Carl C. Countryman, arrested in New York on a charge of embezzlement of $425 from Boulevard Bank & Trust Co. at Spray, who was brought back to Rockingham county last week, resisted extradition. Countryman doubtless had visions of unearthing a priceless tomb even more aged that old King Tut’s, and he knew Rockingham’s earth offered no such treasure regardless of how far he dug down into the bowels of the earth. Accompanying Countryman were Deputy R.L. Dillon and Cashier Henry C. Pace, who spent several days in Albany where the hearing was held.
Countryman manacled to the deputy was finally landed at Leaksville. The accuse, who showed the effects of recent confinement, said that he had no statement to make relative to the charge that he embezzled $425 from the Spray bank. “I may have a statement to make later,” he added. He stated, however, that he would be prepared to meet the charges, but did not feel disposed to discuss his affairs until after he has retained counsel.
Countryman said he had recently been abroad lecturing, traveling through Europe. He also said that he had been in Mexico.
Deputy Dillon said that the extradition was successful only after several yards of red tape had been unwound. This necessitated the presence in New York of the cashier of the Boulevard bank, and it was this which resulted in the delay in bringing the accused back to North Carolina.
Countryman is being held pending his trial in Superior court.
From the front page of The Reidsville Review, Monday, Feb. 19, 1923.
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