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Mock Auction at Berkshire Ends With Arrest in Pinehurst
A social event at the Berkshire in Pinehurst featured a mock auction selling wrapped goods with beans as money. Charles Heyward, a New York buyer, was arrested on indictments including robbery, fraud, and vagrancy after profits allegedly benefitted charity but funds remained unaccounted. The trial involved witnesses recounting swindles and inflated values, with Heyward blaming a wealthy New York image and defending his role.
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Berkshire
C. P. Heyward
New York
Hildreth
Whipple
Hit
Omiook
Heyward
Commonwealth of North Carolina
North Carolina
Charles Pettingale Heyward
Moore County
Pinehurst
Noehind
Charles Pettingale Heywara
Magnolia
State of
Heloise
Helen Hersey
C.K. Stout
E. Hildreth
Augie M. Gordon
Joseph K. Whipple
Staute
Charles Petringale Heyward
Paris