The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-23
. From the New York Sun,
Moses in the Witness Box.

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been hard at work striving to probe
tho depth of the miro which the Re-
publican party left as an inheritance
to the Hampton government. The
task became so sickening last week,
however, that they had to go home
for a breathing spell. This invests
eating committee has uncovered So
crets alongside Of which the already
known criminality becomes compare,
lively trivial. Their sessions arc
secret, and, perhaps, rightly so.-
There is no State to reclaim now, as
there was when the Sun exposed
Chamberlain. Aud if l were to
write all l know,I might blast re-
putations which arc now unsullied,
and which I sincerely hope may re-
main 80 until the end.
The revelations show that the'State
Treasurers have received the bulk of
the stolen income of the State since
reconstruction. There was nothing
which passed the treasury mill which
did not pay from 10 to 25 per cent.
toll. The more rascally the job, the
more to pay. AS a specimen of
these disclosures, one man declared
that he had Il claim of $125,O0O, out
of which, after paying all his tolls,
he netted only $40, 900, and then was
we'll paid. The scope of this inves-
tigation has now takon in all the
Governors. Lieutenant Governors,
State officers, tho old Supreme Court
Judges, several members of tho Cir
cult bench, the officers of the Legis-
lature, and many bankers, wealthy
merchants, brokers, editors and law
yers.
Most of these revelations bavo
been obtained through the testimony
of ox-Gov. Moses, who has opened
his astounding budget without spar
ing friend or foe. Already the cry
has gono up from tho stricken game,
"Who would believe Moses upon his
oathW But this has been tried once
too often. A distinguished Judge,
hearing that he had beon implicated :,
demanded an immediate hearing be-
fore the committee, in order to clear
his skirts. He denied emphatically
the statements made by the cx-
Governor. The committee sent for
Moses and confronted him with the
Judge. "Governor, did We under
stand you to say so-and-so2' "That
is what I said" 81 deny it," said
the Judge, with great emphasize
The ox-Govornor put his hand in his
side pocket and drew forth a docu-
ment. "Judgo, is that your hand
writiDg9" The Judge wilted.
Moses is prepared with the docu-
ments at overy step to substantiatc
his assertions under oath, and WOO
to those who rely upon the plan Of
discrediting them.
These documents of Moses we're
deposited by him in a secret drawer
of his private eecretary, which, dur
ing his absence from Columbia, was
sold at auction along with the rest OF
lis furniture for debt. Upon his
arrest he determined to make q clean
breast of all he knew, and informed
the committee of the existence of
these documents. Search was made
for the secretary, and was found
It's owner did not dream of the bo-
nanza which was hidden in his pur-
chase. Moses and one of the com
mittee, assisted by lockemith, after
q very long struggle with the secre~
tary, succeeded in restoring the docu.
ments to light. Tho committee have
charge of them. They regard tho
find as ofso much importancethat the
documents are held as collateral &C.
curity for the appearance of the oxA
Governor to answer any bills of in
dictment which the C0nrt of Sees;one