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VOLUME XI. JLJSrom, X. C., MAY 14, 1909. ISTO. 55
ARRESTED IN WASHINGTON.
JohnX. Davis, a Former Wilming
ton' Man Arrested for Obtain
ing Money Under False Pre
tences. Amount May Reach
$100,000.
Charlotte Observer.
Washington, May 8. There
were sensational developments to
day in the case of John O. Davis,
a member of the local bar, who
was arrested last night on the
charge of having odtained money
under false pretenses. The amount,
which Davis is alleged to have
misappropriated in the transactions
with his clients, mostly women,
was thought at first to have been
small but to-day notes, aggre
gating $50,000, said to have been
giveu by Davis, were exhibited to
United States District Attorney
Baker, and it is rumored that the
amount finally may reach 100,000
Martin C. Davis, a brother of
U
John and secretary of a local build
ing and loan association, was ar
rested to day on a charge of con
spiracy. The largest amount al
leged to have lxeu secured from
anv one person bv John C. Davis
was 18.000, advanced by a wo
man clieut, who rceived five or
six notes therefor, the next largest
amount bring 13,000. Wheu
search was made todav of the safe
in Davis' elegant suite of ofticers,
nothing was found but a few deeds.
John C. was arrested on com
plaint made by Miss Nettie Mc
Keown, of Cincinnati, who de
clares that she lost 1,500. Davis
said today that he had been in the
State hospital for the iusanc at
Raleitrh, N. C, Itetween six and
seven veal's and that lie had been
in a private sanitorium in the city,
but that his mind was "as bright
as a dollar."
''While I was in North Carolina
1 gave more than s?50,000 to the
erection of churches," he said.
District Attorney Baker fixed
ball for John C. Davis at 20,000
and for his brother at 10,000.
RaJcigh, N.C., May S John C.
Davis, of Washington, 1. C, who
is under arrest in that city, created
a sensation inthis State in the early
nineties, resulting in his incarcera
tion in the State insane asylum
here from May 24, 1SS)2, to Novem
ber 30, 185)7. He was a lawyer in
Wilington, and a prominent and a
zealous member ol the Methodist
Church. He furnished the money
to build a Methodist church and
placed in it costly chimes. He
spent money freely. Then came
complaints from clients involving
money matters, said to aggregate
about 30,000. He was arrested
and the case was a noted one in
the judicial annals of the State.
His counsel set up the plea of
insanity. The jury found the accu
sed insane. He was then sent to
the insane asylunm here. Upon
his release some years later he
went to Washington and in many
ways since tried to make a repara
tion in some of those from whom
he was charged with fraudulently
obtaining money. During the past
tow years he has been sending
occasional remittances to those
with whom he had dealings
Wilmington-
While a resident of Wilmington
Davis was known as a great work
er in the church and often gavi
handsome sums to the various
churches and charitable institut
inns of the citv. Out ot ins own
pocket he purchased chimes and
an organ for the Fifth Street
Methodist church. Tlis law busi
ness was in a flourishing condit
ion, most of his clients being
widows and orphans. Under the
pretense of investigating their
funds he got control of many large
sums, all of which he squandered
with a lavish hand. In a short
while complaints began to pour
in from every direction, and in
this way his crookedness leaked
out. The amount of misappropria
ted funds ran up to thousands
of dollars.
By his religious zeal and great
liberality in all church enterprises
especially by the congregation to
which he belonged John Davis
won the confidence of a great
many of the Wilmington people,
and when his exposure came it
was a terrible shock to his host of
friends, though there were some
who had begun to doubt his
integrity some time before the ex
posure was made. Some few stood
by him to the last, claiming that
he was insaue on the subject of
giving to religious purposes.
It developed on his trial that he
had little raouey of his own. His
practice as a lawyer was not large
and the many donations he made
to his church were from the moneys
he had fraudulently secured from
others under promise of profitable
investment. Many of the presents
he made the church were bought
on credit, and when exposure came
the congregation found itself own
ing a very handsome church, but,
to the members' surprise, heavily
burdened with debts which Davis
had contracted in the building and
furnishing the church, one of the
latter items being a costly chime of
bells. On his trial Davis pleaded
insanity and the jury sustained the
plea, though few people acquainted
with him and the details of his
fraudulent transactions accepted
the verdict as correct.
Shoots Father.
News and Observer.
Greenville, X. C, May 10. In
the northern part of Pitt county,
there was a quarterly meeting at a
negro church, attended by a large
number of colored people. "Bud"
Gray, a young white man living in
that township, also went to the
meeting. His father, N. L. Gray,
learning that the young man had
gone there, went after him and re
primanded him for being at such a
place, and also accused him of be
ing there for the purpose of selling
liquor to the negroes.
Young Gray resented this action
of his father and also cursed him
for making the accusation about
liquor selling, whereupon the
father slapped the son in the face.
This angered the young man more
and he went to his home and got a
gun. On his way back with the gun
he met his father in front of the
latter's home and shot him at close
range with a load of bird shot.
The elder Gray was struck with
about eighty shot from the waist
line downward, and some stray
shot also struck a small son stand
ing near, Mr. Gray's wound is a
bad one, but he is reported today
as resting as comfortably at could
be expected.
Mains' Verdict Manslaughter.
By the Associated Preet.
Flushing, .X. Y., May 11.
After four hours's deliberation the
jury in the case ot Captain Peter
C. Hains, U. S. A., charged with
Another Victim Unloaded Gun.
Wadesboro, May 11. Informa
tion reached here yesterday of the
accidental killing of Arch Oliver,
a young man 1! veal's old in the
southern part of the county. The
accident occurred Saturday even
ing, when Oliver was on his way
home after a dav of hunting. He
stopped to talk with a 10 year old
boy, Willis Thurnian, Thurinan
was examiningOlivcr'sgun. Thur
inan asked if the gun was loaded
and when Oliver told him it was
not, he pulled the trigger and the
oad struck Oliver in the face, kill ing
him instantly. It was a very sad
accident and both families arc
grief stricken .
Standard Oil Co.
Chester, S. C, May 11. The
Standard Oil Company is planning
to make Chester a distributing
in
the murder of William E. Annis,
on August 15, last, brought in a
verdtct of "guilty'" of manslaugh
ter in the first degree this after
noon. The maximum penalty is
twenty years' imprisonment.
Captain Hains stood up and
faced the jury, squaring his should
ers, head thrown back in military
fashion, while Foreman Sundling
recited the verdict. As he heard
the decision of the jurors, Hains'
face was as white as chalk. He
stood for a few moments motion
less, staring at the jury after he
heard the verdict. One of his
lawyers touched him and he quietly
sat down. A few moments later,
apparently little affected by the
point for
ne,
Mr. H. W.
Hafncr, who handles the Standard
Oil Companv's oil, will likewise
have charge of the gasoline business.
Special to the Lenoir News.
Charlotte, X. C. May With
the near approach of the Twentieth
of May celebration, which will be
held in this city May 18th, 19th,
and 20th, Charlotte is completing
all details for welcoming and en
tertaining the thousand of visitors
who will be her guests on this
historic event. Hotel and board
ing house accommodations are be
ing enlarged to such an extent that
the enormous crowds will sutler no
inconvenience whatever in being
entertained. This city boasts of
the best hotel facilities of any town
in this sectiou of the country.
The several committees, who
have in charge the celebratiou
have about completed their work.
The mammoth grandstand has
been practically completed and the
four large welcome arches on the
principal streets of the city will be
finished bv the latter part of this
week and within a few days the
entire city will be decorated in
flags, bunting and myriads of
electric lights. One of the spec
ially attractive features of the de
corations will be the display made
on Independence Square, in the
business center of the city. Sev
eral of the United States flags
(there will be GOO used in all) will
cover this historic spot and strings
of electric lights, numbering sev
eral thousand, will furnish a can
opy at night giving the effect of a
huge umbrella.
Bishop Galloway Dying.
Jackson, Miss., May 11. At
midnight practically all hope for
the recovery of Bishop Charles 15.
Galloway, Bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and one
of the most distinguished church
men of the South, has leen abandon
ed, and his death, it is announced
by the physicians in attendance, is
a matter of but a few hours.
Bishop Galloway had le?n in ill
health for some months suffering,
it is stated, with Bright's disease,
but with the return of spring hv
seemed to improve and his friends
were hopeful that he would gain
sufficient strength to pass through
verdict, he walked from the court! the heated season and hold the two
room with n stead v stride and was ! Mississippi conferences to which
taken back to the (Queens county I he was assigned next w inter.
jail.
In striking contrast to
meaner of the 'prisoner
grief of his aged father,
Peter C. Hains, and his
Major John Power Hains
moment they sat as if
broke down and wept.
On a recent trip to Asheville
the de ; however, "here he attended
was the! meeting of the College of Bishop
General i he contracted a cold which yester
brother, ; day developed into pneumonia
For a His condition fast became cntica.
lazed, then 1 and late todav it was evident that
! he could not survive.
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