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a HUNTLEYVINDICATED OFUGLY CHARGEScIIJar Bur,;in and Lee Philbeck Held Under Bond to Su-_ • PAtlffperior Court.IParties Were Arrested Charg-n____!__ . • ---ed With Conspiracy to jc«Burn a House.rlt;iaIf]At a hearing here Wednesday af- f t -nocu before Mayor V. T. Davis, t irence Huntley, charged with confining to burn a certain dwellingv i=e here was vindicated. At thert(3,ie time Garfield Burgin was■ lund to the November term of the 1Superior Court under $1,000 bond.e Philbeck, who waived prelimi-ary hearing, was released Wednes-’j -7 morning under $2,000 bond..*The charges against the trio was onspiring together to burn and edes ay a certain dwelling house lo- ^ cated in Forest City with intent and ^a •purpose to collect insurance, and the t said Clarence Huntley and Lee Phil-j2 beck dyl conspire with and together ^to employ one Gar Burgin to setfire to said building.”cIn order to vindicate himself Mr. j Huntley demanded that a trial be s, held Wednesday, after Mr. Philbeck jahad waived preliminary hearing. f C. 0. Ridings acted as solicitor, ^ while Thomas Moss appeared for Lee v Philbeck and M. L. Edwards for ^ Clarence Huntley. Before hearing all j testimony Mr. Ridings announced tlt; that he would not ask that Mr. Hunt- fc Icy be bound over to Superior Court, h as there was no evidence that he was econnected with 'fcpeMr, R. A. Smith, the first witness,7who resides in the house alleged to c have been the one marked for burn- i ing, stated that he saw Philbeck and I Burgin pass near midnight. Chief C. j R. Price next went on the stand and i related briefly what Burgin told him ! Saturday.iGar Burgin was next placed on the * stand and told of meeting Philbeck 1 Friday morning, who asked if he ' wished to make some easy money. On inquiry- it developed that he had * a house he wanted burned, stating / at first that it was located at Hen-/ dersonville. He agreed to the propo- j sition, but said he had no intention 1 of burning the house. His plan, he,1 said, was to pretend that he would ^ burn the house, find out its location and who the house belonged to,' and trap the conspirators. He said he did not see Huntley, or talk to him. j: Fee Smart next went on' the stand 2nd said Burgin told him that some • one wanted him to burn a house, and tbat he thought he would find out its 1' location and catch the crooks. Walter j •^ettlemyer, told of Burgin’s visit to the barber shop Friday, and told him 1 be had an offer to burn a house. j Each of the witnesses testified that! Mr. Huntley had nothing to do with'he transaction. At this point Mr. Ridings announced that he would j n^t ask that Mr. Huntley be held. ! Attorney M. L. Edwards, counsel jV 1 ^r* Huntley, requested that, in further interests of his client, oth-witnesses would be allowed to ap-Peai. Mr. G. B.4 Harrill was the first fitness, and testified that Mr. Hunt- ( h-j had no interest in the house, j Ihe property, according to Mr. Har- j nil, belongs to Mr. Boyce Wilki and the Industrial Bank holds a Mortgage on the house, while an durance policy of-$1,000 is held!l the bank. This testimony was in-duc-ed to show that Mr. Huntley bad no interest in the property.(rockett Butlerr Geotge Blanton Hope Harrill testified as to the J j-'ood character of Clarence Hunt-Philbeck, who had earlier ln the day waived hearing and was - 'eased on $2,000 bond, was plac-c ‘ cn the stand, and stated that Clar-'/ce Huntley had nothing to do with the conspiracy. His name was used a the conversation to give color tono trade, and had been used with-the knowledge or consent of Mr.Iuntley.Mayor Davis then set the bond of (Continued On Last Page)iT
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Forest City Courier
Forest City, North Carolina, US
Thu, Jul 31, 1930
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