The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-17

theory; that the former was embodied in
the legislative committees report during
the last session of the Legislature, and
on which MIR. Cardozo was brought up
for removal; that Governor Chamberlain
had sided with Mr. Cartlozo; that was
where this fight first commenced; in that
trial, before the representatives of the
entire people sitting as n court, with
learned counsel employed to discuss the
facts, where politics did not enter, where
all the Dcmocntic members of the Le-
glSlnture, eminent gentlemen, such rs
Mr.. Trenholm, the grcutcst financicr
South of Mason & Dixon's line, not only
spoke i'll favor OF Mr.. Cnr,lozo's theory,
which Is the theory we now present but
actually voted for his acquittal on n state
OF facts almost the same now insisted
upon by the defendant in this case; he
believed that this jury would d. Just as
the Legislature had done, viz: they
would acqult any one charged with the
same offence on this state of facts. The
State must first show that $50, 600 are
missing, and that Parker took this
amount, before they cnn convict him;
he said TINT the States witnesses
were not unwilling witnesses; he said
that the State had thrown out her
drag-nets all over the State for witnesses.
and yet it did not have Owens, it's most
important witness, according to its the
ory, to testify in its behalf; why didn't
they have Owens testimony taken by
commission? Rest assured that if the
Attorncy-Gcncrnl had not known before
hand that Owens testimony would damn
his case, he would have placed him ON
the stand; they Ind gone to every part of
the Stntc for evidence they h.I even
gone to New York for Kilnpton's evil
dence-nnd yet they could not get u.
y. L. 5" testimony; he WAS in Lanrcns -
why could they not have him here: He
then called attention tn Kimptun's tcsti-
lnony, without which the Attorncy-Gen-
cral, at the last term of the Court, had
said he WAS unnblc to 80 to trial with
out; now he deiicd any one to point ont
IN klmptor's testimony one word that
could hurt Parker i'll the slightest de-
gree; he challenged the cAttorney-(icncral
to discuss 1t before the jury, and to show
II single word that initiates against Par
kcr i'll the slightest. Yet this is the tcs-
timony that the Acknowledgement could
not go to trial without having. Why,
when this testimony of KimptonS was
read IN open Court for the first time, the
Attorncy-Gcncrnl was staSgcred--he said
he WAS surprised; he had the Court n,l-
journcd over on this account alone; he
then read from the reports AMI resolu-
tions of the General Assembly for 1874 -5
the Attorncy-Gcncral's opinion, where
he says that, after paying the expenses
of Dunn's examination of kimpton,
which he could not attend because Of
sickness, this examination WAS without
result; he snid that when he was calm,
and before the rivalry the advocacy Of Il
cause WAS aroused in him. He then
spoke OF Ladd's testimony; sail that
Ladd had not said that Parker
ton in New York rs Financial
Agent, but simply that he had settled
with Kimpton in Now York. Now, what
could prevent Parker from going to New
York and buying bonds from Kimpton; :;
or if kimpton had stolen the bonds, and
Parker had nothing to do with it, why
hold Parker responsible? if Parker lad
stolen these coupons which, Lu,ld snvs
he saw i'll his safe, does any one suppose
Parker would hnvc shown stolen pro-
pcrty to such man us Ladd: lc would
rather have concealed it; there is no pri-
vate Office or safe in the State House;
when the State says Parker ordered Ger
tnin coupons not to be cancelled and nf-
;trwnrtls put them in his private safe
they mean that lIc put it in & safe to
WHICH Hc alonc Iiit't access; anu, IN his
opinion. it would have been better if
this man Tapran" had never known
the combination on this safe while Par
kcr was away; ii he blamed Captain
Parker for anything, it was because he
Ind not put all the bonds and coupons
i'll the treasury in that safe and kept the
combination from Tappan and known
only to himself; Cardozo's S testimony was
that there were 1888, 600 of couDOns in
the treasury more than were called for MS
vouchers, md that coupons were con-
stantly turning up; that the State cannot
show when there has been an exnminn-
ton Of the vaults Of the treasury, and
that until proper officers swear that they
have examined every nook and corner
and piScon-holc of the vaults Of the trca-
sury, and reported that certain coupons
that should be there are missing, the
jury cannot determine whether they are
gone or not; that Col. Rion had tried to
show the jury that there WAS no diversion
Of the $3.50, 900, and that Parker got and
kept every cent? of it; that this was n