Mifst pttaok.
VOL. II., NO.
PINEHURST, N. C, FEB. 17, 1899.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
i ie Pine
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AT THE BERKSHIRE.
A Mock Auction Furnishes an
Evening's Fun.
The Auctioneer is Brought Before a Mock
Court, Charged with Divers Crimes.
Sentenced to Receive Lashes, Lose His Ears,
and to Be Hung, He Compromises by
Buying Peanuts for the Crowd.
On Thursday evening of last week the
quests at t lie "Berkshire" were enter
tained by a mock auction in the parlors
at that hostelry. The committee having
the a flair in charge had prepared a large
number of costly articles (at least the
auctioneer said so), all of which were
sold in closed wrappers and without ex
amination, to the highest bidder. Every
person present was given twenty-five
lieans, which were used as money, each
bean representing one dollar.
Mr. ('. 1. llevward of New York acted
as auctioneer and got big prices for his
wares. Among the articles sold were:
an Indian chiefs war bonnet, to Mr.
Hildreth, for 17.00; a paper suit with
diamond (?) thrown in, to Mr. Whipple,
for $22. 00; a penwiper, to Miss Gordon,
for 825.00; a tin pail, to Miss Richards,
for 18.00; a paper of tacks, to Mrs. Hey
ward, for $25.00 ; a vase, to Miss Good
ridge, for i-i(i50.00 ; one-half dozen dough
nuts, to K. Rogers, the pilgrim, for
15.00; a paper of toothpicks, to Mrs.
Noble, for .'150.00; and a box of quinine
pills, to Mrs. Whipple, for $5,000.
At this point money became scarce.
Combinations had been made and trusts
formed, but no more money was obtain
idde and the sale was discontinued. The
profits were to be devoted to "charity"
tl;it is, to two bankrupt domino players
but up to the time we go to press Thk
Oitlook has been unable to learn that
the poverty-stricken players had received
tle proceeds of the sale.
All present agreed that a very pleasant,
evening had been spent, but none could
foresee the consequences that were to
result from the evening's fun.
MOCK TRIAL.
sme of the parties who had attended
t,1( auction come to the conclusion,
"fler mature reflection, that they "had
l):'idtoo dear for their whistle" that,
although they had bid with their eyes
10,, the articles purchased had been
"''represented and that they had been
defrauded of their wealth. In looking
al)out for a scapegoat on which to vent
"Jtoeh- wrath the auctioneer was hit upon,
anl !l eoinmittee was appointed to look
"P his record.
As a result of their investigation a
warrant was issued by Judge Sample,
ana returnable to him, ehargin"- the auo
tioneer with having committed divers
crimes, and Sheriff Spinney was in
structed to arrest the evildoer and brinv
ins body before the court in the parlors
of the "Berkshire"' on Friday evening
last.
After an arduous search the sheriff
found the auctioneer, Mr. Hey ward, in
the writing room at the "Berkshire," and
at 7..'10 p. m., arrested liini in the name of
the Commonwealth of North Carolina,
by authority of the governor, by and
with the consent of the council. The
prisoner was very much surprised and
alarmed when he saw the sheriff armed
witli a long rifle and a big coil of rope
ready for business, but he soon recovered
from his astonishment and demanded to
see the warrant, which was read to him,
as follow." :
thk warrant.
State of North Carolina,! ,
Moore County.
The people of the State of North Cam
Una to all Sheriffs and Constables of
said State. Greeting:
Whereas the Grand Jury of said Coun
ty lias duly returned into open court a
true bill of indictment against Charles
Pettingale I ley ward, charging him with
various and sundry crimes,
Therefore vou are hereby commanded
to arrest the said Charles Pettingale
I ley ward and forthwith bring his body
before the Superior Court of said Moore
county, now sitting at the Hotel Berk
shire in thelitv ot nnenursr, in saiu
county, there to be dealt willi according
to LlW.
This vou are not to omit under the
It v of the law.
r.iven under niv hand and official seal
of said court, this 10t.li day ot February,
. I). 1805).
SEAL
Davy Jones,
Clerk Superior Court.
i, .it first that; the orisonei
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might resist arrest and that the sheriff
i.i iwi .jjiicpil to use the rone, but lie
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finally decided to go quietly and was im-
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lediately conveycu io wc
arlors.
1p instructed the sheriff" to
inmgc t.xiff-
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open court, n; " "
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tyle. The court tlien reau me nmuw-
ing indictment:
THE INDICTMENT.
f In the Slteuiok Court,
To thk February term, 1800.
State of North i,arolka, i sg
Moore County. )
First Count.
Now conies the Grand Jurors m ju u
for the County ot Aioore, t -- -
North Uiroiina, uj ; cfll0
authority of the Peop e ot sa.d btag
upon their oams i"1" :,.. of
Pettingale Ilevwood on the 9tli da.v or
Feb Sv, 18!)i), at said County, unlaw
SSkedid peddled goods, ware
ane
being' included;, such
ri,..,iicp consist ng of to wit. poia
merchandise ton im harmoni-
Indian chiefs cap, 1 f ",'Vlbe
same worn nv mr
Madockawando of Heron Island on the
coast of the State of Maine, tooth nicks
and various other articles too numerous
to be here more Dartieularlv mentioned.
without having previously paid the tax
and obtained the license lemihetl hv Law.
contrary to the laws of the State of
North Carolina and against the Peace
ana Dignity of the People thereof.
Second Count.
And the Grand Jurors aforesaid, on
their oaths aforesaid, do further present.
that Charles Petting.de Hey wain, on the
''til day ot February, A. I). 1800, in the
county aforesaid was guilty of and did
commit tlie crime ot robbery in and near
a highway to wit: called ami known as
the .Magnolia road, on various and divers
persons by then and there obtaining
troni them and each of said persons to
wit: J)r. C. F. Hildreth, Angie M. Gor
don, Joseph Iv. Whipple, Judiet B. l'ich
ards, Sophia Goodridge, Mrs. J. K.
Whipple, Mrs. K. J. Clark, Miss Grace
Peck and others, various and divers
sums of money, and the representatives of
money, to wit: beans, of great value, to
wit: of the value of one dollar for each
bean.
And so the Grand Jurors aforesaid, on
their oaths aforesaid, do charge that the
said Charles Pettingale I ley ward, on the
day and at the county aforesaid, willfully
and feloniously did commit the crime of
robbery in or near the highway of Magno
lia, contrary to the laws of the State of
North Carolina, especially Sec. 2 of
Chaptei 34 bf the statutes of said State,
and contrary to the Peace and Dignity
of the People of the State of North Caro
lina. Third Count.
And the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the
name and by the authority of the Peo
ple of the State of North Carolina, upon
their oaths aforesaid, do further present,
that Charles Pettingale lley ward on the
9th of February, 1800, at the county afore
said, did by a false token and by false
pretenses obtain from lleloise Helena
Hersey, C. E. lloyt, Dr. C. E. Hildreth,
Angie M. Gordon, Joseph K. Whipple and
each of them money, goods and property
of oreat value, with intent to cheat and
defraud such persons and each of them,
contrary to Section bi or uiapter a oi
tlm statutes of the State of North Caro
lina, and against the peace and dignity
of the people of said State, and so the
Grand Jurors aforesaid, on their oaths
aforesaid do charge that said uiaries
Pettimrale Heyward is guilty of the crime
of fraud and deceit.
Fourth Count.
And the Grand Jurors aforesaid in the
nd bv the authority of the People
of the State of North Carolina upon their
oaths aforesaid, do further present tnat
thp until Charles Pettingale Heyward on
the 9th day of February, 1899, at the
county aforesaid, who having no apparent
means of subsistence and having neg
lected to apply himself to some honest
sailing for the support or nimseii anu
amily, was, on the date and place afore
found sauntering about and endeav
oring to maintain himself by pretending
to sell'goods, wares and merciiandise, to-
wit : potatoes, douglinuts wirn a noie in
them, harmonicas, caps, nine uous,
tooth-picks, etc.. for a fair and reasonable
price, and in fact, by fraud, deception
:md false represcjiiuuujjs ui.hmh unuo
mil il ndrv ood people, then residing in
the Village of Pineliurst in said county,
believe that said goods were of great
Tr.i.iP and worth what he represented
fi.om tn lie. when in fact they were of
but little value; and was then and there
by other undue means, endeavoring to
maintain himself, and the said Charles
Pettingale Heyward having prior to said
time been duiy convicted of a similar
offence, the Grand Jurors aforesaid, upon
their oaths aforesaid, do hereby charge
that said Charles Pettingale Heyward
was on the date and at the county afore
said, guilty of the crime of vagrancy,
contrary to the statutes of the State of
North Carolina and against the peace
and dignity of t he People of said State.
Edwin IJookhs,
State Counsel.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty and
the court appointed Hon. E. Rogers
counsel for the state. Dr. Hersey ap
peared for the defendant. The jury was
composed of Mr. Whipple, Mr. Peck,
Mrs. Hersey, Miss Richards, Mr. Stearns
and Dr. Hildreth. Thr prisoner objected
to the doctor because he did not know
how hard a mule could kick, and Miss
Chittenden was chosen in his place.
The prosecuting attorney then stated
what the government proposed to prove,
and introduced the following witnesses:
Mr. Whipple, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Whipple,
Miss Gordon, Dr. Hildreth and Miss
Richards.
The examination of the witnesses was
very skillfully conducted by the attor
neys and the questions brought forth
many replies that, if not pertinent to the
case, were at least greatly enjoyed by the
spectators who were kindly allowed to
be present. One witness stated that she
was six years old and married, but when
the astute counsel for the defendant asked
how long she had been married she was
dumb.
Another witness gave her age as seventy-eight
years and said she had been
married eight years. She said she had
paid .$5,000 for a box of quinine pills and
thought the price too high. The next one
said she was twenty-one years old, and
when asked if she had ever attended
school or chewed spruce gum, said she
had done both once. Still another thought
the prisoner a fraud, as she paid $25.00
for a tin cup, supposing it to be silver,
and cried all night about it. She thought
she might possibly do the same thing
arain.
One gentleman thought he had been
s vvindled,as he bought a suit of clothes sup
posed to come from Paris, and it was only
a paper suit; and a glass pin had been rei-
resented to be a diamond. Doughnuts
with a hole in them brought $25.00 for
half a dozen, which was another case of
swindling.
The counsel for the state did not seem
to have a very high opinion of golf play
ers and asked each witness if he or she
was addicted to this sport. Only one
golf fiend was found among the crowd.
The witnesses were all of one mind
regarding the prisoner and thought that
he came to this place for the purpose of
cheating the people, while the counsel
for the defense tried hard to prove him
to be a very wealthy and respectable
citizen of Greater New York. The
prisoner was put upon the stand and gave
his occupation as a buyer and seller of