Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-12-31

on me which I was compelled to re-
,csiyeain payment Of taxes.
Reporter But the proof 5 Hunlbert,
where arethe proofs
+ Humbert. Here they are, (produc-
ing O bundle OF docnments.) Here you
see is an account of Geo. 81 Cornelson
a merchant of this place, against T @
Andrews, amounting to s19492. This
account was brought into my Office on
the Goth of January, 1874, and tan.
dered to my clerk Williamson. An
drew's brothef-in-law, il payment Of
taxes. Williamson acceptedit. Iknew
nothing of this transaction until the
31st of January. On the Both Of Jan
uary Andrews sent q note to me order
ing me to give j ID Palmer. his tag
receipt, $14 60, and to charge the same
to him, (Andrews.) On the ID Of Feb
ruary, I was compelled to receive, An
dreWss due bill in payment Of taxes
ss:=osa !: man namedd ) j ehGerson, IL and, on
the same day, another due bill in pay
ment of the taxes Of July Emily for
834. i was obliged to give tax-receipts
for these amounts and great many
others 9th for which I never received the
money.
HOW ANDREWS BLED HUMBERT.
Soon after this Andrews sent for me
to come to columbia, where he was in
attendance at the Senate. He told me
ne was hard upand wanted ahundred
dollars. OF course I was compelled
to give it to him. On or about the
7th of FEBRUARY he came into 10y Office
and got his tax receipt from his broth.
er-in-law, amounting S53621, and the
tag receipts ofa man named Cheese
borough for $40 27.. These receipts
were given and no money has ever been
paid on them. On the 18th of Feb
ruary, when I paid him the $4,000 on
Gov. Moses swarrant, I also paid him
$4,000 besides, for which he promised
me to get another draft on the Govern
or's contingent fund. This, he said
was the arrangement between him and
Moses; that instead of paying the
money oyer to the State treasurer he
would pay in the warrants. The pub
lie know that he has not done this,
and that I have been arrested for the
deficit. Mr.. Herman Wahlers was
in my Office at the time, and saw
me hand him (Andrews) the package
of money. Again, on the 18th of
February, gave Andrews a check for
$697, which he promised to makegood
when he returned from Columbia. He
has never yet paid it. On the 9th of
ofmarch, when I was in Columbia, I
gave kim check for 1925 to pay his
carriage bill at Greenfield. ] also
gave him 1881 o2 to pay the taxes on
mis- wife,s property in Richland County.
He promised to make all these good
when he went to Columbia to make my
settlement, but never did so.
Reporter. Why did he go to Col
umbia to make your settlement with
the State treasurer?
Humbert. Well, it is usually ;usto-
mary for hesenators to carry the mon
ey to the State treasurer from the coun-
ty treasurers. Here is a telegram, one
of several that I received from him, and
all Of which was forced to obey. The
telegram is as follows.
COLUMBIA, S. c., February IL, 1874.
To John L. Hunbert, Treasurer:
Please express me $500 by the first
express after receipt of telegram.
T.C. Andrews.
On the 9th of March I received an
other telegram from him to express
him $500, which I was also forced to
obey. Now don't you see how this man
has imposed on and robbed me-?
Reporter. With all this evidence
in your possession, why have you kept
your mouth shut SO long?
ANDREWS UTTERLY FA1rHLrss.
Humbert. Because Andrews advis-