gave the defen dant the benefit of the doubt hen he instructed the Jury that it was a. man's privilege to talK in the turmue with which he vi most familiar The basis of the defense whRh the man's attorney put up as the contention that Citron could not speak ncr un derstand English and. although he had been told in English that the paper which he was using was :i forgery, he did not understand it. n this technicality he was spared the severe penalty which he would hae received, for In my mind and in the Judgment of many others, he was an guilty as he could ! The funny thing about the whole affair, how ever U the fa"t that Citron could BDea.li English, for he talked to me after the trial In perfectly plain Eng- , lish language." AN INTERESTING. CASK. j A very interest. ng a.-e in every re- j spect was that asauist Citron. tfe- eral weeks Hgo It !. unie known to 1 the City officials that a forgery of I bond No. 1 of the City of Charlotte on the National Hank of Commerce of New York had been committed. The lithographing house which issued the bonds, the brokerage firm throuju whom they were negotiated and th-; district attorney's ortVe were notified and these working in conjunction with Mayor Franklin .secured the, ar rest of Citron, a Polish Hebrew, through Lieutenant pollnrk. of the detective bureau of the metropolis Mayor Franklin; Chairman Q. i tScott, of the finance committee and City Clerk and Treasurer A. H Weani went to New York as soon us th man was at rested and began to pre pare the eidence against him. Mx"r Franklin returned to New York on another occasion to glvp testimony against Citron to Hie firand jury, which returned agHin.xl him a true bill. The recent trip wan the Unro which .Mayor Franklin made and th second for Mr Weiirn TnVy did ml In their power to si-cure a conviction and they confidently epe, ted It They are Inclined to think that the young attorney of Citron, nho was one of his own race and exceedingly slm-wd, simply nutmani u r ci the assistant district attorney. EVIDENCE A'JAINST 1 KF EN 1 A NT. The handling' of the e uleiu ag,tlntit Citron was rather in ni'licnuia ly handled by the prusecul.oii s at torney, according to ihe t'li.uiotto of flciaiM. while it a.ih in.tii.iKed to the Mee:i's taste by thu young attorney i.ii defense. The prosecution had evidence that when citron was ar reie'l, coupons of bonds Noh. h ntul 3, j tic City of Chai-lott.- were in hu possession, as well as other siisplciuiH papers, three oilier forged bonds and number of lottery tickets. These, be explained, had been picked up Somewhere on the Howerj, of which he was an Inhabitant, but the), nevci thelesa. fixed clrciirnstnn t Inl guilt upon him. There was also a bit of evidence In the possession of the dis trict attorney s assistant, w ho tjandled the case, that Citron bud been ;l clerk for a company recently lalling in the metropolis and wlili h bad been tfullly jf many forgeries prior to its liquida tion. COULD SPEAK EMiLlSH. The court at the outset i uled out all evidence against citron whien would tend to prove that he was guilty ol forgery in the nr.M degree and tills threw a rutin-! bard louden upon the prosecution The real stun ning blow came, ho.eer. whin the court ruled that citron would ! J lowed to speak tl.e IciiHiui' with which he was most luniilmr. and claiming that he could nt use tho Knglish vernacular. It w .is n. i ess.ii y to secure an Interpreter This, natur ally, weakened the evidence us It raje,d second-hand to the ury. Mayor Franklin and Mr. Wears both elate that Citron couiu spean Englisn very Intelligibly. After the trial he Came up to Charlottes ( bief execu tive and made sevrral salutations in the American tongue and bis wife thanked Mayor rianklin very pro fusely, for what, he could not under stand. It could have been further produced as evidence that citron un--lertood English when lie presented the forged coupon at the National I3ank of Commerce and a as told to Sign his full name to the paper, which he did. A ropresentat n e of Esla- brook &. Co.. to whom the bonds weie old, also stated that when he went to Citron, pretending to negotiate with him fur the remaining bonds not presented to the bank, but held In )ils possession, he seemed to under stand perfectly well wnat he was talk ing about. When this representative, however. tol,i him that H was forgery, he eouldn t understand him at ail. All the circumstances led th- Charlotte officials to believe that Citron could Speak and understand Knglish when he wanted to. but lesorted to his na tive tongue w hen he didn t want to understand. THE CITY NO LOSER It Is certain that the city will not stand to lose even the small amount secured by Citron on the first forged paper presented to the 'bank upon Which he received (12.50, It Is ex pected that the National Hank of Commerce which cashed the paper will make good this small amount. The case, however, was important to : the city for the reason that such Illegal transactions might have a ten dency to depreciate the city's bonds la the future. Mayor Franklin stated yesterday ' that the case attracted a vast deal of attention and he was told that it teas similar to none that had been tried in the New York couru since the present officials have been con- - nected with It. The trial was most Interesting to all w-ho participated in it and was fall of rather sensational features. Of course, the local offi- : Hals are disappointed because no con- . v jv. wu u muiicu, uui in uicu own minds they are satisfied that Citron is ability. Fireproof Library Wanted. , The local United Daughters of the Confederacy are much interested fa the bill bow before the Genera As sembly at Raleigh asking for a fire proof library building. Behind th movement U also the Stat Literary and Historical Association, The point is made that the records of North Carolina's past are at preeest endan gered in fashion nothing less thsn eisgrarefuL . The co-operation of all public-spirited ciUaen im invited to carry the measure to success. .. CAXTATA THURSDAY NIGHT. j "The Golden Legend" to Bo Given at Elisabeth Colk'gc This Week Coder Direction of Mr. 11. J. Zchm The Cborua. " Sir Arthur Sullivan's beautiful can tata, "The Oolden Legend," will be given at Eliiabeth College Thursday night iy the Choral Society of that Institution under the direction of Mr. H. 3. Zehm, musical director. The soloists will be: Miss Cynthia Ses sions, soprano; Mrs. Frank F. Jonca, contralto; Mr. George H. Newcomb. tenoi; Mr. Cecil C. Butt, bass; organ ist. Miss Helen Foil; pianist, Miss Kathertne H. Rosa. The entire chorus, participating, is as follows: Ladies Ruth Bradley. Beatrice Boyd, Margaret Bomar, Grace Barn hardt, AnniLa Bryant, Bessie Bryant, Lena Beck. Mary Bost, Ethel Burke, i'earle Boger, Grace M. Boyer, Ethel Cline, Martha M. Carr, Lula Carpen ter, Katharine Carpenter, Eva Cov ington, Ethel Durham, Annie Davis. Alleen Drew, Margaret Dewoody, Mlnta Fowlkes, Rachel Fay, Ernest ine Gralchen. Margaret Oreever, May belle (ireever, Edna Hipp, Mattie Hyndman. Zula Hedrlck, Edna Har per, Anna Klncald. Irma Kllltan, Julie Klager, Ituth Llllard. Lochia Lowery, Lois Lucas, Mabel Lau, Margaret Marquis. Willla McLaughlin. Irene McLeod. Rosalie Philpot. Alice Rahn, Mabie Raabe. Nellie Ray. Minnie Rogers, Marjorle Richardson, Bessie Lente Steere, Annlce Slier, Mary T. Kaseer. Cora Ktanslll, Blanche Sim mons. Willie M. Taylor, Chattle Usher, Louise Vollers, Katharine Vollers, Eu lalle Walker, Anna C. Walter, Emily Wright Gentlemen J. D. Aulen. T. H. As fcury. George H. Bell, W. L. Black welder. E. C. Royette. C. C. Rutt, H. C. Dotger, E. C. Frank, J. W. Hast ings. W. It Huntington. W. L. Jen kins. John Kirby, W. C. Kirby, C. R. McAdams, G. H. Newcomb, W. H. Overcarsh. J. H. Parks, F. U Rlggs bee. Kd. Kcholtz. C. M. Setzer, J. A. Stexeiison, L. J. Towimend. T. H. THtuin. R. M. Usher, C. alaer, J. C. Watson. A. R. Wlllmann, C. R. Wlll mann. I). D. Withers, V. Wunstorf. UrNKILAI, OF MRS. BVTT. Sd service Yesterday MrnlnK on l'.ast mice Ktrret Service Sim ple But K.iprenwlve of High Regard l-'elt lor the IWIoteil Idy WIiom I'nssliit Is WldeJy Movinmd. With ceremonies beautiful In their pure simplicity as was the -bright, brave life In whose memory they iver held and In the presence of a large company of devnted friends whese hnart-rtrlngs had been wrench ed by the unspeakable joidncss of her dotiih. the remains of Mrs. Carey W. Butt ivere Isld to -rest yesterday morrlin? in Elmwood Cemetery be neath an encompassing banking of flowers, tribute of love Inexpressible. The funeral service lias held at 11 o'clock from the residence on East Name street. ,.onie buy We'll Cn dersland" end "My Faith looks Cp to Tine.'-' was sunr by a quartet to composed of Mrs. Carrie C Martin. Mrs II. S 1 ryan and Messrs. H. M. I'sher ond Wnller .Si ott Rev. Dr. A. '. ,v: iMjenehy. pustor of the Second i'resbyterliin chur.h. of which Mrs. liutt was a member, uBeied prayer, lifter which he Sxke briefly ami hoiieftilly of the Joy of the righteous (lend. The Interment followed, the pnll beurers being Messrs. li. H Moore, Baxter Homh, ('. K. Wndswortli. Kkln ncr Alston, W. H. Twltty, M. M. Murphy Hugh A. Murrlll and Dr. J C. Motilgomery. KXI'KCT TO CLIMB HKJIlKR, Stcniovvall Maiiuueiiieit I'uinning a INirtheT Addition to Depot Hotet Larger KacllltUn by tlie 15th. Almost before the mortar on the bricks of Its b Jlng was dry. the niiinagem. nt of the stonewall Hotel piannei' rnd began the building of a substantial addition at the rear. And now, three weske before the comple tion of this, it is considered practi cally certa.n that either this spring or early this pi:mmer two stories will be added to the original building, in creasing the total number of rooms to l'.'u. At present the hotel has 5 6 looms available. The final comple tion of the addition, which will be accomplished about February 15th. will swell the total by about 25. The management will then be In a posi tion to determine how soon the other addition should be begun, whether right a.vH.v or, If possible, at a some what Inter date. There have been only three nUhts since the hotel opened when every room was hot occupied. May Bring Ills I'apcr Hero. Mr. Robert C. Day. of Wilson, sp. nt yesterday in the city with a view to looking over Charlotte as a prospective city in which to place I is papi r. The Messenger, which la i.ndiict. d by Mr, Day and Uev. John I-. Jenkins, a noted liaprlst divine In the eastern section of the State. Mr. Jinkms was heVe a few days a;o holding a protracted meeting for Kev. Dr. E. E. Bomar at the Pritchnrd Memorial church In DU worth and during his stay here made many friends and was much pleased with the city. The Messenger is an Independent religious weekly anil enjo;.s a liberal patronage. It 18 believed that Mr. Day will aecioe to bring the publication's central of fices to this city. Will McDonald "Cp." The the roads go for thirty days" So spoke 'Squire Hilton to Will Mc Donald, a young nerrn man. yester day afternoon. The defendant was charged with abandoning his wife to f.ght the battle of life unaided and also with beating her cruelly. He was commanded to appear St Su perior Court to answer one charge, 'he other being disposed of by the road sentence. The man secured counsel later, an appeal was taken. the matter wag re-opened temporari ly and the prisoner will be given another chance to-day. The man Is a sun or Ed McDonald, colored, a farmer who lives a few miles from town. Will pass on Bond Issue. The board of aldermen has been called to meet to-night fpr the pur poe of passing upon the proposition to Issue additional bonds In the sum of l lift, 000 with which to meet th obligations of the city during the e malndcr of the present administra tion. This matter was acted upon favorably at a recent meeting of .th finance committee and the gathering of th aldermen to-night is merely for. ratification of the act. A HORRIBLE UOLD-CP. 'About ten years ago my brother was held us In his work, health and bappi by wnat was bellemsl e hopeies Consumption," writes W. R Lipscomb, tf Washington N. C. "H took all kinds of remedies and treatment from etverat doc tflrs, ut found ne help till ha used Dr. Kin' New Discovery aad was wholly cured ey six bottles. He is. a well nta to-dev." It's snick to relieve and the surest cure for weak- or sore lungs. Hemorrhages., -Cough and Colds. Hronr etittts, 1-a Grifcpt. Asthma and all Bros. rMal affections. SOr- and L Trial bat tia frva. tituaoleed by W. J Uaad at Co. QKA VE PfiOBLEM AT STAKE THAT OF A DEPOSTTOKT Agitation For and Against Afexlical Depository the Talk of th Day-" Anii-Depoetvory Petitions Blf Widely 1 1 rouavied Home Expres sions of Opinion From a Charlotte Rusines Han Not Vet 8 tinned That Depository Would Prove Suc cessful lu Charlotte A Compromise Tlie Lotting- Down of Uso Bars. But one topic is engaging th at tention of the Charlott public at this time and that is the so-called medical depository agitation. The movement to take whiskey from th drur stores and centralize It in a place wher It would be under mu nicipal control reached a head last week when the special committee from the local anti-saloon league met and made public a draft of a bill which It will ask the Legislature to approve. Since then there has Deen but one subjoct discussed. In stores, on the streets, and in th offices of the city. Petitions galore hsve been circulating and signers by the hun dreds secured. To the twenty odd anti-dispensary petitions, there have been atiacneo. me signatures oi i nn voters snrt of which were se cured in the cltv and 400 In the county. While many of those signing these .Aiitinna wap onnnseri tn nrohibltlon In the election lefct May. others voted for the bill "against the sale ana man- nfanriirA nf nleohnlic llauors." One. of these was a leading business man of the city yesterday who Is an out spoken prohibitionist. Said he: "I am and always have neen op posed to the manufacture and sale of liquor and always expect to be. I iniod fnr sMntp-wlrie nrohibltlon last spring and no one rejoiced more than I did when the law weni mio nmo the tirsi of this vear. It was a great victory for a great cause. "But I am opposed to a meuicm depository for Charlotte and I will tell von whv No. 1 have not affixed my signature to one of the numerous petitions for the simple reason turn If I did, some of my friends, sincere and honest men that they are, would not understand why I did so. "I am not satlslled that a meoicai depository such as the one the bill calls for would prove a success In Charlotte even though It has given evidence of success In Wadesboro and Monroe. I do not Bay that !' would not be a success but to my mind it is doubtful and the great Is sue at slake is too serious to experi ment with. "Charlotte has prohibition and there Is a moat healthy public sentiment back of it. I cannot disabuse my mind of the Idea of a depository such as that suggested Is a compromise so arranged as to Invite trouble. Prohibition has been In force in the city but a few months and to my way of thinking, has not yet received a fair trial Then too I am not one of those who hold the drug stores responsible for all the drunkenness that Is groin on. There are doubtlen violations by some of the drug stores and by some of the doctors but not near so much so as many would make believe. There are more hlin i tigers In Charlotte to-dny than over before ami a great deal of the liquor procured from these sub! rrnnean agencies are credited to the drug stores. 1 have heard the cry of 'wolf! wolf!' too orien "And then too I have pondered over this depository plan at some length This fenture has presented Itself. Suppose the depository Is ut In oper ation and it proves a failure, what will be the result? "I am fearful of such an outcome. It would be Impossible to return to the present basis. The pendulum would swine- back the other way, and the last state would be fur worse In mv opinion than the rlrst. Frankly speaking, I am afraid that those advo cating a depository have not sufficient ly considered the consequences. "One man or perhaps a dor.en men have declared that the drug-store sys tem Is a 'farce!' That does not make It so. There must be violations for nothing Is perfect and with a matter as vexatious and hard to handle as the liquor problem there will he many violations. 1 have studied the system In force in the city and I believe that It Is about the best under the circumstances possible Those anxious to overturn the system In force and substitute for It ..nother should con sider w-ell their ground. Better re tults will be expected of the new system than of the one done away with. And the medical depository SELECTION of a piano Is very much Ilk the choice of friends. The more care exercised In the election, the mor cetaln we are of lasting friendship; and the greater one's refine ment and education, the more Judgment Is displayed In the choice of friends. The selection and exclusive as of Btleff Pianos in many Of the greatest educational In stitution In the United State 1 a source of gratification to us, and we feel Justly proud of the fact that In about two hundred college we have more than on thousand Btleff piano. There must be a reason. INVESTIGATE! 1 i CHAS. rl. STlEff Manufacturer of The ArtisUo BUcff, Shaw and Btleff Self -Player Piano. Southern Wareroom: B Went Trade SC. cnAnixrrrE, n. a c. h. wiLUdrn, Mgr. 8 l he aSS doe not mak allowance for th fcllnd Ugers and th club. Th medical depository may be aU It advocates claim for It I am only fearful that those who are so strenuously urging it at this time da not fully appreciate 4h Imports nc of th situation and their coarse. They are assuming th gravest of responsi bilities. - I say what I do In order that soma of those so rampant on th subject may reflect , There was much talk hurt sprlna- of eliminating th liuor question, of getting It out of politics, of settling the matter for good and all. Now a radical chang Is contemplated. - This I am afraid will hav the effect of throwing down th bars and nullifying all th declarations mad last May.?' To Raise CommiMdoners' Pay. Considerable Interest hM been aroused la th proposition now befor th Senator and Representatives from Mecklenburg in the Legislature In the form of a petition that the salary of the chairman of the board of county commissioners be raised- from I7S to 1125 a month and the pay of the com missioners from $2 to 4 a day for the actual time served. It 1 said that the petition Is quit numerously signed and up to this time no move ment has been started against it. 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