The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-12-12


sBAGGER IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
rCorrespondence of the Charleston Courierl
COLUMBIA, November 2S.-Ag greeably TO
Instructions, l have visited DR.. T. j.
Moore, the brother-in-law of John J. Pat
,terson, who was recently arrested upon the
charge of forging Honest John's' sigma
ture to note of two hundred and fifty
dollars. While under arrest DR.. Moore
would not make any statement, as l have
mentioned before, being SO advised he
said by his counsel. Now being foot loose,
he says he is
GOING FOR THAT BROTHER-IN-LAw
of his, and will. show him up in all his ras-
cality. The following conyersation oc-
Cured:
Reporter-Dr. Moore, l would be glad
to have full exposition from you of all
tho facts connected with your arrest, and
to know what part you think Johu j. Pat
terson had in it, and what were his rea-
sons?
Moorc-Wen, sir, the circumstances
of my arrest were as follows: On the
18th day Of the present month | was served
with a warrant of arrest from Trial Justice
Richmond, Patterson's henchman, and
taken before him. The affidavit upon
which the warrant was based WAS made by
Fillebrowne, who is the chief clerk III the
comptroller generals office, and charged
that had sold to him note endorsed by
John J. Patterson, which endorsement was
A FORGERY. a ..5... e.,
After / reached the trial Justices Office
Richmond informed the constable that he
would find the parties, meaning the prose-
cutors, at the house of Senator Patterson.
They were soon fortIcoming-Patte
Filebrowne and Col. c. c. Puffer. The
amount of bail was fixed at $4,000, and
though but q few minutes to secure bonds
men was allowed me, offered two, Messrs.
uowie end w. E. Rose, both of whom
were perfectly good for the money. But
they were refused, and | WAS hurried off
to Jail, where | remained until Thursday,
the goth, when l was released upon recog-
niZance i'll the sum of $500.
Reporter-Do you thiEk that Patterson
instigatcd your arrest, and If so,
WHAT WERE Els MOTIVES?
Moore-I am confident that Patterson
was the real prosecutor in the case, and
that his purpose was to damage my repu-
tatiOn and discredit my testimony in some
disclosures concerning his rascally schemes
which he knew that | intended to make.
He had everything arranged beforehand,
and was to have had me released on the
Tuesday after my arrest, hoping thus to
put me under obligations to him, aud to
close my mouth but l would not be re-
leased by him, aud remained in Jail until
the necessary arrangements were made by
my counsel, entirely independent of Pat
terSOn.
Reporter-What are
THE DISCLOSURES,
DR.. Moore, of which Patterson is appre-
heusiye?
Mr.. Moere-Why I know all about him.
There is scarcely a rascally step i'll his in
famous career of which ain not cogniZant,
and | mean to let it all out, for be has act
ed in the most shameless and faithless
manner towards me. His being United
States senator from South Carolina is the
greatest farce in the world, for he has not
the intellectual ability scarcely TO be a
common constable, and in point of charac-
ter he is a swindler and cheat of the first
water. You have seen the article which
recently appeared in the New York Sun
showing him up. There is scarcely an
important fact stated there which | do not
know TO be true. and | know a good deal
more besides. 1t is true, as alleged in the
San article, that, by false pretepses
and ingenious presentations of his
the Harrisburg Telegraph from Theophi-
las Fem, the proprietor of the paper, and
swindled him subsequently out of the pur-
chase money. 1t is true, too, that he COM
menced his work of debauching legislative
bodies in the senatorial contest in Penn
sylvania in the year 1853, when Simon
Cameron, Republican, and Charles r.
Buckalew were opposing candidates. lie
attempted to bribe DIR. 7. J. Boyer, n
democratic member of the general Assem-
bly,, to vote for Cameron, and offered Boy
Ell twenty thousand dollars if Boyer would
accede to his request. The job was ex
posed, and the general assembly of Penn
sylvania adopted a resolution instructing
the attorney general of the State to insti-
tute
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PATTER-
SON
and others associated with him in the at
tempted bribery. All the other main facts
stated in the ISUn, too, are true. Besides
the matters disclosed there, l know, fur
thermOTe, what has never before been pub
lished in the press, that John J. Patterson,
as paymaster in the United States army
during the winter Of 1S61-'62, at Wheel
ing, Virginia, defrauded the soldiers of an
Ohio regiment Il think it was the NINTH
out of So, 500 pay that was due them for
services gallantly rendered their country
in war; and he continued this swindling
work upon the soldiers of his country un-
til he was finally rejected as paymaster by
the senate upon the very ground that he
had defrauded the government and cheat
ed the soldiers. At that time l was one
of his surities to the amount of $50. 900,
and was acting as his clerk, and the facts
are perfectly familiar to me. As a further
manifestation of
PATTERSoN's UTTER CORRUPTION AND RAs-
CALITY, ..
you can state that while Patterson was
vice president of the Greenville and Col
umbia railroad company he designed the
forgery of eX-Comptroller Lonhart's name
to certain State guaranteed bonds of the
company which were on hand, but had
never been and could not bs used because
OF the want of the comptroller's signature.
Patterson proposed to ME to do the forg-
cry, and If L had consented the bonds
would now be on the market.
BRIBING THE STATE LEGIsLATURE.
In the senatorial election last winter,
when Patterson was candidate against
] Ex-Governor Scott, Elliott and others, |
was posted in all his movements and know
that he did not presume to hide his pur-