The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02

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duly sworn, says:
That under a joint resolution of the
General Assembly passed on the 9th day
of June, 1877, a joint committee was ap'
pointed to investigate and ascertain
whether any improper or illegal use has
been made of the public funds and credit
Of the State, and by whom, and to cause
legal proceedings to be instituted against
all persons implicated in the same. That
deponent is chairman of said committee.
That the committee have entered upon
and are now performing the duties de-
volyed upon them by said resolution.
And this deponent says that at Columbia,
in the county and State aforesaid, F. j.
Moses and A. O. Jones did defraud the
State of South Carolina of large sums of
money by means of warrants drawn on
the Treasurer of the State, signed by F.
J. Moses, then styled F. J. Moses, Jr.,
Speaker, and attested by A. O. Jones, as
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
That the said warrants were without any
consideration, the persons in whose favor
they were drawn not having performed
the service or furnished the supplies
mentioned in said warrants, and not hav-
ing any just claims against the State, and
the said pretended claims never having
been audited or passed by the House Of
Representatives. That the said warrants,
illegally drawn as aforesaid, are as fol-
lows:
l. Warrant for $4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of Will
lis Glover for attendance as messenger.
2. Warrant for S405, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of
Washington Gilbert, for attendance as
messenger.
8. Warrant for s4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of Jas.
Wilson or order for attendance as mes
senger.
4. Warrant for s4o5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of
Jackson Simonds for attendance as mes
S. Warrant for s4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of
Robert Gaillard, for attendance as mes
senger.
6. Warrant for s4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of
Edward Malloy, for attendance as mes
senger.
7. Warrant for $4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February Is, 1872, in favor of
Harry Wines, for attendance as messen-
ger.
8. Warrant for S4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of
Jacob Cobb, for attendance as messen-
ger. .-r.. -
9. Warrant for s4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of
Winfield Harris, for attendance as mes
senger.
10. Warrant for $4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor Of
Baker Speers, for attendance as messen-
ger.
II. Warrant for $4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of
Duncan Ferris, for attendance as mes
senger.
r.. Warrant for $405, dated Columbia,
S. G., February le, 1872, in favor Of
Donaldson Leighton. 80.
13. Warrant for $4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor of
Samuel Knox, for attendance as messen-
ger.
ID. Warrant for $642, dated Columbia,
S. c., March 19, 1872, in favor of Thos:
Murcheson nav as clerk in the House of
Representatives.
is. Warrant for s642, dated Columbia,
S. c., March 19, 1872, in favor of A. j.
Simmons, pay as clerk in the House of
Representatives.
is. Warrant for $4O5, dated Columbia,
S. c., March 13, 1872, in favor of VIM.
Andrews, pay as clerk in the House OF
Representatives.
IL. Warrant for $685., dated Columbia,
S. c., March l3, 1872, in favor Of Andrew
Smith, as messenger in the House OF
Representatives.
is. Warrant for s97.25, dated Colum-
bia, S. c., February 16, 1872, in favor OF
Jeffrey Rungle, for pay as porter in the
House of Representatives.
10. Warrant for S642, dated Columbia,
S. c., March 13, 1872, in favor of George
a. Adams, clerk in the House of Repre-
sentatives..
20. Warrant for S642, dated Columbia,
S. c., March 13, 1872, in favor of F.
Marsh, clerk in the House of Represen-
tives.
81. Warrant for s642, dated Columbia,
S. c., March 13, 1872, in favor of Peter
Turner, pay as clerk in the House OF
Representatives.
%. Warrant for $595, dated Columbia,
S. c., March 19, 1872, in favor of Hal
Mitchell pay as messenger in the House
of Representatives.
%. Warrant for $685., dated Columbia,
IS. c., March 13, 1872, in favor of Hal
Mitchell, pay as messenger in the House
of Representatives.
"a. Warrant for $685., dated Columbia,
S. c., March 13, 1872, in favor of 81.
Lands as clerk in the House of Repre-
sentatives.
That at the time Of signing said war
rants F. J. Moses was Speaker and A. y.
Jones Clerk of the House Of Representa-
lives, anu I'LL VI SdlQ NdllduIo uSA0 poAN
by the State Treasurer, and the State
thereby defrauded in the sum of SILL
455.25, the aggregate of the said war
rants.
JOHN R. COCHRAN. T
Sworn to before me this Goth day of
July, 1877. nou1
The Mills Still Grinding-Woodru of
to Canada, While Jones goes to Pr1s-
on-Gleaves Wanted In Columbia,
but Missing-An Ex-Governor and an
ex-Speaker in Jail-The Way of
Transgressors Growing Hand at
Last.
From Me Me,rs and Courier fhe 26h inst.
The fall of the iron hand of law upon
ex. Governor Moses on Tuesday, and on
A. O. Jones, ex-clerk of the House Of
Representatives, yesterday, has not been
without its effect upon. others, Of the
same stripe, who have grown fat by long