The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-11-27
"Honcst johns and his Brother.in-Law.

The correspondent of the Charleston Aces
and C9urier furnishes the particulars OF an IN
teresting squabble between Senator Patterson
and brother-in- law of that distinguished pa
triot:
COLUMBIA, November Il.
The arrest of Dr. T. j. Muore, brother-in-
law and quondam bosom friend of John j.
Patterson, upon a charge of forgery, has cx-
cited no little surprise and comment. There
is. it is generally believed, some much more
potent cause for the unbrotherly action OF
patterson than the fact that Moore may have
taken some little liberties with his name during
his absence. The arrest was made late on
Saturday afternoon, and the prisoner hurried
off 50 rapidly and quietly to Jail that scarce
whisper of the transaction got ailoat until yes
tcrciav. Richmond, who was Patterson faith
fui Judge in the days when judge OF all ac-
commodating disposition sorcy needed,
had the warrant served upon Moore, and on
alleged default OF two thousand dollars ball.
thouai A.oore!. scrs -. lie brought two good
bondsmen, and could have brought others had
time been allowed him, committed him to Jail,
and appointed tomorrow morning, at ten
O'Clock, for the investigation of the case.
FiIlebrownc, who it is said discounted a note
in September last for Moore which note pur-
ported to be endorsed by Patterson, but the
signature of which Patterson now denies, is
the ostensble prosecutor. 1t Is manifest, how
ever, that Patterson is the real party in inter
est for he WAS present ut RichmondS Office
when Moore was arragncd. and persons who
were there tell me that Hic!lmond would adj
dress inquiries to Patterson about the case
and in various ways it WAS evident that he
Patterson had instituted the proceedings. |
called yesterday at the Jail and had Il talk with
Moore. He was uncommunicativc in relation
to the facts of his c;l,c, being, he said, in
strucled by his counsel to make no statements
whatever before his trial. lie is comfortably
ouartcrcd in room with Capt. George Tuprcr,
laughs over his confinement, and Is c"nlld"'t
that he will bc released tomorrow and the
prosecution stopped. He thinks he knows too
much of John j. Pattcrsons past history to be
rudelv pushed to the wall. The truth is that
Moore and Patterson, for what reason know
not, unless il bc that Honest John imagined
that he had paid him enough for services rcn-
dercd, have been at dagger point for a month
or two Moore has recently been making
threats as to what all Of rascality he knew and
meant to dvulgc about Patterson, and as Il
strike against his suur-tempercd brothcr-n-law
has been circulating with much aSSiduty copies
of the New York SIN, of the date of Novcm-
bcr > which contains long and blasting bio
graphical sketch of Honest John, and is said
to lave been written, or the facts upon which
it is based to have been furnished, by a. h.
McLurc the leader of the opposition to Simon
Cameron in Pennsylvania. Whether or not
Moore did forge Patterson signature OF course
cannot be definitely ascertaincd until the trial
of the case, but have been told that he adj
mts that he signed Pattersons name, Justify
ing his action upon the ground that Patterson
owed him money, and that he has frequently
done the same thing when money was scarce
and Patterson away, and that twas considered
all right in the family.
Speaking of that history Of Honest John
which appeared in the New York SIN Of the
9TH reminds me OF statement heard made in
relation thereto by cx-Gov. X. X. Scott, during
the latter part of last week He was talking
to another gentleman in my presence, and
made no secret of what he said. Speaking of
the article in the SIN, he avowed that he be-
lcved that every word of it WAS strictly the
truth, except where it WAS asserted that he
Scott had given Neage S30, 600 to use for
him in the senatorial election, and that Neagle
had taken the money and used it for Patterson.
That assertion, says Scott, is only partially
true. | did not give NcagIc $50 900, but | did
place in his hands 81 900 to be used in my in
tcrcst and the ID rascal took my money and
vor,rpu vntes for Patterson