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REDWINE_CONVIGTED.
th* cashier of run gate city
ease ylyads guilty.
GAfTfIIN JACKSON DEFECTS HIS SOK
Th® Sensational Development# of the Fa
mous Atlanta Defalcation—Result of
the Trial and the Sentence.
The trial and conviction of I.ewis Red
wine, defaulted assistant cashier of the
Gate City National bank of Atlanta, lias
been the absorbing' topic of interest in At
lanta during the past week. The trial was
held in the United States district court,
Judge Pardee, of New Orleans, presiding.
As will be remembered by the leaders
of The Constitution, Lewis Redwine, one
of the most popular young men in Atlanta,
and for many jeans a trusted employe of
the Gate City bank, was found, on the 21st
of last February. to be short in his ac
counts over $100,900. He. fled from the bank
in broad daylight and for two days re
mained concealed in a house in the city.
Rumors about th'* defalcation were wild at
the time, and Tom Cobb Jackson, the most
prominent young society leader in the city,
and a leading young atorney, committed
suicide in a cab in front of his father’s
residence the evening of the second day
after the crash, on account of complica
tions relating to the defalcation. Redwine
wais caught the day following the suicide,
but refused to make any statement of
where the money had gone. He has been
in jail ever since, awaiting trial.
The case was closely fought on both
sides until all the evidence was in, and until
the prosecution had concluded their argu
ment. At this stage of the proceedings, to
the astonishment of all, the lawyers for
the defense entered a plea of guilty, and
the judge gave Redwine a. sentence of six
years in the Columbus, 0.. penitentiary.
The details of the trial are told in the fol
lowing report of the case:
The defense required of each juror wheth
er he was a stockholder or creditor of the
G»te City bank. The following was the
jury finally accepted:
J. K. Gilreath, Bartow county.
G. P. Gomez, Atlanta.
Robert S. McWaters, Atlanta.
Jsaiah Carter, colored, Atlanta.
W. E. Puckett, Stllesboro.
A. P. Morgan, Atlanta.
J. T. Bond, Stockbridge.
Sanford Gay, Brooks Station.
John J. Baker, Atlanta.
Gabriel Jaeoos, Atlanta.
Clayton Erwin, Bartow.
Mr. 1.. J. Hill was then called. He be
gan his testimony by stating that he was
president of the Gate City bank from 1879,
when it was organized, until February 23,
1893, when it was suspended. The capital
stock was originally SIOO,OOO, but was in
creased in May, 1890, to $150,000, and in
May, 189., to $250,000.
Mr. Hill then told the story of the discov
ery of Redwine’s shortage. He was sum
moned to the bank on the night of Monday,
February 20, 1893, by Mr. McCandless and
one of the directors. Their suspicions were
aroused. Next day before the bank closed
he sent for Redwine, who delayed coming
on the pretext of making an entry. He
did not see him again until he was captur
ed.
The original shortage, he said, appeared
to be between $60,000 and $70,000. This was
Increased by two unpaid checks of $5,000
each, and a shipment of $2'1,000 which should
have been made to New York. On the 23d,
Mr. Campbell, the bank examiner, found
the shortage to be between $103,000 and slOl,-
000. In January the bank had apparently
$1*9,000 on hand. This was the result of a
regular annual examination by himself,
Mr. McCandless and Mr. Wellborn Hill.
"What connection,” asked Colonel Ham
mond, "did you have with Mr. Jack Spald
ing?”
"Captain Jackson was out of the city and
I asked Mr. Spalding to draw up the war
rant for Redwine’s arrest. 1 knew that no
time was to be lost.”
Mr. Wlit-nt’s Testimony.
The second witness introduced was Mr.
Frank C. Wheat, at that time the paying
teller of the Gate City National bank, now
the receiving teller at Lowry’s bank.
The examiner failed to call on the day
expected. He first counted the cash on
hand at the Atlanta National bank, and
waited until the following day to vfsit the
Gate City. In the meantime, Wheat had
wondered at the strange request of Red
wine's for a shifting of the $20,000. Red
wine. however, was his superior, anil he
never criticised his request. He went to
the cashier, however, and asked him what
to do. Mr. McCandless had instructed him
to do as Redwine said, but to keep a watch.
Later in the day Redwine stated that he
would only need $l5,O'A and would get the
toiler to shift him that amount.
Next morning, at 8 o’clock, the bank ex
aminer called. He came an hour before the
usual opening, in ortb-r to count the cash
without being interrupted. He counted the
cash on the paying teller’s desk first. Mr.
Redwine was standing by when tin count
was made. Redwine then carried the ex
aminer to the vault, and while he was
thus engaged the $15,000 was carried by the
paying teller to the receiving teller’s desk.
It was afterwards enuir- d by th” examiner
es if it was a separate pile of money. The
loan was returned by Redwine in about
twenty minutes. This was all the witness
knew up to the flight of the prisoner.
An Exciting Day.
Wednesday was a day of surprises and
sensations in the Redwine trial. Although
nothing has been offered as yet that fully
elucidates the sombre mystery enveloping
the downfall of the Gate City bank on that
dark February of 1893, much of the testi
mony was startling and significant to the
l..st degree. Particularly so was that given
by the galaxy of cashiers who swore to the
loans effected by Redwine in his desperate
endeavor io cover the shortage :.i the vaults
and the story of ?.lr. McCandless of his
strange and pitiful interview with young
Jackson before the crash.
The morning sc s . . was largely occupied
bv the prosecution in developing two points.
The first was the fact that Redwine
lived beyond his means, as evident e<f by
certain checks which he gave for articles
<>f luxury and second the circumstances of
his apprehension.
Mr. L. J. Hill was recalled to the stand
and questioned as to certain checks drawn
by Redwine not appearing in the books.
As an illustration he took one of a buck,
which was drawn to the order of W. H.
Patterson and showed upon tlie ledger that
no entry had been made of its payment.
There were thirteen personal checks thus
drawn of which no record was mace.
In response to a question by Judge Par
dee Mr. Hill s.tated that there was nothing
on the face of the checks to show that they
had been paid at all.
Mr. .ll<*(':iuil)<'.mh on the Stand.
Mr. Edward S. McCandless, the city mar
shal, who was the cashier of the bank at
the time of the defalcation, was the next
witness 'ntroduced by Captain Jackson.
He testified taat in February of last year
he was cashier of the Gate City National
bank. Ke had occupied that position since
1879, as near as he could recollect, at which
time the bank was conv-rted from sU'.te
into a nationaFTiank. He had filled the of
fice for nearly fifteen years.
"Do you rememoer wnen Mr. 1,. J. Hill
left the city for Mexico?”
'I do. It was about the 2Sth of last Jan
uary."
“Was the cash in the bank counted before
h” that trip? '
“It was. The amount of cash on hand at
that time, according to the count, was ap
proximately $91,000.”
“What did y is do after Mr. Hill’s depart
ure about watching Mr. Redwine?”
“I asked one of the clerks a tew questions
about him in a quiet way. J was not alto
gether satisfied with th' count and wanted
to examine into the matter.”
“Whom did vou take into counsel?”
"Mr. Wheat."
"Why di i you entertain any suspicions
about the cou.it'.'”
"For the simple reason that the teller
ought to keep his cash assorted. A certain
amount of legal tender should be <on iu-t 1
and properly enarated from the other mon
ey. Mr. Redwine’s cash, at the time the
count was take::, was mixed cash. I told
was not in proper condition, to which
he replied that he had not had time * as
sert it. 1 was not at all satisfied, though
1 di ! no t indicate to him the doubt which I
entertained.”
“What investigation did yon make of mon
ey returned by Mr. Redwine to other banks I
1n the city?”
“Some money was brought to Mr. Red
wine on Saturday afternoon. I incmired on i
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Monday morning and found that he-had bor
rowed it from the Merchants’ bank.”
The witness was unable to say who took
the package of papers from Redwine’s over
coat. He could not say what papers were
found in the private drawer. Among the
number of papers, however, which were
said to have come from the drawer, was a
check for $5,000 drawn by Tom Cobb Jack
son.
“Jackson admitted to me,” said Mr. Mc-
Candless, "that he had checks in the. cash
drawer. He came to me of his own accord.
It was on the day after Redwine’s depart
ure. He wanted to know if Redwine had ac
tually left. If he was really short in his
account. He came at three different times
during the day. The last time he wanted
to know if I had come across any of his
checks in the cash. I said 1 had not. In
this connection 1 asked if lie had ever paid
the $5,00’1 check he had drawn on the bank
a long time before, and which Redwine had
cashed. He said he had not paid it. I
thought it was strange. Redwine had told
me tlfti money was paid.”
“Will you state,” asked Captain Jackson,
“why you happen to remember about the
$5,000 cheek so well?"
“In July, 1891, I was absent from the city
for about three weeks on account of sick
ness and the death of my little child. On
my return, Mr. Redwine told me that he
had cashed a check for $5,000 for Mr. Jack
son, drawn while in New York on his bri
dal tour. He wanted to know if I would let
him charge it up. I told him I would not.
He bad taken the responsibility upon him
self and would have to make it good. He
wanted to know if I would help him col
lect the amount out of Jackson. 1 said I
would. Matters went on and a week or
two afterwards Redwine informed me that
the check had been made good.”
“What property did Tom Cobb have at
this time?” asked Captain Jackson.
The witness was unable to say.
“Why did yo*t refuse to allow the check
to be charged to his account?”
“Because it was a large amount and he
had no money to his credit.”
An examination of the books showed that
Mr. Jackson was overdrawn at the time the
check was presented, $1,669.88.
After the Defalcation.
"When did you first see Redwine after
his return?” asked Captain Jackson.
"On Saturday morning at the police sta
tion. Mr. L. J. Hill, Mr. A. W. Hill, Mr.
Jack Spalding and myself were present.
The interview with Redwine wats conduct-
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REDWINE While the plea was Being En
tered.
ed chiefly by Mr. Hill. Redwine during the
conversation stated that he was short
abou* SIOO,OOO. Colonel Hammond came in a
short while afterwards and consulted with
the prisoner, after which he refused to corf
tinue the conversation. Later in the day I
went, to see Redwine at the jail. I wanted
to know what had become of the money.
The city was full of rumors, a number of
them touching the officials of tlje bank. I
wanted to know the whole truth and to
have the officers of the bank exonerated.”
Captain .lac-kson’H Rebimnl.
After Colonel Hammond’s cross-examina
tion of the witness. Captain Jackson con
tinued the investigation on the other side.
•blow long hev« you known Tom Cobb
Jackson?” he inquired.
“From infancy.”
“Can you give his age?”
“I should fay lie was between twenty-five
and thirty years old.”
“Do you know that Cobb was born on the
3d of April, 1868?”
The witness replied with a negative. As
to Redwine’s age, ho thought he was about
thirty-two years old. Jackson was drinking
at the time he entered the bank, after Red
wine’s departure. He was strongly under
the influence of whisky.
“When did you first communicate his con
versation about going to .Mr. Grant’s, after
or before his death?”
“I mentioned it before his death.”
"I rule all of this out of order,” inter
posed the court, without waiting for any
motion of Captain Jackson to this effect.
“I do not see that it bears immediately vpon
the guilt or innocence of the defendant”
The examination of Mr. McCandless tas
brought to a close about 5 o’clock. He had
been on the witness stand for nearly two
hou rs.
The assumption of the prosecution, tn the
introduction of the latter testimony, was
that Redwine was short before Mr. Hill left
for Mexico, and that ho had secured enough
cash by loans from other banks and by
clever management to make it appear that
all »he funds of the bank were on hand.
The mysterious bombshell which it was
hinted that the defense held in reserve
the Redwine trial was exploded at 3:45
o’clock T'liersday afternoon, and true to
prediction, it amazed everybody.
It was a plea of guilty.
The circumstances surrounding this de
nouement were fully in keeping with all the
other features of this remarkable ease.
The lawyers on both sides had been in
consultation since the morning adjourn
ment and it was fully half-past 3 o’clock
when the door of the judge’s chambers
opened and Colonel Hammond and Mr. Cor
rigan, of the defense, stepped out. Both
gentlemen looked worried and troubled and
walked straight to where Redwine sat at
the long tabic before the bench. They bent
over him and tallied together in a rapid un
dertone, apparently explaining or expostu
lating. The pale-laced prisoner looked up
and looked down, but said never a word.
Then Colonel Hammond advanced to the
corner of the clerk’s desk and addressed
tne court. He asked lor a final ruling upon
his demurrer to the first indictment, in ref
erence to the Thomas Cobb Jackson check
of $5,000. For the benefit of people who are
not lawyers it may be said that a demurrer
is a piea that the facts charged, even if
true, do not constitute a case. Judge Par
dee sustained this position.
Then Colonel Hammond dumfounded the
room full of listeners by admitting in a few
curt sentences that upon the three other
indictments the government bad established
an unassailable case and requested the
judge to enter a plea of guilty.
The jury, under instructions, returned a
perfunctory verdict of guilty on indictments
No. 3935, 3958 and 3964. They cover substan
tially the same ground of embezzlement.
Judge Pardee then announced that he
would pass sentence at 10 o’clock the fol
fo'lon tig i'”>rii.ne.
All this time Lewis Redwine sat motion
less in his chair, his eyes fixed on vacancy.
He seemed to be unaware that anything
unusual had occurred.
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His left hand thrust deep in his trous
ers’ pocket and his thin lips wreathed with
just the ghost of a smile, Louis Redwine
stood up Friday morning ami received
his sentence. Some said that he took it like
a man and others that it was a disgusting
exhibition of bravado.
The sentence was six years on each of
the three indictments, but Judge Pardee
ordered that they be "served concurrently.”
Under the law a. judge can make sever..l
sentences imposed at one time either con
current or cumulative. The most famous
example of a cumulative sentence is that
i,i "Boss” Tweed, who was convicted on
some thirty-three indictments and sen
tenced on each, the total being over one
hundred vears, one term beginning when
another was served. In a concurrent sen
tence the different terms are served at
one and the same time. Redwine’s being
concurrent, it is really only six years, oth
erwise it would be eighteen.
Shari: at 10 o'clock Judge Pardee came
in and took his seat. He. too. looked tired
and worn, and showed plainly the strain
nf file trial. He rested his forehead on I
his hand and the bailiff opened court in
the usual way.
Colonel Hammond’s Plea.
“May it please your honor,” said Colonel
Hammond, rising, “before sentence is
passed, 1 desire to submit a paper and to
say a few words that might have been
said in the ordinary course of tins trial,
had we deemed best to continue; but, under
the circumstances, it seemed to us that
it would be only a waste of time and a
solemn farce.” .
Colonel Hammond then read an affidavit
of Dr. William Perrin Nicolson. It set
forth in substance that, for the last six
or eight years lie had been familiar with
t’le physical condition of Lewis Redwine,
and 'that lie was subject to attacks of acute
neuralgia, affecting his entire body and I
rendering him unfit for manual labor. i>r. :
Nicolson further stated that Redwine was
a sufferer from varicose veins in the less,
which made it impossible at times for hun
to even stand without great pam; that
these ailments had been intensified by con
finement, and would be increased by fur
ther imprisonment, probably to the extent
of “disabling him permanently.
“I have been at the bar tor forty years,
your honor. I have had charge of all kinds
of eases and have been the
custodian of all kinds of secrets, but I
have made it a rule never to allow myself
to enter into the feelings of a client lest
I disqualify myself for his defense. But
since this plea was entered yesterday I
have hardly slept. We took the responsi
bi ity of advising this plea, feeling that
the facts would incline your honor to act
as leniently as a judge can act under the
proven circumstances. We entered trial
that these facts might be brought Jjefore
you.
“The fall of this young man has been
great. It has been said on the stand that
his character was once as good ;is any hi
Atlanta. He was a trusted official and re
ceived socially in the best circles. Today
he is a criminal, his career ruined and the
penitentiary waiting to receive him. Great
God. what a descent!
“We ask that your honor do not cumulate
this sentence, but inflict such punishment
as will give him a hope in life. He may
right himself. Other and worse men have
done so even in the shadow of the prison,
and that he. too, mav right himself is the
prayer of his counsel and his every other
friend.”
Cnplnin Jnekson Hepfie*.
As Co’.onel Hammond made this appeal
Captain Jackson shifted nervously in his
seat and fingered a bit of paper. At its
conclusion he sprang to his feet.
His eyes Hashed and he was
evidently under tlie influence of a strong
emotion.
"If your honor please,” he said in a deep,
impressive tone, “it is deemed proper by
the counsel for the government that I
should say a lew words to the court.”
instantly there was a profound silence in
the room.
“In February, 1893,” he continued, "there
was a bank in the city of Atlanta. It was
Known as the Gate City National bank, and
its capital was $250,000. It was the deposi
tory of the government and had the confi
dence of the people.
"In that bank was a trusted official, pro
moted successively until he controlled its
financial transactions. In February, 1893,
he left that bank under circumstances fami
liar to the court. It is in evidence that he
had for a period of years embarked in a
premeditated embezzlement of the funds
entrusted to him, that he had deceived the
examiner sent by the government and by
artful and dextrous devices so misled and
deluded tlie officials of the bank that they
returned erroneous reports of its condition.
It is in evidence that this shortage approxi
mated half the capital stock.
“I hold in my hand certain deposit slips
on which items are entered amounting to
within a fAw hundred dollars of the exact
amount of the shortage. It has been shown
that he borrowed $40,000 and held out de
posit certificates of $26,000 to deceive tlie ex
amine'- ’n his count. Where is tiie
other $40,000 necessary to complete the total
default? It is in evidence that in borrow
ing from other banks he requested large
bills. Where are those large bills? Tlie
bank is today wrecked, fortunes have been •
lost and suffering ami agony entailed to Mie ■
remotest corners of our community.
"On Thursday, February 23d, Redwine
was nominally under arrest. On Thursday
night Tom Cobb Jackson died. On Friday
the defendant was in actual custody. Then
it was that he stated to the officers of the |
bank that all this vast sum save 153,000 or I
$4,000 was given to Tom Cobb Jackson.
“When did the defendant tile his plea? |
When the case was called? No, it wa" 9?ter •
every inch had been bitterly contest ♦nd .
every fact absolutely proven, tvn "' ,1
surrounded by the long arm of the law and
conviction inevitable. And now be throws
himself upon the mercy of the court.”
Captain Jackson's voice was husky with
emotion, and extending his arm, he pointed
his finger at the prisoner.
“May it please your honor, in the course
of my life I have not been blessed with
many friends. That mall was one of them,
and none more valued—none more valued.
But in the prosecution, of the guilty some
times the innocent are vindicated, and if
this has been true in the present instance
it will be at least one satisfaction amidst |
tlie melancholy incidents surrounding the !
case. The duty of the prosecution Is over,
and I have only to say that I pray that the ;
arm of the law may be long enough and I
strong enough to reach ail—all I say—con- 1
nected with the ruin of this institution.
The wreck of that bank is marked by !
gravestones.” Captain Jackson evidently J
intended to say more, but he stopped and
his chin sank on his breast. "I have done,”
he said with a sigh and took his seat.
During this dramatic and impassioned ad
dress Redwine sat motionless with his hand
in his pocket. Once only he glanced unea
sily at the speaker, and after that studied
the floor, his lips compressed, bis brows
contracted as in thought.
S’urdee !<<• views the ('use.
"I had carefully considered this case,”
said Judge I’ardee, witli a sort of kindly
austerity, “before I came into court. There i
are two views to be taken—both strong. ;
From the standpoint of the prosecution it j
may be said that this is a dangerous man i
and desei ves to be locked up for the long- ■
est possible time. The dexterity with which !
he covered his tracks bears this out. To '
my mind that accounts for the missing j
$40,000. When the examiner counted the
money Redwine had $15,000 counted twice, i
he had SIO,OOO doubled in clearing house re- j
turns and by similar manipulation he prob- i
ably made this $40,000 appear to be there. i
“But there is another side. Here is a I
young man who had charge of all the cash
in this bank. He received but $1,500 a year,
and on this he not only supported himself,
but met the demands of Atlanta society.
He encounters other young men, also prob
ably meeting the demands of Atlanta so
ciety, who loan him $5,000 and SIO,OOO on his
.check. He was tempted and naturally fell,
and having fallen naturally sought to hide
the fact.
"I realize this, but at the same time do :
not think I ought to give him the minimum !
sentence under the law. The maximum of
ten years is designed to apply to the case )
of some high official of a bank who steals
its funds and perhaps ruins it. The mini- ,
mum sentence of five years applies to, for '
instance, the errand boy who may steal ,
$lO. Redwine is not in the last category,
and certainly not in the first. He owned no ,
stock and had no interest in the bank, ex- j
cept his salary. Under the circumstances
I shall fix the sentence at six years in each !
indictment.”
Redwine leaned slightly forward at this
and a nervous spasm crossed his face. He
evidently thought he had received an eight
een-year sentence, and it was with a look
of relief that he heard the judge go on to
served concurrently. He was then told to
stand up and the formal sentence was pro
nounced as follows:
"The sentence of the court is that you
shall serve six years in the Columbus pen
itentiary. That sentence is imposed in each ;
one of the three indictments, the sentence '■
of each to be served concurrently with the >
remained for a nibment on nis ibt-i ,
evidently did not know whether it would ?
be proper to sit down, and it was not until
the judge turned to adjust some papers
that he resumed his seat. Several young !
men at once crowded around him and he !
began a whispered conversation.
•A iiat tliv Sent «•!!«•<• Menns.
Redwine's sentence of six years will be ;
shortened to four years and six months, I
under the two-third rule, provided his eon- I
duet is good. He will probably be put to i
some light form of manual labor as there :
is a superabundance of cierKS in all north
ern prisons.
At the Columbus, 0., penitentiary where,
he will be sent there is a system of grades
and a parole at the expiration of what
would be the minimum sentence, but these
do not apply to United States prisoners.
Judge Pardee has instructed the marshal
to take Redwine away at once, and the
start will probably be made on Thursday
next, not before, at least so Colonel Ham
mond was promised. .
STILL A SENSATION.
Captain Jacknon’s Card Sustains Interest
in the Redwine Case.
Far from public interest abating since the
strange and sudden termination of the Red
wine trial, it was yesterday rather on the
increase than otherwise. On the streets,
at the hotels, clubs and all other places of
resort it dominated all other subjects of
conversation. The old story of the crash
of the Gate City was revived and theories
were rehearsed
The most interesting collateral develop
ment is unquestionably the statement fur
nished by Captain Harry Jackson and his
own suggestions to the press. Nothing
more absorbing—nothing containing a deep
er vein of underlying pathos has ever seen
tvpe in Atlanta. It is given m full oelovv
and is really an amplification of his demand
before Judge Pardee for the extreme penal
tv of the law. As such it is necessarily
aimed to vindicate the honors and goo ' 1
nanm of his dead son, Thomas Cobb Jack
son, for everything that has ever been said
in extenuation or exculpation of I*ewis Red
wine was based on the assumption that
young Jackson, and not he. recel 'T? y’Vnk
of the funds obtained from the looted bank.
Captain Jackson’s Card.
In the course of his written card, which
goes fnllv in'o tlie case Captah) Jackson said :
“I knew all the admirable qualities and
all the faults of my unfortunate son. Bril
liant brave, generous, ambitious, prodigal,
reckless—he had every clement to inspire
the devoted love and constant apprehension
of tlie father. Never the slightest appre
hension that he would prove in any way
dishonorable! He was as incapable of tn.it
as he was of asking aid of his wife s lather.
TTvtra vacant ves! Dishonorable, never.
When pushed ‘by debt and harrassed by
creditors, he snapped his fingers in the
face of wealth which he might have proba
bly commanded, had lie but crooked the
knee. His pocketbook, though scanty was
at the command of any friend, and the
poor and unknown, white and colored who
came to take one last look into his dead
face, constituted a tribute I can never for-
“That he was occasionally Intemperate
Is beyond question.
“That he was extravagant in the use of
money is certain.
“That be was permitted to overcheck by
the officers of the Gate City bank and to
borrow money therefrom, is beyond ques
tk"That in Mr. Redwine’s drawer was found
one of his checks for $5,000, and several
smaller checks aggregating about $1,700, is
also beyond question. ,
"That he knew prior to Redwine s flight,
that a single check of his was concealed, I
<jo not believe.
“With these checks, in the same drawer,
were the checks and notes of others, memo
randa of cash paid out, etc. It is unnec
essary to mention who the others were.
They are doubtless as Innocent of any
fraud upon the bank as was Tom Cobb
Jackson.
“When It was discovered that this un
fortunate man had concealed the cheeks
above referred to, the blow was too much
for his proud spirit to stand. He commenc
ed drinking, and with his brain disordered,
he felt there was nothing to be done but
to leave the world. Most unfortunate was
it that I should have attempted to take
him home when in a. condition of intoxica
tion. such as I found him on the night of
February 23d. Unable to reason, 'he may
have felt that even his father had turned
against him, and that the hour had come
for him to go. But he died like a. man,
and whatever his faults they should have
been buried with him.
“Immediately after it was ascertained
hat Tom Cobh Jackson was dead Rodwine
was brought in, and then commenced the
confessions, which, in the story they tell,
far exceed the wildest works of fiction.
According to the statement made by Mr.
L. J. Hill, he gave Tom Cobb Jackson every
dollar of’ the $103,000, except about $3,000,
which was lost in some unexplained way
from his cash. According to the statement
made to Mr. Edward S. McCandless. Red
wine gave to Tom Cobb $90,000, and lost
the balance from his cash. He. Redwine,
diil not use one dollar of the money, but
ns an unfortunate martyr must expiate the
sms of his dead friend. He, a man of thir
ty-five years of age, reared in a bank, of
a high order of ability, in the one case
steals $190,91'9 and in the other $90,000 that
1 mev give it to a 1 outh twenty-four
years of age!
“Assuming that Redwine s statement was
true ’ how inconsistent was his conduct af
ter reaching the asylum afforded by Miss
Cora Howard! Knowing Tom Cobb Jack
son's connections and relations, who. in an
emergency, would have come to his aid
knowing that he had returned to the city
on Tuesday morning, the 23d of February,
the day of Redwine’s escape, was it not j
extraordinary that Redwine did not call up- |
on him for aid? Redwine knew him to be I
an able lawyer, of unflinching nerve and !
with friends and relatives commanding re- I
sources sufficient to make good the defalca- j
tion! Why was not the telephone message !
sent to him. If Tom Cobb Jackson was con- i
nected with the use of any portion of the j
enormous sum abstracted, he had every ;
quality necessary to serve Redwine, and i
yet. the unfortunate fugitive calls to an- j
other! Os all human beings, the man Rod- ■
wine then needed was Tom Cobb Jackson! ,
“On the other hand, what was the course ‘
of Tom Cobb Jackson? On Tuesday even- ;
ing and on Wednesday, threatening to put’**)
the bank in the hands of a receiver! On
Wednesday evening actually engaging the
services of Mr. N. J. Hammond to aid
him! Demanding the immediate payment
of such moneys as his wife and others con
nected with him. had ia the bank. Impera
tively demanding the amount of my stock in
the bank; making every effort to find Red- !
wine, with the express purpose of putting ;
him back in his place; denouncing others
connected with the bank, and asserting his
confidence in Redwine’s innocence!
“Excited, drinking, reckless, it is true,
hut always talking and acting in a manner
entirely inconslsten with the marvelous :
story told by Redwine. So constant were ■
his denunciations of others in the bank, i
that the president came to my house and i
earnestly requested that I get him home. .
It was in my effort to carry out this request
that he terminated his life! Had he not
fired the fatal shot no one would have
paid the slightest attention to the creations
of the disordered brain of Redwine! Crea
tions which followed the death of the man
who had attempted to defend him!
“For reasons unnecessary to be detailed ;
here, Dr. C. 1.. Redwine, the father of Lew- '
is, has been since the year 1866, my persona’
friend. He served me in my youth when I '
was a stranger in this city. He subsequent- i
ly employed me in important business, and i
as his son grew to manhood my attachment ’
for the father extended to the son. He was i
a most valued friend. He has never had j
anything but kindness from me, nor I !
aught but kindness from him until he told
this incredible story on my dead son. He
was more my associate, and I constantly
advised with him in reference to Tom Cobb.
When 1 was in the city scarcely a day passed
that we did not meet. He would frequently
call me to his desk, and hand me a flower.
He was genial and gentle, and I believed,
thoroughly honest. There rises before me
now occasion after occasion of kindly re
membrance! Had I known where he was on
the day of his escape, as I told the presi
dent of the bank at the time, I do not be
lieve I would have surrendered him. Had I i
been in the city,,l would not have been i
surprised had he cbiue to my house. He could
have commanded my aid to any legitimate [
extent. But his crime destroyed his man- ;
hood, and he sought to create sympathy,
and possibly escape for himself, by placing
infamy upon the grave of the dead. That
his story was not believed by any one,
judge, jury, counsel or disinterested specta
tor, is my consolation.
“In regard to any further proceedings let
me say:
"I believe there are two indictments re
maining against Mr. Redwine and Mr.
McCandless jointly, and two against Mr. Mc-
Candless individually, for aiding and allot
ting Lewi dedwine. It is not proper that
I should now discuss these' cases. Tlie
gra’id jury has deemed it proper to find '
these bills, and a public trial cannot in
any way injure the innocent. The truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
is what the government wants, and this
I shall strive to attain. If patient persist
ence and never-failing dilligence will suc
ceed. it will be had sooner or later.
“Upon the Redwine trial I did not make a
single objection to testimony by which it
was sought to implicate my .son. Much of
it was illegal, but I felt it could do no harm
to the case on trial, so I let it all come in.
Thank God, it amounted only to the disor
dered ravings of an unfortunate, self-con
victed man!
“Let justice be done to the dead and the
living, though the heavens fall!
“HENRY JACKSON.”
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