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At tha conclusion of Mr. Beverly's
' direct and cm* exaipinstion, eouneei
I for defense n-erred to exclude all of
It, but the Court withheld ruling an-
• til further investigation.
' Mr. Milee Cowart, stockholder and
i director in Af flank of Omega, wae
• introduced to ehow tie manner of
numbering time certificates The
defenae objectad but wnimrt euetnin-
ed. Right to racall wae reaerred by
tic defense. V-
Mr. Bush was recalled, but at the
i first question, Mr. Yeomans object-
' ed and another long argument eneu-
i ed. the Court making t$e seme rul-
I ing aa in the Beverly objection.
The State ahowed by this witness
. that he was familiar with the meth-
i ods of the Bank of Omega, and was
acquainted with fee ryetem of book-
i keeping employed by Ragsdale. Wit
ness went carefully over the books
but failed to 8nd any entry covering
the Beverly item of 1247.32. He
explained the entry system to the
jury, end the usee of the ledger,
counter book, etc
Cross examined the defense eought
to show that others had access to
tho book?, the inference being that
if changes had been made or rec
ords were not correct, the fact could
not properly be charged to Kegs
dale
Other witnesses called by the pros
ecution were S. A. Dodson. Frank
Powell and his brother, J W. Pow
ell. Their evidence ahowed that
Defease Scan, ea Aadlt.
In calling L. R. Adams, assistant
secretary of the Bankers’ Trust
Company, the State introduced one
of iu strongest witnesses. Hie tes
timony was attacked at every s*ep by
the defense, which scored heavily
when the Court refuted to allow the
admission of an audit made up part
ly from lha records end partly from
extraneous sources.
“What connection did yoo bars
with the audit of tha books of the
Bank of Omega?" asked Mr. Smith.
“I dictated that auditing.”
"Do you know that that record is
Mothers Know
Genuine Cast
Always i
Bears the f
Signature/jL
aSSboE-TSSowT
“““■l'B'SS£
With PERUNA
they had gone Bret to Memphis end
than to 9t. Lpula, in which city they
remained fer nearly one moath.
Ragsdale. or'Bugton as the witness
knew dm, then disappeared.
In telling this balance of her story.
Mr? PemMBurbon-RagedsJe #>-
peered to bo slightly distressed par-
tieularly when detailing her desertion
1» St. Louis by defendant followed
alWrtly by the discovery that he had
1 a Wife living in Georgia.
Choas examined by Attorney Yeo
mans, witness said when she diaeover-
ed her plight she wired he Meson
ic lodge in Hot Springs, giving the
nuagsr of Burton's lodge. later
“I do."
'•What eras the shortage shown?"
"Above $25,000."
"How wae this audit made?"
"From the books of the bank and
from depositors and patrons of the
bank."
Defense vigorously protested
against the admission of the audit,
on the ground that it *as exparts
ft ret, and was largely made up Of
extraneous information During ar
gument of counsel, the Jury was
withdrawn. The Court held that the
portion of the audit obtained from
depositors and others should not be
admitted
The balance of Mr Adkins' testi
mony was fought at every stop by
the defense, and twie the Court was
compelled to admonish attorneys on
Goth aides.
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and Fcvcrktaws* “
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Mrs. Georgia Moore,
oly grilled by th«
urse of which Mr
ed that proper
followed. In e>
went down. We had 900 bales and I til *• o. m.
we got to the place ashore we had 1 **»srdar d|ar>
to have money and we Anally plac- When court convened t
rd it with the Brown-Cramer poo- | was announced that ca<£
pie on cadi. They held to it but the i be allowed two and a ha
next apnng we had to dispose of it argument. T,
st a loss. One man was out $4,500 | Attorney Wlikinaon 'i
and went -into bankruptcy; another 'the defense, followed I
was out $2,500, and when 1 called j Ridgdill for the Stats, At
upon him for (more collateral ho mans for the defense as
said h>- was all in." Smith for the prosecutlo
Witness told how he persuaded Fulwood made the elosin
some of the directors to take out for the defense,
life insurance as a protection to the The case was given tJ
bank and talks he had with the dfrec- 8 p. m. Saturday and" 1
tors about the situation. ter. or at midnight, »-
“They said there was s law cover- reached,
ing that and that the cashier
.responsible. I considered for a
the situation they had placed n
and then I undertook to make
they could
W. F. Peters, of Feofe. v -
the visitors to TifU» gate
Attorney Yeomans
rd a letter, said to ha
by Mrs. Burton to
defense closed and the
■ddreasrd the jury to the cf-
t it would admit all the tee-
relating to Beverly. Dodson
to a question of Attorney Smith.
It was .brought out by the prose
cution that Jhe amount of cash on
band December 31, 1915, as found
by tbs witness to havs-been $1,938.-
32. exclusivs of the transactions of
that day.
An effort to show tha procedure
on the following, day in the matter
of opening the bank vault, the
counting of funds on hand at that
time, and the part the srttneas play
ed In these endeavor?, brought on a
sharp tilt between defendant's coun
sel and Attt^ney Smith, tha court
ruling in favor of tha later.
ell the sum involved was about $700
while Mr Dodson's transactions cov
ered $1,500 deposited and a check
for $488.54. which the witness did
not believe he had drawn J W
Powell had deposited *53 with -Rags-
dale at the Bank'ot Omega and took
up a note for a like amount drawn
to the order of his brother. Frank
Powell said ha never got this amount
—$63.
H. F. Brown, cashier of the South
em Express Company, at Valdosta,
testified that during December,, 1915.
foyr packages had been shipped by
the First National Bank of Valdosta
to Omega', and John R Slatar, of
the Firit National Bank of Valdosta
testified to having aided in the
wrapping and shipping of certain
money to the Omega bank during
December. W A Hlneasan. agent
of the Southern Express Company
gave similar testimony.
Mr. M. E. Hepdry. cashier of the
National Bank of Tifton, told of
the shipment of $1,000 to tho Bank
of Omega, at the request of the
First National Bank of Valdosta.
Court overruled objections of de-
"Did yog gat your thousand dol
lars on that trip?”
"No, sir."
"You wanted tho thousand didn't
job!" .,
•'Yea, sir."
Attorney Smith kttarrupted to aa):
the witness if she <M not feel Aa
was entitled to the money?
“Oh, yea, air.”
"Was it because you were mar
ried to him that you felt you were
entitled to the money, (hat he owed
you*, something for the humiliation
be hid caused you*" f
“Yea; that was H." '
The marriare .certificate was of
fered ia evidence and a heated dis
cussion followed between attorneys
Smith and Yoomana-
The case proceeded with the
| proffer of the letter, written by Mrs.
Dertea — abidance- The next OF
' slant, however, it was withdrawn.
Counsel tor defense then moved to
strike all the evidence of Mrs. Bur-
1 ton from the records. There was s
heated argument and the motion de
fied. .
' -'J.' R. Beverly was called by the
1 State. He said be knew Ragsdale,
and had business dealings with kirn
and the bank. Witness identified
] a deposit slip as one given' him by
Ragmtle, and under objection from
the defense told of withdrawing
1318 from the National Bank of
Tifton and placing a cashier’s check
1 for that amount with the Bank of
, Omega.
There was objection from counsel
for defense on the ground that the
indictmeat called for money and not
a check, which was not proof of
embetilement. The jury was taken
to an ante room wfcQe counsel argued
the matter, the Court finally deter
mining that such evidence should go
in bat would be expunged from the
record it the Court’* investigation nf
the authorities seemed to,warrant it.
this forceful manner
tgidale, former cashier
if Omega, and charged
:ern with embexxle-
WUl Mrs. Burton Says.
Resenting to the limit of her
omen’a capacity tho open dsnua-
iciation of H. E. Ragsdale, the man-
and she claims to have married la Hot
make good I opened a j Springs a year ago under the mm*
t and headed the ac- of Alfred Clifford Burton, that A»
« two large overdrafts- lied when she swore he had taka*
cotton margins to this her to srlfe, Mrs. Anna Parry-Bats*
ny cotton operations has pledged herself to the miaaina ot
ere measurably successful j bringing to Ragsdale the homOMIMr
"“In the meantime, I discovered a ^nd grief which Aa declares is her
mitage in ‘he bills receivable sc-1 portion aa the result of her brief av
aunt. I didn't know where tbs pa- liance with the former cashier,
m were so I took the profits of the | “There is a low In Artrsnag
itton account and passed t* to the against bigamy: Georgia has the
ills receivable. There came a cheek same law and it is an extraditable
ir *3,5(10 and another for *2.600 offense. It^is my purpose to proceed
told a director of this and he said imedlately under tha leer* of Wf
^as good work and hoped I would state for a divorce, and regardlean-
npliealed the direc-
if Omega and made
her in ilot Spring?
question from either
or defense.
Calmly Mr Rsgsds
wholly impassive
connection with
and his bankm
could be heard
It 9 o'clock Attorney R. D. Smith
I that owing to the absence of the
te Agent of the Pacific Mutual
s Company., ‘hy whom he expect-
to prove a section of the indict-
,t involving *2.600. ho Aiuld ask
Court to mdjobrn until Saturday ,
Saturday Morning.
Vben the State resumed Satur
morning at 8:30 the Cburt stut-
thet M. E Hendry. caAicr of
National Bank of .Tifton, desired
unend his testimony as given last
"This cotton pool included one di-
etor sad his brother. But this di-
ctor. Patrick, got scared and quit,
ihnson also got scared and turned
s account over. It riasn't long af-
r thia that Bush cams doem."
Mr Ragsdale went carefully Into
r visit of the bank examiner with
penal reference to turning over
e accounts and cash for counting
Rapidly th<
ght came I locked the
nt off I had seen things
day which looked ai
though tbr -
me up. But
through the
but was delivered to L. V.
upon the written order uf Kag
Counsel for defense steer
objected to the-admisaion of t
timony. and there followed n
cornered wrangle, with Atl
Yeomans and Fulwooil on or
and Attqjncy .Smith :hc other
Court sharply ended the eonti
with *!>* remark that counsel
Defendant's counsel, with the
I eiew of fixing the ability of witness
BpA, ran him through his hanking
experience and in the process drew
•y declare the writing to he
it of Ragsdale. One of those
tors, written on stationery *Y
Louvain hotel. Kansas City, reads
(Continued on psge 7) *— ~
PURE BLOOD
talr.ed.
'•You were in Aa bank Monday
night?" (he witness was naked. *
“Yes. air."
“Who came out ftrat?"
•*I don't know; am hot sure; it
CAN'T FIND ANY *
DANDRUFF, AND HAflT “
STOPS COMING. OUT.
credit of the shortage. Mr. Rags
dale Showed the jurir. 0i« entry in the
nook covering this item. Mr Rags
dale went carefully into the time
certificate slips issued by him and
stated that he bad entered them on
the individual ledger under the ac
count of time certificates.
Mr Ragsdale said he had no rec-
nllmlon -of the *750 Powell certifi
cate, but he did know that he Lad
not receied the money.
"Everybody in Omega knew I was
dealing in cotton for the bank t-Jd
tbe directors knew ti. As long as
n I was a good fel-.
it went the other way |
r thing. I frankly .ad-j
if the bank wore in a I
ievq I could have tak-
i the books of the bank as-1 left
cm and satisfied every depositor."
The witness indulged in a long,
.use, and then sold clearly and dis?
icily: %
"About the woman. There nevar
*.« a bigger lie perpetrated in tbe
orld. I never saw her until Ac
ime to my home in Banks county
st summer and tried to get money
the books, documents and papers of
the Bank of Omega .in evidence Ob
jection by defense to admisaion wa- |
overruled.
One of the star witness* of the'
State turned up in Mr. E. A. Dea
ton. state agent for the Pacific Mu
tual Life Insurance Cumpany. ltd
told of correspondence with Rag-,
dale and of a visit to Omega at which
time Ragsdale secured s promise tha:
witness' company would place a de-
Try as you will, after anapplica-
tion of Danderine, you| ea not find
a single trace of dandruff or TfflffiT
hair and your scalp will not itah, but
what will please you moat, will b«
after a few week's uie, when you
see new hair, fine and dowry ml
first—yes—but really new hair-
growing all over your scalp., 4 '
A little Danderine ^immediately
I doublet Ac beauty of your hair. Me
1 difference how duQ, faded,
‘lard scraggy, just moisten t'IS
'vith I'anilerino and carefully 99
; it through the hair, taking onajMM
, strand nt a time. The effoc^P^
. mediate and tmaxing—ktAdj
lie light., fluffy and
appearance of shaigU
m incomparable lustre, sottMlHjflj
all Impurities.
Kidneys awl
i the “I charge, yoar honor." exclaimed
j tot Attorney Smith, “Aat counsel is no*
lied, examining witness in good faiA."
j>t B Mr. Yeomans deplored counsel's
.oped statenter: as untrue-, the Court fcuk-
down inf occasion to express his disbelief
pcing of any such intention,
k. X "WltneM- wos excused and counsel
nd X for defense then moved that there
s. I be Stricken from Ae record Ast por-
|oqg (ion of i(r. Bush's trstinony regard
it of ing Ae amount of money found in
low But.whi
1 was the at
mit the book
T7VDR stiff tore muscles apply
f’ Sloan's Lintmcnl to the pain
or ache, it quickly penetrtUs
and soothes •ruitkoui rubbing.
Orlando. FI*.—
dvocato uf .Ur."
Hseovery. It c
dll t»u years i
ha tr./rrt form
n TtMrntly and
ton and. wheat speculation.
"Ragsdale told me he made *10.
000 the.year before, and that the
secret of hi* success was that oA*--
pcople bought on a rising marke'
whereas he caught it on Ae decline."
Counsel for defense moved A ex
clude all the stock gambling trans
actions as irrelevant, but Ae Court
Aoujrht Arm very relevant, sinee it
had a direct bearing on the character
of die accused.
U wuuld' terminate In i
many o( my symptom- p
1 bad a severe sure Ar-.
wUh rattling In mr b
I wa? also troubled w
ralgla In mr face- In
this, my gena-ral health
I was run-duwn, all tir
the least ambition, and
uf a.-IgbL I had t*l
Get a 25-ccnt bottle of E]
An's Danderine from any drug!
or toUet coanter, Aid proto’
your hair ir aa pretty and ml
any—Aat it has been naglaaU
injured by careless treatment.
25-cent bottle wnfrdouble tha 1
ty of your heir.
In concluding his statement. Mr.
{him only *666. every penny
[was his personal money.
I At 12:1b cburt took a w
'|oo Drops]
Sloan’s
Liniment
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