The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-23

(, Friday Morning, April 2s,, 1876.

Friday Morning, April %, 1875.
The Parker Case. q
AS mentioned in our issue, yesterday
morning, the legal proceedings &under
which Niles G. Parker, ex-Beas4rerSo Sof
the State of South Carolina, was arrested
and is imprisoned in default of bail, was
instituted by Messrs. d. H. Chamber
asiasQ~0wrD Danus g.. w. Melton; W:faB..
Nash and Paris, 6imkins, as Commits
siohers Of che Sinking Fund, alleging
sginst-Rsfkcr the .cn6enslement and
f7v51e1-;H:,;1eer1ica catinn saS the public
f4AAA4MeAAehnt of .Sasy yiO0. In the
&ik&A bf Alief, they refer tto the
Actef sths General, Assembly, Maroh1,
.teG8; to provide, for the Sinking Fund,
.thsy state that the Uommissioners were
phdet " directed to sell such real an:
iRsrsonA property. assets and effects be-
longing to the State as were not in actual
use, Ahd that the revenues thence de-
rived we're 70 be by it applied to the ex-
6ssAshAeas ofthea pa6lic debs;s ;sby IN,
yesting the same in the public securities
of the ssssesy TINT NJ p GuAel'was the
Treasurer 81 The Sinking fund on May.
2as 1872 that on that day Parker WAS
Neseprertof the State, that-ohthat date
aiers wasin the Hands of G1fick funds
which had heeh, collected by the Com
missionsrs, ,&c., and Tint on that date he
delivered to Parker the sum of s28, 100.
They further clfncfed the matter by say
ing thst tthei d 6dant Parkerl did not.
as agent of the Sinking Fund or other
via use ths,said snm Of money for the
purpose Of extinguishing the public debt,
by ii4yesting the, same in the public
securities of the State. but embezzled
and ffaudulently misapplied the said
monty, contrary to the provisions. DO.
Hon. 7. G. Dunn makes affidavit as fol-
lows: .s.l!. .j..l 4. s,,.t .nlit...
THAT q sufaci6nt cause of action exists
III n4Avof OF the plaintiffs, as s'the Com
anisStohefs Of the Sinking Fund" against
grounds of which appear, by the sworn
complaint IN this action, hereto annexed {;
all no statements concerned in which
are true toStkAAAowaedge Of this depo-
nent, except Moss therein Stated on in
foFpRtioP and belief, and those he be-
liS{tA AhbtrhSk that tk4 krounaslof Shjh
bf$t$ th9 kk6Fn stAtsmenksa Mh-
oukIN4t1a6beSS 64AAined before tie 8p4-
cial Joint Committee of the General As
sembly Of thei State Of South Carolina,
appoiAted pursuant to concurrent re-
solution passed 23d February, 1873, "for
the purpose ofdnvestigating the sale of
IN yHvsfp 49, srak al ,c
ton and Columbia, made by the Sinking
ft6A Co4tia3ii6n also. che stocks and
bonds said TO hAxASbeeq, sold by said
Commission" Of which said committee
th3SideRpnent waSIs member. ~ ..o8 =
And this deponent further says that,
from information derived, from the ex-
animation Q1 wit1esgas before said CON-
mittee. he Is ipfoFmed aud believes that,
or 29th day Of May A. d. 1872. W. B,
0aAckFAS TteSsurefsof the OomHdissi6h.
ss=A tbee eeinhng Fond. bad inaiahands
ssss 6 aeSssSS ossess y esaas sss1,S
anee with the provisi6Ms OF law, proceeds
OF ths'9als Of the property Of the State;
that upon the order Of T. Il. NeaQle,
the Comptroller-4 General, Y. j. P. Owens,
then Chairman, of the Finance Com
niittae bf the Senate, and OF W. j. Whip
psi, 4hsa' 'ChAftmah " the COMMITTEES of
W95s md 0oAns16 16f the House of Repre-
sentatives Of the said State, and said
parties constituting p majority Of the
Board Of the Commissioners of the Sink
ing Fund, the said w.. B, Gulick, Trea-
sureT, as aforesaid, sold the bonds in his
hands AHd tranpfsfred to the defendant,
N. g. P<f1cssp thsnt Slate Treasurer, on
the 29th May, 1s70,I the sum of 428, 100,
and that the defendant, N. G. Parker
thereupon emhsxz2ed and fraudulently
misapplied the said moneyaJ
.Ehe attorney attorneys engaged in the case on
thGside ef the plaintiffs, are Samuel w.
Melton 1ESssq, A Attorney tssFappe General w. H.
o4aaa.laa Is SIT II sis51 u =: ,sSIi @ eI
nnoii >o--rr---r--s-ss s--- nii.j,.. !
P4kef Chatgsd with Another Gigantic
F5idEEAa bn FSAad.H "a ssSSt.
Miles, e. Parker. who is already in Jail
upon failHpe to answer the complaint of
the Coihmissionsrs Of the Sinking Fund
Commission,i for embezxling public
moneys, saa ID default Of bail, was. yes
t4N 1eM to bell again in the sum of
s onis new and more fragrant
cA9 He action 'is brought in the
nnads of ths State by the Attorney-Gene-
raj, who. in this more important case. as
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